C_ARSUM Ariba Supplier Management Practice Question
A supplier manager notices that a supplier's registration was submitted but the internal approval task has been sitting with a reviewer for several days. The manager wants to reassign the pending approval to a different internal reviewer without asking the supplier to resubmit anything. What should the supplier manager do?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming a stuck approval requires the supplier to resubmit, when the pending task itself can simply be reassigned to another internal reviewer.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Reassign the pending approval task to the new reviewer from the task's assignment controls
An outstanding internal approval task can be reassigned to a different reviewer using the task's assignment controls, which redirects responsibility while keeping the supplier's submitted registration intact. This avoids withdrawing the registration, editing templates, or asking the supplier to resubmit, and it resolves the delay directly.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Reassign the pending approval task to the new reviewer from the task's assignment controls
Why this is correct
Pending approval tasks in SAP Ariba Supplier Management can be reassigned to another internal user through the task's assignment controls, which changes the responsible reviewer without altering the supplier's submitted data. This preserves the registration as submitted and simply routes the outstanding approval to the correct person, matching the manager's requirement.
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Modify the registration template to add the new reviewer as an approver
Why it's wrong here
Editing the template affects future registrations created from it, not the approval task already in flight for this supplier. The current pending task would remain with the original reviewer, so the change would not resolve the immediate delay the manager is trying to address.
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Ask the supplier to submit a registration update that triggers a new approval
Why it's wrong here
Requesting a supplier update pushes work back to the supplier and does not directly reassign the existing approval. Depending on configuration, an update may or may not generate a new approval task, so this approach is unreliable and unnecessarily burdens the supplier when a simple reassignment is available.
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Withdraw the registration and create a new invitation using the same template
Why it's wrong here
Withdrawing the registration discards the submitted data and forces the supplier to register again. That is far more disruptive than reassigning an approval and would require the supplier to redo work. It does not achieve the goal of routing the existing pending approval to a different reviewer.
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