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3796142 - SAP Build Work Zone is now mandatory for Joule Transactional capability in SAP Ariba

Symptom

Starting September 8, 2026, customers may observe that Joule transactional capabilities do not work as expected if SAP Build Work Zone has not been configured.

Customers may experience behavior such as:

  • Transactional prompts in Joule do not return the expected result.
  • Users receive an access or authorization-related error.
  • Joule is available, but transactional capabilities cannot be executed.
  • Navigational capabilities continue to work, while transactional capabilities are unavailable.


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Environment

Joule integration with Ariba

Keywords

Joule, SAP Build Work Zone, Transactional Capability, Navigational Capability , KBA , BNS-ARI-SLP-JOU , Joule integration with SLP , BNS-ARI-GS-JOU , Joule integration with Guided Sourcing , BNS-ARI-GB-JOU , Joule integration with Guided Buying , BNS-ARI-PCP-JOU , SAP Ariba Joule Enablement , Problem

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