Business Partner Role (BP Role) (SAP Library - Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX))

Business Partner Role (BP Role)

Definition

The basis for the definition of a BP role is a business transaction. The attributes of the BP role depend on the particular transaction involved.

Example

Transaction	BP Role
Order	Sold-to party
Delivery of goods	Ship-to party

Use

The standard BP roles are:

Contact person
Prospect
Business partner, general
Employee
Organizational unit
Internet user

In addition there are component-specific BP roles such as:

IS-U: Contract partner, installer
IS-IS-CD: Contract partner
BCA: Account maintenance officer, account holder, authorized drawer, bank statement recipient
CRM: Sold-to party, ship-to party
B2B: Bidder, portal provider

It is possible to create a business partner in one or more BP roles. Central data such as name, addresses and bank details only has to be created once.

Structure

All the supplied business partner roles are displayed for selection in the Business Partner dialog.

If you want only certain business partner roles to be displayed in the selection list, you can hide the other business partner roles. In the same way, you can replace the standard title of BP roles with user-defined descriptions, and establish at which point the relevant BP role should appear in the selection list.

Make these settings in the SAP Reference IMG under Cross-Application Components -> SAP Business Partner -> Business Partner -> Basic Settings -> Business Partner Roles -> Properties of Business Partner Roles.

With the help of field groupings in the Customizing you can hide or display fields for this role.

An extension of the BP roles to include customer-specific attributes is possible. In theory it is possible to define other BP roles but this should only be considered if a customer has developed own applications. For more information, see the Business Data Toolset.