In this step, you make the partner role settings for vendors.
Partners in the vendor master record:
You can define the roles that a vendor belonging to a certain account group may assume. For example, this function allows you to specify that certain vendors can only serve as ordering addresses, they may not assume the role of "invoicing party".
Partners in purchasing documents:
You can create partner schemas consisting of different partner roles. You can specify that certain roles in this schema are mandatory and cannot be changed after entry.
You can assign these partner schemas to the different types of purchasing document. As a result, only the roles contained within a certain schema can be maintained in documents belonging to a certain document type.
If mandatory roles are missing when a certain purchasing document is entered, the system draws your attention to this fact either by issuing a message or by providing an additional dialog box.
Partners in rebate arrangements:
You can create partner schemas consisting of different partner roles. You can specify that certain roles in a schema are mandatory and cannot be changed after entry.
You can assign these partner schemas to the different rebate arrangement types. As a result, only the roles belonging to a certain schema can be maintained in rebate arrangements of a certain type.
If mandatory roles are missing when a certain rebate arrangement is entered, the system draws your attention to this fact either by issuing a message or by providing an additional dialog box.
In the standard system, partner schema 0001 is supplied with the following partner roles
For more information on partner determination, please refer to Customizing, Logistics general.
Note that the entries are not transported automatically. You must invoke the transport function and ensure that the changes are included in a transport request.