Manage Business Partner Master Data
Application component: Business Partners
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Application Development and Integration
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Master Data Maintenance (S/4 CLD)|Master Data Management (S/4 CLD)
Scope items: Advanced Credit Management|Basic Credit Management
Description:  With this app you can manage business partner master data. You can create, change, search, display, and copy business partner master data. You must have assigned the business role Master Data Specialist - Business Partner Specialist SAP_BR_BUPA_MASTER_SPECIALIST. 
This app allows the business users to manage Business Partner master data.
Key features:    Create Business Partner Master Data  Use Create  button to create new Business Partner master data. You can choose Person or Organization from the drop down menu.The Create Person/Organization dialog box that appears lets you to quickly add the basic fields. If you want to add more details, click OK and navigate to Details page.   Enter values in the relevant fields such as Basic Data, Roles, Address and so on.   Save the entries.     Edit Business Partner Master Data   Open a Business Partner master data record from the List Report page. Note You can also use the Search field and click Go button to find the Business Partner master data to change.   Click Edit button. This opens the Business Partner data in draft mode for you to change the values.   Save the changes.     Copy Business Partner Master Data You can use this option to create a new Business Partner master record if a Business Partner master record already exists with similar data.   Choose a Business Partner master from the List Report page.   Click Copy button. By default, all data is selected to copy. The new Business Partner master data page is displayed with all the details of the Business Partner that you selected previously, except the business partner number, in draft mode.   Edit the values as per your requirement.   Save the entries. The Business Partner master data is saved with a new business partner number.     In addition, the app supports the following technical features and options:   Role Based Navigation When you create business partners with roles, you can navigate to the role specific apps to maintain master data.  For example, you can maintain Customer sales data using the Manage Customer Master Data app. Similarly, if you choose Supplier role, you can maintain purchase data using the navigation.   Open business partner in the draft mode.   Choose a role for your business partner. For example, FLCU01 (Customer), or FLVN01 (Supplier)   Click the navigate icon ">" to navigate to the role specific app.  For example, if you have chosen a Customer role, then the Customer Master app opens up. You can maintain Customer specific sales data using the Manage Customer Master Data app.     Draft Persistence This app automatically saves your changes as draft, no matter if the record is fully consistent or not. If you close the browser session intentionally or accidentally, the draft version is kept on the database. Later, if you want to continue to edit the Business Partner, you can retrieve it into a draft stage, where you can make the changes. If the data is finalized, you can save it directly into the master tables. When you save the data into the master tables, the system deletes the draft version. The delete functionality allows you to delete the draft versions of a Business Partner if you wish to discard it, before saving to the master table. Note that, in this case, if you have previously saved a Business Partner in the master table, and wish to delete the draft version that you are editing, the system allows you to discard only the draft version and does not delete the record in the master table.   Attachments You can use the feature of attachments to provide related attachments for a master data record. The app supports the Generic Object Services (GOS) and Document Management System attachments. For more information, see SAP S/4HANA  Product Assistance  Cross Components  Enterprise Content Management  Harmonized Document Management (HDM). Note When you create a new role, you must add the service CV_ATTACHMENT_SRV to the Z - catalog, for using the attachment feature. You can also view the customer and supplier attachments via the role navigation. For more information, see Attachments for customer and Attachments for supplier.  Role DeletionIn S/4HANA multiple roles can be assigned to a Business Partner, such as FLCU00 (FI Customer), FLCU01 (Sales Customer), FLVN00 (FI Supplier), FLVN01 (Supplier), and Contact Person. For role category Customer/Supplier, you can delete a role assigned to a Business Partner as long as it is not the ONLY role. The application lets you delete all but one role for Customer and Supplier role categories. Note If you are deleting a Role Group with underlying customer/supplier roles, the application applies the same logic as above. The following table portrays how the different scenarios are handled by the application: Case Business Partner Scenarios  1 FLCU00 (FI Customer) FLVN00 (Sales Customer)  Delete FLCU00: Not allowed (as this is the only Customer role) Delete FLVN00: Not allowed (as this is the only Supplier role)   2 FLCU00 (FI Customer) FLVN00 (FI Supplier) FLCU01 (Sales Customer)  Delete FLCU00: Allowed (as another Customer role exists after deletion)  Delete FLVN00: Not allowed (as this is the only Supplier role)   3 ZFLRG (Role Group) - FLVN00 (FI Supplier) - FLVN01 (Purchasing Supplier) - FLCU01 (Sales Customer)  Delete FLVN00: Allowed (as another Supplier role exists after deletion)  Delete FLCU01: Not allowed (as this is the only Customer role)    
Business roles: Accounts Payable and Receivable Accountant (FI-CA)| Cash Management Specialist| Cash Manager| Master Data Specialist - Business Partner Data| Accounts Payable Accountant| Accounts Receivable Accountant| Reconciliation Specialist - Accounts Payable and Receivable (FI-CA)| Settlement Clerk (ACM)| Collections Specialist (FI-CA)| Operations Clerk (ACM)| Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager (FI-CA)| Trader (ACM)| Master Data Specialist (ACM)| Internal Sales Representative (SOM)| Insurance Policy Clerk| Payment Specialist| Grant Specialist - Grantor Programs
Settlement Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Compiles and computes payment due and recoveries to be made for ACM.

