Replication of Ordering Address from R/3 to SRM

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are implementing Extended Classic Scenario. Vendor in R/3 has different partner functions. ( OA - Ordering Address , PI - Invoicing Party ). Business partner in SRM also has Ordering Address and Invoicing Party Address.

The question is , are these addresses mapped by Vendor Replication. We did the replication but the addresses are not transferred from R/3 to SRM. However, we are able to create Ordering address in SRM using transaction for Edit External Addresses. Is there any way that we replicate the different addresses from R/3 to SRM ?

Thanks in Advance.

Regards

Sukumar

[Former Member]

Hello Sukumar,

The data model is different between R/3 and SRM:

In R/3 you have a model for vendors, one for customers, with its own table set (LFA1...). One vendor can have only one address. So we define one vendor for each address and link them via partner functions.

In SRM, a vendor, customer, contact, employee is stored in the same data model (Business Partner BUT000...) with some specific extension sets (purchasing table for supplier...).

Business Partner data model is designed to assign more than one address, and you can "type" them (as ordering address, invoicing, default....).

But this feature is not used in SRM (except for delivery addresses at company level) and R/3 vendor partners addresses are to mapped to a single SRM vendor with multiple delivery addresses, that could be chosen when ordering.

This feature is used in CRM, HR, .. but not in SRM.

So we still define one Business Partner for each vendor, and we loose the R/3 partner function information in SRM (Vendor partner functions from R/3 are not replicated in SRM as business partner relations).

There is no link between vendors in SRM.

In SRM 5.0, you can create vendor hierarchies, but this is not synchronized with R/3 partner functions.

In SRM5.0, you can now maintain invoicing parties for a supplier (new relationship type between 2 Business Partners defined manually in SRM).

Before this, some customers used some project solution:

- change vendor partner in SC via BADI (you can request R/3 and take default ordering address)

- change proposed SOS by duplicating the vendor with its partner functions

- change vendor partner in SC by requesting R/3, and store initial vendor in a custom field

...

SRM does not support the logistic side of vendors: ex: only one vendor in the catalog, even if it has several warehouses according to delivery region.

Rgds

Christophe

[Former Member]

Thank you Christophe for your detailed reply. Hope SAP includes Partner Functionality in SRM6.0

Regards

Sukumar

[yann_bouillut]

Hi Sukumar,

Customer development request (DR) is important.

The more SAP receive many DR with interesting business case, the more you get chance to get the functionnality in a future release. )

Kind regards,

Yann

[Former Member]

Hi Christhope,

I read your reply. I was thinking of using the BAdI but am getting stuck up thinking of the logic I would use for correct ordering address.

Else if are maintainig different Vendor for each addres, then how do we do a reporting? Only way I think is to use same search term for each BP, if it is same vendor.

Any suggestions?

Regards,

Rahul