How to customize the Partner Determination Procedure?

We can determine partner determination procedure by using the transaction code VOPA.
In the business different people interacts to make a transaction with the business while
making transactions with the business every partner performs certain roles those are called as
a partner functions.
Depending on the partner type every partner fulfill certain mandatory partner functions. SAP
determines relevant partner functions automatically to relevant partner object type.
Flow: Customer master, Sales, Delivery, Billing, Document header and items.
A) Partner Types.
1) Customer(KU)
He performs partner functions like Sp, Sh, Bp, Py.
2) Vendor(LI)
Partner Functions (FA- Forward Agent).
3) Contact Person (AP)
Partner Functions-CP.
4) Sales Employee(PE)
Partner Funcitons-SE
Authorized Partner to release the order
Contracts are release by raising sales orders.
In the business one specifies partner is authorized to enter and to release contracts.
At Header level( sales document) there is a control by which system carries out checks
against partner whether he is authorized to release the contract.
Partner type(KU) and Partner Functions( AA- Sold T party) to release the contracts.
Aw- ship to party to release the contracts and this partner functions assigned to partner
determination procedure (kab).
Partners to check credit limits:
We define partner functions
Km-credit Manager.
kb- credit representations both belongs to partner type pe(personal)
Configurations settings:

1) Define Account Group( OBD2)

2) Assign Number range key to Account Group (OBAR)
3) Define partner determination procedure for customer master.
a) Define partner functions
Path: Img -> sd -> basic functions -> partner determination -> set up partner determination ->
set up partner determination for customer master.
Click on partner function control button under dialog structure
Partner Function Name
Partner type error
sp
sold to party ku
07
sh
ship to party ku
07
bp
bill to party ku
07
py
payer
ku
07
partner type Pe
Km
credit manager pe
kb
credit represent pe

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b) Define partner determination procedure.

c) Assign partner functions to partner determination procedure.
d) Assign partner determination determination procedure to account group.
e) Assign partner functions to account group.
For sales document.
a) Define Partner functions to sales document header
1) Define partner functions
img -> sd -> basic functions -> partner determination -> setup partner determination -> set up
partner determination for sales document header
2) Define partner determination procedure.
3) Assign partner functions to partner determination procedure
4) Partner Determination procedure assignment.