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Definition

The business partner category denotes whether a business partner is a natural person (private individual), organization (legal person/entity or part of a legal entity, such as a department), or a group.

Use

When you create a business partner, you have to select a business partner category. Depending on the business partner category, a certain set of fields has to be filled with data.

The selection of name fields available is defined by the business partner category. You can enter the following data:

  • Organization: Form of address, name, legal form, industry, legal entity

  • Person: Form of address, first and last name, other name components (such as name prefixes and affixes and academic title), gender

  • Groups: Form of address, two names, partner group type (marriage, shared living arrangement)

Structure

The standard business partner categories are:

  • Natural person (private individual)

  • Organization (for example: company, department in a company, club, association)

  • Group (for example: married couple, shared living arrangement)

It is not possible to create any other business partner categories. You cannot alter the business partner category at a later stage.