Academy · S/4HANA Transformation · 200 Practitioner
Business Partner and Customer-Vendor Integration Preparation
Covers the mandatory move to the business partner in a system conversion to SAP S/4HANA through customer-vendor integration (CVI): the business partner model and where customer data lands, CVI cockpit preparation and the customizing sequence, cleansing the customer and vendor data that blocks synchronization, running, reconciling and testing the load, and what changes for BP maintenance, authorizations and later data loads after go-live.
- 56 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Data Migration Specialist, Solution Architect, Test Lead / Test Manager
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain the business partner approach in S/4HANA
- Describe CVI preparation steps
- Cleanse customer and vendor data for synchronization
- Test synchronization results
- Plan for ongoing BP maintenance
Sources and further reading
- Gain Experience with Business Partner for SAP S/4HANA Conversion (course and transcripts) · SAP Learning
- Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA 2025 (S4TWL - Business Partner Approach) · SAP Help Portal
- Exploring the CVI Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA · SAP PRESS Blog
- Lessons Learned during CVI Conversion · SAP Community (member blog)
- Conversion Guide for SAP S/4HANA 2025 · SAP Help Portal
- SAP Readiness Check: Key Feature Overview (September 2026) · SAP Help Portal