Creating or Updating Credit Limits

Use BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE to assign or adjust a credit limit for a business partner. If no record exists for the specified validity period, the function creates one; otherwice it updates the matching entry.

DATA: lr_bp    TYPE bupa_pd_number,
      lr_limit TYPE bapibus1003_cl_amt,
      lr_ccy   TYPE bapibus1003_cl_curr,
      lr_from  TYPE bapibus1003_cl_validfrom,
      lr_to    TYPE bapibus1003_cl_validto.

lr_bp    = '0000000001'.
lr_limit = 25000.
lr_ccy   = 'USD'.
lr_from  = '20240101'.
lr_to    = '99991231'.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE'
  EXPORTING
    businesspartner  = lr_bp
    creditlimit      = lr_limit
    creditlimit_curr = lr_ccy
    validfrom        = lr_from
    validto          = lr_to.

IF sy-subrc = 0.
  WRITE: / 'Credit limit persisted'.
ELSE.
  WRITE: / 'Update terminated with errors'.
ENDIF.

Removing a Credit Limit

Standard SAP does not expose a dedicated deletion BAPI for this object. To effectively remove a limit, overwrite the amount with zero and expire the validity interval by setting the end date to a point in the past.

lr_limit = 0.
lr_to    = '20200101'. " Force expiration

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE'
  EXPORTING
    businesspartner  = lr_bp
    creditlimit      = lr_limit
    creditlimit_curr = lr_ccy
    validfrom        = lr_from
    validto          = lr_to.

Simulating Freeze and Release

BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE does not accept a dedicated status parameter for blocking or unblocking credit. Two common workarounds are validity manipulation and custom fields.

Option A: Validity-Based Blocking

Adjust the validity horizon so the record becomes inactive or active.

Freeze by ending the interval today:

lr_to = sy-datum.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE'
  EXPORTING
    businesspartner  = lr_bp
    creditlimit      = lr_limit
    creditlimit_curr = lr_ccy
    validfrom        = lr_from
    validto          = lr_to.

Release by extending the interval into the future:

lr_to = '99991231'.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_BUPA_CREDITLIMIT_CHANGE'
  EXPORTING
    businesspartner  = lr_bp
    creditlimit      = lr_limit
    creditlimit_curr = lr_ccy
    validfrom        = lr_from
    validto          = lr_to.

Option B: Custom Extension

If the standard validity approach does not satisfy business requirements, append a custom status indicator to the credit limit object via a customer include and update it through a custom wrapper or enhancement. This requires explicit implementation in the customer namespace and is only necessary when the date-driven method proves insufficient.