2841834 - S4HC: Copying Business Partner through App Manage Business Partner Master Data results in an error

1. If a Business Partner that has a different Partner Function (For e.g: Bill-To Party) is copied, in the new BP this information is not copied. 
2. Following errors are thrown when a business partner is copied through App Manage Business Partner Master Data:

• Entry ## does not exist in LFA1 (check entry).
• Supplier: Invalid value (foreign key check failed).
• Supplier ## not created (please check your input).
• An exception was raised.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

1. Go to Manage Business Partner Master Data.
2. Open a Customer Business Partner.
3. Click on Copy.
4. Change any field in the copied Business Partner such as Name1.
5. Click on Save.

When Customer Business Partner is copied and if there is a Partner Function which is mapped to Supplier for e.g. Forwarding Agent, the supplier Business Partner needs to be entered manually in Partner Functions of the copied Customer Business Partner.

To enter the Supplier BP in Partner Functions, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Manage Business Partner Master Data.
2. Open a Customer Business Partner.
3. Click on Copy.
4. Navigate to Customer Role details.
5. Click on tab Sales Area.
6. Navigate to the sales area details.
7. Click on Partner Function Tab.
8. Enter the supplier business partner for the partner function mapped to supplier. 
   
   

Note: When a Business Partner is copied, all the partner functions gets copied. Customer partner functions such as SP / BP / PY / SH would get the value once the newly created BP is saved. The newly created BP would have the Partner Functions BP same as that of the BP created and it would not reflect the values maintained in previous BP Partner Functions.

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