partner determination

[Former Member]

Hi

Can any one clarify this matter in bold letters?

During order entry, the system first proposes partners from the customer master record of the sold-to party. If this information does not exist in the customer master, the system automatically proposes the mandatory partners from the partner determination procedure that you specify in the document header.

Does that mean partners at customer master are not mandatory?

Regards

Sudha

[Former Member]

Hi Sudha,

when u r creating a sales order, u r creating it for a specific customer. u r selling a material to someone, so the sold to party is necessary. now the ship to may be different from the sold to, but there has to be a ship to.......... so, maintaining a customer master is necessary, with a sold to party...........

regards

Kaushik

[former_member184555]

Hi

Please go through my above reply. Your query is answered there.

Thanks,

Ravi

[jignesh_mehta3]

Dear Sudha,

That means to say that, when you create the Order, the system first tries to determine Partner functions from Customer Master record of Sold-to-party.

But if it fails to find relevant record, then it deternimes the Partners based on the settings for Partner Deternimation procedure for Sales Document header.

These setting for Sales Document header can be done at - IMG - SD - Basic Functions - Set up Partner Determination - Set up Partner determination for Sales Document Header.. .

Hope this helps...

Thanks,

JIgnesh Mehta

[Former Member]

Hi,

whatever the partner functions you made as mandatory by clicking on mandatory check box in 'Partner functions' in Partener etermination Procedure.

Cheers,

Sumith

[former_member184555]

Hi

During order entry, the system first proposes partners from the customer master record of the sold-to party. If multiple entries exists in the customer master for a partner function - then the system pop up the list to select one among them. If the mandatory partner functions are not maintained in the customer master, I belive the system will not allow you to save the customer master. In general scenarios, since the SP by default is configured for all the four mandatory partner functions, even if you donot mention the partner functions while creating the customer master, the system will consider the same SP for the other partner functions also.

Thanks,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Dear Friend,

The partner function is a mandatory entity.

Without which you will not be able to create the customer masters.

The account group based on which you create Customer Master must be assigned to the partner function.

All the partners are determined from the CMR .. incase you specify more in the sales order header then it is added in the partner function scope.

regards,

SAP SD

[Lakshmipathi]

Dear Sudha

Yes while creating sale order system will propose the partner functions from the sold to party customer master.

However, you can change the same both at header level or at item level. But at item level, system will allow you to change only if no subsequent document exists

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Dear Lakshmi Pathi,

My issue is if I don't give all partners ( SH, BP, PY) in Customer Master and gave only SP & configured at Sales Document Header the other functions how the system will react?

Can I be able to select Ship to party? If that is the case what is the need to maintain all partner functions at customer level when we can maintain at sales document header or item level?

Regards

Sudha

[Lakshmipathi]

Dear Sudha

First of all, without maintaining partner functions like SH, BP & PY, you cannot save the sold to party customer master.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Dear Lakshmi Pathy,

Then what is the purpose of defining partners at sales document header/item level when the partners we want can be selected from customer record?

Regards

Sudha

[Former Member]

Hi,

I suggest you to Please go-through the Path:

SPRO --> IMG --> Sales and Distribution --> Basuc Functions --> Partner Determination (Set Up Partner Determination).

Here, instead of clicking Execute, Click Document-Link (prior to execute).

This document will definitely clear all your queries.

However, I am posting a part of the Document for your reference:

Hope, this will help you.

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Note for the Partner Object - Sales Document (Header)

When you define the determination procedure for the partner object

'Sales Document (Header)', you can make the following additional entries

for the partner function:

o Source

Under this heading you can control two origin characteristics:

- Source partner function

In this field you can specify that a partner should be

determined directly using a partner entered in the sold-to

party. If you enter, for example, the source "WE" for the

partner function "SP", you can then specify that the forwarding

agent is determined from the ship-to party, and not from the

sold-to party.

- Table of origin

In this field, you can specify from which table the partner with

this particular partner function is determined. In the standard

version, this field is blank, and the partner is determined from

the customer master table. If you want the partner for this

partner function to be determined from the table of credit

representatives, you must enter "A". If you want to determine

the partner from the customer hierarchy table, enter "B". In the

latter case, the partner function must also have been assigned

to a hierarchy type.

o Sequence

Entries in this field allow you to control the sequence in which

partners are determined in the sales document. First, all partner

functions are determined that have the ranking order zero, then

those with ranking order 1, 2, and so on.

The relationship of partner object and assignment key is as follows:

Partner Object Key

Customer Account group

Sales doc. header Sales document type

Sales doc. item Item category - sales document

Delivery header Delivery type

Shipment header Shipment type

Billing doc. header Billing document type

Billing doc. item Billing document type

Contact Contact type

Activities

1. Check the settings in the SAP standard version, to see whether you

can use them as they stand, and to see if any changes are required

2. Define your partner determination procedure.

3. Assign the partner determination procedures to the keys of the

relevant partner object.

Assigning Partner Functions to the Account Groups

In Financial Accounting, debitors are controlled using account groups.

You can assign your defined partner functions to these account groups.

This means that the relevant debit-side partner function must only be

used for customer masters that are assigned to these account groups. To

do this, choose

Account Groups - Assign Functions

Example

You can assign the partner function ship-to party but not the partner

function sold-to party. A customer in this account group cannot take on

the function of the sold-to party in the sales order.

Notes

To access control of account groups, choose:

Logistics General -> Business Partner -> Customers -> Control

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Best regards,

Amit.