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SPRAS
CEPC
LAND1
T005
LAND1
LFA1
LIFNR → PARTNER
BUT000

BUT000

business partner - central data (s/4hana master data hub)
sd31f · 2k · 4r
Unchanged in S/4
BUT000 is the central Business Partner table in S/4HANA. It has no standard predecessor in classic ECC FI/SD — in ECC, vendor and customer master data lived in LFA1/KNA1 without a unified BP concept (BUT000 existed only in ECC CRM). In S/4HANA, BUT000 becomes mandatory for all business partners: vendors, customers, employees, and contact persons. Every LFA1 vendor and KNA1 customer must have a corresponding BUT000 record. LFA1 and KNA1 are retained as compatibility views. This table is listed here as ecc_table because it was seeded into QueryPath DB in Prompt 5, not because it existed in ECC.
key differences:
  • •BUT000 has no ECC FI/SD equivalent — it originates from SAP CRM and becomes mandatory in S/4HANA for all partner types
  • •In S/4HANA, LFA1 and KNA1 are retained as compatibility views/tables, but BUT000 is the authoritative master data record
  • •Business Partner roles (BUT100) replace the separate vendor/customer role concept — a single BP can be both customer and vendor
  • •Address data moves from LFA1/KNA1 address fields to ADRC, linked via BUT020
  • •Contact persons (previously KNVK for customers) are now Business Partners related via BUT021 relationship records

fields (31)

fieldtypelengthkeydescription
MANDTclnt3pkclient
PARTNERchar10pkbusiness partner number (central identifier, alphanumeric)
ADDRNOchar10address number for standard address (reference to adrc)
AEDATdats8date record last changed
AENAMchar12changed by (user name)
BIRTHDTdats8date of birth (natural person)
BPKINDchar1business partner category (same as type conceptually; 1=organization, 2=person, 3=group)
BU_CLASSchar4industry classification of business partner
BU_GROUPchar4business partner grouping (controls number range and partner category rules)
BU_SORT1char20search term 1 (used for quick lookup, typically short name or abbreviation)
BU_SORT2char20search term 2 (secondary search key)
CRDATdats8created on
ERDATdats8date record created
ERNAMchar12created by (user name)
LAND1char3country of business partner (2-letter iso)
MC_NAME1char40organization name 1 (for organizations/companies)
MC_NAME2char40organization name 2 (continuation or doing-business-as name)
NAME_LASTchar40last name (for natural persons only)
NAME_ORG1char40organization name 1
NAME1_TEXTchar40name 1 / last name
NAME2_TEXTchar40name 2 / first name
NAMEVchar35first name (for natural persons only; type=2)
SPRASlang1language key of business partner
TAXNUMchar20tax number (vat registration number or equivalent)
TAXNUMTYPEchar4tax number category (e.g., de0=german vat, us0=us ein)
TITLEchar4academic title for natural person (e.g., dr, prof)
TYPEchar1business partner type (1=organization/company, 2=natural person, 3=group)
XBLCKchar1central block
XDELEchar1central deletion flag for business partner
XSEXFchar1female gender indicator for natural person (x=female)
XSEXMchar1male gender indicator for natural person (x=male)

relationships (4)

master lookup

reference to master data

references
LFA1
PARTNERLIFNR
1:1
KNA1
PARTNERKUNNR
1:1
referenced by
BUT020
PARTNERPARTNER
N:1
BUT021
PARTNERPARTNER
N:1
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