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Muniasamy G
November 15, 2018 | 7 minute read

Business Partner Configuration in

S/4HANA
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may very helpful for them. This blog attempts to give you the configuration,
customer/supplier integration steps for BP.
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BUSINESS PARTNER CONFIGURATION STEPS:

Step:1 BP Roles & Groupings

Path: IMG->Cross-Application Components -> SAP Business Partner->Business

Partner ->Basic Settings-> Business Partner Roles

Define BP Roles
Use

In this IMG activity you define the business partner roles and their attributes.

You also define the role categories with other relevant data.

The BP role categories are stored in a table that has the delivery class E.

Standard settings

The following business partner roles are delivered by SAP:

000000,BUP001,BUP002,BUP003,BUP004,BUP005,FS0000

The following role categories are delivered by SAP:

BUP001, BUP002,BUP003, BUP004, BUP005

The following BP views are delivered by SAP:

000000,BUP001,BUP002,BUP003,BUP004,BUP005,FS0001

Do not modify these settings.

You should modify these entries only if, for example, you

Want to use a completely different screen sequence

Need additional screen sequences for your own role categories

Have defined your own processes that should be programmed on role categories.

Attention

You should not modify the role categories delivered by SAP because SAP programs
may access them directly.

Activities

First make the following settings for the business partner role:

1. Attributes of the Role

2. a) Enter an alphanumeric, six-character key for the BP role.
3. b) Enter a title as the short form and a description as the long form for the role’s
text.
4. c) Set the Hide flag if the role should not appear in the dropdown list box of the
role selection in the dialog.
 5. Attributes of the Role Category
6. a) Select a role category if the role should serve as a basis for programming.

Several roles can be assigned to a role category. The assigned roles are displayed in
the overview. You can navigate to the respective role by double clicking.

1. b) Determine which role should be assigned as the standard role.

The indicator is set automatically when a new role is created, provided the role
category in question has not already had other roles assigned to it.

The indicator ensures that only one role can be read when the role category is used
as a basis for programming.

Assigning a role category allows you to ensure that the role is updated in the table for
the roles (BUT100).

3. Settings for the Interface Control

4. a) Assign a BP view.

Define the BP view in the area menu of the Business Partner in the SAP Easy Access
Menu under Business Partner -> Control -> Divisibility -> BP View (transaction
BUSD).

If a BP view is not assigned, the settings for the BP view 000000 (General BP) are
used in the dialog.

1. b) Enter the position in which the role should appear in the dropdown box of the
role selection in the dialog.

If you do not make an entry for the roles, they are sorted in alphabetical order.

4. Save the data.

Define your own role categories, if necessary:

Enter a six-character key for the role category in the customer namespace (Y*
und ZÜ*).
Enter a title as the short form and a description as the long form for the text of
the role category.
Enter a differentiation type (required entry).
Specify for which business partner categories the role category can apply.

Assign a business transaction to the role category, if necessary, and establish the
influence on the transaction.

Step:2 BP Number range and Groupings

T-Code: BUCF
The defined number ranges are assigned to groupings in the Define groupings and
assign number ranges activity.

Number ranges for business partners are valid throughout a client.

Define Number range

Define grouping and Assign number range

Standard Grouping for Internal Number Assignment

Means that this internal grouping is used as the standard grouping.

The BDT selects this standard grouping if neither a business partner number nor a
grouping were assigned to the business partner when the latter was created.

The following fixed values for domains are defined: X: Yes Initial value: No

“The BDT (Business Data Toolset) is a central control tool for maintaining master
data and simple transaction data. In addition to dialog maintenance, it also supports
maintenance with direct input and/or function modules.

Step:3 Vendor/ Customer Integration

Path: IMG->Cross-Application Components -> Master data Synchronization -
>Customer/Vendor Integration -> Business Partner Settings -> Settings for Vendor
Integration

Set BP Role Category for Direction BP to Vendor

Use

In this IMG activity you can define which BP role categories enable vendor
integration in the direction from the business partner to the vendor. You can
determine how the system creates a corresponding vendor in Financial Accounting
when you process a business partner.

The BP role categories entered in this IMG activity are vendor-based, this means that
the system has to consider vendor integration when it processes business partners
with a corresponding BP role. In the IMG activity you can define whether the
business partner role assigned to the BP role category is a mandatory or optional
vendor business partner role.

