Processing Customer Master Records (SAP Library - Basic Functions and Master Data in SD Processing (SD-BF))

Processing Customer Master Records

To call up the individual functions in the table, choose the following path from the SAP R/3 screen: Logistics ® Sales and Distribution ® Master Data ® Business Partners ® Customer

Function	Menu path	What you should know
Creating a Customer Master Record for Sales and Distribution	® Create ® Sales and Distribution	See Creating Customer Master Records
Creating central customer master record, for Sales and Distribution and Accounting	® Create ® Whole	Enter a company code in the entry screen. See Creating Customer Master Records
Changing customer master record, sales and distribution view	® Change ® Sales and Distribution	Enter a sales area in the entry screen, for which the changes are applicable. If you do not enter a sales area, the system displays only the general data.
Change central customer master record (Sales and Distribution and Accounting view)	® Change ® Whole	Enter a company code and a sales area in the entry screen.
Displaying customer master record, sales and distribution view	® Display ® Sales and Distribution
Displaying central customer master record (Sales and Distribution and Accounting view)	® Display ® Whole
Changing an account group	® Changing an account group	See Changing Account Groups
Mark the customer master record for deletion	® mark for deletion	See Deleting Customer Master Records

You often need to enter a valid sales area in the entry screen for customer master record maintenance. There are two buttons to help you with this entry.

You can use the button All sales areas... to select one of the sales areas created in the system
You can use the button Customer sales areas ... to display all sales areas valid for the customer and then select the required sales area

Additional Functions

When processing a customer master record, you can execute other functions such as creating text or setting blocks. When you are in display mode, you can only display these functions.

To call up the individual functions in the table, choose Extras in the Change Customer or Display customer screen.

Function	Menu path	What you should know
Blocking	® Blocking data	You can process blocks for the transactions Sales order Delivery Billing document Sales support for example.
Deletion indicators	® Deletion indicators	The company code data can be marked for deletion separately from the sales and distribution data.
Texts	® Texts	Different text types and the first line of the text are listed. By double clicking on the first line you reach the detail display for a text.