Partner Functions

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Please try to help me in the following scenarios

1) In legacy, our client has same vendor with different addresses. I guess it is not possible in SAP. How to handle this?

2) Are there any reports which show Vendors with its partner functions in Standard SAP?

Please help me.

Thanks

[rwarri1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can have similar functionality using partner vendors. Depending on the role, you can assign several partners to a vendor.

Vendor

Ordering address

Goods supplier

Invoicing party

I cannot think of a standard report but you can run a query on table WYT3 and get all partner functions for a specific vendor.

Hope this helps !

Cheers !

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rajesh,

Thanks for your reply. They want to use partner functions to a particular vendor with different addresses. In other words, they want to have different addresses for the same Vendor. On the other hand, in SAP, if we r assigning any partner function, i assume its a separate vendor master record with a different address. Once we assign partner function, we can go and change the address but how to handle this while conversion? Please help me out with any possible idea for the above situation. I mean regarding conversion and final resolution.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I am planning to propose the following solution to my client. Please correct me if i am wrong.

For the conversion, we will have the vendors to be converted based on the account group. So, account group itself will decide whether the particular Vendor is an Ordering Address/Invoicing Address etc.

As far as the reports are concerned, MKVZ transaction will help to find out the Vendors based on Account Group.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi SK,

If I were you, I would do like this -

1) Create one VN - partner.

2) Create all other addresses as multiple vendor master records (OA)

3) Open VN vendor in change mode and assign multiple OA partners created in step 2

SAP will allow this to assign multiple OA partners depending on the account group configuration

Now, the next question to me from the business, obviously would be:

I want system suggesting me OA vendor when I create a PO for a specific plant...this is because, plant closest to the vendor will have its own preferred OA address.....:-)

Yes, I have a solution for this as well....

Using Vendor subrange (you will have to activate vendor subrange functionality for the vendor account group...its easy and simple)

and plant level data maintenance made possible when you select vendor subrange in MK02 for VN vendor master record.

Within the vendor, then it comes down from POrg level to Porg/plant level where you can again call partner functions specific to Plant level!!!!!!

At this level, assign the required OA address partner.

Next step is:

MN04 maintain output type ...for PO printout, for example....with partner function OA

When you create a purchase order ...the moment you enter plant, it pop-up offering your OA ....if you maintained multiple OA's even at the plant level, it pop-up every partner ....you can select....you can default one, if you wish of course, again in the partner functions screen at subrange level as well....

So, each plant can order to a different ordering address for the same vendor...

This was an issue in my client' s project for almost a decade and I addressed it in just half a day when the requirement came to me 2 years ago...

Good Luck

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Gopala,

Thanks for your mail. I know you have provided enough details for an average SAP user. Unfortunately, i am new to SAP and need a little more detail. If you dont mind, could you please help me in finding any appropriate material for a step by step procedure of vendor subrange and all the settings you have mentioned or could you provide the same??

I tried to find in help.sap but i dont find a step by step detail. I will try to check out help part (F1) in SAP aswell but in the meanwhile, trying help from this website aswell.

Also, please try to tell me anything you know about the scoring methods E and F in the Vendor Evaluation. I am confused whether they are manual/semi automatic/automatic and where the necessary settings are made for them

E and F are price and quantity varaiance from Invoice documents

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please check the following report

MKVZ - List of Vendors: Purchasing

Regards

Aasif