In the case of mandatory vendor business partner roles the system automatically
creates corresponding vendors. In the case of optional vendor business partner roles
you can determine whether you want to create a corresponding vendor during
business partner processing.

Requirements

You have made settings for the BP roles and BP role categories needed in the
Customizing for Cross-Application Components in the IMG activity Define BP Roles
by choosing SAP Business Partner-> Business Partner-> Basic Settings-> Business
Partner Roles.

Activities

If you want to enable vendor integration for a BP role category, carry out the
following steps:

1. Choose the business partner role category in which you want to permit vendor
integration.
2. Make settings for the BP role category for the vendor integration:
 If you set the Mandatory for Vendor indicator, you determine that when you
process the business partner in this role category or in the assigned BP role,
the system automatically processes the corresponding vendor.

If you set the Optional for Vendor indicator, you determine that when you
process the business partner in this role category or in the assigned BP role,
you can decide whether the corresponding vendor is created.

You can enter the vendor created on the tab page Vendor: General Data when you
process the business partner.

If you enter a suitable function module in the field Role Control Settings, this
function module makes the required vendor integration settings for the
corresponding business partner role category.

If you enter a suitable function module in the field Default Settings, the
function module enters the default values for the vendor to be created.

These default values are used when you create a vendor or a company code, for
example.

Define BP Role for Direction Vendor to BP

Use

In this IMG activity you assign BP roles to the account group for the vendor master
record in which the business partner is to be created when processing the vendor.
When you process the vendor as part of vendor integration the system creates a
business partner with the relevant account group in the BP roles that are assigned to
this account group.

Requirements

You have determined the account groups and the number ranges assigned to the
account groups for creating vendor accounts in Customizing for Financial
Accounting. You make these settings in the following IMG activities:

Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendors)

Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts

Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups

You have defined and made settings for the BP role in Customizing for SAP
Business Partner. You make this setting in the IMG activity Define BP Roles.

You have made the required settings in Customizing for Master Data
Synchronization by choosing Cross-Application Components-> Master Data
Synchronization.

Activities

Assign the BP roles in which the business partner is to be created when

processing vendors to the account group for the vendor.
Execute the IMG activity Assign Numbers for Direction Vendor to BP which
belongs to Customer/Vendor Integration.

Step:4 Assign BP Account group and Supplier group

Path: IMG->Cross-Application Components -> Master data Synchronization -

>Customer/Vendor Integration -> Business Partner Settings -> Settings for Vendor
Integration -> Field Assignment for Vendor Integration->Assign Keys
Determines that the same number as the business partner number is used when a
vendor master record is created.

Prerequisite:

Number ranges have the same area

External number assignment applies in FI.

Step:4 Vendor Account Group & Number range

Path: IMG-> LG -> BP->Suppliers -> Control

 Hope you guys found it useful, do provide your feedback in comments & messages.

Regards

Samy

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24 Comments

Leonardo de Freitas
December 19, 2018 at 4:56 pm

Hi,

It is important to mention that, sometimes when creating business partners, the number may change
depending of the Role creation if not well configured.

That can confuse business processes in most of the cases.

Thanks.

Leonardo de Freitas.
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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

January 29, 2019 at 6:49 am

Hi,

We have assign Vendor account group / BP Account group should same number.Roles are created
and copied from standard, that number is not impact in BP/vendor number range.

Thanks,

Samy

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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

December 20, 2018 at 1:00 pm

Hii Leonardo..

Yes ..thanks for your valuable inputs.Sure depends upon business process it can change….i just mentioned
SAP provided standard sample Settings/numbers.

Thanks,

Samy

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Ghadeer zahaiqah
February 17, 2019 at 8:46 am

Dear Samy

we have a requirement employee is appearing as service performer.

Please advice from technical perspective as the told me there is a badi for that .
Regards

Ghadeer

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Maximiliano Isoba
May 19, 2019 at 4:58 pm

Great content.

I am interested in why SAP did not deliver a standard Bp role for SD’s ship-to-party.

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Adi Mogilevsky
November 26, 2020 at 3:35 am

The correct question probably is - should BP Role Ship-to-Party be pointed to the BP Partner Function
"Ship-to-Party" only, so we will see this in KNA1 table and will be able to assign multiple BP Roles Ship
To Parties to the same BP Role Customer?

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Mohammed zahid
May 23, 2019 at 11:14 am

I am creating Business Partner from Tcode - BP - and requirement is that this Business Partner must be only
valid till next 10 days ( Or say there should be some validity /expiry date ) .

