How to Create a Customer in SAP Fiori?

Customer creation is an important part of the SAP S/4HANA Sales and Distribution (SD) process. In SAP S/4HANA, customers are managed through the Business Partner (BP) approach, which brings together the information required by different business functions in one central object.

When creating a customer, different Business Partner roles are used to maintain specific data, such as general customer information, company code data, and sales area details. Among the commonly used roles are FLCU00 and FLCU01.

From SAP ECC to S/4HANA: Customer Master Data

In classic SAP ECC, customers and vendors were maintained as two separate master records. S/4HANA consolidated this into a single object the Business Partner and layered specific BP roles on top of it to represent the different "hats" a partner can wear general partner, FI customer, sales customer, vendor, and so on. The Fiori app Manage Business Partner Master Data (BP) is the single-entry point for all of this, replacing the old transaction codes.

This is where FLCU00 and FLCU01 come in they aren't Fiori apps themselves, but the BP roles you select inside that app to activate customer-specific data.

What Is FLCU00?

FLCU00 – "FI Customer" (Customer Financial Accounting) is the BP role that activates the accounting side of a customer record. When you assign this role to a Business Partner and enter a company code, you unlock fields such as:

• Reconciliation account

• Payment terms

• Dunning procedure

• House bank details

• Withholding tax data (if applicable)

Without FLCU00 active, a Business Partner cannot post financial documents like invoices or receipts in FI, because the company-code-level accounting data simply doesn't exist for that partner yet.

What Is FLCU01?

FLCU01 – "Customer" (Sales and Distribution role) activates the commercial/sales side of the same Business Partner. Assigning this role at the sales area level (sales organization, distribution channel, division) exposes fields like:

• Sales district and pricing group

• Shipping conditions

• Delivery priority

• Partner functions (sold-to, ship-to, bill-to, payer)

• Output and text determination

In summary, FLCU00 lets Finance invoice and collect customer payments, while FLCU01 lets Sales sell and deliver to the customer. In most S/4HANA landscapes, both roles are assigned to the same BP number because every sale eventually needs to be billed.

FLCU00 vs FLCU01: Difference Table

Aspect	FLCU00	FLCU01
Full name	FI Customer	Customer (Sales)
Module	Finance (FI)	Sales & Distribution (SD)
Maintained at	Company code level	Sales area level
Key data	Reconciliation account, payment terms, dunning	Pricing, shipping, partner functions
Enables	Invoice posting dunning, AR reporting	Sales orders, deliveries, billing
Owned by	Accounts Receivable team	Sales admin team

 Create a New Customer using Manage Business Partner Master Data Fiori App

Steps to Create a Customer Using SAP Fiori:

Access the Fiori launchpad with T-code /n/ui2/flp

Make sure that this business role is assigned for your user id

SAP_BR_BUPA_MASTER_SPECIALIST

How to add business role to your user?

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Search for manage business partner master data Fiori app and open

Click on create then organization

Provide BP number and grouping then click on ok

Provide name 1 and click on apply

 Go to roles tab and click on create

Provide both roles: FLCU01 & FLCU00 and press enter

Select the FLCU00 role, navigate to the Address tab, fill in the required customer details, and then click on create

Now click on edit

Go to sales area tab and click on create

Under general data tab fill details

And sales area details

Enter tax classification under tax tab and click on apply

 Now go back to roles and select FLCU01

Under company code data tab click on create

Under general tab enter details and click on apply and save

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Conclusion

Creating a customer in SAP Fiori is an essential step in setting up the foundation for sales and financial transactions in SAP S/4HANA. The Business Partner approach brings customer information together in a centralized structure, making it easier to maintain and use across different business functions.

Understanding roles such as FLCU00 and FLCU01 helps users recognize how financial and sales-related customer data are maintained within the same Business Partner. Once the required information is correctly maintained, the customer can be used across processes such as sales orders, deliveries, billing, and accounting.