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SAP Media

Release Notes

Release 4.72 March 2004

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1 IS-M SAP Media 91.1 IS-M-MD Master Data 91.1.1 IS-M-MD-BP Business Partner 91.1.1.1 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New) 91.1.1.2 Business Partner Administration Using SAP Business Partner (Changed) 131.1.1.3 Conversion Tool for Customers and Vendors (New) 131.1.1.4 Restrictions on Changes to Organizational Units (Changed) 131.1.1.5 Maintaining the Contract Hierarchy As a Relationship in SAP BP (New) 141.1.1.6 Alternative Business Partners in User-Defined Roles (Enhanced) 141.1.1.7 Processing Order Data from the Internet (Enhanced) 151.1.2 IS-M-MD-PR Product Master Data 151.1.2.1 IS-M-MD-PR-MP Media Product 151.1.2.1.1 13-Digit ISBN (Changed) 151.1.2.1.2 Enhancements to the Issue Sequence (New) 161.1.2.1.3 Refresh of Quantity Planning Attributes in Issue Sequences (Changed) 161.1.2.1.4 Settings for Media Products in Series Sales (New) 171.1.2.1.5 Series Combinations (New) 181.1.2.2 IS-M-MD-PR-B Booking 181.1.2.2.1 BAPIs for the Booking Unit (New) 181.1.2.2.2 BAPIs for the Content Component (New) 191.1.2.2.3 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New) 191.1.2.2.4 Internet Publication of a Print Ad (New) 231.2 IS-M-BF Basic Functions 241.2.1 IS-M-BF-PR Pricing 241.2.1.1 Order Pricing with Scale Base Contract (Enhanced) 241.2.1.2 More Flexible Base for Contract Discount and Bonus (New) 241.3 IS-M-CA Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable 251.3.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed) 251.3.2 Additional Payments for Renewals (New) 261.3.3 Transfer Postings of Additional Payments and Refunds in Renewals (New) 271.3.4 Account Balance Display 281.3.5 Archiving for Tax Reporting Argentina (Changed) 281.3.6 Archiving 291.3.7 Authorization Objects 301.3.8 BAPIs in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable 301.3.9 Boletos 32

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1.3.10 Business Information Warehouse 331.3.11 Payment at Cash Desk 331.3.12 Cash Journal 341.3.13 Closing Operations 351.3.14 Submission of Receivables to Collection Agencies 361.3.15 Collective Bills 361.3.16 Company Codes 381.3.17 Creating Correspondence 401.3.18 Connection of SAP Dispute Management to Contract Accts Rec. and Pay. 401.3.19 Dunning 441.3.20 Enhanced Message Management 441.3.21 New and Changed Events 451.3.22 Conversion of Finnish Bank Statement to MultiCash (Enhanced) 481.3.23 Foreign Currency Valuation 481.3.24 IDoc Interfaces for Communication with External Billing Systems 491.3.25 Changed IMG Activities in Contract Account Receivable and Payable 501.3.26 New IMG Activities in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable 511.3.27 Information System 531.3.28 Deferral and Installment Plan 541.3.29 Integration 561.3.30 Interest Calculation 571.3.31 Processing Locks 581.3.32 Mass Runs 581.3.33 Master Data 591.3.34 Evaluating Open Items 601.3.35 Processing of Incoming and Outgoing Payments 601.3.36 Payment Transactions 611.3.37 Collections in the Print Workbench 641.3.38 Postings and Documents 641.3.39 Prenotifications 691.3.40 New Reports 701.3.41 Requests 701.3.42 Processing of Returns 711.3.43 Integration of Schedule Manager in Contract Accounts Rec. and Pay. 721.3.44 Stop Future Payment (Denmark) 731.3.45 Tax Reporting in Contract Accounting (New) 74

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1.3.46 Write-Offs 741.3.47 Generic Withholding Tax Reporting (Enhanced) 741.3.48 New Entries in Contract Accounts Menu for Media Sales & Dist. 4.72 751.4 IS-M-SD Media Sales and Distribution 761.4.1 CIC - New Functions for Creating Business Partners (Enhanced/Modified) 761.4.2 CIC - New Functions in the Business Partner Search (Enhanced) 771.4.3 CIC - Reset to Default Workspace When Contact Ends (Enhanced) 781.4.4 CIC - Component Layout (Enhanced) 781.4.5 CIC - Additional Data in the Data Environment and HTML Customer Overview 801.4.6 CIC - Display Variants in the Data Environment (Enhanced) 801.4.7 CIC - Accessing and Executing Workspaces Dynamically (New) 811.4.8 CIC - New Scripting Options for M/SD-Specific Processes (New) 811.4.9 CIC - Texts for Business Partner (Enhanced) 831.4.10 Campaign Master Data in the Marketing Planner (Changed) 841.4.11 IS-M-SD-PS Periodical Sales and Distribution 841.4.11.1 IS-M-SD-PS-SL Sales 841.4.11.1.1 Transferring Billing Documents to Human Resources (New) 841.4.11.1.2 IS-M-SD-PS-SL-O Order 851.4.11.1.2.1 Enhancements to Internet Application Components (New) 851.4.11.1.2.2 Function for Displaying Amortization Log (New) 861.4.11.1.2.3 Terminating Subscriptions with Change Items (New) 861.4.11.1.2.4 Donating Refunds (New) 861.4.11.1.2.5 Proportional Billing for Limited Changes in Renewals (Changed) 871.4.11.1.2.6 Fixing the Expiration Date for Performance-Related Renewal Subscriptions 881.4.11.1.2.7 Retroactive Billing for Period Renewal Subscriptions (New) 891.4.11.1.2.8 Automatic Splitting of Subtractive Changes (New) 891.4.11.1.2.9 Skipping a Monitoring Cycle for Credit Memo Surplus (New) 891.4.11.1.2.10 Additional Payments for Renewals (New) 901.4.11.1.2.11 Ending Trial Subscriptions for Period Renewals (Changed) 911.4.11.1.2.12 Bank Control Key Available in Fast Entry (Changed) 911.4.11.1.2.13 Non-Billable Goodwill Deliveries when Payment Is Delayed (Changed) 911.4.11.1.2.14 Additional Filter for Roles (New) 921.4.11.1.3 IS-M-SD-PS-SL-C Complaint 92

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1.4.11.1.3.1 Text Field for Complaint in Short Complaint Dialog (New) 921.4.11.2 IS-M-SD-PS-SH Shipping 921.4.11.2.1 Attributes for Delivery Viability Determination in a Shipping Order 921.4.11.2.2 Market Coverage (New) 931.4.11.2.3 IS-M-SD-PS-SH-P Circulation Planning 941.4.11.2.3.1 Customer Exit for Home Delivery Quantities in Deliveries (New) 941.4.11.2.3.2 Planning of Combinations for Backdated Order Items (Changed) 951.4.11.3 IS-M-SD-PS-BL Billing 951.4.11.3.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed) 961.4.11.3.2 Transferring Billing Documents to Human Resources (New) 961.4.11.3.3 Update of Intermediate Payment Dataset for Collective Transfer (Changed) 971.4.11.3.4 Document Number Selection for the Check List for Revenue Accrual 971.4.11.3.5 Billing Creation in Parallel with Order Management (Changed) 981.4.11.4 IS-M-SD-PS-ST Settlement 981.4.11.4.1 IS-M-SD-PS-ST-W Home Delivery Settlement 981.4.11.4.1.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed) 981.4.11.4.2 IS-M-SD-PS-ST-C Commission Settlement 991.4.11.4.2.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed) 991.4.12 IS-M-SD-MS Media Product Sales and Distribution 1011.4.12.1 Direct Store Delivery in Single Copy Sales (New) 1011.4.12.2 Purchasing Planning (New) 1011.4.12.3 Table for Fast Access to Address Data (New) 1021.4.12.4 Enhancements to Logs in Single Copy Sales (New) 1021.4.12.5 Marking Contracts as Media-Specific (New) 1021.4.12.6 Changes to Variant Control (Changed) 1031.4.12.7 IS-M-SD-MS-SL Sales 1031.4.12.7.1 Improved Ergonomics in Central Access to Single Copy Sales (New) 1031.4.12.7.2 Copy Number in Central Access to Single Copy Sales (New) 1031.4.12.7.3 Shipping Planning (New) 1041.4.12.7.4 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-C Contract 1041.4.12.7.4.1 Index Table for Selecting Contracts in the Quantity Plan (New) 1041.4.12.7.4.2 Subscriptions for Series Sales (New) 1041.4.12.7.5 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-Q Purchase Quantity Planning 1051.4.12.7.5.1 Copying Function for Groups of Media Products (New) 1051.4.12.7.5.2 Selection in the Quantity Plan for Each Contract (New) 105

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1.4.12.7.5.3 Quantity Forecasts According to Reference Issues (New) 1061.4.12.7.5.4 Business Partner Role in Quantity Plan (New) 1061.4.12.7.5.5 Business Partner Role in Quantity Planning (New) 1061.4.12.7.5.6 Enhancements to the Contract Navigator (New/Enhanced) 1071.4.12.7.5.7 Copying Delivery Quantities for Different Media Products (New) 1071.4.12.7.5.8 Event Management in Quantity Planning (New) 1071.4.12.7.6 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-O Order Creation 1081.4.12.7.6.1 Rounding the Order Quantity to Full Bundles (New) 1081.4.12.7.6.2 Order Generation for Series Sales (New) 1081.4.12.7.7 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-R Returns 1091.4.12.7.7.1 Determining Media Issues for Collection (New) 1091.4.12.7.7.2 Creating New Returns (New) 1101.4.12.7.7.3 Parallel Return Release (New) 1101.4.12.7.7.4 BAPI for Changing Returns (New) 1101.4.12.7.7.5 Restricting Return Release (New/Enhanced) 1111.5 IS-M-AM Advertising Management 1111.5.1 CIC - Contracts in the Data Environment (Enhanced) 1111.5.2 CIC - Entry of Ad Items (Enhanced) 1111.5.3 Sale of Display Classified Ads (New) 1131.5.4 CIC - New Functions for Creating Business Partners (Enhanced/Modified) 1141.5.5 CIC - New Functions in the Business Partner Search (Enhanced) 1151.5.6 CIC - Reset to Default Workspace When Contact Ends (Enhanced) 1161.5.7 CIC - Component Layout (Enhanced) 1171.5.8 CIC - Display Variants in the Data Environment (Enhanced) 1181.5.9 CIC - Accessing and Executing Workspaces Dynamically (New) 1181.5.10 CIC - Texts for Business Partner (Enhanced) 1181.5.11 Campaign Master Data in the Marketing Planner (Changed) 1191.5.12 IS-M-AM-SL Sales 1201.5.12.1 IS-M-AM-SL-O Order 1201.5.12.1.1 Filter Objects for Orders in External Systems (Enhanced) 1201.5.12.1.2 Artwork Assignment (Enhanced) 1201.5.12.1.3 BAPIs for the Sales Document (Enhanced) 1211.5.12.1.4 BAPIs for the Ad Spec (New) 1221.5.12.1.5 Assignment of Voucher Copy and Box Number Recipients (Modified) 1221.5.12.1.6 Entry of Payment Cards (Changed) 1231.5.12.1.7 Customer Enhancements in the Order (New/Enhanced) 1231.5.12.1.8 Old User Interface Is No Longer Supported (Modified) 123

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1.5.12.1.9 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New) 1241.5.12.2 IS-M-AM-SL-C Contract 1281.5.12.2.1 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New) 1281.5.12.2.2 Order Pricing with Scale Base Contract (Enhanced) 1321.5.12.2.3 Discount/Price Adjustment for Scale Base Contracts (Enhanced) 1331.5.13 IS-M-AM-BL Billing Document 1331.5.13.1 IS-M-AM-BL-O Order Billing 1331.5.13.1.1 Billing Document in Collective Processing: Default Values for Credit Management 1331.5.13.2 IS-M-AM-BL-S Contract Settlement 1331.5.13.2.1 Discount/Price Adjustment for Scale Base Contracts (Enhanced) 1331.5.14 IS-M-AM-ST Settlement 1341.5.14.1 IS-M-AM-ST-R Revenue Distribution 1341.5.14.1.1 Existing Revenue Distribution Procedure No Longer Supported (Modified) 1341.5.15 IS-M-AM-RR Revenue Recognition 1341.5.15.1 FI Document Type for Revenue Recognition Reversal Run (New) 1341.5.16 IS-M-AM-MS Connection of Media Technical Systems 1351.5.16.1 Technical Interface (Enhanced) 1351.6 IS-M-PLM Product Lifecycle Management 1371.6.1 Creating a Media Product Master from a WBS Element (Enhanced) 1371.7 IS-M-IS Information System 1371.7.1 IS-M-IS-SD Information System for Media Sales and Distribution 1381.7.1.1 DataSources in the SAP Business Information Warehouse (New) 1381.7.1.2 Enhancements to the Circulation Book (New) 1381.7.1.3 Improved Performance in Circulation Book Update (New) 139

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1.1 IS-M-MD Master Data

1.1.1 IS-M-MD-BP Business Partner

1.1.1.1 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, document management functions are available for the Business Partner(BUS1006), Advertising Management sales agent contract (BUSISM018), Advertising ManagementBooking Unit (BUSISM024), Advertising Management Content Component (BUSISM025), AdvertisingManagement Sales Document (BUSISM008), Advertising Management order item (BUSISM009),Advertising Management Ad Spec (BUSISM028) and Advertising Management Contract (BUSISM012)business objects. A dialog, in which you can assign folders and documents to the object, has beenintegrated in the maintenance transactions for the business objects. A new Documents tab page isavailable at header level in the business partner transactions. This type of tab page is also available atheader and item level in the sales document and in the ad spec. The new dialog can be accessed using abutton or menu path in the maintenance transactions for the sales agent contract, booking unit, contentcomponent and contract.

The Knowledge Provider (KPro) is used to manage documents. The KPro is part of the SAP WebApplication Server (SAP Web AS). Additional information is available in the SAP Library under: SAPR/3 Enterprise Release 4.70 -> SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 47x200 -> SAP Netweaver Components ->SAP Web Application Server -> Basis Services / Communication Interface (BC-SRV) -> KnowledgeProvider (BC-SRV-KPR).

The connection of document management functions means you can assign diverse file formats to businessobject documents. You can for instance record the associated written contract for a sales agent contract,the written agreement with the customer for a contract or documents for key account planning for abusiness partner.

Document management functions have been integrated in response to requirements from the Sale ofDisplay Classified Ads scenario. Refer to the Sale of Display Classified Ads release note.

Document Management Functions

The new dialog for processing documents consists of two sections as standard. The left hand section ofthe screen contains the explorer in which the folder and documents for the object are displayed. The righthand section of the screen contains the viewer. The content and features of the document selected in theExplorer are displayed in the viewer.

