Automatic Business Partner Merging (SAP Library - Merging Business Partners (IS-U))

Automatic Business Partner Merging

Use

You can use BAPIs or BOR methods to automate individual steps of business partner merging. For further information on this, see the SAP note 624341 (Merging Business Partners).

Features

You can use the following BAPIs for automatic business partner merging:

BAPI	Description
BAPI_ISUACCOUNT_GETDETAIL	Display contract account
BAPI_ISUACCOUNT_CHANGE	Change contract account
BAPI_ISUPARTNER_GETDETAIL	Display contract account
BAPI_ISUPARTNER_CHANGE	Change contract account
BAPI_ISUPROP_GETDETAIL	Detailed information on owner allocation
BAPI_ISUPROP_CREATEFROMDATA	Create owner allocation
BAPI_ISUPROP_CHANGE	Change owner allocation
BAPI_CTRACDOCUMENT_TRANSFER	Transfer open FI-CA items
BAPI_CTRACCONTRACTACCOUNT_GD1	Read detailed FI-CA contract account data
BAPI_CTRACCONTRACTACCOUNT_CH1	Change FI-CA contract account

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Use mostly IS-U BAPIs to change master data in SAP utilities since these function modules contain additional fields for interfaces.

Caution

SAP does not recommend that you use the batch input procedure to automate steps. For further information on this, see the SAP note 432178 (IS-U Transactions and Batch Input).

Requirements for automating the business partner merging have been included. If you require any support, contact SAP.