Business Partner Configuration
1. Define BP Number Ranges and Groupings
a) Define Number Ranges:
Path: SPRO – IMG-Cross Application Components -SAP Business Partner -Business Partner -Basic Settings -Number Ranges and Groupings - Define Number Ranges
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b) Define Groupings and Assign Number Ranges
Path: SPRO – IMG - Cross Application Components - SAP Business Partner - Business Partner - Basic Settings - Number Ranges and Groupings - Define Groupings and Assign Number Ranges
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2. Define Vendor account group and Number range assignment
a) Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts
Path: Financial Accounting - Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable - Vendor Accounts -Master Data - Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data - Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts
If we are assigning the same number range to Vendor then must check the external number range for automatic assignment:
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b) Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendors)
Path: Financial Accounting - Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable - Vendor Accounts -Master Data - Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data - Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendors)
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c) Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups
Path: Financial Accounting -Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable - Vendor Accounts -Master Data - Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data - Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups
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3. Mapping BP to Vendor
a) Define Number Assignment for Direction BP to Vendor
Path: Cross- Application Components - Master Data Synchronisation - Customer/Vendor Integration - Business Partner Settings - Settings for Vendor Integration - Field Assignment for Vendor Integration - Assign Keys - Define Number Assignment for Direction BP to Vendor
Here we are using same number range for BP and vendor. So, need to check the same numbers
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4. BP Roles configuration
Path: Cross - Application Components - Business Partner - Basic Settings - Business Partner Roles
If you want to create any new roles you can use above path.
Standard roles for MM
• General Business Partner – 000000
• Company Code Data – FLVN00
• Purchasing Data – FLVN01
5. BP creation
Go to Transaction BP:
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1. General Data
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2. Company code data
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Purchasing Data
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6. Vendor and BP tables
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