Customer Master in SAP

January 16, 2010 by CRM
Filed under: Sale and Distribution

The customer master groups data into categories: general data, sales area data, and company code data.

The general data is relevant for sales and distribution and for accounting. It is stored centrally (client-specific), in order to avoid data redundancy. It is valid for all organizational units within a client.

The sales area data is relevant for sales and distribution (SD). It is valid for the respective sales area (sales organization, distribution channel, division).

The company code data is relevant for accounting (FI). It is valid for the respective company code. The customer master includes all data necessary for processing orders, deliveries, invoices, and customer payments.

Sales and Distribution (SAP SD) is one of very comprehensive module. All information relating to Sale processes is stored in SAP SD. For example, information relating to Sales order, Billing, Shipping, Delivery, Pricing, Contracts etc.

All information is stored in SAP system in tables. The common SAP tables in Sales and Distribution Module (SAP SD) are as follows:

Customer Master Data Tables

• KNA1 – Customer Master
• KNB1 – Customer / Company Master
• KNVV – Customer Sales Data
• KNBK – Bank Details Master
• KNVH – Customer hierarchy Master
• KNVP – Customer partners Master table
• KNVS – Shipment data for customer table
• KNVK – Contact persons Master table
• KNVI – Customer master tax indicator table

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