How To Configure S4HANA BP and CVI In 7 Easy Steps

In this post We will Configure SAP S4HANA BP (Business Partner) and CVI (Customer-Vendor integration) in 7 Easy Steps. Also we will configure the system in a way so that S4HANA Business Partner–Customer - Vendor will have same number.

Before having an overview of all the 7 steps involved in Configuration of S4HANA BP (Business Partner) and CVI (Customer-Vendor integration), let’s first have a glance of the pre-requisite configurations and related posts

 

 

Link to each post is given below

1. Configure SAP Finance Organization Structure in 5 Minutes

2. Configure SAP Sales & Distribution Organization Structure in 5 Minutes

3. Configure SAP S4 HANA Material Management Organization Structure in 5 Minutes

4. Configure SAP S4 HANA Logistics Execution Organization Structure in 5 Minutes

5. Upload GL Accounts on SAP S4 HANA in 3 Steps

Once you have completed all the above configurations, you are ready to configure BP & CVI .

Let’s have an overview of all the 7 steps involved in Configuration of S4HANA BP (Business Partner) and CVI (Customer-Vendor integration)

Seven Steps to configure BP (Business Partners) and CVI (Customer-Vendor Integration)

How to Configure S4HANA Business Partner – Customer-Vendor Integration in 7 Easy Steps

1, Define Account Group

Define Account Groups for Customers & Vendors

2, Create Number Ranges

Create Number Ranges for Customer Accounts & Vendor Accounts

3, Assign Number Ranges

Assign Number Ranges to Customer & Vendor Account Groups

4, BP Number Range Creation

Define Number Range for Business Partners

5, Assign BP Number Ranges

Define BP Grouping & Assign Number Range

6, Number Assignment

Number Assignment for Direction BP to Customer & BP to Vendor

7, Create your first BP in S4 HANA

Create your first BP representing Vendor in S4 HANA
Create your first BP representing Customer in S4 HANA

Step 1 : Define Account Groups For Customers & Vendors

To create a vendor or customer master record, one has to specify an account group. This is an efficient method of creating customers/vendors that may have the same or similar data.

We can differentiate between different type of vendors or customers through having separate account groups. For example – We can make the different account groups to identify

• Export vendor
• Domestic Vendor
• Service Vendor
• One time Vendors

For our Car business vendors & Customers (BPs) we have defines below account groups.

Define Account Groups For Customers

Define Account Groups For Vendors

 

Step 2 : Create Number Ranges for Customer Accounts & Vendor Accounts

Create Number Ranges for Customer Accounts

Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts

Step 3 : Assign Number Ranges to Customer & Vendor Account Groups

Assign Number Ranges to Customer Account Groups

 

 

Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups

Step 4 : Define Number Range for Business Partners

T-Code – BUCF

 

Step 5: Define Grouping & Assign Number Range.

Step 6 : Number Assignment for Direction BP to Customer & BP to Vendor

Number Assignment for Direction BP to Customer

 

Number Assignment for Direction BP to Vendor

Step 7: Now Create Our First BP Vendor & First BP Customer

All configuration related to BP & CVI integration is done now. We will create our first BP Vendor & BP Customer now.

Creation of First BP Vendor

Start Transaction “BP”

Input the name of BP vendor you want to create & click on Create organization as shown in below

fill out address and other details like language

Now from the dropdown in “Display in BP role” select role “FLVN00 – FI Vendor”

Input reconciliation account 21100000 (Pick from the downloaded GL Account master from above)

Now from the dropdown in “Display in BP role” select role “FLVN01 – Supplier”

This will create our vendor in our Purchasing organization “PA10”

We have created our first vendor PA01VEN01 successfully !!

How To Configure S4HANA BP and CVI In 7 Easy Steps