SAP S/4HANA · Released CDS view
I_BusinessPartner
Released · C1BP masterCross-application · master data
The Business Partner master — the single master behind both suppliers and customers in S/4HANA. One business partner can hold a supplier role (FLVN) and a customer role (FLCU). This released view is the dimension behind every vendor and customer report.
Released status: C1 — stable, upgrade-safe. Underlying storage: Business Partner. Consume it as a reporting basis or extract it — never via ODP-RFC.
◆What it exposes
Semantic field names — readable, stable, and the same across every released view.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| BusinessPartner | The BP number — the single key for supplier and customer. |
| BusinessPartnerName | The name. |
| BusinessPartnerCategory | Person, organization, or group. |
| BusinessPartnerGrouping | The number-range grouping. |
| SupplierRole | Whether the BP is a supplier (role FLVN00). |
| CustomerRole | Whether the BP is a customer (role FLCU00). |
| AddressID | Association to the address. |
◆How it relates to the model
| Object | Holds | Joined / related on |
|---|---|---|
| Business Partner | The master this view exposes | business partner |
| I_Supplier / I_Customer | The role-specific views | business partner |
| ACDOCA | The journal, where the BP is the supplier / customer on a line | supplier / customer |
Read this view, not the raw table: Business Partner is the storage, but the released view is the stable contract — the field names will not shift under you on an upgrade.
◆Released & upgrade-safe
SAP publishes CDS views under a release contract. C1 means I_BusinessPartner is a stable, documented API you can build a model on — SAP will not break its structure across upgrades. That is the difference between depending on a released view and depending on a raw table or an unreleased one.
Confirm the current contract on the API State tab in the system or on the SAP Business Accelerator Hub. Released views are the only safe foundation for an owned model.
◆How to consume & extract
- As a reporting basis — build your own query views on it (Analysis for Office, SAP Analytics Cloud).
- As an extract — replicate it to your warehouse via ODP-OData, SLT, or Table / Table-CDC.
- Never via ODP-RFC — SAP Note 3255746 prohibits it, and a June 2026 patch blocks it.
This is the compliant, owned-layer path: extract the released view, build the model on your cloud, reconcile to the source. See the extraction pattern →
◆Reports that use it
Building on I_BusinessPartner?
We model the Business Partner as one conformed supplier-and-customer dimension over the journal — on your cloud, and you own the code.
Terms on this page
- Business Partner
- The single master for suppliers and customers in S/4HANA.
- Supplier role (FLVN)
- The role that makes a BP a vendor.
- Customer role (FLCU)
- The role that makes a BP a customer.
- Released CDS view
- A SAP-published view you can build on; its structure is a stable API.
- C1 contract
- The release level that makes a view stable and upgrade-safe to depend on.
- ACDOCA
- The Universal Journal — the table most finance views read.
- ODP-OData
- A SAP-sanctioned way to extract a released view; ODP-RFC is not allowed.