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Though in SAP ERP we created multiple master records for different processes eg, customers,
vendors, partner determinations etc.
Glossary
Need for Customer Vendor Integration in SAP
There are many duplicate object models in the traditional ERP system. Here the Vendor master and
Customer master that we use have several limitations. It follows as below:-
The strategic object model in SAP S/4 HANA is the Business Partner (BP). Business Partner is
capable of centrally managing master data for Business Partners, Customers and Vendors. With
current development, BP is the single point of entry to create, edit and display master data for
Business Partners, Customers and Vendors.
In terms of SAP Business Partner the definition of Customer and Vendor is the following:-
A Customer is a Business Partner to which we sell or deliver goods and services. A Business
Partner can be a Customer and a Vendor simultaneously if, for example, your Customer also
supplies goods to you.
A customer master holds information about the Customer such as their name, address, bank details,
tax details and delivery and billing preferences.
Usage of Information
This customer information we use & store in transactions such as sales orders, deliveries and
invoices. Some Customer information is specific to a company (known as company code) or sales
unit (known as sales area) within your organization.
We use and store this Vendor information in transactions such as purchase orders, goods receipts
and Vendor Invoices. Although, some Vendor information is specific to a company (known as
company code) or purchasing unit (known as purchasing organization) within your organization.
To use the SAP Business Partner as a leading object in SAP S/4 HANA Finance, we must use
customer Vendor Integration (CVI). Further, the CVI component ensures the synchronization
between the Business Partner object and the Customer/Vendor objects.
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Business Impact of Customer Vendor Integration
Move to S/4HANA On-Premise Edition
Only SAP Business Suite customers with Customer Vendor integration can move to SAP S/4 HANA
On-Premise edition 1511, 1610, 1709 and onwards (conversion approach). CVI is not mandatory for
SAP S/4 HANA Finance and On-Premise 1503.
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It is recommended (but not mandatory) that Business Partner ID and Customer-ID/Vendor ID are the
same.
Note- In case of overlapping number ranges for Customer and Vendor in the start system an
additional number range for Customer and Vendor in the start system additional number range
alignment is required.
Transaction BP
The user interfaces for SAP S/4 HANA to create and maintain Customer and Vendor master data is
transaction BP. The specific transaction codes to maintain Customer/Vendor (as in SAP Business
Suite) are not available within SAP S/4 HANA. The BP transaction is the single point of entry to
create, edit and display master data for Business Partners, Customers and Vendors.
The following SAP Business Suite transactions are no longer available or redirected to transaction
BP.
CVI ensures that the system updates Customer and Vendor master data tables automatically after
you create or change the BP. All KNxx and LFxx Customer/Vendor master data tables still populate
as previously in SAP Business Suite.
SAP S/4 HANA BP transaction covers almost all Customer/Vendor master data fields.
All the SAP Business Suits help documents refer to Customer and Vendor rather than Business
Partner for these transactions.
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Key Features
Create Customer Master Data- Use Create Person or Create Organisation buttons to create
new Customer master data. Enter values in the relevant fields such as Basic Data, Roles,
Address and so on.
Edit Customer Master Data- Open a Customer master data record from the List Report
Page. You can also use the search field and click the Go button to find the Customer master
data to change. Click the Edit button. This opens the Customer data in draft mode for you to
change the values.
Copy Customer Master Data- Select a Customer master from the list Report page. Click
Copy button. Here you see the new Customer master data record page with all the details of
the Customer. In draft mode, these are the details you selected previously, except the
Business Partner number. Edit the values as per your requirement. The Customer Mater data
record is saved with a new Business Partner number.
Time Dependency- If you enable Time Dependency, you can set the validity start date and
validity end date for fields such as Roles, Address, Address Usage, Bank Accounts and
Contacts. If you don’t enable Time Dependency, the system considers the default values.
Create Vendor Master Data- Use Create Person or Create Organisation button to create new
Vendor master data. Enter Values in the relevant fields such as Basic Data, Roles, Address
and so on.
Edit Vendor Mater Data- Open a Vendor master data from the list Report page. You can also
use the search field and click the Go button to Find the Vendor master data to change. Click
the Edit button, this opens the Vendor data in draft mode for you to change the values.
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You use this authorisation object to determine whether the assignment customizing for the attributes
can be processed. These attributes belong to the object pair Business Partner-Customer/Vendor
and the corresponding synchronization reports.
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