4/13/23, 8:15 PM 2422841 - Blocking business partners in transaction BP using "Company Code", "Purchasing" or "Sales and Distribution" data

SAP Knowledge Base Article

2422841 - Blocking business partners in

transaction BP using "Company Code",
"Purchasing" or "Sales and Distribution" data
Component: AP-MD-BP (Business Partner), Version: 6, Released On: 24.02.2021

Symptom
You wonder how to block a particular "Company Code", "Purchasing Organization" or "Sales Area"
data for a business partner in transaction BP
You wonder which blocking mechanism exist in transaction BP which correspond to blocking
mechanisms for customers and vendors (LFA1-SPERR, LFA1-SPERM, LFA1-LOEVM, LFB1-SPERR,
LFB1- LOEVM, LFM1-SPERM, LFM1-LOEVM)

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data is purely coincidental."

Environment
SAP S/4HANA

Reproducing the Issue

You manually want to block a particular "Company Code" of a business partner.

Cause
Behavior of blocking when using business partner technology differs from vendor/customer locking mechanism

Resolution
Blocking behavior in S/4HANA is explained below. See 'See Also' tab for blocking in older releases (ERP):

Maintain the values for these fields for a vendor in transaction BP at following places:
Role FLVN00 FI Vendor:
Company Code -> tab Vendor: Status -> Section Posting Block/Section Deletion blocks

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Vendor Business Partner Vendor Field

Central posting block All Company Codes LFA1-SPERR

Posting block for company code Selected Company Code LFB1-SPERR

Deletion Flag for Master Record (Company Code Level) Co.cde deletion flag LFB1-LOEVM

Role FLVN01 Vendor:

Purchasing -> tab Purchasing Data -> Section Additional Purchasing Data

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Vendor Business Partner Vendor Field

Purchasing block at purchasing Selected Purchasing LFM1-SPERM

organization level Organization BLock

Centrally imposed purchasing block All Purchasing Organization Block LFA1-SPERM

Deletion Indicator for Supplier at Del. flag POrg. LFM1-LOEVM

Purchasing Level

Central Deletion Flag for Master Record Archiving Flag LFA1-LOEVM -> BUT000-
XDELE

In SAP S/4HANA, as BP is the leading object, there is no concept for LFA1-LOEVM. If you want to mark
a business partner for deletion, you can do the same using “Archiving flag” present under “Status” tab of
General Data Area.

The behavior of customers is similar:

Maintain the values for these fields for a customer in transaction BP at following places:
Role FLCU00 FI Customer:
Company Code -> tab Customer: Status -> Section Posting Block/Section Deletion blocks
Role FLCU01 Customer:
Sales and Distribution -> tab Status

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