SAP ABAP Data Element TTET_PARTNERROLE_COM (Business Partner Role)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_AP (Software Component) SAP Application Platform
   ⤷ AP-TTE (Application Component) Transaction Tax Engine
     ⤷ AP_TTE_SERVICES (Package) Transaction Tax Engine ( Services )
Basic Data
Data Element TTET_PARTNERROLE_COM
Short Description Business Partner Role  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TTET_CHAR2_COM    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 BP Role 
Medium 15 BP Role 
Long 20 Bus. Partner Role 
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

Defines the business partner role.

Procedure

Examples

Business process type "Sales".

Business partner A places an order for 3, 000 computers to Business partner B.

Business partner B accepts the order,

However, business partner A placed the oder for business partner C.

Business partner B:

  • ships the computers to business partner C
  • sends an invoice including the tax amount to business partner C

In this case, the business partner roles are distributed as follows:

Business partner A

  • Order Party

Business partner B

  • Order Acceptance
  • Ship From
  • Bill from
  • Supplier

Business Partner C

Dependencies

From a taxation point of view, only business partners assigned Recipient and Supplier are taken into account for the tax determination.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050131 
SAP Release Created in 30A