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<b>Partner Determination Procedure:</b>
When creating a customer master record, the SAP System proposes the allowed partner functions to be maintained. According to the rules defined here, the partners are adopted from the customer master records of the sold-to parties into the sales and distribution documents.
You have to edit the following points for the function "Partner determination":
Partner function
You define with the help of the partner function which functions exist for the partners ( customers, vendors, employees, and so on) in your system.
Partners allowed for each account group
You allocate the permitted partner functions to every account group customer.
Function conversion
You can define the key of the partner functions according to the language.
Partner object
Partners are possible in the customer master record and the so-called partner objects in the sales and distribution documents. Select a partner object and define the rules for partner determination for this object.
Partner determination procedures
You define partner determination
Procedure allocation
You allocate each partner determination procedure to an actual partner object using a key, for example, to an account group customer or a sales document type.
Partners are contained both in the customer master records and in the sales and distribution documents. You define partner determination for each of these objects individually.
The following partner objects exist:
customer master record
sales document
header
item
delivery
header
billing document
header
item
sales activity
After defining the partner functions, select one partner object after the other and define the partner determination procedures for the selected object.
Only when you have checked and, if necessary, changed the partner determination for all the partner objects is the function "Partner determination" completed.
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1. Define the partner functions that differentiate the roles of partners in your system.
2. Define the partner determination procedure, and assign the key of the relevant partner object to this procedure.
3. Assign the partner functions you define to the account groups.
When you create a customer master record, the SAP system proposes the allowed partner functions for maintenance. The partners are copied from the sold-to party's customer master records into the sales documents, according to the rules you have defined.
For partner determination you must edit the following:
Partner function
You can use the partner function to help you define which roles exist for partners ( customers, vendors, employees, and so on) in your system.
Allowed partners for each account group
You assign the allowed partner function for each account group customer.
Function key conversion
You can define language-dependent keys for the partner functions.
Partner object
Partners can exist in the customer master record and the sales documents. These are both partner objects. Select a partner object and define the partner determination rules for the object.
Partner determination procedures
For each partner object, you define partner determination procedures that each contain the allowed partner functions.
Assigning procedures
You use a key to assign each partner determination procedure to a fixed partner object, for example, an account group customer or a sales document type.
Partners are contained in both the customer master records and in the sales documents. You define partner determination separately for each of these objects.
The following partner objects exist:
Customer master record
Sales document
Header
Item
Delivery
Header
Shipment
Header
Billing document
Header
Item
Contact
Activities
After you have defined the partner functions, select the partner objects in turn and define the partner determination procedures for each object.
The "Partner Determination" function is only complete once partner determination has been checked, and changed where required, for all partner objects.
Defining Partner Functions
When defining a partner function, you enter whether the partner is, for example, a customer, vendor, customer employee, or your own employee. Depending on the partner function, the system expects you to enter a customer number, vendor number, a personnel number, or another number of your choice.
You must enter the following parameters for a partner function:
Partner function
Enter an alphanumeric key for the partner function. This key can have up to two characters and a text description.
Partner type
The partner type is an indicator that tells you which type of partner you are dealing with, for example, partner type Customer "KU".
At this point in time, you cannot change the partner types in Customizing. You can only select partner types that are contained in the standard delivery.
Error group
You use the error group to assign an incompleteness procedure to the partner function (see section "Log of Incomplete Items").
Superordinate roles
You can enter superordinate partner functions for a partner function. In this way you can map the existing relationship between the partner functions.
Unique in customer master record
If you flag a partner function as unique, then you can only enter the partner function one time in the customer master record.
For example, the sold-to party must be unique in the customer master record, whereas you can enter more than one contact person.
Customer hierarchy type
In this field, you can specify whether a partner function can be used for a customer hierarchy. To do this, enter the customer hierarchy type for which the partner function is allowed. For more information about the customer hierarchy type, see the section "Define Hierarchy Types and Assign Account Groups".
Role key conversion
If you work with several languages in your sales system, you can perform a language-dependent role key conversion.
This allows you to show the internal key definitions, for example AG and WE, differently on the screen according to the logon language of the user. This means that you can display the German key AG for Anmeldungen in English as CU. (This key conversion is necessary because the partner functions (AG, WE, and so on) are sometimes fixed in the programs.
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