Temporal Validity 

Use

You can use business time dependency for data of the Business Partner, for example, for the following data:

·        Central data

·        Roles

·        Address data and address usages

·        Identification numbers

·        Bank details

·        Payment cards

You can create validity periods for this data in the dialog of the Business Partner.

Integration

You can distribute time-dependent data to other applications using report BUPTDTRANSMIT. This applies in particular to applications that support time dependency (for example, SAP NetWeaver BI). For more information, see the documentation for the report mentioned above.

Report BP_TD_SWITCH enables you to convert planned changes. For more information, see the documentation for this report.

Prerequisites

You have activated time dependency for the relevant data. Make the necessary settings in Customizing of the Business Partner under Activation Switch for Functions.

For more information see the SAP Note 810634.

Features

You can use the following functions in the dialog:

·        Displaying the validity periods for the data

·        Creating and changing validity periods for the data

Activities

Choose the pushbutton Role Detail above the tabstrip to display the validity data for the roles (for example, for all the roles valid on a key date).