Business Partner Master Data: Addresses Tab

Use this tab to define business partner addresses, which are used as the default billing/paying and shipping addresses for the various documents in SAP Business One.

To access the tab, choose Business Partners Business Partner Master Data Addresses .

To add a new address, under Bill to, Pay to, or Ship to, choose Define New.

For vendors, you can define as many Pay to and Ship to addresses as required.
For customers, you can define as many Bill to and Ship to addresses as required.

To delete an address, do one of the following:

In the address list on the left, select an address name on the left, and in the menu bar, choose Data Remove Address .
On the Addresses tab, right-click and select the Remove Address option.

Addresses Tab Fields

Street/PO Box, Block, Building/Floor/Room, City, Zip Code, County, State
Specify the address information. To select a state, first select the appropriate country. Note The Zip Code field: In Japan, it is an 8-character string, composed of 7 digits and a hyphen as the fourth character, for example, 123-4567. In Brazil, it is a 9-character string, composed of 8 digits and a hyphen as the sixth character, for example, 12345-678. The field Building/Floor/Room appears only in the address formats of China, Korea, Japan, Brazil and India localizations. The field County is specific to Brazil. It becomes accessible after you select the country and state. End of the note.

GLN (Global Location Number)
Represents an address or a business partner. This field is alphanumeric and 50 characters long. The GLN displayed on this tab is retrieved by default from the Company Details window.

Country
The country selected when the company was created. You can specify a different country. When specifying a Bill to/Pay to country other than the one defined for your company, the following message appears: Change accounts receivable/payable? Select Yes to change the control account of this business partner to the EU Accounts Receivable/Payable or the Foreign Accounts Receivable/Payable defined in the G/L Account Determination window. Select No to leave the Domestic Accounts Receivable/Payable as the control account for this business partner. Note You can change the default country in the Pay to or Bill to address only under one of the following circumstances: Business partner is connected to a sales opportunity, sales order, sales quotation, activity, or item. Business partner is not connected to any document. End of the note.

Set as Default
Sets the selected address as the default address for this business partner in all sales and purchasing documents or in incoming and outgoing payments. You can set one default Bill to/Pay to address and one Ship to address. Default addresses are displayed in bold letters.

Show Location in Web Browser
Opens a Web browser and displays the business partner's location in a Web map with the browser. For more information, see Working with Map Services.

Country-Specific Field: US, Canada, and Chile

Tax Code
Specify the default tax code in sales documents when this shipping address is selected. Relevant for customer/lead Ship to addresses only.

Country-Specific Field: Europe

Federal Tax ID
Specify the business partner's federal tax ID. The federal tax ID of the default ship-to address is copied to all marketing documents related to this business partner. For the sales documents, when you change the ship-to address on the Logistics tab, the federal tax ID is automatically updated on the Accounting tab. The federal tax ID of the default ship-to address remains identical to the federal tax ID in the general area. Updating either value updates the other.

Country-Specific Fields: India

Excise Information
A field that appears after you specify a Pay to address for a vendor or a Ship-to address for a customer. Choose to enter/update excise-related fields in the form.

State
Specify the state from the dropdown list.

Country-Specific Fields: Brazil

County
Select the county after selecting the country and state.

Address Type
Specify the kind of address, for example, avenue.

Street No.
Specify the numeric location on the street.

Fiscal IDs
Choose (Browse) to open the Fiscal IDs window. Note This field appears when you select a Ship-to address for a customer or lead. End of the note.

Country-Specific Fields: Italy

Alternative BP Name, Alternative Tax ID
Enter information for the blacklist country report. For more information, see Preparing the Blacklist Country Report (Italy) and SAP Note 1593235. Note These fields appear when you select a Pay-to address. End of the note.

More Information

Business Partner Master Data Window

G/L Account Determination

Counties for Specific State Window: Brazil

Fiscal IDs: Brazil