Usage of AribaExtension in CIG messages

[anandbhat]

Hi,

We are looking to send fields on Contracts from Ariba (CLID) to ECC (Outline Agreement) that are not in the standard message structure (ContractRequestServices) to ECC. I believe the AribaExtension element is to be used in this case. However, I'm not clear on what values need to be passed for the four fields -- objectName, objectKey, fieldName and fieldValue -- that exist in the AribaExtension element. I'm assuming fieldName and fieldValue when populated are what the custom code in ERP will need to pick the values from. I was unable to determine what purpose objectName and objectKey serve.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Anand

[afurriel · Accepted solution]

Hi Anand.

In terms on behavior those fields don't drive any specific, many people use them interchangeably as at the end, the mappings are set manually too and you decide which conditions to be set.

However, for best practices we use them as described here: https://help.sap.com/viewer/c2cc0eb7f37b4a4eb1476ab646532134/cloud/en-US/f03d31aa6fbf4c25a06d3e8c3d4...

Again, there are certain cases where you can repurpose them for your benefit, e.g. if you have a two key or three key combination, you use first three for the condition build and the @fieldValue for the actual value.

Hope this clarifies.

[anandbhat · Accepted solution]

Thanks Ariel! This helped a lot.