Hierarchy
FI-CA (Software Component) FI-CA⤷
FI-CA (Application Component) Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable⤷
FKKB (Package) Contract A/R & A/P: Central Objects 
Attribute
| Message class |  |
>P | |
| Short Description |  |
Contract A/R and A/P: Business partners | |
| Message Number |  |
040 | |
| Documentation status | Space: object requires documentation |
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| Authorization check Error Message | |||
| Changed On |  |
20050224 |
Message Text
Help Document
Diagnosis
Activating/deactivating the business partner shadow table is critical in certain situations and should be considered carefully.
System Response
Procedure
Activating the shadow table:
If there are no business partners in the system, you can activate the table without carrying out any further steps.
If, on the other hand, there is already business partner master data in the system, then you should initialize the business partner shadow table with the mass activity GPSHAD_NEW.
Deactivating the shadow table:
There are no particular steps necessary for deactivating use of the business partner shadow table. You should, however, be aware that subsequent activation may be associated with a large amount of work (if there is already a large amount of business partner master data in the system) (mass activity GPSHAD_NEW and that if you do not initialize the table then obsolete business partner data will be included in the processing.
Note
You should make sure that you make a decision about using the business partner shadow table before production startup and initialize the table correctly before a production startup.
We would advise you strongly against subsequent activation or even deactivation followed by later reactivation.
History
| Last changed on/by | |
20080505 | SAP |
| SAP Release Created in |
