Customer field in business partner supplier role

[former_member550105]

Why is there a 'customer' field in the supplier-role. Isn't the whole concept of using the BP transaction to get rid of 'separate items' for customer and vendor? What is the added value of this field over adding a customer role to this Business-Partner?

and do we NEED to use this?

[narasimhulu_konnipati]

Please go through the below blog.

https://blogs.sap.com/2013/09/13/how-to-treat-customer-as-a-vendor/

It might be a Vendor or Business Partner, but the purpose is to clear open items of Customers and Vendors together (Net off).

Thanks,

NSK