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createdbyMehmetOzgurUnalonJan11,20147:52AM,lastmodifiedbyMehmetOzgurUnalonMar7,201510:21AM

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SAPMM/PartnerDetermination

Thisdocumentexplainsthesettingsforpartnerdeterminationinthevendormaster.Whenyoucreateabusiness
partner,assigndatatoanaccountgroup.Anaccountgroupdecidesthebusinesspartner.Partnerrolesreferedas
partnerfunctions.VariouspartnerrolescanbestoredinvendormasterlikePayee,Invoicingparty,GoodsSupplier
andOrderingAddressetc.

Relatednotes:

938652:PIpartnerPur.Org.DatanotrelevantforPartnerDetermination
673062:Partnerdeterminationselectsblockd/deletedpartners
542645:ME22N:Nopartnerdeterminationwhenchecking/savingPO
431351:ME22N:ChangePO,nonewpartnerdetermination
420058:ME21NerrorME366afterchangingthedocumenttype
407600:MessagedeterminationofpartnersinSTO
401734:ME21NSTO,partnersdisappear
394091:Partnersarenottransferredfromvendormaster
376319:ME21Npartnerfromreferencedocumentnotfound
117537:ME27:Nopartnerdeterminationw.stocktransp.orders

FAQ:

OSSNote459350FAQ:Partnerdeterminationinpurchasing
Info:

SomepartnerrolesarepredefinedinSAP:

*Vendor(VN),Orderingaddress(OA),Invoicingparty(IP),Differentpayee(AZ),Contactperson(CP),Employee
responsible(ER),Intrastatdeclaration(GS)

Intrastatdeclaration:Intrastatisthesystemforcollectinginformationandproducingstatisticsonthetradeingoods
betweencountriesoftheEuropeanUnion(EU)
Helped:INTRASTATProcessinginPurchasingMaterialsManagement(MM)SAPLibrary

Partnerdeterminationcanbeusedforpricedetermination,messagedetermination,addressdetermination,statistics.If
youdefinealotofpartnerroles,youcanselectoneofthemlikeadefault.Whensomeonecreatesapurchasing
document,defaultvalueisseeninthelist.

Tousepartnerdetermination,youwillneedtodefineapartnerschemaforpurchasingdocument.Whenyoudefine
schemas,thepreviouslycreatedpartnerrolesareassignedtotheschema.Ifaccountgroupisassignedapartner
schema,sapcheckswhethertheroleyouenterinschemaornot.Youcanreceiveaerrormessage,ifsapdoesnot
findrelatedrole.

1DefinePartnerSchemas:

SPRO/MaterialsManagement/Purchasing/PartnerDetermination/PartnerSettingsinPurchasingDocuments/
DefinePartnerSchemas

Selectpartnerschema0002andchoosePartnerFunctionsundertheProcedurenodeintheDialogStructuretree.

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INDICATORS:

Nochangeindicator:Ifyouwanttopreventchangesinpartnerdefinedinthevendormasterrecordandprevent
deletingpartnerroles,itisset.

Mandatoryindicator:WhetherapartnerroleismandatoryinavendormasterorPO.

Higherlevelindicator:Ifpartnerroledoesnotbeenfoundinplantorsubrangelevel,saplooksforpartnerroleat
purchasingorganizationlevel.Hpwever,higherlevelisusedprocessofautomaticcreationPO.

Endindicator:Ifitisset,partnerroleisdefaultedfromvendormasterwhendocumentissavedorchecked.Itis
usefulwhendifferentdataisaddedinthevendorattheplant/vendorsubrange.Whetherallitemscontainsameplant
orsubrange.InvoicingpartiesarenotdeterminateduntilendofdocumentprocessPOsoendincatormightchangeit.

2DefineSettingsforVendorMasterRecords:

Firstly,configureyour'VendorAccountGroup'forPartnerdeterminationprocedure.

SPRO/LogisticsGeneral/BusinessPartner/Vendors/Control/DefineAccountGroupsandFieldSelection
(Vendor)

HowcaniselectL1partnerschemaforPurchasingorganization?

Spro/Mm/Purchasing/Partnerdetermination/PartnerSettingsinVendorMasterRecord

Firstly,definepartnerroles.

Secondly,AssignPartnerSchemastoAccountGroups.

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3MessageDetermination:

Determinepartnerschemaforaccountgroup.
Orderingaddresspartnerrole(OA)mustbemaintained.Theroleisallowedforaccountgroup.
Checkwhetherpartnerschemaisusedtodeterminepartnerrolesforpurchasingdocumenttype.

Outputamessagetothispartner,youneedtocreateamessageconditionrecordinpurchasingmasterdata.MN04
willhelpyou.