Functions provided by the Explorer include:

o Create folder

o Create document

o Create URL

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URLS can also be recorded in addition to documents with diverse file formats.

o Import document from fileYou can either create documents directly from the Explorer or you can import an existing documentfrom the local file system for instance.

o Display documentThe document is displayed in its full size in the corresponding editor for the respective file format.

o Features of the folder or documentThe Features dialog box appears. To change these features, switch to the change mode and enter thecorresponding data.

o Rename folder or documentTo change the description of a folder or document, select the respective object and choose Features.

o Delete originalWhen you delete a document, you can decide whether the document is going to be physicallydeleted or whether you are only going to delete the reference to the document. In this situation, thesystem only deletes the link between this document and the respective business object. You can usethe where-used list to check the objects to which the document is assigned.

o ExportExport the document, for instance to a local directory. Note that you can still change the documentin the Explorer.

o Export with blockDocuments exported in this manner cannot be changed in the Explorer until a re-import has takenplace.

o Import new versionIf a document is imported, you can decide whether you want to overwrite or retain the existingversion of the document. The system always displays the most recent version of the document as adefault. To display a list of the various versions of a specific document in the Viewer, chooseVersions.

o Cut, copy and pasteDocuments can also be dragged between various folders using Drag&Drop. Note that you can copyboth complete folders or individual documents.

o SearchYou can use attribute values as selection criteria to search for documents. You can use this functionto assign a document to several business objects.If you also intend to use the search in the document text, you must use Text Retrieval andInformation Extraction in conjunction with a search engine.You can use the Visibility in the Document Search attribute to control the circumstances in which itis visible in the search result for each document.

o Where-used listList of all business objects to which a specific document is assigned.

o Use as an ad elementList of all ad specs in which the document has been incorporated as an ad element. Information ongraphics used in the artwork assignment, which has been returned by the technical system, isevaluated here

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o SendYou can use the Business Workplace functions to send documents as an e-mail attachment to one ormore recipients.

Functions provided by the Viewer include:

o Document preview

o Display and change documents and their features

o Version overview with version display and processing

The new J_DOC_MAN authorization object has been created for document management. You can usethis to give users authorization to create, change or display documents for each business object. If a useronly has display authorization for the business partner business object, they can view documents onbusiness partners but the editing functions are inactive. If a user does not have display authorization, thebuttons for accessing this dialog are inactive or the corresponding tab pages do not exist.

Copying Orders

When copying orders or items, you can also copy the assigned documents. To do so, you must define thecorresponding copying variants in the IMG under SAP Media -> Advertising Management -> Sales ->Order -> Client-Specific Settings -> Copying Control. You can define whether documents are to becopied at header level, item level and ad spec level here.

During copying, the system does not generate copies of documents for the template object, but assignsreferences from the original documents to the copied object instead. This ensures that generating a newversion of a document involves both the template object and the object copied.

External Interface for Access to Documents

In addition to the dialog functions, an RFC-enabled interface for read and write access to documents isavailable. This interface consists of the following RFC functions:

o ISM_DM_DOCS_OF_BUS_OBJ_GET: Define documents for a business object

o ISM_DM_FOLDERS_OF_BUS_OBJ_GET: Define folder for a business object

o ISM_DM_IO_CONTENT_GET: Provide content of a document

o ISM_DM_FOLDER_CREATE_FOR_BO: Create folder for a business object

o ISM_DM_IO_CREATE_WITH_FILE: Create document using the file system

o ISM_DM_IO_CREATE_WITH_TABLE: Create document using a table

o ISM_DM_IO_CREATE_WITH_URL: Create document using a URL

o ISM_DM_VERS_CREATE_WITH_FILE: Create a new version of a document using the filesystem

o ISM_DM_VERS_CREATE_WITH_TABLE: Create a new version of a document using a table

o ISM_DM_IO_PROPERTIES_CHANGE: Change the document properties

o ISM_DM_IOS_DELETE: Delete documents from a business object

o ISM_DM_IOS_FOR_AD_CONTENT_GET: Define all documents for all relevant business objectsin an order. The system also takes account of documents that belong to business partners who havebeen assigned above the sold-to party or advertiser in the business partner hierarchy, if the BP

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hierarchy type is suitable for this. Settings for the BP hierarchy type are made in the IMG under SAPMedia -> Master Data -> SAP Business Partner for Media Companies -> Control -> DefineBusiness Partner Hierarchy Types (IS-M/AM).

Infrastructure of Documents in the KPro

The Knowledge Provider is used to manage relationships between documents and not the actualdocuments. Document classes, their relationships and their attributes are described in the content model.Additional information on the content model is available in the SAP Library under: SAP R/3 EnterpriseRelease 4.70 -> SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 47x200 -> SAP Netweaver Components -> SAP WebApplication Server -> Basis Services / Communication Interface (BC-SRV) -> Knowledge Provider(BC-SRV-KPR) -> Document Management Service (BC-SRV-KPR) -> Document Modeling Workbench.

Use the Content Management Service to define the storage medium used to physically store documents.Various storage types, which have different benefits and should be selected according to the usage of thedocument to be stored, are available.

o HTTP Content ServerYou can use the SAP Content Server supplied by SAP or a third party content server.

o R/3 databaseIf you want to store your documents in the R/3 database, you require a content table in which theusage of the R/3 database as storage for all documents is to be recorded.

Use of an HTTP Content Server is recommended in the live system.

Additional information on physical document storage is available in the SAP Library under: SAP R/3Enterprise Release 4.70 -> SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 47x200 -> SAP Netweaver Components -> SAPWeb Application Server -> Basis Services / Communication Interface (BC-SRV) -> Knowledge Provider(BC-SRV-KPR) -> Content Management Service (BC-SRV-KPR).

SAP Media 4.72 contains a specialist content model which defines the type of documents that can beassigned to the business objects, the relationships between these documents and the document attributes.This content model is available in the Document Modeling Workbench in the ISM document area.

Before you can store documents in document management, you must define memory categories andcontent repositories. If you use the content repositories ISM_DOC and ISM_URL, which are suppliedwith the standard Customizing settings, the documents are stored on the R/3 database. If you want to usea different storage type, you can define your own content repositories with the desired storage type usingtransaction OAC0 and assign them to the content repositories ISM_DOC or ISM_URL using transactionOACT.

Some instance attributes for document classes in the ISM document area have been provided specificallyfor the Sale of Display Classified Ads scenario, such as the type of graphic, release status attributes andthe default sizes for use in ads with one, two or three columns. You can enter values in dialog for theseattributes for each document. These attributes are also available via the external interface. If an attributeis to be evaluated equally for all documents in a folder, you only need to record values in the folder.

If you require additional attributes that do not exist in the info object classes supplied, you can deriveyour own content model from the content model supplied. To do so, you can replicate or copy the infoobject classes supplied into a separate document area or the document area supplied to transfer theexisting attributes. You can then assign the attributes required to the new info object classes. You canalso evaluate these attributes in dialog and via the external interface. If you have defined your own infoobject classes, you must implement the ISM_DM_CLASS_DETERM BAdI, so that your own classes areused instead of the classes supplied. The documentation for the BAdI and its methods contains

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information on the way in which you should model your content model. If you want to use your owndocument area, you must also record this in the SKWF_APPLS table.

1.1.1.2 Business Partner Administration Using SAP Business Partner(Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, business partner administration only supports the SAP Business Partner. Thealternative master data maintenance functions with the Media Business Partner are now no longeravailable. Perform business partner migration to convert your existing media business partners to theSAP Business Partner.

Effects on Customizing

To execute business partner migration, choose SAP Media -> Tools -> Business Partner Migration toSAP Business Partner in the Implementation Guide.

1.1.1.3 Conversion Tool for Customers and Vendors (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can create existing customers and vendors as SAP business partners in amedia-specific role.


To perform the conversion, choose SAP Media -> Tools -> Convert Customers and Vendors to SAPBusiness Partner -> Convert Customers and Vendors to SAP Business Partner.

Please also refer to the report documentation.

1.1.1.4 Restrictions on Changes to Organizational Units (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can change the company code or sales area when editing business partnerdata, without having to exit the transaction.

The company code and sales area data is accessible on two different tab pages, which can be accessedusing the Company Code and Sales Area pushbuttons. In release 4.71, it was not possible to change theorganizational unit once it had been entered. To choose a different organizational unit, the user had to exitthe transaction or edit a different business partner.

As of Release 4.72, it is now possible to change the organizational unit. If you make changes to other databefore changing the organizational unit, you must confirm your entries, since otherwise the changes willbe lost.

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See also

Note 700654 describes the technical changes that must be made if customer-specific data dependent onthe company code or sales area exists as an append to a standard table or as a separate table.

1.1.1.5 Maintaining the Contract Hierarchy As a Relationship in SAP BP (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can maintain the business partner hierarchy in the relationships for the SAPBusiness Partner (SAP BP). The function is part of a modern maintenance interface. A variety of optionsare available for displaying and printing hierarchical relationships. You can display the results as a simplelist, hierarchy, or network with levels that can be expanded in different ways.

The standard relationship category Contract Hierarchy has been designed for this purpose. Therelationships for this category are Parent Company Contract and Subsidiary Contract. You can maintainthe percentage of the parent's share in the subsidiary on the detail screen.

Effects on Existing Data

You can migrate the existing business partner hierarchies to SAP business partner relationships usingreport RJJHIERARCHY_MIGRATE.


Before you can maintain the business partner hierarchy as a relationship, you must assign a relationshipcategory to each business partner hierarchy type. If you set up a new business partner hierarchy type inthe Implementation Guide under SAP Media -> Master Data -> Business Partner -> Control -> DefineBusiness Partner Hierarchy Types, the system creates a new relationship category in backgroundprocessing and assigns it to the business partner hierarchy type.

The migration report RJJHIERARCHY_MIGRATE automatically generates corresponding relationshipcategories. The relationship category ISM010 is used as a template for the generated relationshipcategories. You must define the descriptions required for the relationship type beforehand in theCustomizing settings for the business partner hierarchy type.

1.1.1.6 Alternative Business Partners in User-Defined Roles (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can assign alternative business partners in roles that you define to a businesspartner in their master data. You could only use the following roles previously:

o Voucher copy recipient

o Box number recipient

o Ad spec master recipient

o Correction deduction recipient

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o Ad spec master sender

o General business partner

o Competitor

o Bill-to party

o Payer

o Ship-to party

You must record any roles that you define in the SAP Implementation Guide Settings as follows: SAPMedia -> Master Data -> Business Partner -> Control -> Define Business Partner Roles.

You can use alternative business partners in the sales document at item level if you have recorded the roleyou have defined in the SAP Implementation Guide under SAP Media -> Basic Functions -> PartnerDetermination M/AM -> Define and Assign Partner Determination Procedures. You can only recordalternative voucher copy recipients at header level.

1.1.1.7 Processing Order Data from the Internet (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the program for processing orderdata from the Internet (transaction JKWWWTEMP for Periodical Sales and Distribution orJHWWWTEMP for Advertising Management):

o Communication data for duplicates: If a duplicate is identified when processing data from theInternet, the system displays a duplicate dialog box comparing the data from the Internet with thepotential duplicate in the system. If the business partners are the same, processing continues withthis duplicate or the corresponding business partner number. As of release 4.72, communication dataentered in the Internet that does not yet exist in the system is added automatically. For example, ifthe e-mail address or telephone number is entered for the purchase order in the Internet, this data isadded to the duplicate in the system if the corresponding fields were previously empty.

1.1.2 IS-M-MD-PR Product Master Data

1.1.2.1 IS-M-MD-PR-MP Media Product

1.1.2.1.1 13-Digit ISBN (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, a check digit algorithm is available to support the planned conversion to 13-digitISBN numbers.


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Existing media product master records are assigned a 10-digit ISBN. You will have created a special IDcode type for this purpose. We recommend that you create a new ID code type for the 13-digit ISBN, sothat you can work with the 13- and 10-digit ISBNs in parallel during the transition phase. This means thata media product master record can be assigned a 10-digit and a 13-digit ISBN at the same time.


The ID code type 0005 and the check digit algorithm 0003 are delivered as sample Customizing settingsfor the 13-digit ISBN.

Copy the check digit algorithm 0003 in the Implementation Guide under SAP Media -> Master Data ->Product -> Media Product Master -> Settings for Media-Specific Fields -> Define ID Codes -> DefineCheck Digit Algorithm for ID Code.

Copy the ID code type 0005 in the Implementation Guide under SAP Media -> Master Data -> Product-> Media Product Master -> Settings for Media-Specific Fields -> Define ID Codes -> Define ID CodeTypes and change the copied ID code type according to your requirements.

1.1.2.1.2 Enhancements to the Issue Sequence (New)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the issue sequence:

o Shipping planning records for series salesShipping planning records for use in sales and distribution of media product series can be createdautomatically for media issues that are in an issue sequence. (See also Shipping Planning.)

o New attribute for the issue sequenceThe new indicator Issue Sequence with Chronological Follow-On Processes allows you todetermine that issues in the issue sequence are always sorted in chronological order. This setting isrelevant for all processes that require a chronological issue sequence.The indicator is always selected for issue sequences that are synchronized with Periodical Sales andDistribution (Subscription Sales and Distribution) and cannot be changed.The indicator can only be changed (so that the issues are no longer sorted in chronological order) ifsynchronization does not take place. The publication date can be initial or can be repeated severaltimes.

1.1.2.1.3 Refresh of Quantity Planning Attributes in Issue Sequences (Changed)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, improvements have been made to performance in the issue sequence. The attributevalues displayed in the issue sequence are the same as the actual attribute values for all media issues thathave been created physically (green traffic light icon in the issue sequence). There are no longerexceptions. This applies to the following attribute values:

o Publication date

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o Copy number

o Actual issue variant type

o Standard issue variant type (planned)

o Number in year

o Year number

The function for refreshing the attribute values in the issue sequence has been added to improveperformance. It is no longer necessary to read the above attributes from the media issue when reading theissue sequence.


Modify any company-specific programs accordingly.

1.1.2.1.4 Settings for Media Products in Series Sales (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can define series characteristics and strategies for use when processing seriessales.

Series Characteristic

The series characteristic is the central Customizing object in the master data for series sales. It determinescertain factors as regards processing of the series; for example, whether or not backdated orders arepossible. You must specify a series characteristic for each media product that is used in series sales. Theseries charactieristic groups the shipping characteristic and specifications on the use of the planningrecords for media issue deliveries (from contracts) under a unique key.

o Shipping characteristicThe following three shipping characteristics are possible:

- Type 1 - Issue must be specified in shipping plan. The issue must not be in an issue sequence.The next issue can, for example, be determined manually using marketing methods.

- Type 2 - Issue is determined from the issue sequence defined. Shipping planning records arecreated automatically when an issue is added to the issue sequence. You can only change theattributes of the shipping planning records.

- Type 3 - Issue cannot be specified. The subsequent issue is determined from the customer'sspecific history, which means that it can differ for each customer.

o Planning records for media issue deliveriesIf shipping characteristic type 2 is specified for the series characteristic, you can use planningrecords for media issue deliveries (from the contracts). These planning records determine the timesequence of the planned issues for a series contract.

o Backdated issuesIndicates whether or not backdated issues are possible. These are transferred to the planningfunction for the media issue deliveries.

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Strategies

The behavior of the order generation function is determined by means of strategies. You define thestrategy for determining the next issue, for determining any additional issues required, and for controllingfurther operations, in the media product. For details on strategies, see Order Generation for Series Sales.


Edit the series characteristics and strategies in the Customizing settings for series sales.

1.1.2.1.5 Series Combinations (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can define packages of different media products for series sales. You can dothis using the transaction Series Combination. For example, you could include the issues of mediaproducts B and C in the package for media product A. A customer who purchases the package MediaProduct A also receives all the issues of media products B and C.

Structure of 'Series Combination' Transaction

The Series Combination transaction allows you to edit components of mix type definitions. You canselect by media products. All the mix type definitions that contain the specified media products aredisplayed in a structure tree. If an issue sequence exists for the media product, this is indicated by a flag.

You can add or delete assignments and display the issue sequence (if there is one) by means of thecontext menu.

