Displaying Business Partner Relationships 
Displaying Business Partner Relationships
Use
You can display business partner relationships in one of the following ways:
According to the form of display, you can gather various information from the relationships.
Prerequisites
You have maintained one or more relationships to a business partner.
Features
List:
In the Overview of the list display, you can see all the relationships of a business partner to all relationship categories. Select the required relationship category to display the relationships of a relationship category.
From the list, you can access the detailed data of the relationship, via the pushbutton Change relationship, and maintain this data.
It is also possible to display business partner relationships in the form of a list in SAP GUI for HTML.
Hierarchy:
In the hierarchical display, you can see all the relationships of a business partner to each selected relationship category on a selected Key Date (1:n view). You can select the display level of the view by means of the list box Depth.
From the hierarchical display, you can access the detailed data of the relationship, via the pushbutton Change relationship, and maintain this data. The relationship is maintained, starting with the lower-level business partner.
It is also possible to display business partner relationships in the form of a hierarchy in SAP GUI for HTML.
Because of the hierarchical display format (1:n), it is not possible to map additional relationships to a business partner that is already displayed. For this reason, additional incoming and outgoing relationships to business partners that are already displayed are shown in the form of an icon.
To maintain these relationships, select the corresponding business partner and right-click on it, then select Display relationships. Choose Incoming or Outgoing relationships. A detail screen appears. Select the business partner for the required relationship in order to be able to maintain the detailed data.
Network:
In the network display, all the relationships of a business partner for a selected relationship category on a selected Key Date (1:n view) are displayed graphically. The business partners are represented as nodes, and the business partner relationships are represented as lines between the nodes.
The graphical display format allows you to view all the incoming and outgoing business partner relationships as well as the relationships for additional business partners simultaneously. You can select the display level by means of the list box Depth, and you can use buttons to enlarge or reduce the representation. You can choose to display the relationships either vertically or horizontally.
You can maintain both business partners and relationships from the network display. In addition, you can create relationships of the selected relationship category between any two business partners displayed in the network, by means of the pushbutton Insert dependency.
It is not possible to display business partner relationships in the form of a network in SAP GUI for HTML.
Summary:
|
Method of display |
Maintenance |
Display level (Depth) |
Display in SAP GUI for HTML | |
List |
A list of all the relationships of a BP to all relationship categories. |
Maintenance of relationships possible |
Selection not possible |
Possible |
Hierarchy |
Hierarchical display of all relationships of a BP to a relationship category (1:n display). Additional relationships to existing business partners are identified by means of a icon. |
Maintenance of relationships possible |
Selection possible |
Possible |
Network |
Graphical display of all relationships of a BP to a relationship category (n:m display). The business partners are represented as nodes, and the business partner relationships are represented as lines between the nodes. |
Maintenance of business partners and relationships possible |
|
Not possible |