Please explain the purpose and configuration of Partner
Determination. I was asked this question in an interview. I
get confused in partner function, partner type, account
assignment, partner procedure etc etc. I would be grateful
to you people if you can clear my basic concepts on this
topic.
Thanks in advance

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Please explain the purpose and configuration of Partner Determination. I was asked this question i..

Answer / muhammad mustafa

Partner Determination; Partners such as the sold to party,
bill to party, payer, etc. are necessary in the majority of
document processing. Automatic partner determination
happens in the sales documents,delivery documents, and
billing documents, as well as in sales activities and the
customer master record.

PARTNER FUNCTION: are diffrent partner for which you are
creating customer master record in xd01 like Sold to party,
ship to party, bill to party, payer & special stock partner
(which is used for consignment business process).

PARTNER TYPE: could be customer or vendor or plant,
shipping point (for more information go to VOPA tcode)
ACCOUNT ASSIGNMENT & PARTNER PROCEDURE: is to assign each
partner function to it role and and assign to account group
and assign to how these partner function perform in
customer master record.

for more details download sap help and read.

Muhammad Mustafa
SD Consultant
Godrej Infotech Ltd
reach2muhammad@gmail.com

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Answer / prerak

Partner function is in essential the Function of the created customer.There are 4 basic functions of the Partner such Sold to Party,Ship to Party,Bill to party and Payer.
All the above 4 functions are defined based on the activity performed by each function.

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