Additional Information 

Definition

Customer-specific attributes that can be stored in the business partner in the form of categorized information types with corresponding customizable fields, text fields, checkboxes, amount fields, currency fields, and date fields according to user.

Use

We recommend that new customers use only the Easy Enhancement Workbench for enhancing the Business Partner data model.

The advantage of the Easy Enhancement Workbench is that you can enhance both the data model and the accompanying services (link to archiving, change document update, data exchange, and so on). It is the only tool to be used for making enhancements that is to be supported in the future.

For more information about the Easy Enhancement Workbench, see the SAP Library by choosing SAP NetWeaver Application Platform (SAP Web Application Server) ® Cross-Application Services ® Easy Enhancement Workbench.

Information types are categorized with their corresponding additional information by information categories.

You can also differentiate additional information by means of the Differentiation pushbutton.

Structure

Additional Information consists of the following customer-specific attributes:

·        Information category

·        Information type

·        Description of information type

·        Field with F4 input help

·        Description of field with F4 input help

·        Checkbox

·        Text field

·        Amount field

·        Start of validity period

·        End of validity period

·        Additional date

Integration

You make the settings for additional information in Customizing for the SAP Business Partner for Financial Services under Settings for Financial Services -> General Settings -> Enhancement Options -> Additional Information -> Set Information Category.

Example

You want to store information about leisure activities of a business partner.

Choose the information category 01 leisure. The information category 01 leisure includes the information types 01 sport, 02 hobby, and 03 travel. The business partner actively participates in sports, you therefore choose information type 01 sport. You can create the following customer-specific additional information for the information type 01 sport: in the customizable field type of sport you can choose the type of sport in which the business partner participates. As the customer actively participates in this type of sport, then set the indicator in the checkbox active. In the text field you can store Additional Information about the sport for the business partner, and in the amount field Costs you can enter how much money the business partner spends on this sport. In the date field you can store when the business partner participates in this sport, and when you discovered that the business partner participates in this sport.