Functionality
You can use this method to read additional data for the businesspartner.
Additional data is a customer-specific attribute that you can define asfields with unrestricted use (that can be specified inCustomizing), user-defined fields, and checkboxesaccording to your requirements. This is defined in Customizing andstored in the business partner.
In the standard version you can define up to 11 fields withunrestricted use, 8 user-defined fields, and 10 checkboxes
according to your individual needs.

Recommendation
We recommend that new customers use only the Easy Enhancement Workbench for enhancing the SAP Business Partnerfor Financial Services data model.
The advantage of the Easy Enhancement Workbench is that you canenhance both the data model and the accompanying services (link toarchiving, change document update, data exchange, and so on). It is theonly tool to be used for making enhancements that is to be supported inthe future.
You can find further information on the Easy Enhancement Workbench
in the SAP Library by choosing SAP NetWeaver->Application Platform (SAP Web Application Server)-> Cross-ApplicationServices-> Easy Enhancement Workbench.
If you use Bank Analyzer pay particular attention to the separatenotes on using additional data that are contained in the SAP Library
for the primary object Business Partner.

Example

Notes

Authorizations
You can make settings for business partner authorization objects to bechecked in Customizing for the SAP Business Partner underBusiness Partner-> Basic Settings-> Authorization Management.

Dependencies
You make the additional data settings in Customizing for the SAPBusiness Partner for Financial Services by choosing Settings forFinancial Services-> General Settings-> Enhancement Options-> AdditionalData, and then the IMG activities Set Categories for AdditionalData and Determine Values for Additional Data. For moreinformation about the settings for additional data, see thedocumentation for the related IMG activities.
INCLUDE BAPI_RET OBJECT DOKU ID TX
If errors occur, the entire Logical Unit of Work (LUW) must be discarded. To do this, call themethod TransactionRollback for the Business ObjectBapiService.

Further information
You will find more information on additional data in the SAP Library
for SAP Business Partner for Financial Services by choosing
Functions-> SAP Business Partner Data-> Additional Data.

Description
This parameter is a required (mandatory) parameter.
You can find information about the meaning of the parameter in thecorresponding documentation for the data element:Business Partner Number.

Description
You can find information about the meaning of the parameter in thecorresponding documentation for the data element: DBField Contents Must Be Valid at This Date.

Description
You can find information about the meaning of the parameter in thecorresponding documentation for the data element: GroupKey.

Description
This parameter contains the additional data for a business partner.
Additional data is a customer-specific attribute that you can define asfields with unrestricted use (that can be specified in Customizing),user-defined fields, and checkboxes according to your requirements. Thisis defined in Customizing and stored in the business partner.
For more information about the individual parameter fields, see therelevant data element documentation in the ABAP Dictionary.

Description
This table contains the return messages from the method call.