3601876 - Error message : Partner role SE not allowed for suppliers of account group EMPL

An error message is displayed when attempting to assign a Sales Employee created as a Vendor to the Customer Master Partner function: Partner role 'SE' not allowed for suppliers of account group EMPL .

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Go to the 'Maintain Business partner' app.
2. Open the Business partner.
3. Change the Display BP role to Customer.
4. Navigate to the 'Sales and Distribution'.
5. Under sales area, go to the 'partner function' tab.
6. Attempt to add a new partner function with role 'SE' and enter the required details.
7. An error message 'Partner role SE not allowed for suppliers of account group EMPL' displayed.

The error occurs because the partner function 'SE' is assigned to partner type 'LI'. During supplier validation, the system checks whether this partner role is mapped to the supplier account group 'EMPL'. Since there is no mapping entry for partner role 'SE' with account group 'EMPL', the system triggers the error.

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, configurations and customizations are delivered by SAP through the SET Content framework. Since this content is owned and updated by SAP with each release, modifications within SAP namespaces are restricted. As a result, entries can only be maintained via SSCUIs using custom namespaces that begin with 'Z' or 'Y'.

To address this, a custom partner role (e.g., starting with 'Z' or 'Y') should be created, and the required customer data maintained accordingly.

This restriction helps ensure the stability and consistent functionality of applications across cloud system releases.

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