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SAP CRM Partner Processing: Category, Function, Sequence, Determination
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Overview of Partner Processing
Business partners are important within a business transaction in all possible business scenarios. SAP CRM provides a comprehensive solution where it is possible to configure the settings to maintain the business partner and to use them in the business transactions. With SAP CRM partner processing, it is possible to set properties related to different business partners involved in the business transaction.
- Using partner processing it is possible to control how the system works with business partners.
- Using partner processing it is possible to make particular business partner as mandatory.
- Also, business partners involved in a business transaction can be automatically determined by the system.
- Following are the Partner Processing features & functionalities:
Partner Processing Assignment Block in a Business Transaction
- Following can be configured as part of the Partner processing configuration in Application:
- Mandatory partner
- Automatic partner search. See the example below -
Partner processing is configured within SAP CRM Customizing. SAP Implementation Guide ? Customer Relationship Management ? Basic Functions ? Partner Processing
Partner Determination Procedure of the Partner Processing is then assigned to the Business Transaction Type defined in the customizing. Partner determination procedure is assigned within Profiles section in SAP CRM business transaction type definition.
Following is partner determination procedure assignment to the 'Standard Order' (TA) business transaction type in SAP CRM customizing:
Following are the elements of Partner Processing defined with Business Transactions and Business Partners in the customizing:
Partner Function Category
- It is a classification of responsibilities and is used in partner processing as system key to identify the partner function and the business partners who take on those responsibilities.
- Partner function categories are predefined within SAP CRM system, and it cannot be created or changed.
- Sometimes a partner function and the category to which it is assigned have the same name, but this is not always the case and they can have different names.
- Partner function categories often correspond to business partner relationship categories.
Partner Function
- The persons with whom you do the business are described using partner functions.
- These are configuration within SAP CRM, and you can use to describe partners that you use in your organization.
- Partner functions can be named freely as per your organization.
- A business partner relationship category can be assigned when a partner function is defined.
- Following is an example of few SAP standard (pre-defined) partner functions from SAP CRM customizing:
Partner Function definition in the SPRO
- A partner determination procedure is to be assigned to a transaction type and an item category.
Partner determination procedure
- Partner determination procedure defines system behavior, with business partners, during partner processing.
- Following example of partner determination procedure displays few tasks that it can perform:
