Mapping Branch Companies to Business Partners in Intercompany Solution

Mapping Branch Companies to Business Partners in Intercompany Solution

Since each branch company can buy and sell from other branch companies, you need to create business partners of type Vendor and Customer to represent each branch company.

Since these business partners exchange marketing documents, you need to mark each as a branch company. Additionally, since a combination of a vendor and a customer represents each branch company, you must identify this pair of business partners with a common unique code, for example, the value that you enter in the Branch Code field when you create the business partner.


The following table and note illustrate the concept behind this setup:

Company Name

Branch Code

Vendor Code

Customer Code

OEC Computers

IC001

V001

C001

ACME Inc.

IC002

V002

C002

Softcell

IC003

V003

C003

Note

               a).  Vendor V001 and Customer C001 are represented by the same Branch Code, IC001, which is the unique code allocated to company “OEC Computers”.

Similarly Vendor V002 and Customer C002 are represented by the same Branch Code, IC002, which is the unique code allocated to company “ACME Inc.”

                b). This setup is used by the  Document Exchange Cycle and  A/P Service Invoice Allocation features.


Creating Branch Company Type Business Partners

To create a branch company business partner:

1.    In the Business Partner Master Data window, specify the Business Partner Code.
2.    Select the type of business partner, for example, Vendor or Customer.
3.    Choose a currency as All Currency.
4.    Select the Branch Partner Code checkbox.
      A confirmation message appears. When you select Yes , the Global Business Partner field is also enabled (selected).
5.    In the Branch Partner Code field press TAB.
The system displays a list of branch codes that were defined during landscape setup for the Intercompany Integration Solution.
6.    Select the appropriate Intercompany Partner Code from the Choose from List window.
The system enters the code in the Branch Partner Code field.
7.    Finish creating the business partner as documented in the SAP Business One Online Help.
8.    Choose Add. The business partner is created and replicated to all other branch companies.
​ Recommendations
    1. As a best practice, we recommend that you create all branch company type business partners (those that represent all branch companies) in one of the branch companies, for example, the head office, as these will be replicated to all other branch companies.
    2. When you are using the Multiple Branches feature, it is recommended to assign all the branches to branch representative business partners.

Next Step: Determining Unique Serial Numbers by Setup of Intercompany Solution

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