1.1.2.2 IS-M-MD-PR-B Booking

1.1.2.2.1 BAPIs for the Booking Unit (New)

Use

The Advertising Management Booking Unit (BUSISM024) BOR object has been created in SAP Media4.72. The following methods have been created for this BOR object:

o GetDetail (Read booking unit)

o GetList (Select booking unit)

o ExistenceCheck (Check existance of booking unit)

o Display (Display booking unit)

o Create (Create booking unit)

Refer to the Sale of Display Classified Ads release note.

See also

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Additional information on BAPIs is available in the SAP Library under SAP R/3 Enterprise Components-> Cross-Application Components -> Business Framework Architecture.

1.1.2.2.2 BAPIs for the Content Component (New)

Use

The Advertising Management Content Component (BUSISM025) BOR object has been created in SAPMedia 4.72. The following methods have been created for this BOR object:

o GetDetail (Read content component)

o GetList (Select content component)

o ExistenceCheck (Check existance of content component)

o Display (Display content component)

o Edit (Change content component)

o Create (Create content component)


See also


1.1.2.2.3 Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, document management functions are available for the Business Partner(BUS1006), Advertising Management sales agent contract (BUSISM018), Advertising ManagementBooking Unit (BUSISM024), Advertising Management Content Component (BUSISM025), AdvertisingManagement Sales Document (BUSISM008), Advertising Management order item (BUSISM009),Advertising Management Ad Spec (BUSISM028) and Advertising Management Contract (BUSISM012)business objects. A dialog, in which you can assign folders and documents to the object, has beenintegrated in the maintenance transactions for the business objects. A new Documents tab page isavailable at header level in the business partner transactions. This type of tab page is also available atheader and item level in the sales document and in the ad spec. The new dialog can be accessed using abutton or menu path in the maintenance transactions for the sales agent contract, booking unit, contentcomponent and contract.


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o Create folder

o Create document

o Create URLURLS can also be recorded in addition to documents with diverse file formats.








o Import new versionIf a document is imported, you can decide whether you want to overwrite or retain the existingversion of the document. The system always displays the most recent version of the document as adefault. To display a list of the various versions of a specific document in the Viewer, choose

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o Document preview




Copying Orders






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o ISM_DM_IOS_FOR_AD_CONTENT_GET: Define all documents for all relevant business objectsin an order. The system also takes account of documents that belong to business partners who havebeen assigned above the sold-to party or advertiser in the business partner hierarchy, if the BPhierarchy type is suitable for this. Settings for the BP hierarchy type are made in the IMG under SAPMedia -> Master Data -> SAP Business Partner for Media Companies -> Control -> DefineBusiness Partner Hierarchy Types (IS-M/AM).









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If you require additional attributes that do not exist in the info object classes supplied, you can deriveyour own content model from the content model supplied. To do so, you can replicate or copy the infoobject classes supplied into a separate document area or the document area supplied to transfer theexisting attributes. You can then assign the attributes required to the new info object classes. You canalso evaluate these attributes in dialog and via the external interface. If you have defined your own infoobject classes, you must implement the ISM_DM_CLASS_DETERM BAdI, so that your own classes areused instead of the classes supplied. The documentation for the BAdI and its methods containsinformation on the way in which you should model your content model. If you want to use your owndocument area, you must also record this in the SKWF_APPLS table.

1.1.2.2.4 Internet Publication of a Print Ad (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify the Internet positioning of a print ad in the master data for an adbasic booking unit. This information is updated in the order and transferred to a production system.

o You can use the Web Publication indicator to define the basic booking unit as the booking unit forthe Internet publication in the technical view (screen Technical View for the Basic BU).

o You can also specify the start and end date of the period for the Internet publication on the screenthat describes the assignment of content components in technical terms (screen Technical Content(AD). You specify this period relative to the publication date.

The system uses these settings to determine start and end date of the period for the Internet publicationwhen it generates the schedule lines.

To ensure that this information can be transferred to a production system, the period for the Internetpublication and the Web Publication indicator have been included in the RJHATPS structure for theIS-M/ITA technical interface and the structures for the following BAPIs:

o BUSISM008 business object (Advertising Management sales document)

- GetDetail (Parameter SCHEDULE_LINE_AD)

- CreateFromData (Parameter SCHEDULE_LINE_AD_OUT)

- Change (Parameter SCHEDULE_LINE_AD_OUT)

o BUSISM008P business object (Advertising Management external sales document)

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- Save (Parameter SCHEDULE_LINE_AD)

1.2 IS-M-BF Basic Functions

1.2.1 IS-M-BF-PR Pricing

1.2.1.1 Order Pricing with Scale Base Contract (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the assignment of scale conditions in the order can be dependent on specificattributes in the assigned scale base contract. To do so, the RJHKOMP5 structure must be enhanced usinga customer append. The contract data is used to make entries in the customer-specific fields in theSCALE_BASE_COMM method in the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI. These fields can be evaluated ina pricing requirement. Replace requirement 515 that is used in the Customizing settings with an enhancedrequirement in the customer name space.

The COMPRESS_KOLNR method in the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI can be used as of Release 4.72to perform several accesses in an access sequence, which all use the scale base for the same scale basecontract.

The condition screen in the maintenance dialog for scale base contracts has also been enhanced so thatcondition types, which are linked with requirement 515 in the pricing procedure used, can now also bedisplayed.


Implement the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI if necessary.

1.2.1.2 More Flexible Base for Contract Discount and Bonus (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify reference levels for the discount and bonus contract conditions inthe pricing procedure for the order/billing document. This defines the base for percentage discount orbonus.

Prior to Release 4.72, condition base formula 572, which is used for contract discount and bonus, alwaysbased the condition base on the net value, so that the base for the bonus had already been reduced by thevalue of the discount. You can now enter the level number of the assessment base (condition typeBEMG) as the reference level for the bonus (condition type BOAB), so that the full value is used for thebonus. Condition base formula then only bases the condition base on the net value if no reference levelhas been specified.


The system observes any reference levels you have specified for condition types with condition base

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formula 572. System response is otherwise unchanged.

1.3 IS-M-CA Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

1.3.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can extract tax-relevant data from Subscription Sales and Distribution toFI-CA. In addition to FI-CA documents, you can now also extract billing documents and servicesettlements.

Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data

On 01.01.2002, the Principles for Data Access and Verifiability of Digital Documentation (GDPdU)came into force in Germany. These new legal requirements - that exist, for example, in similar form inFrance and Switzerland - have been implemented in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable. Thismeans that you can now provide the auditors from the tax office with all tax-relevant data as follows:

o Access 1: Immediately in the online system (Z1)

o Access 2: Immediately in the online system or via reports (Z2)

o Access 3: To data media that can be evaluated automatically (Z3)

You can restrict the auditors' access to the saved data to a specific period using an extended authorizationconcept.

Since the tax-relevant data cannot be saved permanently in the production system for data access due tothe large quantity of data in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, you can extract the data beforearchiving and transfer it to a separate system which is exclusively for the government tax audit. Based onthe data held in this system, you can carry out analyses and create extracts that you then provide to theauditor in a data medium that can be evaluated automatically (access 3).

Due to the mass data processed in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, the SAP Data RetentionTool (DART) cannot be used to create data extracts. For all releases in maintenance, Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable therefore provides own extractors. In the first step, an FI-CA document extractoris provided, which you can use to extract also industry- and customer-specific fields and carry out fieldtransformations in events. In the second step, SAP industry solutions that use Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable can add additional extractors to this Basis function.

See also the release information for the Information System.

Extracting Documents from Subscription Sales and Distribution

The FI-CA documents in the production system are extracted by report RFKK_DOC_EXTR_EXP. Youcan now use event 9556 in this report to extract billing documents and service settlements to the filesystem.

In the evaluation system, you can use report RFKK_DOC_EXTR_IMP to extract the data from the filesystem and transfer it to special database tables. This can be done for billing documents and servicesettlements using event 9557. The data is transferred to the following database tables:

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o Billing document: FKK_JFRK_SHORT, FKK_JFRP_SHORT, FKK_KONV_SHORT

o Commission settlement: FKK_JLRK_SHORT, FKK_JLRPCM_SHORT, FKK_KONV_SHORT

o Home delivery settlement: FKK_JLRK_SHORT, FKK_JLRPHD_SHORT, FKK_KONV_SHORT

Event 9558 can be used to delete the data from the database tables.

You can then use report RFKK_DOC_EXTR_EXTR to export the data in the evaluation system. This canbe done using event 9555.

SAP provides a standard implementation ISM_EVENT_955n for all the events.


Caution: Before archiving billing documents and service settlements, you must extract this data togetherwith the FI-CA documents.

1.3.2 Additional Payments for Renewals (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can record additional payments for renewal subscriptions. The followingtypes of additional payment are possible:

o Donation (for example, to charity)

o Tip (for carrier)

You can only use the function for processing additional payments if you use Contract Accounting(IS-M/CA).

The process for additional payments comprises the following steps:

o Post payment to subscribers contract accountA posting document is characterized by the main transaction 3100 and the special clearingrestriction 4. Depending on the payment method, you can post additional payments in the followingtwo ways:

- If payment is made by check, the additional payment is made as it was previously in IS-M/CA,by means of a separate line item (see also IS-M/CA Integration - Incoming Payment Triggeredby Customer).New: To make the posting under the reference number from the renewal subscription, you canset up a special selection category for each additional payment type.

- If payment is made using a payment card or by automatic debit, you can enter template data forthe additional payment in the liability account overview for a renewal subscription. When therenewal offer is accepted, the sum of the offer amount and additional payment amount isauthorized.The additional payment is recorded in a separate condition record in the billing document.When the billing document is transferred, two accounting documents are created in IS-M/CA:the receivable for the offer amount (main transaction 4000) and the additional payment request(main transaction 4100, statistics key A). Both these documents are cleared by the payment runand the clearing document gives rise to an actual additional payment (main transaction 3100).

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o Execute transfer posting (see Transfer Posting Report) based on the documents created in the firststep

Effects on Data Transfer

You can use report RJKFTRSF with the new record type 12 to transfer template data for the additionalpayment together with the renewal subscription from the legacy system.


If you want to use this function, you must make the following settings in Customizing:

o Define possible additional payment types

o Set up pricing (condition types, requirements, check formulas, enhance pricing procedure)

o Define account assignment keys

o Assign G/L accounts

o Define main transactions/subtransactions

o Define possible selection categories

See also

Refunds for Renewals

1.3.3 Transfer Postings of Additional Payments and Refunds in Renewals (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can transfer the following documents, which the system posted to thesubscribers' contract accounts in IS-M/CA, to other business partners' contract accounts in renewalsprocessing:

o Additional payments (see Additional Payments in Renewals)

o Refunds (see Donating Refunds)

You can do this using the report RJK_ADDPAYMENT_REBOOKING_SAMPL.

The recipient (business partner and contract account) is determined according to the additional paymenttype or refund type.If the refund is to be used as a tip for a carrier, the carrier who is active on the posting date is determinedby means of a standard BAdI implementation.Organizations for donations are also determined by means of a BAdI, but a standard implementation isnot required in this case.

The report supports the following execution options:

o Test run

o Update run

o Worklist

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If you want to use this function, you must define the transfer reasons in Customizing.

1.3.4 Account Balance Display

Use

Restriction of Item Selection

If you select the button Period for Item Selection (F7) on the initial screen of the account balancedisplay, you can restrict the period that the system uses for selecting the items in the account balance.

Context Menu in the Account Balance

You can call up a context menu by clicking on the right mouse button when the cursor is on an item in theaccount balance. In events 1247 and 1248, you can adjust the functions of the context menu to meet yourrequirements or add to them.


Define the required function modules for events 1247 and 1248 in the Implementation Guide for ContractAccounts Receivable and Payable under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-SpecificFunction Modules.

1.3.5 Archiving for Tax Reporting Argentina (Changed)

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), the following new archiveinfo structures for archiving objects FKK_GENREP, FKK_GENREV, and FI_MKKGENS are deliveredand must be used for Argentina:

o SAP_FICA_ARREP1

o SAP_FICA_ARREV1

o SAP_FICA_ARRES1

You must use these info structures in conjunction with the following function modules:

o FKK_AR_EVENT_0515

o FKK_AR_EVENT_0520

o FKK_AR_EVENT_0525

The system calls these function modules to include Argentina-specific fields from the tax reporting tablesin the archive info structures above. Only by using these info structures with these function modules doyou ensure that the system correctly connects the Argentine tax reports to the archive.

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You need to assign the above function modules to each of the relevant tax events: 0515, 0520, and 0525.You do so in Customizing for Financial Accounting, under Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable -> Basic Functions - > Tax Reports -> Tax Reporting - Argentina -> Basic Settings ->Activate Recording of Tax Data.

1.3.6 Archiving

Use

Document Archiving

In future, the program for archiving documents (RFKKAR10)

checks whether the balance of the document is zero (check DOCUMENT-01).

Two new events are available:

o In event 0501 you can check document headers in blocks.

o In event 0505, you can carry out installation-specific checks at document level.

If you need data from other tables for the document check in event 0505, you should read this data inadvance in event 0501 in order to avoid adverse effects on performance. In event 0501, you can select allof the data required for the documents transferred and save it to the local memory. This means that youcan carry out all additional checks for event 0505 with no individual database access.

The archiving log of the document archiving device has been change over to the Archive DevelopmentKit (ADK) standard log. You can now no longer display the details of documents that cannot be archivedin the detailed error log. Instead, click on the document number in the detail log to go to the documentdisplay.

The number of archived entries in the individual tables is no longer displayed for the individualdocuments. These totals are now only displayed for all archived documents. However, you can displaythe archive entered before deletion using the Archive File Browser (transaction AS_AFB) and thuscheck the archived structures/content.

Archiving Information about the Foreign Currency Valuation

You can use the new archiving object FI_MKKVAL to archive the data that arises from the foreigncurrency valuation. The prerequisites for the archiving are described in the documentation for reportRFKKAR36.

Archiving Clearing Histories

You can archive clearing histories with the new archiving object FI_MKKPCR. The prerequisites for thearchiving are described in the documentation for report RFKKAR41.

Archiving of Doubtful Entries

You can archive data for doubtful receivables with the new archiving object FI_MKKDRVA. Theprerequisites for the archiving are described in the documentation for report RFKKAR44.

Archiving of Transfer Records for Invoicing by Third Parties

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You can use the new archiving object FI_MKKTHI to archive data fo invoicing by third parties (see alsodocumentation for report RFKKTHPAR01).

1.3.7 Authorization Objects

Use

Maintaining Interval Variants

With authorization object F_KKVARI, you can restrict the authorizations for maintaining intervalvariants:

o In the field OBJECT_KK, define the authorization for individual objects, such as GPART andVKONT.

o In the field ACTVT, you can control the authorizations for the following activities:

Activity Description

01 Create variants

02 Change variants

03 Display intervals

06 Delete variants

07 Generate variants

New Authorization Object F_FKKCJ for the Cash Journal

The authorization object F_FBCJ, which controls the authorizations for the cash journal, has beenreplaced by the authorization object F_FKKCJ.

In the field ACTVT, you can control the authorizations for the following activities:

Activity Description

01 Add or create

02 Change

03 Display

10 Post

33 Read

B5 Display history

If you cannot change over to the authorization object F_FKKCJ in the cash journal quickly, see SAP note667984. This note contains a description of how you can continue to use the old authorization objectF_FBCJ in the FI-CA Cash Desk. Note that you should deactivate this temporary solution as soon aspossible. After Release 4.72, SAP will only support the authorization object F_FKKCJ.

