Which of the following objects must be unique across all subscription contract items in SAP S/4HANA Service: SOM?

Question

Options

• ABusiness partner
• BTechnical resource
• CProduct ID
• DContract account

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  87% (27)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Technical Resource must be unique across all subscription contract items because it represents a specific physical or technical entity (such as a SIM card, smart meter, or device) that is actively managed under a subscription - assigning the same resource to multiple contract items simultaneously would create conflicting billing and service management records in SAP SOM.

Business partner (A) is incorrect because the same customer can be associated with multiple contract items across different subscriptions. Product ID (C) is incorrect because a business partner can subscribe to the same product more than once (e.g., multiple lines of the same service plan), resulting in duplicate product IDs across items. Contract account (D) is incorrect because a single contract account can serve as the billing umbrella for several contract items.

Memory tip: Think of a technical resource like a SIM card - no matter how many plans a customer has, each physical SIM can only belong to one active subscription line at a time, making it the uniqueness constraint in SAP SOM contract items.

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