Master SAP S4HANA Business Partner Configuration: 15 Steps Guide

The synchronization of Business Partner (BP) numbers in SAP S/4 HANA Sis beneficial when a customer is also a vendor, and this feature is particularly helpful in S/4HANA where business partners can have different number ranges than customer vendors. A business partner can be created in several ways:

  • different number ranges from customer and vendor accounts
  • similar number ranges for BP and customer accounts,
  • similar number ranges for BP and vendor accounts,
  • the same number ranges for BP, customer and vendor accounts

The fourth scenario, where the BP number is synchronized with both customer and vendor accounts, is the focus of this configuration guide.

  1. Define Account Groups with Screen Layout
  2. Create Number Ranges for Customer Accounts
  3. Assign Number Ranges to Customer Account Groups—
  4. Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendors)
  5. Create Number Ranges for Vendor
  6. Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account
  7. Define Number Ranges
  8. Define Groupings and Assign Number
  9. Define BP Role for Direction Customer to
  10. Define Number Assignment for Direction BP to Customer
  11. Define Number Assignment for Direction Customer to BP—
  12. Define BP Role for Direction Vendor to
  13. Define Number Assignment for Direction BP to Vendor
  14. Define Number Assignment for Direction Vendor to
  15. Creating a test BP

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