In SAP HANA Vendor creation, there are different types of Business Partners that can be chosen based on the requirements. The following are the different Business Partners available in SAP HANA Vendor creation:
Supplier: This is a Business Partner who supplies goods or services to the company. A supplier can be an individual or an organization.
One-Time Vendor: This is a type of supplier that is created for a one-time purchase. Once the purchase is completed, the One-Time Vendor can be deleted.
Central Purchasing: This is a Business Partner who acts as a central purchasing agent for multiple suppliers. This can be useful for companies who need to purchase goods or services from multiple suppliers.
Service Agent: This is a Business Partner who provides services to the company. This can include services such as maintenance or consulting.
Freight Forwarder: This is a Business Partner who is responsible for shipping and delivering goods to the company.
Vendor Contact Person: This is an individual within a supplier organization who serves as the main point of contact for the company.
Joint Venture Partner: This is a Business Partner who is involved in a joint venture with the company. Joint ventures can involve the sharing of resources, assets, and risks between the two partners.
When creating a vendor in SAP HANA, the appropriate Business Partner type should be selected based on the vendor's role and relationship with the company.
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What is purpose of BA partner in vendor master?
Business Partner functionality is available in S4/HANA. It is meant for single entry which integrates with Customer and Vendors.
Business Partner can be Person, Organisation or Group. In the system, you can define Partner Role Category and again can create different Business Partner Role. Below Screen shot is from Vendor (Purchasing Role) and again it has different Partner functions.
Now, again same business Partner has Customer Role also which shows as below.
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Self-test Question
Which the following SAP items can
be inputted during the creation of a vendor master record?
Note! More than one answer is correct.
A) The account group.
B) The field status definition.
C) The document type.
D) A reference vendor.
E) The number range interval of
the document type.
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Answers:
A) The account group.
During the creation of a vendor master record in SAP, the account group determines the fields that appear on the screen and the field status definition controls which fields are required or optional.
B) The field status definition.
The document type and number range interval are related to the vendor invoice and are not entered during the creation of the vendor master record.
D) A reference vendor.
A reference vendor can be used to copy information from an existing vendor master record to the new vendor master record being created.
