1. Ariba Sourcing
1. A sourcing event published yesterday is not visible to suppliers. What steps will you check in supplier invitation, realm access, event versioning, and notifications?
2. A buyer wants to restrict suppliers from viewing each other’s pricing. How will you configure visibility settings and lot-level bidding rules?
3. A sourcing event needs automatic winner selection based on lowest bid + delivery time. How do you design event terms, formulas & award scenarios?
4. Suppliers complained they cannot upload large BOM files. How do you analyze CSV limits, event template settings & sourcing UI configuration?
🔹 2. Ariba Contracts
5. Contract workspace is stuck in “Pending Approval.” How do you troubleshoot approver delegation, approval flow rules & task sequence?
6. Contract renewal reminders are not sent to contract owners. What will you check in alerts, recurrence schedules & template rules?
7. Customer wants automatic population of contract fields from Sourcing Award. How do you configure CLID mapping + sourcing-contract integration?
8. An imported contract is not searchable by contract number. What checks will you perform in meta-data import, indexing & partitioning?
🔹 3. Ariba Procurement (P2P / Guided Buying)
9. User cannot see a catalog item despite correct commodity code. What will you validate in catalog rights, user groups, company code & partition permissions?
10. PO failed to generate after a requisition was approved. How do you debug approval flow, rules, ERP integration & default configurations?
11. Tax calculation is wrong for specific countries. How do you analyze tax rules, jurisdiction settings & ERP tax integration?
12. A user wants to create a non-catalog request but the option is missing. What checks will you perform in user permissions, role groups & template settings?
13. PR is going to the wrong approver in a complex hierarchy. How will you troubleshoot approval rule conditions, org assignments & custom logic?
🔹 4. Ariba Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP)
14. A supplier completed registration but is not visible in SLP. What checks do you perform in supplier status, qualification rules & approval workflows?
15. Business wants different questionnaires for different supplier regions. How do you configure conditional questionnaires + rule-based triggers?
16. Supplier failed external validation (DUNS, TAX ID). How do you debug integration mapping & external validation service logs?
🔹 5. Ariba Buying & Invoicing
17. Invoice is rejected due to “PO not found.” What do you check in Ariba Network document routing, supplier account linkage & ERP PO sync?
18. A supplier invoice stuck in “Reconciliation Pending.” How do you troubleshoot matching rules, IR exclusions, tolerance limits & workflow?
19. Multiple invoices are failing with “Invalid accounting data.” What areas do you review in accounting validation rules & ERP mapping?
🔹 6. Ariba Network
20. Supplier says they never received a PO. What will you check in AN routing rules, email notifications, ASN linkage & network ID mapping?
21. PO confirmations from supplier are not visible in P2P. How do you analyze CIG/ITK integration, document types & endpoint routing?
🔹 7. Ariba Integration (CIG / ITK / API / ERP Integration)
22. Requisition replication from Ariba to SAP ERP is failing. What steps do you follow in CIG monitoring, payload validator & mapping rules?
23. Supplier master replicated from ECC is missing fields in Ariba SLP. How do you check MDG/ERP IDoc mapping + CIG transformation logic?
24. Master data loads (commodity codes, cost centers) are partially updating. What checks will you run in CIG iFlow, data staging, transformation schema?
🔹 8. Ariba Catalog Management
25. Catalog approval workflow is not triggering for new items. How do you troubleshoot catalog subscription rules, template configuration & user groups?