Purpose A business partner is a natural person, organization, group of natural persons, or group of organizations in which a company has a business interest. The SAP Business Partner manages the cross-application master data, such as names, addresses, and bank details centrally. The Business Partner acts as a central anchor for SAP components, industry solutions, customer developments, and so on.
Specific Features Role concept A business partner can have several roles at one time Roles are determined by role categories, for example, ordering party, prospective customer, payer, or payee
