Perform Business Partner Replication for
IPM
Prerequisites
The Business Function Set “Media” is active in the ERP System.
Use
The Customizing settings for replicating the business partner master data for Intellectual Property Management are different according to whether you are using the customer and vendor master or the SAP Business Partner component in the SAP ERP Central Component.
Procedure
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The following options are available:
1. For use of the customer or vendor master
- Create the licensee as a customer in ERP and replication as a business partner in the sold-to party role in CRM/IPM.
- Create the licensee as a business partner in the sold-to party role in CRM/IPM and replication as a customer in ERP.
- Create the licensor as a business partner in the sold-to party role in CRM/IPM and replication as a customer in ERP. The business partner must also be entered/edited in CRM/IPM in the role category that triggers replication as a vendor in ERP.
For details on creating business partners during use of the customer and vendor master, see the section Additional Settings for the Use of the Customer or Vendor Master for Vendor Replication in this documentation.
2. If you are using the SAP Business Partner component in the SAP ERP System
- Create the licensor in the customer and vendor role (including company code data) in ERP and replication of the customer role to CRM/IPM.
- Create the licensor in the customer role in CRM/IPM and replication of the customer role in ERP. The vendor role and the company code data must then be edited in ERP.
- Create the licensee in the customer role (including company code data) in ERP and replication of the customer role to CRM/IPM.
- Create the licensee in the customer role in CRM/IPM and replication of the customer role in ERP. The company code data must then be edited in ERP.
For details on creating business partners during use of the SAP Business Partner, see the section Creation of Business Partners During Usage of the SAP Business Partner in this documentation.
Restrictions
1. Mixed scenarios are not supported. You should only use replication of the ERP customer and supplier master or replication of the ERP SAP Business Partner to CRM exclusively. If you are using the SAP Business Partner and the customer master, the system only replicates the SAP Business Partner.
2. You cannot migrate from ERP customer master replication to ERP SAP Business Partner replication in CRM or vice versa.
In the past, you were able to use the customer master and exchange this with the CRM business partner. If you now migrate the customer master to the SAP Business Partner and then want to exchange this with the CRM business partner, the customer master and the CRM business partner must have the same number during customer master replication.
Prerequisite for Use of the Customer and Vendor Master
If you are using the vendor master, the system assumes that the business partner is created in the CRM/IPM System.
Procedure for Use of the Customer and Vendor Master
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If you are using the customer and vendor master, make the Customizing settings described in Replication of Customer Data.
Additional Settings for the Use of the Customer or Vendor Master for Customer Replication
Replication of the licensor or licensee as a customer in ERP
Since company code segments do not exist in CRM, the company code segments (KNB1) have to be either created manually or automatically during replication. If company code segments are to be created automatically, this can be implemented using the Business Transaction Event (BTE) DE_DALE.
Additional Settings for the Use of the Customer or Vendor Master for Vendor Replication
a.
Replication
of the licensor as a customer in ERP
Licensors
must also be replicated as customers in ERP. This is required specifically for
CO integration where the customer is used as a characteristic.
The licensor is replicated as a customer in ERP as standard, if they are
assigned the Sold-to Party role and the distribution
chain-dependent data has been maintained.
Replication is performed using the function module PI_BP_PROXY_BAPI_CUSTOMER.
The system makes an entry in the table CRMKUNNR automatically.
b. Replication of the licensor as a vendor in ERP
- The role category must be inserted in the table CRMROLECAT “CRM -> ERP: Assign BP Role Category to Account Group(s)“ (SM30 maintenance dialog V_CRMRLCAT) in ERP.
- The function
module PI_BP_PROXY_BAPI_VENDOR must be included in the business partner data
exchange in ERP (table COM_BUPA_CALL_FU using transaction COM_BUPA_CALL_FU).
This function module creates an entry in the vendor master and in table CRMLIFNR. - Since company code segments do not exist in CRM, the company code segments (LFB1) have either to be created manually or automatically during replication. If company code segments are to be created automatically, this can be implemented using the Business Transaction Event (BTE) DE_DALE.
If a business partner is created in CRM/IPM in the role category edited, they are replicated as a vendor in ERP.
c. During the FI transfer of credit-side billing documents, the vendor number must be read from table CRMLIFNR. This is supplied with the Plugin 2005.1 in the standard system.
Initial Load Vendors Who Are Not Customers
- Vendors from ERP, who are not customers, must be created using a project-specific solution in the General Business Partner role in CRM/IPM (for example using the XIF interface). The system assigns a GUID, but automatic vendor replication is not performed.
- This GUID must then be assigned to the vendor number in table CRMLIFNR in ERP.
- Business partners can now be maintained in CRM/IPM using the detailed data for the licensor (for example using the XIF interface). This means that vendor replication takes place automatically, but no new vendor is created, since the system finds the existing entry in the table CRMLIFNR.
Initial Load Vendors Who Are Customers
- Vendors, who are also entered as customers in ERP, can be replicated as customers in the CRM/IPM System. An entry is made in the table CRMKUNNR here.
- The system uses the GUID from CRMKUNNR and the customer number – vendor number relationship to make entries in the table CRMLIFNR.
- Business partners can now be maintained in CRM using the detailed data for licensors (for example using the XIF interface). This means that vendor replication takes place automatically, but no new vendor is created, since the system finds the existing entry in the table CRMLIFNR.
Procedure for Use of the SAP Business Partner
If you are using the SAP Business Partner, make the Customizing settings described in the section SAP CRM ® Configuration Structures ®<your SAP CRM release> ® Basic Settings for SAP CRM ® Data Replication ® Master Data Replication Between ERP and CRM Server ® Replication of Business Partners.
Additional Settings for Use of the Media SAP Business Partner
You must make the following entry using transaction CRMC_BUT_CALL_FU (Define Function Modules for BP Data Exchange) for business partner replication from SAP ERP Central Component to the SAP CRM system:
Event |
Object |
Item |
Function Name |
MTCTO* |
Business partner |
90000 |
CRM_IPM_BUPA_INBOUND_MAPPING |
* MTCTO = Mapping of BAPIMTCS Structure to Complex Structure
For more information, see SAP Notes 1107767 and 436843.
Creation of Business Partners for Use of the Media SAP Business Partner
A licensor must be maintained as a vendor in ERP and a customer in CRM/IPM in Intellectual Property Management (IPM). You should therefore edit the following roles supplied when you create a licensor:
·
Media sales
agent (vendor ERP)
Only available in ERP.
· Media customer (customer CRM/IPM)
Is replicated between ERP and CRM/IPM.
A licensee must be maintained as a customer in ERP and CRM/IPM in Intellectual Property Management (IPM). You should therefore edit the following roles supplied when you create a licensee:
· Media customer (customer CRM/IPM)
Is replicated between ERP and CRM/IPM.