How Customer Account Groups in SAP SD are created

Introduction to Customer Account Groups in SAP SD

Customer Account groups in SAP SD are essential for effectively managing and organizing customer and vendor data. They play a key role in defining the structure and attributes of customer and vendor master records. Below are some of their critical functions:

Purpose of Account Group

Field Selection Control: Account groups determine which fields in the master record are mandatory, optional, or hidden. This standardization ensures consistency and completeness in data entry.

Field Selection Control

Number Range Definition: Account groups assign specific number ranges to customer or vendor accounts. This assignment dictates whether account numbers are generated automatically by the system or entered manually.
Master Data Management: These groups control the maintenance of master data for customers or vendors. This includes creating, modifying, and viewing master records.
Customer/Vendor Classification: Account groups classify customers or vendors into distinct categories, simplifying management and analysis. For example, they can differentiate between domestic and international customers.

In SAP S/4HANA Sales, standard customer account groups are essential for managing customer master data, each serving specific roles in sales transactions. These include:

Sold-To Party (SP): Customers who receive goods or services.
Ship-To Party (SH): Customers to whom goods or services are delivered.
Bill-To Party (BP): Customers responsible for invoice payments.
Payer (PY): Customers who make the actual payments.
Contact Person (CP): Individuals serving as contact points at customer locations.

These account groups organize customer data efficiently, catering to different aspects of sales and distribution processes in SAP S/4HANA. These standard account groups are designed to address typical business scenarios in SAP systems. They can be adjusted or augmented with new groups to align better with specific business processes and needs.

Step by step process to create Customer Account Groups in SAP SD

In this SAP Sd tutorial, we are creating a new customer account group called “SAHT” with a number range “ZS” . In SAP SD creating Account groups are like setting up a new category in your customer database. You’ll give it a name, maybe a description that explains it’s for customers related to products, and then assign a unique code “ZS” to identify customers in this group.

Create Number range intervals for customer Account groups.
Create Customer Account Groups and assign the number ranges intervals.

Creating Customer Account Groups in SAP SD (OVT0)

First, log into the SAP system using your credentials. Then, go to the section where you manage customer account groups, using a specific code (like OVT0). Here, you’ll add a new entry for your “SAHT” group.

Transaction code : OVT0
Img path : SPRO => Logistics general => Business partner => Customer control => define a/c group and field selection for customer.