What is necessary to copy a new partner function from the customer master record to the sales order?

To successfully copy a new partner function from the customer master record to the sales order, enhancing the partner determination procedure is necessary. This procedure dictates how partner roles are determined and assigned in various transactions, including sales orders. By adding or modifying the partner roles within this procedure, you ensure that when a sales order is created, it can reference the partner functions defined for the customer master record.

When the partner determination procedure is enhanced, it allows for greater flexibility in aligning the partner functions with the requirements of your specific business processes. Partner functions may include roles such as sold-to party, ship-to party, or bill-to party, and without properly defined and enhanced procedures, these functions would not be automatically copied to the sales order.

Other options may involve aspects of the overall configuration for sales processes but do not directly facilitate the copying of partner functions from the customer master record. For instance, the sales document type settings, while crucial for the definition of how sales orders behave, do not inherently determine partner functions. Similarly, defining partner roles in the material master is relevant for products but does not affect the copying of customer partner functions, and changing the customer account group is also typically unrelated to partner determination in sales orders. Thus, enhancing the partner determination procedure is the