2598699 - Unable to Assign Certain Roles To a Business Partner

You are trying to create a business partner with a certain role, but the option required is unavailable for selection.

Or

You are unable to assign an Employee as a Supplier from Business Partner Data workcenter.

SAP Business ByDesign 1711 and higher.

1. Go to the Business Partner Data work center;
2. Access the Business Partners view;
3. Select an existing business partner;
4. Click the Create As button;
5. Some options are unavailable.

The system has two main Business Partner types: organizations (which represent companies) and persons (which represent individuals). Certain roles are exclusive to business partner organizations and others, exclusive to business partner persons — e.g. an Employee cannot have the Supplier role assigned to it, because the Employee is a business partner person and the Supplier role is for business partner organizations.

This is the standard system behavior.

"Business Partners" document in the SAP Business ByDesign Help Center

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