S/4 HANA

35 useful BAPIs to manage Business Partners

01/18/2022

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Dear SAPLearners, in this blog post we will learn about the list of BAPIs to manage Business Partners.

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What is Business Partner?

An individual, an organization, a group of individuals, or a set of organizations in which a firm has a business interest. This business object is used in a wide variety of business transactions. You develop and manage your business partners and the functions they play in your organization centrally. –source SAP

Business Partner is the primary object and single point of entry for Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier (previously known as Vendor) master data in SAP S/4HANA. Business Partner data is divided into several areas and the following BAPIs can be used to below data

Central Data
Address Data
Roles
Bank Details
Payment Card Details
Status
Industry Sectors
Business Hours
Identifications

The following is a list of BAPIs to manage Business Partners in SAP S/4 HANA. You can create, update and remove Business Partner.

Business Partner Central Data

The central data includes all general information of a business partner and is stored in table BUT000. The following data is available in business partner central data.

Business partner category, grouping
Business partner names and name affixes
Personal data
Organization data
Search terms and Control parameters

BAPI_BUPA_CREATE_FROM_DATA	Create a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_CENTRAL_CHANGE	Changing a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_CENTRAL_GETDETAIL	Reading the central data of a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_CENTRAL_GETLIST	Get central BP-Data of a period
BAPI_BUPA_CENTRAL_MAINT_PERIOD	Maintenance of central data for a period

Business Partner Address Data

Multiple addresses are permitted for a business partner. Address types such as delivery address and communication address are used to determine addresses.

BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESSES_GET	Get all addresses for a BP
BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_ADD	Add address
BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_CHANGE	Change address
BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_GETDETAIL	Get address
BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_GET_NUMBERS	Get address numbers
BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_REMOVE	Remove address

Business Partner Roles

A business partner can play multiple roles at the same time. Role categories determine roles.

BAPI_BUPA_ROLES_GET_2	Get all roles
BAPI_BUPA_ROLE_ADD_2	Add role
BAPI_BUPA_ROLE_CHANGE	Change business partner role
BAPI_BUPA_ROLE_EXISTENCE_CHECK	Check role for the existence

Business Partner Bank Details

It contains all of the information about a business partner’s bank accounts. A Business partner can have any number of bank details.

Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, update, remove and get bank details for a business partner.

BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAIL_ADD	Add bank detail
BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAIL_CHANGE	Change bank detail
BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAIL_GETDETAIL	Get bank detail
BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAIL_NUMBERS	Get bank detail numbers
BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAIL_REMOVE	Remove bank detail
BAPI_BUPA_BANKDETAILS_GET	Get bank details of a business partner

Business Partner Payment Card Details

For a business partner, you can enter an unlimited number of payment cards. One or more business partners can be assigned a payment card. As the standard payment card, you can identify the payment card that a business partner uses the most frequently.

Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, change, remove and set default payment card details.

BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_ADD	Add payment card details
BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_CHANGE	Change payment card details
BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_GETDETAIL	Get payment card details
BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_GETDETAILS	Get all card details of a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_REMOVE	Remove payment card details
BAPI_BUPA_PCARD_SETDEFAULT	The setting of the standard payment card details

Business Parnter Status

It includes various characteristics for a business partner’s status, for example, the archiving flag or a lock.

Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, get and remove the status.

BAPI_BUPA_STATUS_ADD	Add status
BAPI_BUPA_STATUS_GETDETAIL	Get status detail
BAPI_BUPA_STATUS_REMOVE	Remove status

Business Partner Industry

Business partners of the business partner category Organization are classified according to their industries. The assignment of business partners to industries adds another dimension to the process of identifying business partners.

Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, change, get and remove the business partner industry sector data.

BAPI_INDUSTRYSECTORDETAILS_GET	Get industry sector details
BAPI_INDUSTRYSECTOR_ADD	Add industry sector
BAPI_INDUSTRYSECTOR_CHANGE	Change industry sectors
BAPI_INDUSTRYSECTOR_GET_DETAIL	Get industry sector data
BAPI_INDUSTRYSECTOR_REMOVE	Remove industry sector data
BAPI_PARTNER_GET_BY_IDNUMBER	Get partner on the basis of an ID-Number

Business Partner Business Hours

Business hours can indicate when and how a business partner can be contacted. Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, change, get and remove the business partner business hours data.

BAPI_BUPA_HOURS_ADD	Add an hours rule to a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_HOURS_CHANGE	Change an hours rule of a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_HOURS_GETDETAIL	Get details of an hours rule of a business partner
BAPI_BUPA_HOURS_REMOVE	Remove an hours rule of a business partner

Business Parnter Indentification Number

Identification Number is an alphanumeric key that is provided by external sources and can be recorded in the system as an attribute for a business partner. To identify a business partner, the identification number may be used in lieu of the business partner number.

Following are the BAPIs you can use to add, change, get and remove the business partner identification number data.

BAPI_IDENTIFICATIONDETAILS_GET	Get identification numbers
BAPI_IDENTIFICATION_ADD	Add identification number
BAPI_IDENTIFICATION_CHANGE	Change identification number
BAPI_IDENTIFICATION_GET_DETAIL	Get identification numbers
BAPI_IDENTIFICATION_REMOVE	Remove identification number