You can use this function to lock business partners for whom you want to suspend or terminate your business relationship. Locking a business partner means that you can no longer create procurement documents (shopping carts, purchase orders, auctions, or RFx, for example) in respect of this business partner. You have to end all procurement transactions before you can select the lock checkbox.

Before you save the lock checkbox, the system displays a list of all affected procurement documents. You can branch to the detail view of the individual documents.

You can archive a supplier after you have locked it.