What is Buisness partner group hierarchy in sap crm

Question

Hi,
what is Buisness partner group hierarchy,what is the importence of this in sap crm
i wanted to know the detailed documentation for Buisness partner group hierarchy
Thanks&Regards
kishore kumar

Answer 1

hi there
what you are saying as Business Partner Group hierarchy is actually the account hierarchy inside the BP which can be created using the Bp groups
here it is what it is and why its important
Account Hierarchies
Use
The account hierarchy allows you to map complex organizational structures of a business partner (for example, buying group, co-operative or chain of retail outlets).
When you create a hierarchy structure, you form groups of business partners (for example, for purchasing groups). You can use them for statistical purposes and for marketing analyses.
You can use the hierarchy for pricing. Pricing is carried out using conditions such as pricing arrangements that are stored at a higher level of an organizational structure and can be transferred to the lower levels.
Integration
You can transfer a customer hierarchy from SAP ECC to the account hierarchy in SAP CRM.
For more information, see Replicating ERP Customer Hierarchies to SAP CRM.
You can also exchange the account hierarchy with CRM Mobile Client.
Features
With the help of business partner groups, you can create hierarchy nodes in order to construct a hierarchy structure. For this purpose, the type of hierarchy is first determined based on the hierarchy category.
Hierarchy structures that are created in CRM Enterprise are sales area-independent.
The condition maintenance for pricing is integrated in the account hierarchy maintenance function.
also see this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm60/helpdata/en/52/cff837a9aae651e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
will clear all your doubts
best regards
ashish