2618445 - How to get the link between BP contact person number and Customer/Vendor contact number

• If the CVI is activated in ERP system, when a contact person in transaction BP is created and assigned to an existing business partner, it will be synchronized to Customer/Vendor contact as per the CVI settings, however, the generated Customer/Vendor contact number (KNVK-PARNR) is different from the BP contact person number. 
• It is not clear how to get the link between the BP contact person and Customer/Vendor contact. 
• It is not possible to set the number range of Customer/Vendor contact as External.

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• SAP ERP Central Component
• SAP ERP
• SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
• SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

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