Business Partner

SAP's existing customers have become SAP's extended workbench. SAP does the programming, but the users do the testing. The quality of SAP's apps is steadily declining. Steffen Pietsch impressively demonstrated his criticism using the example of "SAP Business Partner".

This Abap object can be found in many SAP applications. Semantically it always meant the same, but syntactically you can find huge differences. The definition and function of the "Business Partner" varies between SAP applications.

An "extreme example" can be found in SAP Business One: Here, the name of the business partner can be deleted without the system even issuing any message. The consequences are (program-)logically fatal.

Why is DSAG Chief Technology Officer Pietsch's demand fundamental and important? Without consistent and verified master and transaction data, the transformation towards Hana, S/4, BW/4 and C/4 will not succeed (see also E-3 Cover Story March 2019: Agility and Stability).

Master Data Management" is the basis for a successful S/4 and C/4 roadmap. SAP partner Data Migration Services has not only recognized the importance of this data management, but also implemented it as a leading IT provider and consulting firm.

Freely translated, based on Steffen Pietsch's claim, it can be stated: Many existing SAP customers and SAP partners such as Data Migration Services fix and repair the errors of misguided SAP development.