Firstly,decideoutputtype,afterthatspecifydependentinformationformessagedetermination.

Relatedsubjects:

Youcanenteralternativefreightvendorforplanneddeliverycostswhenyoupostagoodreceipt.

M8/776(IPmusthaveallowedinpartnerrole)and777(IPhaspartnerroleinPurchaseOrder)system
messagescheckpartnerrolesassoonasinvoiceverification.Theycanbeconfiguratedasawarningorerror.
Configurationsteps:
AccessSequences
SPRO>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Message>OutputControl>AccessSequences>DefineConditionTable
forPurchaseOrder

MessageType
SPRO>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Message>OutputControl>MessageTypes>DefineMessageTypefor
PurchaseOrder

MessageDeterminationSchemas

1.MessageDeterminationSchemas

SPRO>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Message>OutputControl>MessageSchema>DefineMessage
SchemaforPurchaseOrder>MaintainMessageDeterminationSchema

2.AssignSchematoPurchaseOrder

SPRO>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Message>OutputControl>MessageSchema>DefineMessage
SchemaforPurchaseOrder>AssignSchematoPurchaseOrder

PartnerRolesperMessageType

SPRO>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Message>OutputControl>PartnerRolesperMessageType>Define
PartnerRoleforPurchaseOrder

**ConditionRecord

SAPEasyAccessMenu>Logistics>MaterialManagement>Purchasing>Masterdata>Messages>Purchase
Order>MN04>Create
NowyoucreatePO(ME21N)andsaveit.

4Allowedpartnerroles

YoucandowithAccountgroup:Fieldreference,Permittedpartnerroles

AfterthatspecifypartnerroleVNisallowedforaccountgroupZVMU.

SPRO/MaterialsManagement/Purchasing/PartnerDetermination/PartnerRoles/DefinePermissiblePartner
RolesperAccountGroup

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Spro/MM/PartnerDetermination/PartnerSettingsinPurchasingDocuments/AssignPartnerSchemastoDocument
Types

***Also,youcanassigntoUBdocumenttypeforSTO.

5Vendorsettingsandanexampleforpricedetermination

Forinstance,iusedavendormaster'TK55001'alsoimaintainedPartnerFunctiondatasinmasterdata.

DP:Defaultpartner

IsetadiscountforInvoicingparty.MEKJtcodewillhelpus.

Ifapartnerroleisfoundattheend,thesystemdoesnotupdatetheprices.

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IcreatedaPOtoVendor,butdiscountisimplementableforInvoicingParty.

ThankstoMr.Jurgenforhisvaluablefeedback.

Regards.

M.OzgurUnal

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12Comments
DibyenduPatraJan11,20149:14AM

Gooddocument..
AllinoneaboutPartnerdetermination....
Excellentwork...
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MehmetOzgurUnalJan11,201411:39AM(inresponsetoDibyenduPatra)

ThanksDevPatra...
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JaheerHussainJan12,20142:29PM

Excellent...

Thanksforsharing.

Jaheer
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MehmetOzgurUnalJan12,20148:39PM(inresponsetoJaheerHussain)

ThanksJaheer...

ItwantedtoexplainpartnerfunctionsinMM.

Ozgur
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veeraprathapkankanalaJan13,20146:57AM

Hi,

Thanksforsharing

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MehmetOzgurUnalJan13,20147:08AM(inresponsetoveeraprathapkankanala)

ThanksKankanala
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zcanFerhatJan13,20147:19AM

HiOzgur,

Thanksalotforthedocumentation.
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MehmetOzgurUnalJan13,20147:22AM(inresponsetozcanFerhat)

HiOzgur

Thanksforyourvaluablecomment..
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safakarabaciJan13,20147:50AM

congratulationsMrOzgur
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AnjiReddyEnagantiMar27,201610:17AM

Hello...!Butwhat'sthemajordifferenceb/wVNandOAinthispartnerschema......?
AndL1,L2,L3also
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AnjiReddyEnagantiMar27,201610:16AM

Hello!..Canupleaseanyonefavourtomeabout'dataretentionlevels'

andtheirmeaningsinVendoraccountgroupcreation(initial)Screenatabovementioned....
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MehmetOzgurUnalApr14,201611:05PM(inresponsetoAnjiReddyEnaganti)

Hi AnjiReddyEnaganti

Ifyouwant,youcanchangepartnerschemawithbasedpurchorg,subrangeandplant
level.

Youhavetheoptionofdefiningdifferentpartnerschemasatdifferentdataretentionlevels
withinthevendormasterrecord.

Forexample,youcanhaveadifferentorderingaddressatthemorespecificlevel
"purchasingorganization/vendorsubrange/plant"thanatthemoregenerallevelofthe
purchasingorganization.

M.OzgurUnal
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