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1.3.8 BAPIs in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

Use

Requests

You can now use new BAPIs for the business object CA_REQUEST to process requests. The followingmethods are supported:

CreateBAPI_REQUEST_CREATE Create request

GetdetailBAPI_REQUEST_GETDETAIL Read request

ChangeBAPI_REQUEST_CHANGE Change request

DeleteBAPI_REQUEST_DELETE Delete request

EasyCreateBAPI_REQUEST_EASYCREATE Create request with template

AddPeriodsBAPI_REQUEST_ADDPERIODS Add execution periods for request

DeletePeriodsBAPI_REQUEST_DELETEPERIODS Delete execution periods for a request

AddSpecialDatesBAPI_REQUEST_ADDSPECIALDATES Add special dates for request

DelSpecialDatesBAPI_REQUEST_DELSPECIALDATES Delete special dates for a request

AddLineItemsBAPI_REQUEST_ADDLINEITEMS Add request items

DelLineItemsBAPI_REQUEST_DELLINEITEMS Delete request items

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Changes to the BAPIs for FI-CA Documents

The parameters ItemRelation and CardData have been added to the BAPI CtrAcDocument.Create,

The parameters DocumentHeader and DocumentHeaderX have been added to the BAPICtrAcDocument.Change

New BAPI for Contract Accounts

From Release 4.72, you can use the new BAPI CtrAcContractAccount.GetOpenItems.

Changes to the BAPI for Contract Accounts

The selection field in the parameter ValueSelektions has been extended.

1.3.9 Boletos

Use

Creating Boletos

To improve the performance of the program for creating Boletos, you can use the payment method torestrict the selection of open items.

If you also consider statistical documents in Boletos, you can delete or integrate the required statisticaldocuments in event 6303 (see FKK_SAMPLE_6303).

Mass Reversal of Boletos

You can now use a mass reversal transaction (FPO1C) for Boletos created by a mass run (see SAP menu:Periodic Processing -> For Contract Accounts -> Boleto).

You select the run to be reversed using the run date and the run ID for the creation run. After the reversal,you can create new Boletos for the open items in the reversed Boletos. The system automatically recordsthe new run date and run ID for the payments assigned to the banks during the creation of the Boletos.

Creating Boletos Online

In the transaction Create Boleto from Open Items (FBO1S), you can create Boletos online. To do this,select the required open items manually by business partner, contract account, and document number andspecify the bank and account to which the payment is to be made.

This transaction is particularly useful for installment plans. You can select the individual installment planitems by business partner, contract account, payment method, and due date and create one Boleto forthese items.

The system assigns the run date and run ID automatically and saves this data in the header of the Boleto.The payment assigned to the bank is updated in table DFKKBOL_BANKID.


You make the settings for creating Boletos in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Business Transactions -> Payments -> Creation of Incoming andOutgoing Payments -> Boleto.

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1.3.10 Business Information Warehouse

Use

Extracting Open Items

During the evaluation of receivables balances in the Business Information Warehouse (BW), you cannow simulate the clearing of credits with the oldest open receivables for a business partner.

The credits are only cleared if the transaction currency of the receivables and the credits to be cleared isthe same.

In event 2506, you can determine which of the following data has to agree for the credits to be cleared:

o Company code

o Business area

o General ledger account

If you do not define the event individually, clearing only takes place if the company code and the generalledger account are the same for the receivable and the credit.

In the simulation, the due date of the credits is fixed to the due date of the receivables cleared. Thismeans that when the items are totaled and sorted, the status is the status that would be reached if thecredits were cleared with the oldest receivables due. If a credit memo is to be distributed over severalreceivables, the extractor simulates several fictitious items.

The restriction by business partner has been added to the extraction of open items. This means that youcan now restrict the extraction of open items to a subset of business partners before the open itemanalysis. You can use event 2504 to restrict the quantity of business partners selected. The functions ofevent 2505 have also been enhanced to enable you to exclude combinations of business partner, contractaccount, and contract (GPART/VKONT/VTREF) that are not required from the extraction quantity. Thesystem recognizes the runs to be restricted from the naming convention used in the event modules. Thefields LAUFD and LAUFI have been added to the interface of event 2505 for this purpose.

Extracting Installment Plan Data

You can use a new mass activity to extract installment plan data for the evaluation in the BusinessInformation Warehouse (BW). The data can be extracted either with or without consideration ofprevious extractions (delta queue).

As standard, only the most important data for the installment plan headers, installment plan items, andoriginal items is extracted. However, you can extend the extract structures. You can use events 2525 and2530 to read additional data and fill additional fields in the extract structures.

1.3.11 Payment at Cash Desk

Use

General Ledger Account Postings In the cash desk (Short Account Assignment)

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The function for transferring incoming and outgoing payments in the Cash Desk has been enhanced andyou can now carry out the transfer postings with a tax on sales and purchases part. The field Tax Codehas been added to the area G/L Account Posting on the tab page Specifications for Payment on theinitial screen of the Cash Desk. The following fields have been added to the Customizing activity DefineShort Account Assignments for Transfer Postings in the Cash Desk:

o Tax on Sales and Purchases CodeHere you can define a tax code for each short account assignment key, that is, each G/L accountposting.

o Authorization GroupWith the authorization group you can assign specific authorizations to allow a clerk, for example, touse only certain short account assignment keys. Maintain the authorization via authorization objectF_KK_KUKON.

Barcode Scanner

With Release 4.72, the connection of barcode scanners has been implemented in the cash journal and theCash Desk.

In the Customizing activity Maintain Specifications for Cash Desk/Cash Journal, you can define whetherthe barcode entry field is to be displayed or hidden. If the barcode entry field is available, you display orhide the field dependent on the workplace via the Cash Desk menu Extras -> Barcode Entry ->Display/Hide. In the menu under Extras -> Hold Settings, you can save the settings user-specific.

The barcode scanned must be interpreted in event FKK_SAMPLE_6050 and the data required for theentry must be entered on the input screen for the cash desk/cash journal.


You make the system settings in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable under Business Transactions -> Payments -> Processing Incoming/Outgoing Payments-> Cash Desk/Cash Journal.

1.3.12 Cash Journal

Use

Reversing Withdrawals

In the cash journal menu under Edit, you can use the function Reverse Withdrawal to reversewithdrawal documents. This function does not just reverse the document; it also corrects the cash deskbalance.

Barcode Reader

From Release 4.72, you can connect a barcode reader in the cash journal and the cash desk. InCustomizing, you can define whether the barcode entry field is to be hidden or displayed. If the barcodeentry field is available, you display or hide the field dependent on the workplace via the Cash Desk menuExtras -> Barcode Entry -> Display/Hide, provided the workplace has a barcode reader. In the menuunder Extras -> Hold Settings, you can save the settings user-specific.

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desk or the cash journal. For more information, see the sample function module FKK_SAMPLE_6060.


Posting Areas 0150 and 0160

The field Payment Type has been added to the posting areas 0150 - Cash Journal: Specifications forPosting Cash Desk Differences - and 0160 - Cash Journal: Bank Clearing, Deposit, andWithdrawal Accounts. You can define a separate cash desk clearing account per payment type:

CS Incoming and outgoing cash payment

CP Credit card payment

CH Incoming check payment

PO Postal order payment

CO Outgoing check payment

The introduction of the new payment type CO for outgoing check payments means that you can nowdefine separate cash desk clearing accounts for incoming and outgoing check payments. Make sure thatyou also enter the cash desk clearing accounts that you enter here in the activity Define Bank ClearingAccounts for Payment Lots and that they are as follows:

Validity for the Corresponding Lot Types

PymtType PymtLot CheckLot CardLot Online Check

CS X

CP X

CH X

PO X

CO X

Maintain Specifications for Cash Desk/Cash Journal

From Release 4.72, you can make the specifications for the cash desk and the cash journal together in theactivity Maintain Specifications for Cash Desk/Cash Journal.

1.3.13 Closing Operations

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Summarization Accounts and Summarization Company Codes for Reclassifications

You can now display reclassifications for a group of accounts or company codes - previously, you couldonly display the reclassifications in the balance of one receivables or payables account of a businesspartner within a company code.

Summarization accounts are required for key date-related open items whose receivables and payablesaccounts are displayed in one item in the financial statements (for example, same type of legal transactionfor several utility provider divisions in the case of different receivables accounts per division).

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Summarization company codes are required where company codes are in the legal entity that has to createthe financial statements (for example, consolidated financial statements).

See the release information for Foreign Currency Valuation and Evaluation of Open Items.


Summarization Accounts and Summarization Company Codes for Reclassifications

You make the specifications for reclassification by summarization company codes and accounts in theImplementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Closing Operations ->Reclassifications.

1.3.14 Submission of Receivables to Collection Agencies

Use

The following functions have been added to the submission of receivables to collection agencies:

o Derivation of collection agency responsible

o Deletion of submission logs

Derivation of Collection Agency Responsible

If you want to release receivables to different collection agencies using rules in your organization, fromRelease 4.72, you can define these derivation rules in Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable.

The derivation rules defined in Customizing are evaluated by the derivation tool. The derivation tool isalways called in the function module FKK_COLL_AG_SAMPLE_5060 if items are released forcollection individually in transaction FP03E or in the mass release via transaction FP03M. The derivationtool determines the relevant collection agency in one or more derivation steps from a sequence of sourcefields of the enhanceable structure FKKCOLLAG. The number of derivation steps corresponds to thenumber of derivation rules that you define in Customizing.

Deletion of Submission Logs

You can now delete logs recorded in table DFKKOPCOLL by the mass run for submitting receivables tocollection agencies (FP03M). You can do this with transaction Delete Submission Logs (FP03DML)(see SAP menu: Periodic Processing -> Delete Data).


You define the derivation rules for the responsible collection agency in the Implementation Guide forContract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Business Transactions -> Submission ofReceivables to Collection Agencies -> Define Derivation Rules for Responsible Collection Agency.

1.3.15 Collective Bills

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From Release 4.72, you can group documents from different contract accounts in a collective billdocument in order to process them together. You can manage and process all of the individual documentsin a collective bill together via a third account the collective bill account. You can create a joint invoiceand make the payment or in the case of payment arrears, dun all of the items in the collective billtogether.

Collective bills are particularly useful, for example, for billing property and house building companiesthat process receivables from utilities companies for their tenants, and for companies with branch-headoffice relationships.


At master data level, you have to assign the individual contract accounts to a collective bill account. Acollective bill account is a contract account of the contract account category collective bill account. Youhave to define this account in the master record of every contract account whose postings you want togroup in a collective bill. There is no change to the assignment of contract accounts that you link via thecollective bill account to your business partners. To link an account with the collective bill account:

1. In the SAP menu choose Contract Account -> Create or Change.

2. In the field Collective Bill Account in the area Invoice Creation on the tab page General Data,enter the required collective bill account.

Once you have assigned the account to a collective bill account, when you enter posting documents inthis account, each business partner item is automatically linked to a statistical posting document(collective bill document) in the collective bill account.


To use collective bills, you have to carry out the following in the Implementation Guide for ContractAccounts Receivable and Payable:

o Under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific Function Modules, enterFKK_COLL_BILL_CREATE_0063 for event 0063, provided this module is not already integratedin the industry-specific module for event 0063.In the industry components Utilities and Telecommunications, this module is already integrated inthe industry-specific module for event 0063.

o Under Basic Functions -> Contract Accounts -> Number Ranges and Contract AccountCategories -> Configure Contract Account Categories and Assign Number Ranges, enter acontract account category for collective bill accounts.Set the indicator in the column CB (contract account is collective bill account) and assign anumber range to the contract account category.

o Under Basic Functions -> Postings and Documents -> Document -> Maintain DocumentAccount Assignments -> Document Types -> Maintain Document Types and AssignNumber Ranges, create a document type for collective bill documents and assign anumber range to this document type.

o Under Basic Functions -> Postings and Documents -> Document -> Maintain Document AccountAssignments -> Maintain Default for Document Type for Collective Bill, define the document typethat you defined in the previous step as the default for creating collective bill documents.

The main and subtransaction for the collective bill item are determined in event 2222. You can overwriteindustry definitions implemented for this event. This event has already been defined for the industry

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1.3.16 Company Codes

Use

Replacement of the Responsible Company Code in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

Previously, the responsible company code had the following control characteristics in FI-CA:

o It determined the company codes in which you could post to a contract account

o It was the company code in which payment transactions were processed

o It was (regardless of Customizing) the company code in which payments on account were posted

The coupling of these functions heavily restricts the options in some areas and leads, for example, to youhaving to introduce auxiliary company codes to portray the organizational model.

From Release 4.72, the responsible company code is replaced by the following three new entities:

o Company code groupThe company code group includes all company codes that are permitted for posting to a companyaccount. One company code group is assigned to each contract account. Company code groups canoverlap. This means, for example, you can have a group G1 that consists of company codes 0001,0002, and 0003, and group G2 that consists of 0001 and 0003.

o Paying company codeExactly one paying company code is always assigned to each company code group. A payingcompany code is responsible for payment transactions. You have to define house banks andpayment methods for paying company codes. Several company code groups can have the samepaying company code. The paying company code does not have to be in the company code groupitself.

o Standard company codeOne standard company code is assigned to every contract account. You use the standard companycode for all postings for which no company code can be determined by other means (for example,for payments on account).

Transition from Responsible Company Code to the New Entities

The conversion of the responsible company codes to company code groups and paying company codestakes place automatically during the first check (contract account or document) where you check thevalidity of a company code group or where the company code group is a prerequisite.

For each responsible company code, the system creates a company code group with the same key. Thecompany codes that were previously assigned to the responsible company code are assigned to thiscompany code group. The responsible company code is assigned as the paying company code for thegroup. This ensures continuity for the existing organizational model.

The name of the responsible company code is taken as the name for the company code group. Since thenew name is language-dependent, it is automatically created in all languages used in the installation. Thelanguages are determined empirically by analyzing the document type texts.

Changes to the Contract Accounts

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For new contract accounts, the company code group and standard company code are mandatoryrequirements. For existing contract accounts, you can use conversion report RFKKSTDBK to add thestandard company code. The standard company code receives the value of the former responsiblecompany code. You can convert the contract accounts in stages you do not have to convert them all atonce. The system handles accounts that you have not yet converted as if you had converted them.

Changes to Checks in Contract Accounts

The validity of certain fields was previously coupled to the combination with the country of theresponsible company code. The following changes have occurred in these checks:

o The country from the paying company code of the company code group is used for:

- Payment methods

- Own bank details

o The country of the standard company code is used for:

- Withholding tax codes

- Region

- County code

- Tax exemptions

Restrictions for Company Code Groups

Using the new event 1010, you can check whether a company code group is permitted in a contractaccount. This enables you to prevent, for example, that cross-country groups (in certain contractaccounts) are used.

Authorization Check

In the authorization object F_KKVK_BUK, the responsible company code was used for the check in themaster data maintenance. The standard company code is now used instead.

Payment Program

You can also specify the paying company code in a business partner item. In this case, this specificationoverrides the paying company code determined via the company code group of the contract account. If apaying company code specified in the line item is in a different country to the paying company codedetermined via the contract account, you also have to specify a payment method in the line item. In thiscase you cannot use the payment methods from the contract accounts since they refer to a differentcountry.

In the parameters for the payment run/debit memo run, you restrict the company codes to be processed.All relevant company code groups and their paying company codes are determined for the companycodes internally. If these are in different countries, the country of the payment run must be assigned via adifferent parameter. In a payment run, you can still only create payments for one country.


You define the company code groups in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable under Organizational Units -> Define Company Code Groups.

