Sap Sale Module: Re: [sap-log-sd] Difference between account group and partner functions.

Posted by ARPAN CHRISTIE
on Sep 7 at 1:24 PM

One point to mention, we assign customer number to account group and we assign partner functions to the account group of that customer.

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Bernabe Gomez
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 6:57 AM
Subject: Difference between account group and partner functions.

An Account Group determines a customer from a holistic perspective: It's a 'Complete Customer', it's just a shipping address, it's just a place where we send invoices... You can customized which fields are mandatory, screen layouts, and default functions (roles) a customer can play based on the Account Group used to create a customer.

On the other hand a Partner function, as it's name indicates, determine which 'roles' an entity (customer in this case) can play.

You can define which Partner functions an account group will perform: e.g. a Sold-To Customer (0001) can play te roles of sold-to, ship-to, payer, bill-to.

Basically Account Groups is used for configuration of the customer, and partner functions to describe the role played in different roles. For example, you can assign to a customer XXXX another customer as payer (YYYY). You do this with the support of partner functions.

Hope it helps.

Bbe

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