Account Groups in Customer Hierarchies (SAP Library - Basic Functions and Master Data in SD Processing (SD-BF))

Account Groups in Customer Hierarchies

Use

The master records in the customer hierarchy are controlled by their account groups. You can use the same account groups for customer hierarchies as those used for partner determination in sales and distribution.

In Customizing for sales and distribution you specify,

which account groups are valid for a particular hierarchy type

which of these account groups are valid for higher-level customers in the hierarchy

Example

For example, you can exclude the possibility of defining ship-to parties as higher-level nodes, since ship-to parties play no role in pricing.

For customer hierarchies there is also an individual account group available: the account group Customer hierarchy nodes (0012). In a master record for this account group you can specify specific data that is only required for one node in a customer hierarchy, that does not take on any active role in order processing such as sold-to party, goods recipient etc.

Activities

The account group settings for the customer hierarchy can be made in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Master data ® Business partner ® Customer ® Customer hierarchy ® Assign account groups.

If required, you can change the account group for a customer in the customer hierarchy, for example, you can assign the account group Sold-to party to a customer with account group Customer hierarchy nodes, that cannot issue orders, so that he can issue orders. For further information, see Changing An Account Group