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Symptom
When you try to create or change a Business Partner through web UI or through Business Partner BAPIs, you encounter an error R1 473. This happens only when you have extended the domain BU_CONTACT.
Other terms
BU_CONTACT, BAPI_BUPA_CREATE_FROM_DATA, BUPA_CREATE_FROM_DATA, BAPI_BUPA_CENTRAL_CHANGE, BUPA_CENTRAL_CHANGE, BUP_CHECK_CONTACT, R1 473, Business partner &1:Invalid value &2 for field &3, BAPIBUS1006_CENTRAL-CONTACTALLOWANCE, [...]

Symptom
When an external application tries to change an address using BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_CHANGE, an entry is added to the table m_tab_geoobjects. If several addresses are changed, the table keeps on growing. Ideally it should have been cleared on COMMIT when we execute BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT.
Other terms
BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT BAPI_BUPA_ADDRESS_CHANGE m_tab_geoobjects IF_AES_MEMORY_SAVE~MEMORY_SAVE ADDR_CONTAINER_SAVE CL_GEOOBJ_CAM_PERSIST_SERVICE geocoding address partner
Reason and Prerequisites
On COMMIT,the [...]

Symptom
A user has been given authorization to access Business Partners of certain authorization group. The Business Partner search help BUPAGUID displays all the Business Partners even if they belong to authorization group for which the user does not have authorization.
Ex: User X is configured to access Business Partners of authorization group ‘0001′. [...]

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When a Business Partner has 2 identification details maintained, for first record, country field is maintained and for second no country field is maintained, then the output of FM BAPI_IDENTIFICATIONDETAILS_GET contains the field COUNTRYISO filled for both the records. Even though COUNTRY is not maintained for the second it is copied [...]

Symptom
Even though a Business Partner does not have any standard address usages assigned, addresses are displayed in the standard address usage tab. As a result, the error R11 244 is thrown.
Other terms
BUT021_FS, BUT020, Business Partner address usages, BUA_BUPA_EVENT_ISDAT, XXDEFAULT_CHECK, LBUA0F03, R11 244, “Error for validity periods of addresses”
Reason and Prerequisites
When a Business Partner [...]

Symptom
The function module BUPA_DESCRIPTION_GET returns only the short name description which of only 50 characters. But the function module is expected to return long name description too which is of 80 characters.
Other terms
BUPA_DESCRIPTION_GET, BU_DESCRIP, BU_DESCRIP_LONG, BUS000FLDS-DESCRIP, BUS000FLDS-DESCRIP_LONG, EV_DESCRIPTION_NAME, EV_DESCRIP_NAME_LONG, BU_DESCRIP_NAME_LONG, Long Description of a Business Partner, partner_description_get, dscrpt_name_determine, ADDRESS_INTO_PRINTFORM, BAdI [...]

Symptom
Secure handling of credit card data in ERP
Other terms
Payment cards, business partner, CCARD, PCA_MASTER, credit cards, encryption, masking
Reason and Prerequisites
Security standards for the payment card industry
Solution
Table of contents
1. Background
2. Features
3. Availibility
4. Constraints
5. System setup
1. Background
Information about payment cards is stored in various applications for the ERP system. Customizing settings provide you with various [...]

Symptom
Open a Sales Order in CRM system ,go to change mode and then click on Conditions tab and then click the TTE button does not display the new exemptions parameters value in TTE document even though BP have proper master data maintained for Tax Exemption Certificate.
Other terms
AP-TTE,Tax Calculation,TTE,Tax Exemption certificate,Exemption,TTE display document,Business Partner.
Reason [...]

Symptom
You create a business partner with an address that is valid in the future. When you change the name of the business partner, the program terminates with the following error messages:
Runtime error MESSAGE_TYPE_X
Short text of error message:
BUA_BUT020_SELECT_WITH_ADDRNUM: Unknown error
Long text of error message:
Technical information about the message:
Message [...]

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This note tries to answer questions on the SAP business partner that may have come-up on an upgrade to SAP_ABA 5.0A and higher releases:
1. Is table BUT001 obsolete?
The table BUT001 is obsolete from SAP_ABA release 5.0A and higher. It is now possible to maintain multiple identification and industry sector information for a [...]