SAP ABAP Data Element OIF_PARTC (Technical characteristic for partner role)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       OIF (Package) MRN Marketing Retail Networks
Basic Data
Data Element OIF_PARTC
Short Description Technical characteristic for partner role  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type OIF_PARTC    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
Value Table OIFBRT1    
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Tech.char. 
Medium 15 P/role t/c 
Long 20 P/role tech. char. 
Heading P/t/c 
Documentation

Definition

The partner role technical category identifies the technical type of object (normally in terms of database table and account group) used to record the business partner to which the current partner role refers.

One partner role may be assigned a number of technical categories using the IMG.

Only certain types of customer business partners are compatible with business location sales reporting in the Sales Information System (SIS). This is due to the way in which the customer business partner is modelled in the SD system.

As the partner role technical category is used to accurately define the type of customer business partner, you can set a flag in the definition step of the technical category to indicate if the business partner type is compatible with business location reporting in the SIS.

Example

Sales to business partners that have the role of 'operator of petroleum fuels' at all company-owned locations are to be recorded in the Sales Information System (SIS). By restricting the possible technical categories for the 'operator of fuels' role to those that are compatible with SIS reporting, the system administrator is able to prevent allocation of business partners for which no SIS data should be recorded.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050224 
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