Can Business Partner number and Vendor Number, Plant Numbe be same in SRM ?

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

We are configuring SRM7.0 with ECC6 ( Ehp4) having Classic Scenario .

I configured sandbox, and everything working fine.

I have one query. The Business Partner Number and the Vendor Code or Plant code are different. So while entewring the Location key in Shopping cart we need to enter BP code, by drilldown ( In drilldown we can see ECC Vendor Plant number).

Its no big problem,.

Can anyone suggest whether it is possible to have both Unique or exactly same , so no need to remeber both code or see in drilldown.

Thanks

NAP

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

Hi Narendra

Location - BP can be different only since plant assign always internal BP number only so BP number and plant number can not be same.

but Vendor you have two options .

External Number - if you were selected BP and Vendor number will be remain same.

Internal Number - if you were selected BP and Vendor number will be different.

visit BUCF tcode for Internal and External BP number configuration.

See our Mentor Ricardo detail explanations

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SRM/ECCPlantorLocationnumberisnotdisplayedinShoppingCart

All the associated parties which are used in the SRM environment (like location, recipient and supplier) are modelled as business partners.

Due to this fact the user interface displays the business partner numbers in a uniform manner, as the business partners are the technical representation of the involved parties.

In order to give the user a better idea which business partners are shown by the numbers, a little text is displayed next to the corresponding field (e.g. 11147 - Werk Hamburg).

When ERP plants are replicated to SRM system, plant numbers are converted into business partners and a new ID is assumed.

Muthuraman

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Muthu.

I have exactly same settings. Closed

[vinita_kasliwal]

Please can some one also guide how we can have the same Location Number and BP number like in few cases below we were earlier having the same location number and BP number however soon enough we had differene in this behaviour .. the user is trying to manually entr the values in table  BBP_LOCMAP by clicking on customizing .. so please can some one suggest on what should be the right approach ?