In this SAP tutorial, we are going to define Business Partner Roles (BP Roles) for vendors in SAP S4 Hana.
The SAP S4 Hana system provides the standard business roles to meet the day-to-day business requirements. It is not advised to modify the standard BP roles provided by SAP, as SAP programs access roles and categories directly.
The standard BP Role categories for vendors are
- FLVN00 – Business Partner Vendor
- FLVN01 – Business Partner FI Vendor
The Standard BP roles for Vendors’ areas
- FLVN00 – Business Partner Vendor
- FLVN01 – Business Partner Vendor
In this scenario, we are going to copy standard BP Roles and BP roles category as per requirements.
To Define BP Roles for vendors, you need to configure:
- BP Role Categories
- BP Roles.
How to Define BP Role for Vendors
Step 1: Go to SPRO > SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Cross-Application Components -> SAP Business Partner -> Business Partner -> Basic Settings -> Business Partner Roles -> Define BP Roles
Step 2: On the change view “BP Roles” Overview screen, double click on BP role Categories under dialog structure
Step 3: Select the BP role category FLVN00 key and click on a copy as an option
Step 4: On change view “BP Role Categories” detailed selected set screen, update the following
- BP Role Category: Update the BP role category with a new key
- Click on Apply to save the details
Click on the Save button to Save the configured BP role categories details.
Step 5: Now click on BP Roles and Copy BP role FLVN00 to ZFLVN0
Step 6: On change view “BP Roles”: Details of Selected Set screen, update the following
- BP Role: Update the new key of BP Role for the vendor
- General data: Update the Title and Description of BP Role
- BP Role Category: Now update the BP Role category of Vendor “ZFLVN0” that we have defined
- Click on Apply option
Now click on the save icon to save the configured details in SAP
Successfully we have defined BP roles for vendors in the SAP S4 Hana system.