Grant Specialist - Grantor Programs : 
Is involved in creating and searching Grantor Programs, Applications, Agreements and Claims.

Cash Management Specialist : 
Executes cash transactions and centrally manages bank accounts with a wide range of attributes, including overdraft limit and signatories, utilizing approval process for opening or closing bank accounts, and the regular inventory/auditing process.

Accounts Payable Accountant : 
Carries out the most important functions in accounts payable accounting with a special focus on creation and execution.

Accounts Receivable Accountant for Poland: (is an add-on role to the Accounts Receivable Accountant)
Carries out the most important functions in accounts receivable accounting in Poland.

Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager (FI-CA) : 
Minimizes overdue receivables and bad debt losses, analyzes and improves customer payment behavior, and optimizes receivables processing costs.

Credit Controller : 
Manages credit limits based on the credit policy of the company, and monitors customers' creditworthiness in close cooperation with the Sales and Distribution department and the Accounts Receivables Accountant.

Trader (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Maintains schedule, prices and executes spot contracts, trading contracts etc. for ACM.

Internal Sales Representative (Subscription Order Management) : 
Manages subscription order documents, prepares quotations, and manages contracts. Monitors, troubleshoots, and collaborates on critical open issues from the subscription sales order fulfillment process.

Cash Manager : 
Is responsible for overall liquidity status of group corporate, executes cash transactions and centrally manages bank accounts with rich attributes, including overdraft limit and signatories, approves for opening or closing bank accounts, etc.

Accounts Payable and Receivable Accountant (FI-CA) : 
Deals with payment and credit clarification of B2B and B2C customers and works off complex customer requests according account clarification.

Accounts Payable Accountant for Poland: (is an add-on role to the Accounts Payable Accountant)
Carries out the most important functions in accounts payable accounting in Poland.

Operations Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Perform clerical or administrative duties in a variety of business for ACM. 

Master Data Specialist (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Maintains the master data such as material master, business partner and business location as well as tolerance schedules, valuation points and condition types for DPQS and Optionality for ACM application. 

Reconciliation Specialist - Accounts Payable and Receivable (FI-CA) : 
Is responsible for the reconciliation of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) with the General Ledger (FI-GL) and all reconciliation accounts and tax on sales and purchases Clearing accounts.

Collections Specialist (FI-CA) : 
Deals with the collection process in the company including contacting individuals who have defaulted on debts and/or who have not paid past-due bills to discuss the handling of the overdue items (e.g. using payment agreements).

Administrator - Accounts Payable and Receivable (FI-CA): (is an add-on role to the Administrator)
Is responsible for the planning, scheduling and execution of jobs and mass activities within FI-CA, including critical Business processes, such as payment run, payment lot, dunning run. 

Accounts Receivable Accountant : 
Carries out the most important functions in accounts receivable accounting with a special focus on creation and execution.

Insurance Policy Clerk : 
Creates, changes and reverses policies on a daily basis.

Payment Specialist - In-House Banking : 
Carries out daily activities for the in-house banking accounts. Provides details about account lifecycle, balances, payments and statements. Allows to maintain, add and delete in-house bank accounts.