cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Error in Manage BP: Business partner Invalid

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi friends,

We are working with SRM5.0, SP08.

I have cretated a vendor business partner through supplier registration route and also have maintained an employee for the same.

Later, when I try to make any changes in personal data of this employee (through manage business partner) in change mode, system gives me error "Business partner XXX is invalid".

I would appreciate, if anybody can guide me to resolve this problem.

Best Regards,

Prashant

Accepted Solutions (0)

Answers (2)

Answers (2)

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi

<b>Please provide the System version details -></b>

<u>Meanwhile, go through the following SAP OSS Notes which will help -></u>

Note 880735 - UME/SUS: error with administrational user creation

Note 763403 - Assign existing (SU01) users to (ext.) employees

Note 761189 - Default value decimal point format when creating a user

Note 825199 - Restricting maintenance to own data for 'ext. employees'

Note 847758 - SRM user: Decimal format invalid. (Not ' ', X or Y)

Note 807812 - Problems when you create employee for bidder/vendor

Note 783774 - ROS: Several questionnaires for one product category

Note 658586 - SUS-XI: Current SUS message mapping

Note 574604 - Various correction reports for EBP business partner

Hope this will help. Do let me know.

Regards

- Atul

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi,

I belive the process is as follows.

In this process there are two different partners no are generated.

Example - 4000000342 for BP (Vendor) and 4000000344 for Employee .

When we tested the same process, we entered 4000000344 in the Employee field and start editing, we could do the same.

So please let us know whether the same process applies to you and ur also using the correct BP for editing.

BR,

Vijay Mittal

Plz award the points for the help.

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Vijay,

I have ensured that the business partner numbers are correct. otherwise, if I reverse it, I am even not able to edit it. I get an error message.

Best Regards,

Prashant

Former Member
0 Kudos

Thanks Atul,

I will go thru these notes and will let you know. Pls check the system details below:

SAP_ABA 700 11 SAPKA70011

SAP_BASIS 700 11 SAPKB70011

PI_BASIS 2005_1_700 11 SAPKIPYJ7B

ST-PI 2005_1_700 3 SAPKITLQI3

SAP_BW 700 12 SAPKW70012

SAP_AP 700 8 SAPKNA7008

SRM_PLUS 550 8 SAPKIBK008

SRM_SERVER 550 8 SAPKIBKT08

BI_CONT 703 5 SAPKIBIIP5

Regards,

Prashant

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Prashant,

The mistake in the entire process is as follows.

You have created employee BP 343 but while creating the same you have not made the checkbox "Employee is the Contact Person" active and saved it.

This results into non - linkage of your BP 342 with Employee BP 343.

Now as per the screen shot what you are trying to achive is that you are opening 343 in edit mode with BP 342 and trying to make checkbox "Employee is the Contact Person" active , for which the system gives an error. ( We have simulated the case over here).

This could be reported to OSS as BUG, because system is not allowing you to change BP 343 in conjunction with 342.

If you do not follow the steps mentioned earlier than probably system does not create this BP 343 with BP role BUP001, and hence the error.

To prove this point, you can create another Employee BP, but while doing so, make the check box active in the first instance.

BR,

Vijay Mittal

Plz award the points for the help.

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Vijay,

Thanks for the reply. Infact I have already raised an OSS for this issue and will update the message accordingly. I have been doing the same workaround as you suggested. I am selecting this checkbox during creation of employee for BP.

Thanks again.

Best Regards,

Prashant

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi

<b>Meanwhile till SAP comes back with any details, try the SAP OSS Notes as well -></b>

Note 964361 - Cannot find employee of vendor

Note 890260 - Contact person not replicated from SUS to EBP

Note 867890 - Not able to delete contact person when selecting 2 options

Do let me know.

Regards

- Atul

Former Member
0 Kudos

Dear Atul,

None of these notes are relevant and applicable to this problem. We are working with SRM server 5.5 & Support Pack 08.

Regards,

Prashant

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi

I don't think there are other relevant SAP OSS Notes left from my side..

Please create a OSS Customer Message with SAP.

Wait until SAP comes back with solution... I guess, this needs to handled with SAP providing some new OSS Note..

Do let me know as well.

Regards

- Atul

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi!

I'm having the same problem. All of sudden a vendors contact person is invalid.

Error message: Business partner xxxx is invalid.

xxxx refers to the contact person number.

Also "Employee is a contact person" is not checked and

you can't check it. You'll get the error above.

Any solutions for this??

I didn't find any relevant SAP notes

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi,

In Manage Business Partner are you using "Business Partner" Data"and "Employee" together in edit mode?

Plz send the screen shot of the same (vijaymittal23@rediffmail.com).

BR,

Vijay Mittal

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Vijay,

I have mailed you the screenshots. You are right. I am trying to update employee data for business partner of vendor.

Awaiting for your reply.

Thanks & regards,

Prashant