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Background documentation Information for Transferring Business Partner Master Data  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

 

A. Object Profile

Object name and identification

Name of application object

Business partner master record

Name of business object

KNA1 (customer master record)

LFA1 (vendor master record)

DX workbench object number and subobject number

0050 0000, 0040 0000

Change document object

DEBI, KRED

Object long text

None

Data category

Master data

Number assignment

Internal or external

Number field in legacy system

KNB1-ALTKN, LFB1-ALTKN

Transactions

Create

XD01 (customer), XK01 (vendor)

Change

XD02 (customer), XK02 (vendor)

Block/unblock

XD05 (customer), XK05 (vendor)

Set/reset deletion flag

XD06 (customer), XK06 (vendor)

Define credit limit

FD32 (customer only)

Reports/Programs

Reports for evaluating transferred data

None

Deletion program for master data

SAPF019

Tables/Databases

Relevant tables

Customer: KNA1, KNBK, KNVA, WRF12, WRF4, KNEX, KNVK, KNB1, KNB5, KNKA, KNKK, KNVV, KNVD, KNVI, KNVL, KNVP, KNZA, KNBW, KNAT

Vendor: LFA1, LFB1, LFB1, LFB5, LFBK, LFBW, LFEI, LFLR, LFM1, LFM2, LFZA, WYT1, WYT3, LFAT

Tablespace

PSAPSTABD (data)
PSAPSTABI (index)

Customizing

Customizing activities influencing data transfer

Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Customer/Vendor Accounts Master Records

Preparations for Creating Customer/Vendor Master Records

·        Define Account Group with Screen Layout (Customers: OBD2/Vendors: OBD3)

·        Define Screen Layout Per Company Code (Customers: OB21/Vendors: OB24)

·        Define Screen Layout per Activity (Customers: OB26/Vendors: OB23)

Preparations for Changing Customer/Vendor Master Records

·        Define Field Groups for Customer/Vendor Master Records (Customers: OB30/Vendors: OBAU)

Logistics - General Business Partner Customer/Vendor Control

·        Define Account Groups and Field Selection (Customers: OVT0/Vendors: OMSG)

·        Define Transaction-Dependent Screen Layout (Customers: OB20/Vendors: OMSX)

·        Define Screen Layout Specific to Purchasing Organization (Vendors: OMFK)

·        Define and Assign Field Authorization Groups (Customers: Link to FI Customizing)

Events and Sequence

Time of transfer

Business partner master records can be transferred to the SAP system at any time.

Data dependencies

·        Company code

Customer:

·        Sales organization

·        Distribution channel

·        Divisions

Vendor:

·        Purchasing organization

·        Plants

SAP Notes

131862

Performance improvement

B. Batch Input (BI)

BI transfer program

RFBIDE00 (customer)

RFBIKR00 (vendor)

Restrictions and special remarks

None

User Exits

None

Program to generate test data

None

Append structures

None

Z structures

None

NODATA characters

/

RESET characters

SPACE

See also:

Documentation for programs RFBIDE00 for customers, and RFBIKR00 for vendors.

Process Flow for Data Transfer of Business Partner Master Data

Structuring Rules for the Business Partner Master Data Transfer File

Examples for Transferring a Vendor Master Record

Logistics: Business Partner Master Data

 

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