BP Role Business Partner, General
Definition
The BP role
business partner, general is not specified in any direction. Data entered in this BP role is for information purposes only.Use
You use the BP role
business partner, general to store data on a business partner who does not (yet) play any specific role for the company.For example, at a meeting you are given a person’s business card. You might want to store this data without pursuing a specific business interest. In this case you can use the BP role
business partner, general .Structure
You can store the name and address as well as data on bank details and relationships. If a business relationship does materialize with a business partner created in this BP role, you can also create this business partner additionally in other, specific BP roles such as
sold-to party .Conversely, it is not possible to take a business partner who has already been created in a specific role and add the role of
business partner, general . This is because a business partner created in another role automatically receives the role of business partner, general .