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Business Partner Change Monitor in SRM Server

You can use this function as a purchaser to check changes made to supplier master data. Master data changes can reach the SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) system in two ways:

  • Suppliers change their own data in supplier self-services.

  • Purchasers change supplier data in business partner management in SRM Server.

New supplier master data can reach the SAP SRM system in the following ways:

  • You have created a supplier master record manually in the SRM Server.

  • You have transferred a supplier from the Supplier Directory to the SRM Server.

You can transfer the changes automatically to the appropriate back-end system, provided that the supplier already exists in the back end.

Busines Partner Change Monitor in Supplier Self-Services

To use this function, you must activate the business function SRM, Supplier Collaboration (SRM_SUCO_1).

The following Customizing activity is relevant:   SAP Supplier Relationship Management   Supplier Collaboration   Supplier Self-Registration   Activate/Deactivate Supplier Self-Registration  . If you have activated this Customizing switch, the Business Partner Change Monitor is also available in supplier self-services. It displays the changes that suppliers have made to their own data.

Restrictions

Caution Caution

Note the following restrictions for both, the Business Partner Change Monitor in the SRM Server and in supplier self-services:

  • Data specific to SAP SRM, such as the purchasing organization, or data specific to SAP ERP, for example, FI data, are not transferred from the Business Partner Change Monitor. You can use the transfer function for general master data, for example telephone numbers, or e-mail addresses.

  • You cannot transfer more than one additional address to the back-end system.

End of the caution.

Activities

Activities in SAP SRM

In the SRM Administration work center, workset Application Monitors, select the Business Partner Change Monitor.

To transfer the changes to the back-end system, select a business partner and click Transfer Changes to Backend.

Activities in Supplier Self-Services

The following activities apply if you have activated the business function SRM, Supplier Collaboration (SRM_SUCO_1).

Prerequisites

You have activated the Customizing switch Supplier Self-Registration (SRM_701_SUCO_SUP_REG).

Activities

In the Application Monitors work center in supplier self-services, select the Business Partner Change Monitor.

To transfer the changes to the back-end system, select a business partner and click Transfer Changes to Backend.

If you do not want to transfer the changes to the back end, and you want to delete them in supplier self-services, click Delete.