CVI - BP System Conversion to S/4 - Customer / Vendors not relevant for BP

[magdalena_nazar]

Hello!

We have quite a lot of Vendors and Customers that are blocked and they are inactive. What happens in the future migration to S/4HANA if we do not archive all of these MasterData objects? We don't need the MasterData record in S/4, so I don't want to convert them to a Business Partner in ECC - but what happens if they're inactive Customers / Vendors in ECC but not archived?

It is not an option for the customer to archive master records in ECC but they dont want to convert them to BPs.

is there any option to do that, skip the records with deletion lock to be converted?

Thanks for your help,

Magdalena

[JonathanEemans]

Hi,

Check out question 4 in knowledge base article 2713963 - FAQ: CVI - Customer Vendor Integration for system conversion to S/4HANA

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Is it mandatory to synch the customers/vendors flagged to be deleted or archived to BP?
Yes, it is mandatory to synchronize ALL the vendors/customers created in ECC. Otherwise, it will not be possible to carry out the technical system conversion.
Therefore, before the synchronization for all customer/supplier data without restrictions, SAP recommends archiving the customer/supplier with the deletion flag. You can find more information about this process in the following paths:

• Archiving Customer Data: See help.sap.com → Human Capital Management → HR Renewal 2.0 → Feature Pack 4 → Archiving Customer Master Data (FI-AR, SD)
• Archiving Supplier Data: See help.sap.com → Human Capital Management → HR Renewal 2.0 → Feature Pack → 4 Archiving Vendor Master Data (FI-AP)
• Archiving in Customer/Supplier Integration: See help.sap.com → Enterprise Management → SAP ERP 6.0 → Business Partners → SAP Business Partner for Financial Services → Functions → Master Data Synchronization → Customer/Vendor Integration Archiving in Customer/Supplier Integration

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Best regards,
Jonathan Eemans

[naomyn]

Hi Jonathan,

Do you know the detail of this statement? Could it be referring to this report? PRECHECK_UPGRADATION_REPORT.

[VeselinaPeykova]

If you do not archive the customers/vendors then you have to convert them to BPs and clear all synchronization errors.

Otherwise you cannot proceed with system conversion (you will see an error).

[magdalena_nazar]

Thanks for the answers. We are aware of the need of archiving ...we just asked in the case something could be done! Magda