The trading partner business area identifies the business area of a business partner. A sender - recipient connection is set up for each line item assigned to a partner business area, based on the business area to which the posting is made. Within the context of business area consolidation, this connection enables you to eliminate intercompany revenues and expenses at business area level.

You enter the partner business area in the Trading part. BA field in the document header. This entry is then defaulted in each G/L account item that is not generated automatically. It can however be overwritten if required.