ariba intigration

Objective

The objective of this document is to provide a basic list of steps that will be helpful while starting with the Integration of SAP ECC with SAP Ariba.

Introduction to the Process

Hopefully, you know, SAP Ariba is a Cloud Based Solution. Looking at the title, you would have guessed correctly, in this article, we will be discussing the integration steps to be followed for SAP ECC to SAP Ariba Integration. No brainer, right? 

There are two ways of doing this Integration:

1. Through Standard Ariba Network Adapter – Standard Ariba Network Adapter is provided by Ariba which communicates with Ariba Network through cXML.
2. Through Integration Tool Kit (ITK) – ITK is a shell script based approach using which a web service is triggered and we get data in  .csv file.

Let me set the expectation correct. I will not be able to cover both the methods today. We will only discuss regarding the first approach in this document i.e Ariba SAP Integration through Standard Ariba Network Adapter. The second method has to wait for some other holy day.