Can anyone tell me where to put this validity end date in BP so that this should not appear in the search result
as well after the validity is ended .

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 Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author
June 13, 2019 at 7:56 am

Hi Mohammed,

To effect a change in the table BUT100, you need to change the ROLE data of the business partner.

Just beside the role dropdown, you will see a magnifying glass button. Just click that and it opens a
popup where you can change the validity of the role. Changing the validity on this screen will change
the validity in table BUT100.

Hope this answers your query.

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Mohammed zahid
June 13, 2019 at 8:08 am

Hi ,

I have resolved my requirement by adding a checkpoint in the search query , this search
quries goes to BP table and check validity of the business partner . if it is more than current
date is display the search result else the BP is not consider in the search result for the
employee search.

Hence we have not touched the configuration and just giving validity for the BP ( maginfy
icon)

thanks

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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

June 17, 2019 at 6:14 am

Ok thanks for your valuable inputs and time

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 Abhishek Gupta
June 6, 2019 at 4:09 am

Thanks for sharing the knowledge. it's really a good content.

I have question that if i want to assign more than one ship to party in BP other than the default then what is the
procedure ? What settings needs to be done ?

Thanks in advance.

AG

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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

June 13, 2019 at 7:47 am

Hi Abhishek,

Thanks for your inputs…

Please refer this link, it may very helpful for you.

https://answers.sap.com/questions/4627296/one-sold-to-party-multiple-ship-to-bill-to-and-
pay.html

Thanks & regards,

Muniasamy

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Abhishek Gupta
June 26, 2019 at 1:16 am

Hi Samy,

Thanks for your reply.

Is this will work in BP ( Business Partner ) in SAP S/4 as i want to assign more than one ship to
party in BP.

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Adi Mogilevsky
November 26, 2020 at 4:00 am

Have you find the answer? We have been implementing this now

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 Manfred Müller
August 12, 2019 at 2:52 pm

Hi Guys,

do you see any chance to assign number ranges to business partners / customers based on an own Z table to
get separate ranges by sales organization?

BR

Manfred

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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

August 14, 2019 at 2:06 pm

Hi Manfred,

i dont know about this, let me check and share u if i get anything.

SAP recommends that don't assign with custom tables, because of some deviation will occur.

Thanks,

Samy

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Tapan Kamlesh Rana

September 12, 2019 at 11:33 am

Very informative details....

I guess these groups have nothing to do with field status....

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Sarath Kumar Devarala

January 8, 2020 at 11:58 am

Instead of full names I'm getting business partners numbers in GRC. How can we do settings for Business
partner names so that full user names are visible in GRC NWBC screens?

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Ansar Iqbal
September 23, 2020 at 12:48 pm

Hi have a issue where when i extend my business partner to FLVN00 role the PO BOX field disappears. This is
only happening when I use my configured groupings. Can you please help

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chandu adepu
September 14, 2021 at 6:42 pm

Thank you

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Debayan Banerjee
January 12, 2022 at 6:20 am

Hi,

Thanks to you for this valuable content.

Can you help me on this below Scenario?

In my scenario, Customer Master is coming from one ECC --> S4H system using Standard inbound IDOC
(DEBMAS). Customer is getting created successfully, no issue on that. But system is creating BP number with
the same number as is the Customer.

Requirement is, BP should be created with s4h internal number range in s4h.

For example:

Ecc( Cust: ABCD) --> S4H ( it should Create like: Cust: ABCD BP: 1000001 ).

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Muniasamy G | Blog Post Author

January 24, 2022 at 4:51 pm

Hi Debayan,

Please check the BP account group in ECC as well S/4HANA. Customer/ vendor account group will
assign to BP group.

Customer created in ECC, anyways it consider in s/4hana as a BP. So you should check the complete
setup for number range of customer master account group & number range.

Kind regards,

Muniasamy

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Debayan Banerjee
January 25, 2022 at 6:21 am

Hi Muniasamy,

Thanks for your Response.

Exactly that I have done, by creating a new Acc Group and assigning it to BP Group. Now it is
working as expected.

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Vinod Jha
December 3, 2022 at 12:29 pm
Great post !!

What does LG meaning here in menu path elaborated in Blog

Path: IMG-> LG -> BP->Suppliers -> Control

Jha Vinod

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