What is the roles of Business Partner?

Answer

• The BP (Business Partner) roles assigned to a business partner reflect the partner's functions and the business transactions in which the partner may be involved.
• It is possible to assign more than one business partner role to a business partner
  • This means a business partner can be involved in different business transactions with different roles
  • But the general information of the business partner like name, address, etc. are entered only once
• It is possible to create custom BP roles as per the business requirement.
• • A business partner role is assigned to a business partner role category.
    • BP Role Category controls properties of the BP role
    • There is a separate assignment block in the Accounts Overview for the BP Roles. The drop down list shows the available roles that can be assigned to the account. Using the Insert button it is possible to assign new role to a business partner