Academy · Cross-Process · 100 Foundations
The Business Partner Concept
Explains the business partner (BP) model in SAP S/4HANA: BP categories, roles, groupings and number ranges, and the customer-vendor integration (CVI) that keeps customer and supplier data in sync. Maps the BP fields that drive sales, purchasing and finance so you can design and check master data tests. Essential for anyone who touches customers or suppliers.
- 35 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Everyone, Business User, Key User, Sales Practitioner, Procurement Practitioner, Finance Practitioner
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain BP categories (person, organization, group)
- Describe BP roles for customers, suppliers and credit
- Explain BP grouping and number assignment
- Describe customer-vendor integration (CVI) at a business level
- Identify BP data that drives sales, purchasing and finance
Sources and further reading
- Managing Business Partners (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Working with Business Partners in SAP S/4HANA (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Simplification item: Business Partner approach / Customer Vendor Integration (CVI) · SAP Community
- Improvements to CVI Cockpit as of SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 8 SP17 · SAP Community
- Exploring the CVI Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA · SAP PRESS Blog
- SAP S/4HANA product documentation (on-premise / Cloud Private Edition) · SAP Help Portal