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17.5.0
Zurich, Yokohama Patch 4, Yokohama, Xanadu
This release delivers key enhancements across ERP and Source-to-Pay integrations, including fixes for cost allocation issues, configuration errors, ACL corrections, and test case inaccuracies. Major improvements were implemented through granular admin roles, dot-walk scoping directives, and refined access control for sourcing and fulfillment roles. Observability has been strengthened with a new metrics tracking framework, as well as installations, connected systems, and spoke usage. Purchase Requisition processing has been significantly enhanced with complete inbound/outbound flows, transform maps, atomicity behavior, and new integration tables. Retry mechanisms for Purchase Order operations have been expanded with UI actions, scheduled jobs, and fetch-retry support. Additional improvements include a configurable Ariba grace period, updates to STD/PRO classification, dynamic choice data gathering, and custom hooks that enable extensible inbound mapping without requiring workflow cloning.
- Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order
- Full inbound and outbound Purchase Requisition flows, including staging tables and transform maps.
- Inbound cost allocation support and generic atomicity behavior for PR tables.
- PR Header outbound integration table and completed outbound processing flow.
- Custom hook for Purchase Order inbound flow (BHP customer) to support additional mapping without subflow cloning.
- Retry logic for Purchase Order fetch operations and implemented a complete retry mechanism with scheduled jobs and UI options.
- Integration Framework
- Standard vs Professional (STD/PRO) classification across ERP and Source-to-Pay Integration frameworks.
- Dynamic choice data-gathering functionality to support custom field extensions without workflow cloning.
- Converted hard-coded Ariba grace period into a configurable system property.
- Security and Role Management
- Dot-walk scoping bypass security directive for FSC Integration Team (Australia).
- Granular admin roles
- Granular role changes to system properties for ERP Integration Admin.
- Sub-administrative roles for sourcing tasks and decoupled fulfiller roles to improve security and access governance.
- Metrics and Observability
- Added metrics to track:
- ERP Integration Framework installations
- Usage by OOB spokes versus FSC spokes
- Connected systems per customer
- Systems configured through the ERP Integration Framework
- Added metrics to track:
- Platform Stability and Error Handling
- Retry module and UI actions for enhanced error recovery.
- Comprehensive retry mechanisms for Purchase Order entities and fetch failures.
Changed:
- Updated inbound staging fields and tables to support Buyer Group data changes.
- Added a new field and corresponding transform mapping to improve supplier data handling.
- Added new staging tables for Buyer Group entities to enable processing and validation of buyer group data.
The ERP Integration Framework application requires the following applications to be activated before installation:
- Restricted Caller Access
- Insert Multiple Web Service
- Finance Common Architecture