What is data cleansing in SAP AP-MD-BP - SAP Business Partner?

SAP Term: data cleansing

• Component: AP-MD-BP

• Component Name: SAP Business Partner

• Description: Comparison and merging of redundant business partners.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Data cleansing is the process of identifying and correcting inaccurate or incomplete data in a database. In SAP Business Partner, data cleansing is used to ensure that all customer and supplier data is accurate and up-to-date. This includes verifying contact information, addresses, and other relevant details.
  
  How to use it: 
  Data cleansing in SAP Business Partner can be done manually or automatically. To manually cleanse data, users can go into the customer or supplier master data and make corrections as needed. To automate the process, users can set up a data cleansing job that will run on a regular basis to check for any discrepancies in the data.
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When manually cleaning data, it is important to double-check all changes before saving them. This will help ensure that all changes are accurate and up-to-date. Additionally, it is important to regularly review the data cleansing job to make sure it is running correctly and that all discrepancies are being addressed.
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on data cleansing in SAP Business Partner, please refer to the official SAP documentation here: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/SAP_BUSINESS_PARTNER/100/en-US