Vendor Partner Function Determination

Vendor Partner Function Determination

1- Define Partner Schemas :

SPRO / Materials Management / Purchasing / Partner Determination / Partner Settings in Purchasing Documents / Define Partner Schemas

     No change indicator : If you want to prevent changes in partner defined in the vendor master record and prevent deleting partner roles, it is set.

      Mandatory indicator : Whether a partner role is mandatory in a vendor master or PO.

      Higher level indicator : If partner role does not been found in plant or sub-range level, sap looks for partner role at purchasing organization level. Hpwever, higher level is used process of automatic creation PO.

     End indicator : If it is set , partner role is defaulted from vendor master when document is saved or checked. It is useful when different data is added in the vendor at the plant/vendor subrange. Whether all items contain same plant or subrange. Invoicing parties are not determinated until end of document process PO so end incator might change it.

2- Define Settings for Vendor Master Records :

SPRO / Logistics - General / Business Partner / Vendors / Control / Define Account Groups and Field Selection (Vendor)

4- Allowed partner roles

You can do with Account group : Field reference , Permitted partner roles

After that specify partner role VN is allowed for account group ZVMU.

SPRO / Materials Management / Purchasing / Partner Determination / Partner Roles / Define Permissible Partner Roles per Account Group