{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":23684,"path":"intelligent-experiences/inth-sapariba-sap-ariba-approvals-sourcing-management-ai-agent.md","title":"SAP Ariba approvals sourcing management AI agent","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# SAP Ariba approvals sourcing management AI agent\n\nThis AI agent creates approval statuses in SAP Ariba to move sourcing approval workflows forward.\n\n## Workflow\n\nThe agent helps the user record an approval status for a sourcing approval in SAP Ariba.\n\n1.  Ask the user what they want to do and collect the details the action needs, such as the approval request and the status to set.\n2.  Create the approval status for the specified approval request.\n3.  Report the outcome to the user, including details of any error.\n\n<table><thead><tr><th>\n\nField\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nAllow third party to access this AI agent\n\n</td><td>\n\nWhen enabled, third-party AI agents can use this agent. This value is off \\(false\\) by default. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs \\[sn\\_aia\\_agent\\_config\\] table on the External discoverable field.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nAllow AI specialists to access this AI agent\n\n</td><td>\n\nWhen enabled, AI specialists can use this agent. This value is off \\(false\\) by default. When set to true, more configuration options for tools become available so that an AI specialist can map inputs and response templates to tool outputs. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs \\[sn\\_aia\\_agent\\_config\\] table on the Specialist enabled field.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nManage long-term memory\n\n</td><td>\n\nWhen enabled, all previous user interactions are used as context for the LLM. This value is off \\(false\\) by default. This setting is defined by the **sn\\_aia.ltm.enable\\_long\\_term\\_memory** system property. For more information, see [ServiceNow Otto AI agents reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/na-aia-reference.md).\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nTools\n\n</td><td>\n\n-   **Flow Action**\n\nCreate Approval Status\n\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nAllowed user roles The specific user roles that can access this AI agent.\n\n</td><td>\n\nsnc\\_internal\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nData access roles The specific user identity roles that determine which data the AI agent can access and what actions it can take.\n\n</td><td>\n\nNot defined.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nTriggers\n\n</td><td>\n\nOptional. None defined by default. An admin can specify triggers if desired. For more information, see [Add a trigger to an AI agent](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/add-trigger-aia.md).\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nChannels\n\n</td><td>\n\nConfigure an assistant for Virtual Agent or ServiceNow Otto panel using [Assistant Designer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/conversational-interfaces/configure-now-assist-va.md).\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nUsed in agentic workflows\n\n</td><td>\n\nApproval Status Lookup and Creation\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>**Parent Topic:**[SAP Ariba Spoke AI agents](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/inth-sapariba-ai-agents-overview.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[SAP Ariba Spoke](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/integrate-applications/sap-ariba-spoke.md)\n\n[Integration Hub spokes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/integrate-applications/spokes-list.md)\n\n"}}