Assigning Alternative Business Partners

You can use this function to record an assignment in a business partner's master record specifying that a certain order role, for instance Ship-to Party or Voucher Copy Recipient, can be taken on by an alternative business partner.

Note Note

In addition to the standard order-related business partner roles, you can also define your own roles according to your company's requirements and assign them alternative business partners in master data (you can define roles in the Implementation Guide under Start of the navigation path SAP Media Next navigation step Master Data SAP Business Partner for Media Companies Control Define Business Partner Roles End of the navigation path ).

You can use the alternative business partner at item level in the Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) sales document, if you have specified the custom role in Customizing for the partner determination procedure under Start of the navigation path SAP Media Next navigation step Basic Functions Partner Determination M/AM Define and Assign Partner Determination Procedures End of the navigation path . You can only specify alternative voucher copy recipients at header level.

End of the note.

Activities

The following table indicates the menu paths for the different components:

Component	SAP Easy Access menu
IS-M/AM	Logistics Advertising Management Master Data Business Partner Connections BP Assignment Edit
IS-M/SD	Logistics Media Sales and Distribution Master Data Business Partner Connections BP Assignment Edit

Note Note

This function is only available for the Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) and Periodical Sales and Distribution (IS-M/SD) components. In the Media Product Sales (IS-M/PS) component, the assignment is made as described under Assigning Order-Related Business Partner Roles.

End of the note.