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Partner determination




In SAP, Partner Determination Procedure has been used across modules. The main advantage of having Partner Determination Procedure is to update the documents with appropriate responsible persons (Internal / External) which will give better control in execution phase.



Overview
This a procedure by which system selects the assigned sales relevant partner function/functions to the object in Order to Cash process.
In brief, sales partner are business parties which are involve/relevant to a sales process/transaction. Each partner are defined/identified based on role & function they play in those sales process/transaction. These can internal or external to an organization. To setup, determine & copy these business partners in a sales process or specific sales process or master in SAP SD, we use a search technique, known as Partner Determination.

Main Components in Partner Determination

  1. Define the procedure 
  2. Partner function in procedure 
  3. As sing procedure to you customer account group
  4. Partner Function
  5. Assign Account Group
  6. Partner Function Conversion 


Partner Object

Following are the Partners object with respective key area for which partner determination can take place-
  • Customer
  • Sales Document Header
  • Sales Document Item
  • Delivery Document
  • Shipment Document
  • Billing Document Header
  • Billing Document Item

SPRO path/Transaction Code

Transaction Code
VOPAN / VOPA
SPRO Path
Sales and Distribution - Basic Functions - Partner Determination - Set Up Partner Determination

Configuration Steps

Let us go through the configuration steps involved in partner determination. Here we would take focus on partner determination for a customer master.
Existing Sales Partner in Customer Master Determination:
Partner Function
Language
Name
Language-specific 
Partner Func.
AG
EN
Sold-To Party
SP
RE
EN
Bill-to Party
BP
RG
EN
Payer
PY
WE
EN
Ship-to Party
SH
The following are the steps involved in adding a new partner type, say, JP, for customer master for partner determination:

Step 1. Partner Functions

Maintain a new partner function, JP,  under partner function node with respective partner type (KU for Customer, LI for Vendor) & indicator for Uniqueness in the master data.

Step 2. Assigned Partner Function to Account Group

Assigned newly created partner function JP to corresponding account group of your desire.

Step 3. Create Partner Determination Procedure

Select partner determination procedure if your requirement is met. Otherwise copy existing Partner determination procedure.

Step 4. Maintain relevant Partner to determine under Partner Determination Procedure

Under partner determination procedure sub-dialog, you assign required partners to partner determination procedure. Here you specify whether the assigned partner can be:
  • modified in object or not
  • whether it is mandatory
  • sequence in which partners are determined (may differ with object).

Step 5. Assign Account Group to Partner Determination Procedure

Assign Partner determination procedure to account group. It is assumed that required account groups are available in the system.
In case of other objects same procedures can be followed. It differs at step 5, where you assign partner determination procedure to respective object.
Partner Object
Partner Determination 
Procedure assigned to
Billing Header
Billing Type
Billing Item
Billing Type
Customer
Customer Account Group
Delivery
Delivery Type
Sales Document Header
Sales Document Type
Sales Document Item
Item Category
Shipment/Transportation
Shipment Type

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