You assign the company codes to the groups under Organizational Units -> Assign Company Codesto Company Code Groups.

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1.3.17 Creating Correspondence

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Balance Notification

You can use event 9552 to create balance notifications. In this event you decide whether a balancenotification is to be created.

Requests and Standing Requests

To print requests and standing requests, you can use events 0766: Print Request and 0767: Create RequestPrintout, and correspondence type 0039 Request (see also the release information for Requests).


You define customer-specific function modules in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific FunctionModules.

1.3.18 Connection of SAP Dispute Management to Contract Accts Rec. andPay.

Use

From Release 4.72, you can create and manage complaints (disputes) from your business partners withregard to incorrect invoices and credits or missing invoices and credits as dispute cases in a disputesystem as part of SAP Dispute Management. These dispute cases contain attributes, such as the reasonfor the complaint, the priority, the disputed amount, the clerk responsible for resolution, and contact dataof the business partner. During the processing of the dispute case, you can trigger functions such as thereversal of an invoice, write-offs, and postings of invoice-related credits. From the dispute case you candisplay the follow-on postings for the case. To get an overview, you can display a list with all disputecases for a business partner or document.

Definition of terms used

Dispute System The system in which the dispute cases

are created and managed.

FI-CA System The system in which

Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable runs.

Dispute Case The complaint of the business partner as

object to be managed in

SAP Dispute Management. The dispute case

contains attributes such as the amount, data

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about the status of processing and for

categorizing the dispute as well as,

in the record, a list

of related objects to which the

case references (for example, document, invoice

business partner, contract, contract account).

Case Type The following case types are

differentiated:

- FICA: Incorrect invoice, incorrect credit

- FCA2: Missing payment

The case types are differentiated by

their attributes. A dispute case

of the case type Missing Payment describes, forexample,

the case when a customer complains about a dunningnotice

that was executed despite payment having been made.

The clerk's job is to

find this payment, which may have been incorrectlyassigned,

and potentially reassign it

and then close the case. With

a dispute case of the case type

Incorrect Invoice, the customer has complained

about an incorrect

invoice amount. Here the clerk has

to check the amount

and trigger any adjustment postings,

such as reversals, write-offs, or

credits.

Internal Dispute Type Internal categorization

of a dispute case that each

dispute case must have.

Since the system behaves differently in

different case types,

and each customer can create

installation-specific case types,

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an internal categorization

(assignment) is necessary. Thus, the

dispute type A001, for example, is an incorrect

invoice, and dispute type B001 is a

missing payment.

Creating Dispute Cases

Dispute cases are created from the dispute system. However, you can also create dispute cases in theFI-CA system.

In the document display, you can use the function Create Dispute Case to create a dispute case. Adialog box appears, where you can set the default values defined for event 1250. For a sample form ofevent 1250, see sample function module FKK_SAMPLE_1250.

The specification of a business partner is mandatory in each dispute case; the specification of a contractaccount and contract is option and determines the level of detail of the dispute case. The system includesthe document displayed as a disputed document in the case. The data and amounts of the document areused to determine the default values.

Dispute cases are only created at document level, not at line item level. You can create several disputecases for one document.

You can create a dispute case from the account balance. This enables you to create dispute cases withoutan invoice reference, for example, for cases of the type Missing Payment after Dunning Notice. The samedialog box appears for creating the case. Enter the amount specified by the customer as paid as thedisputed amount; then assign the case to a business partner.

When you create a dispute case, the system proposes contact data of the contact person, such as name ande-mail address from the address data of the business partner; you can overwrite this data.

Displaying Dispute Cases

In the document display, you can use the function Display Dispute Case to display invoice-relateddispute cases. However, this function is only active if such a dispute case exists. If, for example, you haveentered various disputed partial amounts for various reasons, you can simultaneously create severaldispute cases for one document. If there are several dispute cases for one document, the system firstdisplays an overview of all cases, and there you can select the case you want to display. If you create anew dispute case for a document for which a dispute case already exists, the system notifies you of thisbefore sending the dialog for creating a case.

In the account balance you can display an icon on which you can double-click to display a dispute case.To do this, include the field IDISP (placeholder for icon Dispute Case) in a line layout variant for itemswhose document number is included in a dispute case. You also have to set the indicator Field-SensitiveDouble-Click in the settings.

With the function Environment -> Account -> Dispute Case -> Display in the menu of the accountbalance display, you can display a list of all of the dispute cases for the business partner/contract account.

With report RFKKDM00 you can select dispute cases across all business partners and contract accounts.This report provides additional selection options to the master data.

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When you display a dispute case you can use the function Change to switch the mode and thereforechange a dispute case. However, from the FI-CA system you can only change the disputed amount. Withcase type Incorrect Invoice, you can include additional documents in the dispute case.

With the case type Missing Payment, the payments received since the creation of the dispute case arelisted on the lower part of the screen. The system only adds the payment amounts posted in the disputecase via the payment lot as potential candidates for the missing payment, since you can assume thatpayments posted by the payment program cannot be #missing#. From this list of payments you can createone or more payments, identify them as missed, and assign them to the dispute case. The case can then beclosed in the dispute system.

In the dispute system, an amount field with the total of all potentially suitable payments received sincethe creation of the case is managed before the assignment of the payment found. With the assignment ofthe payment found, the document number of this payment and the identification of the related paymentlot are included in the case. By double-clicking on these objects in the case you can display the paymentdocument or the payment lot item.

With the case type Missing Credit, you can list the credits posted since the creation of the dispute case,identify them and assign them to the case. Only the amounts of the credits that fulfill the followingcriteria are added in the dispute case:

o They are not statistical

o They are not down payments

o They were not posted by the payment run

o They were not posted with the main/subtransaction defined in posting area 0113 for postingpayments on account

Follow-On Postings for Dispute Case

Follow-on postings for dispute cases are reversals, write-offs, credits (invoice adjustments), and theposting of replacement receivables. In these postings, the corresponding amount fields are updated in therelevant dispute cases automatically. With the exception of the case type Missing Payment, incomingpayments are not automatically logged follow-on postings. For example, in the case of an underpaymentof an invoice, a dispute case is not created automatically for the residual open amount. Dispute cases aregenerally independent of the existence of open items and are not tied to the clearing or partial clearing ofopen items.

You can also post invoice-related credits (invoice adjustments) or replacement receivables withtransaction FPE1 - if, for example, you reverse an incorrect invoice and then post the corrected invoice.To do this, enter the document number to which the adjustment/replacement receivable refers on theinitial screen of the transaction. You can also enter such postings with reference to a dispute case. In thiscase you have to enter the case ID (external identification of the case). The input help shows you thecases for the business partner, and you can select a case.

You can also call up the transactions for reversals and write-offs in the case display of the dispute system.The dispute system calls up the corresponding transaction in the FI-CA system. You can then completethe data and post the document. However, the transactions should only be called up in the display ofdispute cases in the dispute system, since the amounts (for example, amount written off) of the case couldbe changed during the update. Locked dispute cases cannot therefore be updated and you have tosubsequently post the corresponding IDoc in this situation.

Integration in the Payment Run

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If an open dispute case exists, you can reduce the amount to be collected from a business partner by thedisputed amount. You can make the logic of the reduction dependent on the status, the priority, thecomplaint reasons, and whether the dispute case is an invoice-related dispute case or a dispute casewithout invoice reference. The reduction therefore makes more sense for the collection of an invoice forwhich there is exactly one invoice-related dispute case than for the collection of the first random item tobe collected where the dispute case has no invoice reference. In order to be able to make these decisionsflexibly, you can define your process logic for event 0610. For a commented example, see the samplemodule FKK_SAMPLE_0610_DISPUTE.


Activating Dispute Management

You have to activate the integration of SAP Dispute-Management with Contract Accounts Receivableand Payable (FI-CA) at company code level in the FI-CA system. To do this, set the activity Dispute inthe activity Set Up Company Codes for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable in the ImplementationGuide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Organizational Units.

1.3.19 Dunning

Use

In the dunning history, you can display a text for the business partner. As standard, the text appears withthe name and address of the business partner; with a customer-specific function module defined in event4700, you can adjust this text to meet your requirements.


Register your function module in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific Function Modules for event4700.

1.3.20 Enhanced Message Management

Use

The Enhanced Message Management Analysis (EMMA) has been enhanced so that you can now analyzethe application logs of any jobs in the R/3 system. The transaction code is no longer required to identifythe job logs. Instead, business process areas and business process codes have been introduced.The Customizing has been changed so that you now have to activate EMMA for complete businessprocess areas instead of for individual transaction codes; you can also define the suppression of messagesduring log preparation per business process area.

Business process areas consist of similar business processes, such as billing and invoicing. Businessprocess codes rewrite a specific activity of a business process area regardless of whether this activitywas carried out by a transaction, a report to be started online or in the background, or by a mass activity(for example, reversal of a document in transaction FP08, or mass reversal of documents with transactionFP08M).

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Installation-specific transactions are evaluated via the interface IF_EMMA_LOGMSG_PROCESS.

The Customizing for the case category has been revised with regard to user-friendly aspects. For existingcase categories, you have to maintain the assigned business process code, since this has taken over therole of the clarification case type as decisive selection criterion for case generation.

You can now use clarification types for several business area codes; they are no longer coupled to an SAPentity and are used as optional specification for the categorization of case categories.

The role resolution has been integrated in Customizing for clarification case processing.

You can now insert business object attributes into the Customizing for clarification case categorieswithout programming. To do this, connect the objects of the message pool with the new case containervia a data flow definition.

In the Customizing for the clarification case categories, the administrative data of the author and the lastperson to make changes is recorded.

With transaction FPEMMACGEN (see SAP menu: Periodic Processing -> Mass ProcessingAdministration -> Enhanced Message Management Analysis -> Create Clarification Cases), youcan now create clarification cases in a mass run. You can also create clarification cases for individualintervals of a mass activity or for several.


Make the system settings required for Enhanced Message Management Analysis in the ImplementationGuide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Basic Functions.

1.3.21 New and Changed Events

Use

New Events

0063: Include Document in Collective Bill

0086: Industry Grouping Key for Rounding

0104: Clearing: Arrears Surcharges

0113: Clearing: Transaction for Payment on Account

0175: Account Assignment Derivation for Tax Items in PS-CD

0211: Payment Lots: Propose Key for New Lot

0222: Payment Lot: Include Screen for Customer Fields

0232: Payment Lot: Additional Data for Item

0254: Payment Reversal of Locked Checks

0367: Dunning: Leading Contract Account and Company Code

0501: Document Archiving: Check Header

0505: Document Archiving: Check Complete Document

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0580: G/L Account Check for Accounting Rules

0652: Payments: Partner Bank Selection

0671: Payments: Round Payment Amount

0766: Correspondence: Print Request

0767: Correspondence: Create Request

0798: Printing: Output Mode of Attached Payment Media

1010: Contract Account: Check Company Code Group

1054: Business Partner: Determine CCARD_ID for Automatic Creation

1091: Change Payment Card Data: Print Correspondence

1092: Change Payment Card Data: Create Correspondence

1247: Account Balance: Determination of Document Category

1248: Account Balance: Supplement Context Menu

1250: Dispute: Default Values for Creation of Dispute Case

1251: Dispute: Distribute Follow-On Postings to Disputes

1252: Dispute: Define Communication Channel

1253: Dispute: Include Screen for Customer Fields

1254: Dispute: Additional Activities for Manual Changes

1311: Checks for Posting Area 1010

1742: Mass Activity: Set Locks

1743: Mass Activity: Set Locks, Move Parameters

1766: Mass Activity: Evaluation of Open items OP04

1767: Mass Activity: Integration FI/COPA

1840: Mass Activity: Credit Liability Update

1841: Mass Activity: Credit Liability Update, Move Parameters

1842: Mass Activity: SAP Credit Management Score Replication

1843: Mass Activity: SAP Credit Management Parameters, Score Replication

1970: 1099 Reporting: Determine Reporting Flag

1971: 1099 Reporting: Items Relevant for 1099 Reporting

2065: Interest: Set Value Date

2404: Posting via IDoc: Processing of Customer Header Segment

2504: BW: Open Items, Restrict Selection

2506: Open Item BW Extraction: Parameters for Credit Clearing

2805: ICWC Account Balance: Create Info Items

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2806: ICWC Account Balance: Create Item Groupings

2807: ICWC Account Balance: Prepare Items

2821: ICWC Documents: Correspondence Category Independent Data

2822: ICWC Documents: Correspondence Category Dependent Data

3031: Installment Plan: Determine Print Type for Payment Forms

3910: Migration: Document Transfer - Convert Document Data

3920: Migration: Document Transfer - Check Document Data

4030: SD/FICA Integration: Enhanced Transaction Determination

4256: Credits: Create Additional Correspondence

4257: Credits: After Creation of Correspondence

4258: Credits: Check Payment Method (Transfer/Check)

4500: SAP Credit Management: Supplement FI Summary

4501: SAP Credit Management: Filter Open Items

4502: SAP Credit Management: Determine Liability Category

4600: XI: Add FI Summary for SAP Credit Management

4601: XI: Asynchronous Outbound Interface for FI Summary

5125: Transfer of Open Items: Payment on Account

6060: Cash Desk: Barcode Interpretation

6302: Boleto: Determination of Default Instruction Key

6303: Boleto: Assignment of Instruction Key

6306: Boleto: Selection of Statistical Documents

6351: Boleto: Adjust Data Parameters for Account Statements

FKK_EMMA_MASS_CREATE_CASES: Creation of Clarification Cases in Enhanced MessageManagement Analysis (EMMA)

6507: Requests: Supplement Customer Fields for Approval

9050: Print Collection Letter

9051: Create Collection Letter

9052: Analyze Items from Collection Case

9053: Attributes for Collection Case

9510: BAPI: Create Request (ExtensionIn)

9511: BAPI: Create Request (ExtensionOut)

9512: BAPI: Change Request (ExtensionIn)

9513: BAPI: Change Request (ExtensionOut)

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9514: BAPI: Create Execution Period for Request (ExtensionIn)

9516: BAPI: Read Request (ExtensionOut)

9552: Balance Confirmation: Check Balance

9557: Document Extracts: Additional Data Records for Import

9558: Document Extracts: Additional Data Records for Deletion

9570: Set Mass Locks

Deleted Events

Events 0161, 1706, and 1707 are no longer available.


You define installation-specific function modules in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific FunctionModules.

1.3.22 Conversion of Finnish Bank Statement to MultiCash (Enhanced)

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), the Bank Statement: FinlandReference Payments - Convert to MultiCash report (RFEBFI00) has been enhanced to convert thefollowing types of bank statement files in FI-CA:

o Reference payments

o Direct debits

o Direct invoices

You can also specify further processing of the converted file with the FI-CA MultiCash report,RFKKKA00.

1.3.23 Foreign Currency Valuation

Use

In the foreign currency valuation (transaction FPW1) (see SAP menu: Periodic Processing ->Closing Preparations), you can now save the valuation difference for each open item. This enables youto further process the revaluation of an open item in closing preparations, for example, in the keydate-related open item list and during reclassification of customers with credit balances.

By saving the valuation difference, you can make a more flexible assignment of valuation methods tocompany codes. This means that the foreign currency valuation is compatible with different GAAPs. Thismeans that you can valuate open items differently according to the reporting view (valuation area).

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Each foreign currency valuation that requires correction postings is logged. You can use the newtransaction Log for Foreign Currency Valuation (FPW2), you can get an overview of all foreigncurrency valuations. You can also reverse individual valuation runs in the display if you have theauthorization to run them again later with more current data.


