Adding prefix 'E' to BP Number of Role 'Employee' while creation

Question

Hi,
I have a requirement wherein I have to add prefix 'E' to the BP Number of Employee role while creation. For this I am using a method 'CHANGE_BEFORE_UPDATE' of BADI 'PARTNER_UPDATE'. I am pasting the code below. While debugging, I am checking the value in internal table 'lt_but000_new' and I can see that prefix 'E' is getting added in BP Partner Number. But, the same is not happening when it is getting saved. Can anyone suggest me what should I do to achieve this functionality.
method IF_EX_PARTNER_UPDATE~CHANGE_BEFORE_UPDATE.
  DATA: lt_but000_old           TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF but000,
        lt_but000_new           TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF but000,
        ls_but000_new           TYPE but000,
        lv_partner_guid         TYPE bu_partner_guid,
        lv_emp(10)              TYPE C,
        lv_role                 TYPE BOOLE_D,
        ls_role                 TYPE bup_bprole,
        lt_role                 TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF BUP_BPROLE initial size 0.
business partners ************************************************
  CALL FUNCTION 'BUPA_GENERAL_CALLBACK'
    TABLES
      et_but000_old = lt_but000_old
      et_but000_new = lt_but000_new
    EXCEPTIONS
      OTHERS        = 0.
CALL FUNCTION 'BUP_BUPA_BPROLES_GET'
IMPORTING
   E_ROLESET       = lv_role
  TABLES
    T_BPROLES       = lt_role
READ TABLE lt_role into ls_role with key role = 'BUP003'.
if sy-subrc = 0.
LOOP AT lt_but000_new into ls_but000_new.
  SHIFT ls_but000_new-partner LEFT DELETING LEADING 0.
  CONCATENATE 'E' ls_but000_new-partner into lv_emp.
  ls_but000_new-partner = lv_emp.
  MODIFY lt_but000_new from ls_but000_new TRANSPORTING partner.
ENDLOOP.
endif.
endmethod.

Answer 1

Hi,
You can do this particular scenario in SPRO settings itself.
Only thing is you need to check in the SPRO settings in number ranges as well as groupings that you define as external. (Tick the check box present there).
Number assignment: The business partner number range object is BU_PARTNER. Generally, there are three types of number assignment when business partners are created from the R/3 system.
01 = This is the internal interval of BU_PARTNER.
02 = External number assignment, the system uses the number from a specific internal interval of the object.
03 = The number is transferred from HR and a prefix is added. In this case, a specific external interval, which must be defined as XX00000000 (up to XX99999999), is used (where XX denotes any two letters).
Any one of the three intervals can be set up for HR integration.
You can use 02, so that when a business partner is created from employee data, the partner number will be identical to the employee. The value of this interval will equal that of the employee number range interval in R/3.
Also, not all the business partners will be employees from R/3, there would likely to be external partners of various types under various roles other than Employee (for e.g. u2013 Vendor, Bidder, Sold-To, Ship-To etc). These business partners would be present only in the CRM system, and not in the R/3 system. Thus, we require an internal interval as well to create these business partners on the fly.
And then this is the exact definition for External number grouping.
It means that this external grouping is used as the standard grouping.
The BDT selects this standard grouping if a business partner number was assigned to a business partner when the latter was created, but not a grouping.
Hope your problem is resolved with this.
- Venkat