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   <Header>
      <Title>Business partner contacts</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1130642">
         <Level1>Business partners</Level1>
         <Level2>contacts</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1130647">
         <Level1>Contacts</Level1>
         <Level2>business partners</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>For each business
		partner you can define the business partner's <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Contact_tc" role="glossary">contact</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Contact parameters</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000" role="session">COM Parameters (tccom0000s000)</GUIRef> session, you can define these contact parameters
		  :</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.cnyn" role="formfield">Use Number Group for Contacts</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.ngcn" role="formfield">Number Group</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.srcn" role="formfield">Series</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.inbo" role="formfield">Initials Based On</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.syco" role="formfield">Synchronize Contacts</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Contacts and business partner roles</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Use the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4540m000" role="session">Contacts (tccom4540m000)</Link> session to enter a new contact after which you can use
		the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom1640m000" role="session">Contact (tccom1640m000)</Link> session to register the contact's details.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A contact can be linked to more than one <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">business partner role</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can link:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Business partners to a contact in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4546m000" role="session">Business Partner Roles by Contact (tccom4546m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Contacts to a business partner in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4545m000" role="session">Contacts by Business Partner Role (tccom4545m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>In both sessions, you can also define whether or not the contact
		is the primary contact for a business partner role.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>If a contact represents the business partner in a specific
		  role, the contact appears on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom.contact.01" role="groupbox">Contacts</GUIRef> tab of the relevant business partner session.
		  The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom.contact.01" role="groupbox">Contacts</GUIRef> tab refers to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4545m000" role="session">Contacts by Business Partner Role (tccom4545m000)</GUIRef> session and appears in these
		  sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000" role="session">Business Partner (tccom4100s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4110s000" role="session">Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4112s000" role="session">Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4122s000" role="session">Invoice-from Business Partner (tccom4122s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4114s000" role="session">Pay-by Business Partner (tccom4114s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4124s000" role="session">Pay-to Business Partner (tccom4124s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4111s000" role="session">Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4121s000" role="session">Ship-from Business Partner (tccom4121s000)</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000082" role="manual">Business partners</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>