Business Partner Data Governance and Testing

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Business partner control card

• Roles: 000000 general; FLCU00 + FLCU01 customer; FLVN00 + FLVN01 supplier; UKM000 credit.
• Check every org level a process needs: company code, sales area, purchasing organization.
• Grouping sets the number range and cannot be changed later.
• Before creating: search tax number, bank account, address and name; extend instead of duplicating.
• Every data domain has an owner, rules and a request process with evidence.
• Bank changes: sensitive field, payment block, verify on known contacts, different authorized confirmer.
• Choose the narrowest business block; record reason, owner and review date.
• Privacy: end of purpose leads to blocking, end of retention to deletion; the privacy office decides periods.
• Test downstream: order to journal entry for customers; PO to payment proposal for suppliers.
• Evidence: change documents, confirmation records, block status, downstream documents.