Business Partner Validator

Business Partner Validator for DRC

Complete Document Recording Compliance verification for SAP S/4HANA business partners

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The Challenge

European e-invoicing mandates (XRechnung, Peppol BIS 3.0, EN16931) require complete and validated Business Partner master data. Invalid VAT IDs, wrong IBANs, missing electronic addresses, and incomplete postal data cause invoice rejections, compliance penalties, and delayed payments. Manual validation of hundreds of business partners is error-prone and doesn't scale.

Invoice Rejections

Invalid VAT IDs, missing Leitweg-IDs, and incomplete addressing lead to automatic invoice rejections in e-invoicing workflows

Compliance Penalties

Non-compliance with XRechnung, Peppol BIS 3.0, and EN16931 standards results in regulatory fines and supplier relationship risks

Manual Data Validation

Error-prone spreadsheet validation cannot scale across hundreds of business partners with multiple validation layers

Key Features

VAT ID Validation

Real-time EU VIES API verification for all EU countries. Country-specific format validation (DE, AT, CH, FR, IT, NL, BE, ES, PL, CZ, HU, SK, RO). Duplicate VAT detection and Plants Abroad checks.

Electronic Address Validation

Peppol ID verification, German Leitweg-ID with MOD 97-10 check digit (Bundesländer 01-16), GLN with GS1 MOD-10 validation, email with disposable domain detection. XRechnung mandatory (BT-34).

IBAN & Bank Data Validation

Country-specific length validation (DE: 22, AT: 20, CH: 21, FR: 27, IT: 27 chars). MOD97-10 checksum verification. OpenIBAN API integration for real-time bank data. BIC/SWIFT format validation.

Address Completeness Checks

Country/City/Street/Postal code validation. Country-specific postal formats (DE: 5 digits 01001-99998, AT: 4 digits, CH: 4 digits). ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code compliance.

AI-Powered Duplicate Detection

Fuzzy matching with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4, or SAP AI Core. AI-powered data quality scoring and correction suggestions. Provider failover logic for high availability.

Batch Validation & EN16931 Reporting

Process up to 500 Business Partners per batch with progress tracking. EN16931 compliance reporting with mapped business terms (BT-27, BT-31, BT-34, BT-84, BT-86). Export to Excel/PDF.

How It Works

BPV DRC uses a 3-step wizard interface to guide you through the validation process with intelligent filtering and configurable validation layers.

1

Select

Filter Business Partners by company code, country, category (Customer/Vendor), date range, and validation status. Process up to 500 BPs per batch.

2

Configure

Choose validation groups (VAT, Electronic Address, Address, IBAN, AI Analysis) and select your preferred AI provider (Claude, GPT-4, or SAP AI Core).

3

Validate & Review

View detailed results with findings by severity (CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW/INFO), remediation suggestions, and export to Excel or PDF for audit documentation.

Technical Specifications

Framework & Runtime

SAP CAP v9 + Node.js 20+, SAPUI5 1.139+, Fiori 3

API & Data Model

OData V4 (backend) + V2 adapter for S/4HANA. 27 specialized validator classes.

Deployment

Multitenant SaaS on BTP Cloud Foundry (EU10, US10). XSUAA + SaaS Registry authentication.

External APIs

EU VIES SOAP (VAT), OpenIBAN REST (Bank data), Peppol Directory, Cloud Connector for on-premise

SAP Integration

API_BUSINESS_PARTNER OData V2. Real-time bidirectional sync with S/4HANA master data.

AI Integration

Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4, or SAP AI Core for duplicate detection and data scoring. Failover logic included.

What a validation run returns

A run does not hand back a pass-or-fail flag. For every business partner it returns the finding, the rule that produced it, and the field to correct — so the person fixing the record does not have to guess.

Per partner

Each check, its verdict, and the source consulted: EU VIES for the VAT ID, MOD97-10 for the IBAN, the Peppol Directory for the electronic address.

Mapped to the standard

Findings carry their EN 16931 business term — BT-27, BT-31, BT-34, BT-84, BT-86 — so the result reads the same way the e-invoice will be judged.

Duplicates, with a reason

Suspected duplicates come with the matched fields and a confidence score, not a bare pairing. The rules engine decides; AI assists and never gates on its own.

In a form you can hand on

Up to 500 partners per batch with progress tracking, exportable to Excel or PDF for the master data team.

Built for enterprise IT

BPV is a companion to SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, not a replacement — it never modifies, replaces or extends DRC or the SAP core.

Isolation and residency

An isolated SAP HANA Cloud HDI container and a dedicated SAP AI Core resource group per tenant. EU data residency on SAP BTP, Frankfurt.

Nothing in your core is touched

Released SAP APIs only — API_BUSINESS_PARTNER OData. No direct database access, no RFC_READ_TABLE, no ODP, no screen scraping. Zero Z* objects in the runtime.

Access and audit

SAP XSUAA (OAuth 2.0) with role-based access and five role templates. Secrets only in SAP Credential Store; audit trail in SAP Audit Log.

Privacy by construction

PII masking on every AI path. GDPR set in place: data processing agreement, erasure, tenant offboarding.

Own lifecycle

Side-by-side on SAP BTP, decoupled from the S/4HANA release train. MTA packaging, semantic versioning, cTMS, runbook and backup/DR.

Cost you can see

AI usage is billed by SAP to your own BTP account — BPV charges nothing for AI, and metering is visible call by call. Bring your own SAP AI Core if you prefer.

Getting started

1

Subscribe from your subaccount

BPV is subscribed from your own SAP BTP subaccount. Onboarding, upgrades and offboarding are managed for you.

2

Assign the roles

Five role templates ship with the application. Assign them in your identity provider — no development in your core system.

3

Run against real data

Point BPV at a batch of business partners and read the findings. Thirty-day trial with full feature access.

Questions we are asked

Does BPV replace SAP Document and Reporting Compliance?

No. DRC transmits what your master data contains. BPV checks that data upstream, before DRC ever sees it. It never modifies, replaces or extends DRC or the SAP core.

Is the application SAP certified?

Not yet. The SAP Store readiness review is in progress and the SAP ICC certification for the Business AI use case is targeted for Q4 2026, against the July 2026 framework, Category 2. Until certification is granted we do not use certification wording in the product or in its published materials.

Where does our data live?

On SAP BTP in the EU, Frankfurt region, in an SAP HANA Cloud container isolated to your tenant. A dedicated SAP AI Core resource group is provisioned per tenant.

What does the AI decide?

Nothing on its own. The rules engine is deterministic and decides; AI assists with fuzzy duplicate matching and scoring, and never gates a result by itself. Personal data is masked on every AI path.

Do we pay extra for the AI?

Not to us. AI usage is billed by SAP directly to your BTP account, and you can see the metering call by call. You may also bring your own SAP AI Core.

Which languages does the interface support?

English and German.

Pricing & Availability

BPV DRC 1.3.0 — Available Now

Starter
€199/month
1,000 BPs, basic validations
Professional
€499/month
10,000 BPs, all validations + AI
Enterprise
Custom pricing
Unlimited BPs, dedicated support

Free Trial: 30 days, full feature access

Compliance: validates against EN 16931, XRechnung and Peppol BIS 3.0

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