Business Partner Grouping-

A business partner grouping categorizes the business partners and it is also called a Number range. During Business partners creation, the number of assignments will be determined by a grouping. Number ranges are divided into two types.

  • Internal Number range– When you are creating a new business partner, the systems atomically assign numbers from the number range interval
  • External Number range– We have to assign numbers manually during the creation of business partners.

The following SAP CRM Training guides an overview of business partner grouping in SAP. In our previous Customer Relationship Management tutorials, we have learned about Business partners

Let’s learn how to define number ranges for grouping.

Step 1: – Access the transaction by using the following navigation method.

IMG >> Cross-Application Components >> SAP Business Partner >> Business Partner >> Basic Settings >> Number Ranges and Groupings >> Define Number Ranges.

Step 2: – On the central business partner overview screen, click on change intervals to create number ranges.

Step 3: – Click on “Insert Interval” to create number ranges internal for business partner number range grouping.

Maintain business partner number range intervals

Step 4: – On the insert interval screen, update the following details.

  1. No: – Update the two-digit unique id that identifies the number range interval for business partners
  2. From Number: – Update the starting number of number range interval.
  3. To Number: – Update the last number of the number range interval.
  4. Current Number: – By default current number will be zero.
  5. Ext: – As we discussed earlier internal number range and external number range, keep it blank as the number to be assigned by the system automatically.
  6. After maintaining the interval, click on the “+” button.

Business Partner Grouping numer range intervals

Click on the save button and save the configured number range intervals for business partners.

How to Define groupings and Assign number ranges

After maintaining the business partner number range interval, the next step is defining the grouping and assigning the number ranges.

Follow the path to define groupings and assign number ranges.

Cross-Application Components >> SAP Business Partner >> Business Partner >> Basic Settings >> Number Ranges and Groupings >> Define groupings and Assign number ranges.

On the change view “BP Groupings” overview screen, click on new entries.

business partner groupings

On the new entries overview screen, update the following details.

  • Grouping: – Update the four digits’ unique id that identifies the grouping in SAP
  • Short name: – Update the short name of the grouping
  • Description: – Update the descriptive text of the business partner groupings.
  • Number range: – Update the number range No that you want to assign to groupings.

How to Define groupings and Assign number ranges

Click on the save button to save the configured data and select customizing request and save the business partner grouping data.