SAP Ariba Guidelines

The digital purchasing processes at Deutsche Bahn are very diverse and require standardized processes. The corresponding procedures for supplier integration and catalog creation are outlined in the following instructions. General information about the SAP Business Network can be found here.

General Documents

General instructions for supplier integration as well as documents focusing on registration and account configuration:

Downloads General Documents

Fact sheet SAP Business Network at DB (Status 02.11.2023)

PDF | 918.8 KB

Guideline Supplier Registration Administration (Status 19.04.2024)

PDF | 259.9 KB

Guideline Supplier Onboarding (Status 19.04.2024)

PDF | 107.0 KB

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Catalog Creation

Goods and services can easily be made available in the form of a catalog. A catalog can come in different formats:
 

Downloads Static Catalogs

Guidance EXCEL format catalogs (Status 06.09.2024)

PDF | 1.3 MB

Guidance BMEcat format catalogs (Status 02.10.2024)

PDF | 1.6 MB

Template EXCEL catalog (Status 06.09.2024)

XLSX | 109.7 KB

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Integration

If you have an Enterprise account in the SAP Business Network and would like to automate document exchanges over the network, you can find DB-specific guidelines for the supported formats here:

Downloads Integration

Guidance Integration options (Status 12.01.2024)

PDF | 938.3 KB

Template EDIFACT Delta File (Status 27.09.2024)

XLSX | 42.9 KB

Template cXML Delta File (Status 27.09.2024)

XLSX | 82.8 KB

Guidance cXML Integration (Status 10.11.2023)

PDF | 513.7 KB

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