In the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Closing -> ForeignCurrency Valuation, define:

o Valuation methods

o Valuation areas for each reporting view (for example, HGB, IAS, US GAAP)

o Valuation variantsFor each company code and for each local currency, you can configure the valuation method to beused for a foreign currency valuation, and for which valuation area the valuation is to be carried out.

o The general ledger accounts that the unrealized gains and losses are to be posted toYou can define different accounts dependent on the valuation area.

1.3.24 IDoc Interfaces for Communication with External Billing Systems

Use

Evaluation of Mass Runs by Enhanced Message Management Analysis

The evaluation of Enhanced Message Management Analysis has been activated for the followingprograms:

o Document Data Transfer (transactions FKK_EBS_TOI_COPA and FKK_EBS_TOI_COPA_E)

o Linking with Archive Data (transactions FKK_EBS_ARC and FKK_EBS_ARC_E)

o Reversal of Documents (transactions FKK_EBS_MRD and FKK_EBS_MRD_E)

Functional Enhancements in the IDOC FKK_EBS_TOI_COPA (Document Data Transfer fromExternal Billing Systems)

To define and process customer- or project-specific document header data, you can now define areplacement segment for the segment E1FKK_EBS_TOI_HEADER in Customizing.

You can use event 2404 to process header

segment data. You can also change the standard processing by defining the standard segmentE1FKK_EBS_TOI_HEADER in Customizing. For example, you can change the field BLART orAWTYP.

In event 2404, you can also create the object relations between documents via the interfaceT_FKKOPREL.

By defining a customer- or project-specific segment you can transfer the additional data containedtherein, for example, the classification key, to the document header.

The optional field DOC_TYPE (document type) has been added to the segmentE1FKK_EBS_TOI_HEADER. With this segment you can override the document type defined in the

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interface Customizing at document level.

Maintaining Object Relations at Item Level

The maintenance of object relations (interface T_FKKOPREL) has been added to event 2413. Thismeans that you can now fill the object relations at document item level from a customer- orproject-specific ITEM additional segment.


In the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Data Transfer ->Communication with External Billing Systems -> Transfer of Accounting Documents, thefollowing activities have been enhanced:

o Basic Settings for Document TransferYou can now define a customer- or project-specific header data segment.

o Define Translation of External Tax IDYou can now define (optional) a tax on sales and purchases code as well as the condition key foreach external tax code. If you define a tax on sales and purchases code, this is available in events2405 and 2406 for comparison.

1.3.25 Changed IMG Activities in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

Use

There have been changes to the following system settings with Release 4.72:

Organizational Units

As part of the changeover of the company code concept in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable,you now have to make the settings for the company code in the following activities:

- Set Up Company Codes for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

- Define Company Code Groups

- Assign Company Codes to Company Code Groups

Basic Functions

o Contract AccountsThe activity Activate Additional Checks for Changes to the Business Partner Master Recordhas been moved from the section Technical Settings to the section Contract Accounts.

o Postings and DocumentsIn the section Define Account Assignments for Automatic Postings, the activity Define COAccount Assignments has been renamed to Define CO Account Assignment Keys.

Here you can also define the required specifications for the Nota Fiscal in Brazil. To do this,Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable uses the Customizing of the standard FI.

Business Transactions

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o PaymentsThe activity Specifications for the Clarification of Incoming Checks under Basic Functions ->Check Management has been renamed to Define Specifications for the Clarification ofCashed Checks.The activities in the sections Cash Desk and Cash Journal under Business Transactions ->Payments -> Processing of Incoming/Outgoing Payments have been grouped under the sectionCash Desk/Cash Journal.The activity Maintain Responsibilities for Cash Journal Users has been moved from the IMG tothe menu (see SAP menu Payments -> Cash Journal -> Responsibilities).

In the section Creation of Incoming/Outgoing Payments, the activity Define Specifications forResponsible Company Code has been replaced by the activity Define Specifications forPaying Company Code.In the same section, the activity Specifications for Transferring Open Items to the ResponsibleCompany Code is no longer available.

o Submitting Receivables to Collection AgenciesThe activity Define Strategy for Derivation of Collection Agency Responsible has beenrenamed to Define Derivation Rules for Collection Agency Responsible and has beenenhanced.

Technical Settings

The activity Activate Dependency Check for Business Partner Master Data Changes is no longeravailable.

1.3.26 New IMG Activities in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

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In the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, the following new settingsare available:

Basic Functions

o Contract PartnerThis section and the subsection Changes to Payment Transactions, with the activitiesClient-Specific Settings, Company Code-Specific Settings, Define Processing Variants, andDefine Rules for Follow-Up Actions are new.

o Bank ChainsIn this section you can now Define Scenarios, Define Bank Chains, and Configure BankChains as in the component Financial Accounting (FI).

o Postings and DocumentsIn the section Automatic G/L Account Determination, you can Define Accounts for Surchargeson Late Payment.

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o RequestsFor requests you can Make Settings for Approving Requests.

o Open Item ManagementYou can define Short Account Assignments for Transfer Postings in Account Maintenance.

o Enhanced Message ManagementThe settings for maintaining clarification case categories have been changed over as follows:Specifications for Processing Clarification Cases- Generate Selection Screen for Clarification List- Define Reasons for Reversing Clarification Cases- Specifications for Customer-Defined Business Processes and Messages- Define Customer Business Process Areas for Message Management- Define Customer Business Processes for Message Management- Define Customer Business Processes for Processes from CIC

Business Transactions

o Processing Incoming and Outgoing PaymentsThe Customizing for the cash desk/cash journal has been changed over (see release information).

o BoletoIn this section you can make all of the settings required for processing Boletos in Brazil.

o Write-OffsFor write-offs you can Maintain Alternative Expense and Contract Account.

o TransfersYou can now Define Default Values for Transfer Reasons.

o Doubtful Entries and Individual Value AdjustmentsYou can Define an Age Grid for Value Adjustment Variants.

Integration

o Financial Supply Chain Management

- Biller DirectYou can make the following settings for the integration of SAP Bille Direct:- Define Clearing Account for Overpayments- BAdI: Determination of Bill Details- BAdI: Assignment of Business Partners to User IDs- Specifications for the Integration of SAP Dispute Management

- Credit Management

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You can make the following new system settings as part of the integration of SAP CreditManagement:- Activate Credit Management- Maintain Credit Segments- Assign Open Items to Credit Segments- Define Specifications for Credit Management

- Dispute ManagementFor the integration of SAP Dispute Management you can Make Basic Settings forDispute Management.

o Funds ManagementThe following settings have been provided for the integration of Funds Management in theFI-CA standard:- Activate FM Table Fields for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable- Define FM Account Assignment Derivation- Display Activation Status of Fund Accounting- Define Accounts for Funds Clearing

Closing Operations

o In the Foreign Currency Valuation you can:- Define Valuation Areas- Define Valuation Variants- Define Valuation Area-Specific Accounts for Exchange Rate Differences

o In Reclassifications you can:- Define Summarization Accounts- Define Company Codes for Summarization

Technical Settings

You can Activate Parallel Update in Cash Management.

Program Enhancements

As part of the introduction of the classification key you can activate the prepared enhancements.

1.3.27 Information System

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Preselections of Master Data (Transaction FPSELP)

When you select by dunning data, you can now consider only open items if required previously allcleared items were selected automatically.

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Data Extracts (GDPdU)

From Release 4.72, all developments for the realization of the German Principles of Data Access andVerifiability of Digital Documentation (GDPdU) area available in all releases maintained by SAP. InReleases 4.64, 4.63, and 4.61 however, only the export programs FPDE_EXP, FPDE_AEXP, andFPDE_EXTR are available. All export programs support the SAP format AIS, which can be importedinto IDEA. For the Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable objects, the following export, import, anddeletion transactions are available:

o Document Extracts

- FPDE_EXP

- FPDE_AEXP

- FPDE_IMP

- FPDE_DELYou can also select SD documents for the FI-CA documents and export them.

o Partner Extracts

- FPDEP_EXP

- FPDEP_IMP

- FPDEP_DEL

o Customizing Extracts

- FPDEC_EXP

- FPDEC_IMP

- FPDEC_DELYou can use the transactions FPDE_EXTR (evaluation system) and FPDE (extract overview) for allextract objects.

Evaluating Open Items

Transaction FPO4P provides you with a parallel variant for transaction FPO4. For each interval, thistransaction creates a list and a list with the totals records (similar to transaction FPO1P (Open Items forKey Date Parallel). However, in contrast to transaction FPO4, transaction FPO1P has certain restrictions.Parallelization is therefore only possible if the layout sorting corresponds to the parallelization object.The output is not in ALV format and no additional output in the dataset is possible.

For transaction FPO4, the memory has been optimized. If you do not want to display line items, thereport no longer collects all items in the memory if you have selected an object and a variant (technicalsettings) (see also the documentation for the report).

You can now group the spool requests for individual intervals for the evaluation with transaction FPO1Pand transaction FPO4P.

Transactions FPO1 and FPO1P can now also calculate the evaluation for different currency types andtherefore consider a currency valuation. Transaction FPRECL has therefore also been changed. You cannow also post adjustments to reclassifications for different currency types.

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1.3.28 Deferral and Installment Plan

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Clearing Locks on Installment Plan Items

When you display installment plans, you can now also display the clearing locks as well as the payment,dunning, and interest locks. When you create and change installment plans, you can create and setclearing locks.

Improved Display of Processing Locks

Previously, you could only display the different processing locks (payment, dunning, interest, andclearing locks) in installment plan items via a joint icon (lock), which, when you placed the cursor on it,displayed the type of locks that existed in a quick info. You could only see details, such as the lockreason, by double-clicking on the icon. The display of the installment plan items now also has, in additionto the joint lock icon, a column for each processing lock with the respective lock reason. If there areseveral locks of the same type with different lock reasons, a tilde appears (~). Double-click on one ofthese fields to display the details for the locks.

Easier Maintenance of Processing Locks

Previously, you could only maintain processing locks (payment, dunning, interest, and clearing locks) forinstallment plan items by double-clicking on the field for displaying the lock icon. Then you had to selectthe type of lock. Now you can maintain the lock you have selected directly by double-clicking on one ofthe new table fields. You can also set an unlimited (time) lock by entering a lock reason directly. If thereis only an unlimited (time) lock for a lock type, you remove this from the table field by deleting the lockreason.

Selection by Classification Key

You can also select items for which a new installment plan is to be created by classification key.

Standard Company Code instead of Responsible Company Code

If the system cannot derive a unique company code from the original receivables when you are creatingan installment plan, the system posts the installment plan to the standard company code.

New Display Fields in the Installment Plan History

When you display the installment plan history (SAP menu: Account -> More Information ->Installment Plan History), the contract account, business partner, and address of the business partner aredisplayed for each installment plan.

New Fields in the Header Data of the Installment Plan History

The fields Number of Installments and Distributed Interest and Charges are stored in the header datafor the installment plan history.

Determination of Company Code, Contract, Business Area, and Business Place No Longer inEvent 3000

When you create an installment plan, the company code, contract, business area, and business place aretaken from the original item as standard, as long as these fields have the same value in all original itemsselected. Previously, this check took place in a standard module processed in event 3000. This check nowtakes place in the standard coding before event 3000. The source code of the standard module

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If you do not want to fill these fields in the installment plan, or want to enter other values, you can do thisby defining event 3000 accordingly.

Printing of Payment Forms for Installment Plans - List of Correspondence Created

When you are printing payment forms for installment plans (SAP menu: Periodic Processing -> ForContract Accounts -> Correspondence -> Print Installment Plan Payment Forms), you can use theentry Correspondence in the environment menu to display a list of the correspondence created(installment plan letters and payment forms).

1.3.29 Integration

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Event 4030: Determination of SD/FI-CA Transaction

Before the upgrade from Release 4.6* to Release 4.7*, you have to close all of the reconciliation keys inthe old system and transfer the postings to the General Ledger and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).

Event 4030 has been introduced to determine the main and subtransaction of an FI-CA document duringthe transfer of an SD billing document. In this event you have access to all of the information in an SDbilling document, which means that a more detailed transaction determination is possible here in contrastto Customizing.

With the new event 4040 you can restrict the selection of contract accounts when you create/change anSD order.

In the SD document flow, FI-CA documents that have already been archived are also displayed now.

Transfer of Totals Records to the General Ledger (Report RFKKGL00)

Errors in the transfer of FI-CA totals records to the general ledger no longer lead to a programtermination. From Release 4.72, report RFKKGL00 continues the transfer with the next company codeand logs the errors in the spool list. There you can check the completeness of the transfer.

Integration of FI-CA with SAP Credit Management

With SAP Credit Management you can manage liabilities and scores for a business partner. The centralCredit Management server manages information from different systems, such as CRM, ContractAccounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), and Accounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR), and carriesout operational credit queries. The use of the interface technology of the Exchange Infrastructure meansthat you can also connect external systems to SAP Credit Management.

FI-CA now has an interface for transferring credit information from SAP Credit Management.

The FI-CA document interfaces (report RFKKBIB0, BAPI, IDoc interface) support the transfer of thepartner message ID for SAP Credit Management. This transfer guarantees the synchronization of theliability update over several systems.

In FI-CA there are mass activities for the following activities:

o Sending the liability for a business partner to SAP Credit Management

o Sending an FI summary to SAP Credit Management

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o Replication of the score in SAP Credit Management

FI-CA also supports the liability query for the online credit check in SAP Credit Management.

You can influence the program flow in the following events:

o 4500: Add FI Summary

o 4501: Filter Open Items for Liability Determination

o 4502: Determination of Liability Category

For a description of the integration of industry-specific processes, see the release information for thecorresponding industry components.


You configure SAP Credit Management in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Integration -> Financial Supply Chain Management -> CreditManagement.

o In order for the internal processes of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (for example,creditworthiness) to derive the data from SAP Credit Management, you have to activate CreditManagement here.

o In the activity Define Specifications for Credit Management, you define the default values, such asthe interest rate for the liability subject to interest and the liability category.

o The credit segments that you enter in the activity Maintain Credit Segments must agree with thoseof SAP Credit Management. There the credit segments are used to split the liability into differentareas (for example, country A and B).

o In the activity Assign Open Items to Credit Segments, you use the parameters Posting Area,Division, Account Determination ID, and Business Area to decide which credit segment an openitem is to be assigned to.

1.3.30 Interest Calculation

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Interest Calculation Rule

There are two new calculation methods for defining interest calculation rules:

o 30/30EYou should only use the method 30/30E for exponential interest calculation. The system calculatesexponential interest on a monthly basis.

o act/actY In the method act/actY, the suffix Y stands for Year. It indicates that the calculation is based on thenumber of days in a calendar year.

Setting #Interest Calculation To Date

With a function module processed in event 2065 you can change the date for the Interest CalculationTo for clearing items.

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For amounts cleared in the account maintenance, as standard the due date of the invoice and clearing dateof both items are used to calculate the interest.

In event 2065 you can use the due date of the invoice amount and the value date of the payment amountto calculate the interest for amounts cleared in the account maintenance.


You define interest calculation rules in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable under Business Transactions -> Interest Calculation -> Item Interest Calculation ->Define Interest Calculation Rule.

1.3.31 Processing Locks

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Setting Processing Locks

With the new transaction FKLOCK2 (Set Processing Locks) in the SAP menu under PeriodicProcessing -> For Contract Accounts, you can create processing locks. From the selection criteriaBusiness Partner, Contract Account, Contract, Company Code, you can set mass locks for acombination of Lock Category, Process, Lock Reason. Locks created in this way contain the data ofthe creating run in the fields DFKKLOCKS-LAUFI and DFKKLOCKS-LAUFD in table DFKKLOCKS.

