BP Configuration S4 Hana

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HOW TO IMPORT AND EXPORT BUSINESS ROLES
SAP S4 HANA – Do you have an issue in BP

vendor field settings? Check this out!
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As we all know, now the world runs with SAP S4 HANA! And in S4 HANA business partner functionality is
mandatory. So, we all have no option than learning the concept in order to sustain and grow in the new SAP
world.
Before jumping into the subject, it is better to understand the basic BP vendor field settings. We need to
understand how we can make BP vendor fields as mandatory/ optional/ display/ hide.
Generally, when you do changes to BP field settings as per the above note things will work fine. But, for some
cases the results will not be positive!
1.1.1. What to do when a Vendor field is displaying as optional

though the field has been set to mandatory?
Recreating the issue for you easy understanding.
Step 1: Created a business partner but the field ‘Search term 2’ must be mandatory/ optional/ display/ hide !
Step 2: Follow below the steps to make the field as hidden
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1. HOW TO IMPORT AND EXPORT BUSINESS ROLES
• Go to the transaction BUCG or Navigate through path : Cross-Application Components -> SAP
Business Partner -> Business Partner -> Basic Settings -> Field Groupings -> Configure Field Attributes
per BP Role
• Double click on ‘Configure Field Attributes for Each Role Category’ from the popup -> below screen
will be displayed:
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• Check for your BP Role and double click on it. Example, FLVN01 – Business Partner Vendor->
• scroll down to find the right Data Set-> double click on your desired Data Set to display the
relevant Field Groups at the right-hand side
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• As per the above screen shot the field group 58 ‘search term 2’ seems to be the relevant-> Let us
select the radio button ‘hide’ to make field as hidden-> save the change to a TR
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• Transport the changes to your testing client and check if the field as become hidden in your BP
transaction!
1.1.1.1. “The result will be a big NO! The reason for this behavior is very simple.
We have not selected the right field group. Though the description of the
field group in the customization looks relevant, it is not the right field group”
1.1.2. How to find the right field group for the desired fields?
Step 1:
• In the transaction BP-> place the cursor on the field for which you want to make modification-> press
F1 button–> click on ‘Technical Information’ button (spanner icon)
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• Popup window will be displayed-> copy the Screen Field name as shown in the below screen shot.
Example, BUS000FLDS- BU_SORT2_TXT
Step 2:
• Go to transaction SE16N-> enter table name TBZ3R and press enter-> key in the following details->
execute
o Application Object – BUPA (Business Partner)
o Table (Screen) – BUS000FLDS
o Field (Dynp.) – BU_SORT2_TXT
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• Exact field group will be displayed as shown in the below screen shot. Example 0058
Then table TB23S to find the data set
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Step 3: Go to the BP field group customization, remove the settings which you have done for the wrong field->
and make the expected changes to the new field, which you have derived from the table TBZ3R
• Go to the transaction BUCG or Navigate through path: Cross-Application Components -> SAP Business
Partner -> Business Partner -> Basic Settings -> Field Groupings -> Configure Field Attributes per BP
Role
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• Check for your BP Role and double click on it. Example, FLVN01 – Business Partner Vendor-> scroll
down to find the right Data Set-> double click on your desired Data Set to display the relevant Field
Groups at the right hand side
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1.1.2.1. “Field group may not be available in the relevant Data Set as you are
thinking! So you may have to look into all the data set one by one”
• The field group 58 (SEARCH TERM 2) is available in Data Set – Vendor: Purchasing Dataset for
Vendor-> Double click on it and make the field group 58 as ‘HIDE-> save the change to a TR
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• Transport the changes to your testing client and check if the field as become mandatory in your BP
transaction!
Now the field has become hidden as expected! Still you are field is not behaving as expected.
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HOW TO IMPORT AND EXPORT BUSINESS ROLES

SAP S4 HANA – Do you have an issue in BP

1.1.1. What to do when a Vendor field is displaying as optional

Recreating the issue for you easy understanding.

Step 2: Follow below the steps to make the field as hidden

Then table TB23S to find the data set

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