Account Groups in SAP SD

Use

The account group ensures that for the different customer functions, only the necessary screens and fields are shown and can be used to enter data. If, for example, you want to create a customer master record for a ship-to party, an account group is proposed.

The account group also controls which partner functions the customer can transfer into a document. You can find further information under Assignment of account groups to partner functions

The account group can also be used to determine the numbering of the customer number. You can find further information on numbering customer master records in Number assignment for customer master records

Features

In the standard R/3 system for Sales and Distribution there are, for example, the following partner functions

• Sold-to party
• Ship-to party
• Payer
• Sales prospect
• One-time customer (CPD - conto pro diverse).

You can define individual account groups, if they occur in your company in other combinations, for example if a ship-to party also pays for the goods at the same time.

You can change the account group for a customer at a later date. For further information, see Account groups.

Activities

You define the account groups in Customizing for Logistics General ® Logistics Basic Data Business partners ® Customer ® Control ® Define account groups and customer field selection.