You have to define event 9570 for the following application-specific locks:

Lock Category Object

21 Insurance policy

22 Partner locks for insurance policy

41 Utility contract

51 Contract object partner account

To delete mass locks, you can use transaction FPLKDEL (Delete Mass Locks Set) in the SAP menuunder Periodic Processing -> For Contract Accounts.

1.3.32 Mass Runs

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Repeated Processing of a Job Interval

If an interval cannot be processed in a payment run, interest run, or interest calculation run for cashsecurity deposits because the data is locked by another processing function, the system can restart theprocessing of this interval automatically and as frequently as required.


You have to enter the maximum number of repetitions in the field Maximum Int. Repetitions in the

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specifications for General Control on the tab page Job Control under Technical Settings -> PrepareMass Activities in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable.

1.3.33 Master Data

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Changing the Bank Data of a Business Partner

With the new transaction Maintain Payment Data (FPP4) (see SAP menu: Master Data -> BusinessPartner), you can:

o Create new bank details

o Change existing bank details

o Delete existing bank details

o Create new payment cards

o Change existing payment card details

o Create customer contacts

o Print confirmation letters

This makes changing business partner-related bank data much easier. In the transaction MaintainPayment Data, you can, for example, change the bank details of a customer who changes from being acash payer to a direct debit payer simultaneously in the business partner master record and in dependentobjects, such as the contract account.

You can also control follow-up actions, such as reversing dunning notices, by means of flexible rules.

If you set the indicator Create Bank ID in the client-specific settings in Customizing, in event 1053 youcan determine new bank details ID for the business partner concerned.

If you set the indicator Create Credit Card ID in the client-specific settings in Customizing, in event1054 you can determine a new payment card ID for the business partner concerned.

With a function module processed in event 1083 you can make further changes to the contract accountwhen you save the data. In this event, you can, for example, change the field Posting Control Group inthe contract account if a customer changes from being a cash payer to a direct debit payer.


You make specifications for changing bank data in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Basic Functions -> Contract Partner -> Changes to PaymentTransactions in the following activities:

o Client-Specific Settings

o Company Code-Specific Settings

o Define Processing Variants

o Define Rules for Follow-Up Actions

o Specifications for Posting Credits in Follow-Up Actions

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If you want to send confirmation letters, define the required form for correspondence type 0036 underBasic Functions -> Correspondence -> Define Application Forms for Correspondence.

You define event modules under Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific FunctionModules.

1.3.34 Evaluating Open Items

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Currency Type and Currency Valuation

When you enter a currency type on the selection screen for the Key Date-Related Open Item List(transaction FPO1), the report replaces the first local currency with a currency with this currency type. Ifyou also enter a valuation variant and a valuation key date, the report does not display the originalamounts of the items; instead, it displays the amounts calculated by the currency valuation for thevaluation key date.

1.3.35 Processing of Incoming and Outgoing Payments

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Payment Lot: Archive Connection

From Release 4.72, you can display archived lots and non-archived lots.

When you display documents posted by a payment lot, you can also display the related payment lot itemsif the lot has been archived. This display option requires an additional index table that is created duringarchiving with effect from Release 4.72. For payment lots archived before 4.72, you can recreate theseindex entries using report RFKKPLAR.

Payment Lot: Default Value for New Key

If you want to create a new lot, you can have the system default a suitable key. The prerequisite for thisfunction is that you have registered a suitable module for event 0211.

Payment Lot: Installation-Specific Fields in Items

If additional fields are included in the payment lot item via the customer include CI_FKKZP, you candisplay these on the detail screen and the list screen. To do this you have to provide an include screen.The program name and the number of the include screen are determined in event 0222. For moreinformation see the documentation and the coding examples in the related sample function moduleFKK_SAMPLE_0222.

Payment Lot: Installation-Specific Additional Function

The detail screen for the payment lot item contains an installation-specific addition function that you candefine to meet your requirements. This function is available under Extras -> XXX, and you can also callit up via a separate pushbutton (optional). In event 0232, the texts for the processing menu and thefunction key (xxx) are determined, along with which function module is to be called when the user

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executes this function. For more information, see the documentation for the function moduleFKK_SAMPLE_0232.

Payment Lot: Clarification

o From Release 4.72, you can have the clarification account determined dependent on the documenttype. Posting area 1040 has been extended accordingly.

o From Release 4.72, clerks can also create notes during clarification.

o If clearing is to be posted online during clarification, the note to payee entered in the payment lotalso appears on the processing screen for the open items (first 80 characters).

o In the search with errors function, you can now also search for business partner with just the name(and optionally the city) in the field Sold-to-Party/Account Holder.

Payment Lot: Changes to Protected Fields

o In check lots, you can use the special function Correct Check Number to correct the check numberfor individual payments in lots that have already been closed or posted. You may need to make acorrection, for example, if, when creating the check deposit list, you discover that check numbershave been entered incorrectly. To carry out this function you need authorization 014 forauthorization object F_KK_SOND. You make the change in the check lot display. On the firstscreen, choose Edit -> Correct Check Numbers. Then call up the detailed display for the checkpayment to be corrected and select Edit -> Correct Check Numbers. The check number field isthen ready for input you can overwrite the number and save.

o In payment lots created automatically, you can change the bank data of the payer and the note topayee during clarification. A correction is necessary, for example, if a data reader has incorrectlyinterpreted a hand-written note to payee. To carry out this function you need authorization 017 forauthorization object F_KK_SOND. To make the fields on the tab pages Payment Data or Note toPayee ready for input, select Edit -> Change Bank Data.

Payment Lot: Transfer with Report RFKKZE00

In the transfer structures BFKKZP and BFKKZS (ZFKKZP/ZFKKZS), the field lengths of the fieldsSELW1, SELW2, and SELW3 have been extended from 30 characters to 35.

If you do not create the files with these record structures with ABAP programs, you may have toadjust the data declarations and the coding in the programs.


Payment Lot: Clarification

You define the clarification account in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable under Business Transactions -> Payments -> Processing of Incoming/OutgoingPayments -> Define Clarification Account. If you want to use the document type as selection criterion,you first have to select the field Document Type as additional key field via Goto -> Key Selection.

1.3.36 Payment Transactions

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Payment Program: Restriction to One Payment Card Type

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From Release 4.72, you can restrict the payment run to one payment card type. You can then run separatepayment runs for each payment card type, event though the payment method is always the same cardpayment.

For contract accounts with other payment card types, a corresponding message is created in theapplication log and a payment exception is created.

Payment Program: Selection of Partner Bank via New Event

In the new event 0652, you can override the automatic selection of partner banks created by the paymentprogram.

In the standard system, the partner bank is selected as a result of the bank details defined either in thecontract account or the contract (differentiated by incoming payment and outgoing payment). You canoverride this by explicitly specifying bank details in the line item. However, it is not possible, forexample, to select a partner bank dependent on the currency of the items paid if these bank details are notentered in the items to be paid.

Using event 0652, you can now set a different bank details ID dependent on the items to be paid, orprevent payment.

See the documentation for function module FKK_SAMPLE_0652.

Payment Media Creation: Settings for the Note to Payee

The standard options for defining the note to payee have been enhanced for the creation of paymentmedia. In the user-defined specifications, you can now specify the number of items to be prepared onlyonce per payment. This avoids the contents of PAYH and PAYHX being output per item, even thoughthese are the same for all items.

In the definition of the item content (FQP5 -> Note to Payee: Content), the sequence (item number)decides whether the content is prepared per payment or per item. If, for example, you have specified 2information items per payment and 1 information item per item, you have to provide a total of 3 itemswith content. The first two apply per payment, which means that here only the fields from the structuresPAYH and PAYHX are useful. The third item is then repeated for each item. The fields from thestructure PAYP are useful here.

Payment Media Creation: Correspondence Banks

If you use the payment media formats EDIFACT, S.W.I.F.T. (MT 100, 101, 103, 104, 200, and 202),(customer development), from Release 4.72 you can define correspondence banks. This means that youcan specify a bank chain with up to three intermediary banks (correspondence banks) in Customizing forthe transfer from one bank to another. You can define general and recipient-specific bank chains. Youthen specify recipient-specific bank chains in the transactions for creating and changing business partnerdata (FPP1, FPP2) on the tab page Payment Transactions, in the area Bank Chains.

The function module FI_PAYMENT_BANK_CHAIN_SET determines the bank chains during thepayment media creation and places them in the corresponding structures.

If you want to use the function for the payment media formats stated, you have to add the call of thefunction module FI_PAYMENT_BANK_CHAIN_SET to the function modules defined for the events 20and 30, or, for customer-defined developments, the events 21 and 31. The function moduleFI_PAYMENT_BANK_CHAIN_SET contains the data in the corresponding event module as importparameter.

Check Management: New Status for Processing Check Locks

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A new check status (Locked) has been introduced with Release 4.72. This means that you can lock acheck and report the lock to the bank, without having to reverse the related payment or issue areplacement check. The check is locked in check management and reported to the bank using transactionFPCHX. After a specific deadline (usually 24 hours) the bank guarantees that this check can no longer becashed. You reverse the related payment document after this deadline by regularly scheduling transactionFPCHS so that the cleared items are open again. By running the payment run again you can create a newcheck if required. If checks are cashed within the deadline, you can define, in the settings for the voidingreason, whether the checks are to be deemed 'cashed' automatically or whether clarification cases are tobe created.

This procedure is interesting for US customers and is known by the name 'Stop Payment'. It is analternative to the previous way of issuing a replacement check. Invalid checks that have not yet left thecompany premises should be voided and reissued as previously. A check lock is not necessary in thesecases.

Check Management: Enhanced Maintenance in Change Mode

If you want to correct the data of a check that was created via a payment run, only a few fields aremodifiable. You cannot even change a status set by accident. From Release 4.72, the button'Administrator has been added in change mode (F6). When you press this button, additional fields areready for input. To carry out this function you need authorization 018 for authorization objectF_KK_SOND.


You make the settings for bank chains in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivableand Payable under Basic Functions -> Bank Chains:

o Define Scenario

o Activate Bank Chains

o Set Up General Bank Chains

In the activity Define Scenario, you define for each scenario, whether the bank chain is determined viathe general bank chain search and/or via the partner-specific bank chain search. If both fields are set, thepartner-specific bank chain search has priority over the general bank chain search. Using the fieldsSender Bank, Recipient Bank Country, Recipient Bank, and Currency, you can define a ranking forthe bank chain search for each scenario. SAP delivers four standard scenarios; you can also generate yourown scenarios.

The bank chains that you create in the activity Set Up General Bank Chains are independent of thebank details of a business partner or of the house banks. For a bank chain ID, you can create up to threeintermediary banks. The intermediary banks are linked independently of the recipient and sender banks.

Check Management: Settings for Voiding Reasons

If you want to use the new check status 'Locked, you need a voiding reason or a lock reason, as forvoiding. Whether a reason is permitted as a lock reason depends on the indicator Lock.

You can also define whether the cashing of a locked or voided check is to be posted automatically orwhether a clarification case (for check encashment) is to be created.

In the field Activity, you can enter a 6 digit code to control additional activities (for example, settinglimited clearing locks) in customer modules. You can evaluate this field directly or use it as a key for

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your own customer table.

1.3.37 Collections in the Print Workbench

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Using Collections, you can now group application forms to process them together.

A Collection is an application form of the form type Collection.

In a Collection, you can group both application forms from the same form class, and also applicationforms from different form classes. You can define your own parameters for the technical components of aCollection, for example, a specific printer. You can classify the individual application forms so that theyare issued sequentially or bundled. You can process Collections using transaction EFRM (SAP menu:Print Workbench -> Application Form -> Process), as for application forms.

1.3.38 Postings and Documents

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Postings and Documents: Classification Key as New Characteristic in Document

The new attribute Classification Key has been added to the Contract Accounts Receivable and Payabledocument and the request. The classification key provides a similar function to the reference number, butallows keys with a length of up to 35 characters. The classification key is an enhancement supported inthe system. This means that the attribute is not initially active in the system delivered; you have toactivate it explicitly in your installation.

Functions of the Classification Key

The classification key

o Can be entered in the document header

o Is available as input field in the document display, document change, document reversal, and massreversal, and you can use this field to identify the required document(s)

o Is inherited in the business partner items and can be displayed in the account balance or in theprocessing of open items

o Can be used as selection criterion in the account balance, in the selection of open items (forexample, in the payment lot or in online posting), and for the write-off or creation of an installmentplan

o Is a possible selection criterion in payment advice notes for incoming payments

Activating the Classification Key

You activate the field Classification Key in Customizing using a report that creates the required fieldsand database indexes. In test mode, the report shows which enhancements would be made.

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If the classification key is active and you have posted documents with classification keys, the systemadministrator must update the database statistics for table DFKKKO. This is the only way to make surethat the new indexes are also used.

If you use requests, the same applies for table DFKKORDERPOS.

Deactivating the Classification Key

You can deactivate the classification key but only manually. To do this, you have to remove the fieldOPORD from the CI includes to which it was added. You then have to convert the database tables; thiscan involve a long runtime if there are a lot of data records affected.

SAP therefore recommends that you weigh-up the use of the classification key and then adhere to thisdecision.

Postings and Documents: Negative Postings

From Release 4.72 you can create negative postings in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable. Anegative posting reduces the transaction figures for the account posted to in the general ledger. A debitposting as negative posting therefore does not lead to an increase of the debit transaction figures; it leadsto a reduction of the credit transaction figures. This enables you to show transaction figures for accountsafter an incorrect posting and subsequent correction (for example, invoice posting and reversal) as ifneither the incorrect posting nor the correction had taken place.

Negative postings have been supported in the general ledger (FI-GL) for a long time. You decide whetherto permit negative postings at company code level. The corresponding setting in the company code tableis also effective for Contract Accounts Payable and Receivable.

In addition, in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, the document type decides whether a postingis to be posted negatively. You can designate a document type such that negative postings are alwayscreated, or such that negative postings are only created for corrections in the same fiscal year. For moreinformation about the setting for the document type, see the Customizing for the document types and thefield documentation for the field Negative Posting.

A description of negative postings for the most important business transaction follows:

Reversal

For a reversal, the document type used decides:

o Whether a negative posting is never permitted

o Whether a negative posting is always permitted

o That a negative posting is created if the posting and reversal are in the same fiscal year

A special feature is that the items in the reversal document for which the account to be posted to has beenswapped in comparison to the original document are not posted negatively This can be the case foraperiodic reversals (swap of P&L accounts) or for posting incoming payments where the reversal is usedto post back to the clarification account.

Resetting Clearing

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the inverse posting of cash discount, small differences, exchange rate differences, and taxes that wereposted due to the clearing are to be posted negatively. The display in the receivables accounts is retained.

Example

You reset clearing for a payment received. After the clearing reset, the payment with clearing of openitems becomes a type of payment on account again, which means that the credit from the payment is anopen item in the receivables account. From the view of the account balance in the receivables account, itis irrelevant whether there was a payment on account or whether items were cleared.

Returns

Returns should be treated like reversals. The first item in a returns clearing account is, however, neverposted negatively; the same applies to returns charges.

Individual Identification of Individual Posting Items

If you want to post a document for which negative postings are required for all items manually, all youhave to do is select an appropriate document type. However, if you only want to post individual itemsnegatively, you have to enter the entire transaction in two documents.

