WHAT IS SAP CRM BP ROLE? A business partner role is used to classify a business partner in business terms.

The roles you assign to a business partner reflect the functions it has and the business transactions in which it is likely to be involved. A business partner role is used for classification purposes during data exchange with SAP ECC structure EXAMPLE I am an employee in the Loans department of a bank X. I have made initial contact with Vamsi Kasarla at company Y Ltd. I would like to send him information about existing Loan products. Create the following business partner master data: On the Account page, a master record for a company with the name Y Ltd. with the role Prospect. Enter general data and the address of Y Ltd. On the Contact page, a master record for an individual with the name Vamsi Kasarla Create general data, the address, and the relationship "is contact person of" with I at Y Ltd

Now Imagine the payer is a master company Y & Y A months later, Loan is delivered to Y Ltd. The invoice is sent for settlement to the parent company Y & Y. create the following new business partner master data: On the Account page, a master record for a company with the name Y & Y, with the roles Bill-To Party and Payer. Create general data, address, bank details, and billing data. The new Sold-To Party role for Y Ltd. create the sales and shipping data. Assign Y LTD and Y & Y with the relationship bill-to party and assign the corresponding sales area and partner function. List the differences in SAP SD (ECC) and SAP CRM architecture? CRM architecture has three layers distinguished as basis, middle ware and components & objects. In a similar fashion ECC has three layers distinguished based on their functionality as presentation, application and database. CRM has a middleware built on Kernel, No middleware exists on ECC CRM is a logical unit CRM cannot directly handle a real-time scenario (order, sale) but have to rely on back end ERP applications. ECC has a R/3 architecture which functions in a real-time environment. CRM middle-ware is the primary device for the data exchange; Plug-in on the ECC system support the data communication. The SAP Web Application Server provides a page-based programming model with server-side scripting as well as server page technology for developing, designing and implementing Web applications: Business Server Pages (BSP). Server-side scripting enables direct access to all elements in the application server.

Net weaver is built-in within SAP ECC and SAP CRM which is useful for Composite Application framework. It helps in People, Information & Process integration. Web UI is part of People integration, which works on WAS.