Ariba Sourcing Getting Started Guide for Suppliers
What is the Ariba Commerce Cloud?
The Ariba Commerce Cloud is your entry point to all of your seller solutions with Ariba. Rather than managing
multiple login IDs for multiple customers’ sites, you will have one login and one account. This means fewer
passwords to remember, easier user maintenance for your company, and a unified profile for your organization.
What this means is that even though you may have previously registered on another customer's Ariba Sourcing
site in the past, or, you may already be enabled on the Ariba Network, registering on the Ariba Commerce Cloud
is required. The registration process only takes a few moments with a simple one page registration.
Ariba Commerce Cloud Profiles
As part of the registration process, you will complete a company profile. Ariba Commerce Cloud profiles include
company account and configuration settings, company profile information, and user information. Ariba
Commerce Cloud profiles allow you to maintain a single company profile, from one account, for all your
customer relationships.
How to register on the Ariba Commerce Cloud for the first time prior to participating in a University of
Washington competitive bidding event:
1. Open a browser window and enter the following url:
uw.supplier.ariba.com
Ariba displays the Login page:
Alternate location for
Registration link
If you don’t see the registration
link here, check the upper right
hand corner next to “Feedback”
2. Click Register as a New Supplier link. IMPORTANT: The option to click the button “Register as a
New Supplier” may move depending on your browser. Please check the alternate location in the
image above.
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Ariba displays the Ariba Commerce Cloud Registration page:
3. Enter your basic company information and your user account information. Keep in mind:
a. The Commodities and Sales Territories fields are required to in order to complete registration.
However, you can change these values at any time in your Company Profile.
b. The Tax ID and DUNS Number fields are optional and can also be updated at any time in your
Company Profile.
c. The person whose name is entered in the user account information section becomes the
account administrator automatically. Account administrators can transfer the Administrator
role to another user later.
4. Read the Terms of Use Agreement and click the check box if you agree to the terms.
5. Click Continue.
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Ariba displays the action required page. An activation email is sent to registration email address.
6. Check your email inbox for a message from the Ariba Commerce Cloud:
7. Open the email and view the message. A sample message is shown on the next page.
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Below is an example of the Ariba Commerce Cloud account activation message:
8. Click Click here to activate your Ariba Commerce Cloud account.
Ariba displays the account activation confirmation page:
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9. Enter information into the University of Washington Requested Profile. After you complete the
requested profile information, click Submit. You can click Save as Draft to save any values you may
have edited without sending them to UW. Click Discard Draft to discard all the changes changes you
have made and display the last values you successfully submitted to UW.
10. When you are finished, click the “X” in the upper right hand corner to close.
Ariba displays your Company Profile Page, including the Public Profile Completeness bar, which
describes how much information is available to buyers searching for similar suppliers in the Ariba
Commerce Cloud:
11. You can enter more information or click Save to save your Company Profile.
Ariba displays a message page stating that your profile has been submitted to the University of
Washington and is pending approval:
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12. Monitor your email for the registration approval message. An example message is included here:
How to access sourcing events when responding to an email invitation from UW:
1. Click the Click Here link in the email as pictured below:
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2. Login with your Ariba Commerce Cloud username and password.
Ariba displays the University of Washington Spend Management site Welcome page. It contains a
list of events to which you have been invited. The list is organized by status:
Please click on the event in the Open or Preview status to view your invited events
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3. If you are invited to an event, please click “Intend to Participate” or “Decline to Participate.”
Even if you’re undecided about participating in the sourcing event and need more time to decide, you’ll
still need to click “Intend to Participate” in order to receive any communication relating to the sourcing
event before the due date. By clicking “Intend to Participate,” you’re not obligated to participate.
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Documentation and Help
To learn more about how to configure your profile and link company accounts, comprehensive
documentation and tutorials are available on Help@Ariba.
1. Access Product Documentation from the Help drop-down.
2. Select the appropriate tab to search for your specific topic. Refer to the example screen on the next
page.
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