Example

Transfer posting from an incorrect G/L account to the correct G/L account. The reset in the incorrect G/Laccount should be posted negatively, the posting to the correct account not. First enter a negative posting:Clearing account to incorrect G/L account. Then a 'normal posting: Correct G/L account to clearingaccount.

Payments on Account

If, on receipt of payment, you first post on account instead of clearing immediately and then carry outclearing later, (for example, via account maintenance or during processing of a subsequent payment), thedebit and credit side of the receivables account increases by the amount of the payment on account. If youwant to avoid this effect, make sure that every clearing of a posting on account is posted negatively. Todo this, you have to indicate in Customizing for the main and subtransaction used for payments onaccount that each clearing of this item is to be posted negatively.

Postings and Documents: Parallel Open Item Processing for Partners

If a business partner has several contract accounts, before Release 4.72, it was not possible for two clerksto process open items in different contract accounts for this business partner simultaneously (for example,during account maintenance). Parallel processing in different accounts of a business partner is possiblefrom Release 4.72.

Postings and Documents: Hold Status of Open Item Processing

During manual processing of clearing transactions, you can save the status of open item processing andreload it later. For this purpose, the new functions Hold Processing Status and Retrieve ProcessingStatus are available on the processing screen for open items. When you hold the status, you have tospecify an identification. You can hold several processing statuses in parallel for the same object (forexample, same business partner, same collective bill).

A processing status is held in the system for 30 days. This period starts from the last time the status issaved.

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For each processing status, the system also saves the object being processed in addition to theidentification. This is either the business partner to whom the open items belong, or for assignment atdetail level, the collective bill, the installment plan or the bundle for which assignment of clearingamounts is to take place at the level of the related original item.

If the business partner is not unique, the partner with the most active items is set.

When you retrieve a held status, in the detail assignment for collective bills, installment plans, andbundles, only identifications that belong to the object named are permitted. The possible entries help (F4)offers a correspondingly restricted selection.

When you retrieve a held status during the processing of open items for one or more business partners,the identifications permitted are those where the business partner held is correct for at least one of thecurrently selected items. The possible entries help (F4) also offers a correspondingly restricted selectionhere.

In general, the held status is mixed with the current selected items. These can be different to the itemsthat were selected when the processing status was held. Possible causes are:

o Other selection criteria

o Clearing or partial clearing that has taken place in the meantime

o Different amounts for clearing in a different currencyHere the amounts are translated for open item processing and the translation result may havechanged due to changes in the exchange rate.

If a clearing amount was recorded in a held status, and this clearing amount is higher than the totalamount of the open items when the status is retrieved, the maximum possible clearing amount is set. If acash discount amount was specified, this is reduced accordingly so that the cash discount percentage rateis retained.

Whenever the held status cannot be used again completely, the user sees a message with details of thevariance in the long text.

Postings and Documents: Transfer Postings in Account Maintenance

In the account maintenance, you can transfer difference amounts to a G/L account defined inCustomizing. You have to specify the amount to be posted and similar to the payment lot a shortaccount assignment that the system can use to determine the company code, account, business area, andCO account assignments.

The fields for the transfer posting are only active if the user has been assigned to a tolerance group forwhich a maximum amount and maximum percentage rate for the transfer posting have been specified inCustomizing.

You cannot transfer to tax-relevant accounts.

Postings and Documents: Arrears Surcharges

If open items are cleared by payments or clearing of payments, you can define arrears surcharges. Thesesurcharges have the opposite effect to cash discount. For example, if you set a surcharge of 2.00 for aninvoice for 100.00, a payment of 100.00 leads to postings for partial clearing in the amount of 98.04 andrevenue from payment surcharges of 1.96.

Since the calculation of surcharges is dependent on the value date of the payment, clearing transactionswith surcharges can only consider additional credit items (for example, from payments on account) if

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they have the same due date. All other credit items are locked for the current clearing transaction.

If clearing processing takes place online, you can deactivate or reduce the surcharges calculatedmanually.

The following transactions enable the calculation and posting or surcharges:

o Payment Lot

o Cash Desk and Cash Journal

o General posting online

o Account Maintenance

o Automatic Clearing

In order to enable the calculation of surcharges you have to define an installation-specific functionmodule for event 0104.

Postings and Documents: Mass Postings and Cash Management

For mass postings that run in parallel processes, waiting time may occur due to competing accessesduring the update of data for Cash Management. Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable thereforeoffers a parallel update mode that you can activate for specific categories of mass runs. CashManagement is then updated at the end of each process. If the process is terminated before the CashManagement update, the update takes place when you close the relevant reconciliation key. If theupdate also fails here, you can transfer the data recorded separately individually. To do this, in the menufor Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable choose Periodic Processing -> Execution -> CashManagement Transfer.

Document Transfer

During the document transfer, you can also transfer the identification of the partner message from SAPCredit Management (field PRTID) with the header structure.

You can also transfer the identification of the subapplication in Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable (field SUBAP) with the item structure (BFKKOP).

During the document transfer, you can transfer the company code for the automatic payment transactions(field PYBUK) with the item

structure (BFKKOP).

You can also transfer the following new structures:

o BFKKOPREL: Relation between objects

o BFKKOPC: Card supplement for open items


Classification Keys

To activate the classification key, in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable andPayable choose Program Enhancements -> Prepared Enhancements -> Classification Key.

Postings and Documents: Negative Postings

You make the setting for the company code (negative postings possible) in the Implementation Guide forFinancial Accounting under Financial Accounting Global Settings -> Company Code -> Check

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and Supplement Global Parameters.

You make the setting for the document type in the Implementation Guide for Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable under Basic Functions -> Postings and Documents -> Document ->Maintain Document Account Assignments -> Document Types -> Maintain Document Typesand Assign Number Ranges.

The main and subtransactions that you want to define for a negative clearing (example: Payments onAccount) are in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under BasicFunctions -> Postings and Documents -> Document -> Maintain Document AccountAssignments -> Maintain Subtransactions.

Transfer Postings in Account Maintenance

You define the short account assignments in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivableand Payable under Basic Functions -> Open Item Management -> Short Account Assignments forTransfer Postings in Account Maintenance.

You maintain the tolerance groups under Basic Functions -> Postings and Documents -> Document-> Tolerance Groups for Amount Limits and then the entries Define Tolerance Groups andAssignment of Tolerance Groups to Users.

Arrears Surcharges

To create the installation-specific function module for event 0104 and to register, in the ImplementationGuide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable choose Program Enhancements -> DefineCustomer-Specific Function Modules.

To define the accounts to be posted to in the case of arrears surcharges, choose Basic Functions ->Postings and Documents -> Document -> Define Account Assignments for Automatic Postings-> Automatic G/L Account Determination -> Define Accounts for Arrears Surcharges.

Mass Postings and Cash Management

You activate the parallel update of Cash Management for selected processes via: Technical Settings-> Activate Parallel Update of Cash Management.

1.3.39 Prenotifications

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), the following prenotificationfunctions have been added:

o The Create Prenotification File program has been enhanced to cover requirements for Denmark.SAP delivers a new payment medium format, PBS_PRENOTE, required for sending prenotificationfiles to the Danish clearing house PBS.

o The Process Return File program has been enhanced to handle incoming files in formats DK603 forDenmark, AUTH for Finland, and ACH for the United States. It additionally creates a PBS605 fileto send back to the Danish clearing house, PBS, if required; and it processes bank statement datacontained in the return file sent by the US clearing house, ACH.


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A Business Add-In is available for Denmark that enables you to delete business partner CPR and CVRnumbers after you have processed the return file from PBS. You can create an implementation inCustomizing for Financial Accounting, under Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable ->Business Transations -> Payments -> Incoming/Outgoing Payment Processing -> Add-In:Deletion of CPR/CVR Numbers (Denmark).

1.3.40 New Reports

Use

Report RFKK_MA_SCHEDULER

The program RFKK_MA_SCHEDULER creates and starts new mass activity runs. Once the run hasstarted, the program monitors all parallel jobs started.

This program is particularly helpful if you want to schedule and monitor mass activities using theSchedule Manager or your own report.

1.3.41 Requests

Use

Printing Requests

You can print requests and standing requests as of Release 4.72. All header data on the request and allrequest items with additional information on the business partners and contract accounts are available forthe printout of a request. All execution dates and special dates are also available for the printout ofstanding requests. Generation and printout occur with events 0766: Print Request and 0767: GenerateRequest Printout with correspondence 0039 Request; correspondence type 0039 uses form classFI_CA_REQUEST. SAP provides sample form FI_CA_REQUEST_SAMPLE_SF.

Entering Notes

You can enter notes for requests and standing requests. If you generate documents from requests, thenotes are copied over into the notes on the documents.

Business Blocks

You can set the clearing block for request items payment/dunning/ interest and clearing blocks that arecopied into the documents when the documents are generated. You can enter a block reason and validityperiod for each request item and block.

Entering Documents for each Request Item

If you create requests with lots of lines and in some circumstances several business partners and contractaccounts, this can cause quite a number of documents that can no longer be represented clearly. For thisreason, you can only generate documents from requests and standing requests for each request item. Youdefine the corresponding specifications for requests for each request category in Customizing.

Multi-Level Control

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You can also enter requests and standing requests with a tax code that contains several tax rates. Thecalculated tax amount that is displayed in the request item is determined from the total of amount of theindividual tax rates.

Classification Key in Request Items

You can enter the new field Classification Key in the request items if you have activated the standardenhancement for the classification key. As the classification key is a header field of the document you canonly enter different classification keys in a request if you generate documents for each request item.

Displaying Requests in Account Balance

By defining corresponding function modules for events 1203, 1209 and 1211 you can display requestsand standing requests in account balance. SAP provides function modulesFKK_EVENT_1203_REQUEST, FKK_EVENT_1209_REQUEST andFKK_EVENT_12011_REQUEST for this that you can define for the events mentioned or use astemplates for your own function modules .

BAPIs for Processing Requests

In the future you will be able to use BAPIs to process requests and standing requests (see releaseinformation BAPIs).

Approving Requests

Until now you could only approve requests through workflow. As of Release 4.72 you can approverequests using a worklist. You define which classes and categories of requests should be approvedthrough a worklist in Customizing.

Event 5510 was enhanced for a customer-specific differentiation between approval by worklist or byworkflow. You can also suppress the entry of an approval reason for event 5510 when starting theworkflow.


To generate documents for each request item, set the indicator Document for each item in the IMG ofContract Accounts Receivables and Payable, under Basic Functions -> Requests -> DocumentCreation -> Define Specifications for Document Creation.

You define which requests should be approved per request class, request category, or document typethrough a worklist in the IMG of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, under Basic Functions ->Requests -> Define Settings for Approving Requests .

1.3.42 Processing of Returns

Use

Read Returns Data from Archive

Via transaction FPO9, (SAP menu: Payments -> Returns -> Returns Lot), you can display returns thathave already been archived. Note that when you are archiving, archived returns are no longer availablefor the determination of the number of returns an important value for determining the returns activities.

Zero Total Tax Items

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If charges are posted for a return, and the charges have a tax code with a tax rate of 0.0%, the systemcreates zero total tax items and displays these in the returns document.

Automatic Creation of Returns Lots

At the time of creation, you can create the manual posting items Type of Posting = 3 directly.

Check for Changed Bank Details

You can check for a return whether the bank details of the partner have changed since the last paymentrun. If this is the case, you can either use an alternative returns reason, or you can define your ownactivities to be carried out by the return via event 0293.

Version Numbering and New Fields in the Returns History

The new activity fields and the version numbering have been included in the returns history; you candisplay both using the display variant.

Selection via Payment Form Number

When you are assigning payments, you can also use the payment form number as selection criterion.

New Returns Category "External Payment Collector"

If a confirmation of a payment receipt forwarded by a payment collector is incorrect, a return occurs. Youhave to process such returns in a separate account not the bank clearing account for bank returns. Youcan determine the G/L account required in the automatic account determination using the new returnscategory 05 (External Payment Collector).

Reversal of Returns with a Clarification Document

From Release 4.72, you can also reverse returns with a clarification document. During the reversal of thedocument (SAP menu: Document -> Reverse), a returns lot that has already been closed is reopenedand, if necessary, a new reconciliation key created, and you can then process the clarification case againin the returns lot. The creditworthiness of the business partner concerned is reset accordingly.

Save Display Variant for Returns Display

In the header of the returns lot you can save a user-dependent line layout variant for data entry.


You make the settings for the new returns category External Payment Collector in the ImplementationGuide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Business Transactions -> Returns ->Define Charges Accounts for Returns.

1.3.43 Integration of Schedule Manager in Contract Accounts Rec. and Pay.

Use

From Release 4.72, you can schedule mass activities in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable withthe program RFKK_MA_SCHEDULER - Schedule Mass Activities using the Schedule Manager (seeSAP menu: Periodic Processing -> Mass Processing Administration).

In addition, the following periodic programs have been changed over so that you can also schedule thesewith the Schedule Manager:

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Technical Names Name

RFKKFIKEYCLOSE Automatic Closure of

Reconciliation Keys

RFKKABS1 Check Totals Tables

RFKKGL00 Transfer of FI-CA Totals Records to

General Ledger

RFKKCOPA00 Transfer of Account Assignment Data to

Profitability Analysis

RFKKPCDS Bill Payment Cards

RFKKBIB0 Document Transfer

RFKKZE00 Payment Lot Transfer

RFKKRL00 Returns Lot Transfer

RFKKCM00 Data Transfer for Manually Issued

Checks

RFKKCR00 Transfer of Cashed Checks

RFKKKA00 Transfer of Data from Account Statement to

Payment/Returns Lot

RFKKAV00 Transfer of Payment Advice Notes from

Sequential File

RFKKCOPM Read Collection Agency File

RFKKRD00 Post Revenue Distribution

1.3.44 Stop Future Payment (Denmark)

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), you can generate a file to

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send to PBS to cancel a future (within two business days) direct debit payment for a business partner. Todo so, from the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Accounting > Financial Accounting > ContractAccounts Receivable and Payable > Payments > Payment Run -> Stop Future Payment (DK).

1.3.45 Tax Reporting in Contract Accounting (New)

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), you can prepare value-addedtax (VAT) reporting with the new program, Tax Reporting in Contract Accounting (RFKKTX00).


A new Business Add-In, FKK_TAX_REP_00, is available that enables you to modify the list layout tocover country-specific requirements. An implementation is delivered for Mexico,IMP_MX_TAX_REP_00.

Note, also, that a new function module is delivered for Mexico, FKK_MX_EVENT_0934, which youmust assign to event 934 in Customizing for Financial Accounting, under Contract AccountsReceivable and Payable -> Program Enhancements -> Define Customer-Specific Function Modules(assign under Installation-Specific Function Modules). Refer to the function module documentation formore information.

1.3.46 Write-Offs

Use

In the transaction Write-Off (FPO4), you can enter notes for a write-off document created. To do this, inthe menu choose Extras -> Notes -> Enter Notes.

1.3.47 Generic Withholding Tax Reporting (Enhanced)

Use

As of Release 4.72 for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), Generic Withholding TaxReporting has been enhanced to enable you to select withholding tax data from FI-CA.

Under the group box Further Selections, you can select which application the system is to retrieve datafrom when you run the program, and specify other parameters relevant to FI-CA.


A new Business Add-In, FKK_WTAX_REP00, is available that enables you to enhance the report tocover country-specific requirements in the output. You can add parameters to the selection screen andmodify business partner and withholding tax data. An implementation is delivered for the United States,IMPUS_IDWT_1099MISC.

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1.3.48 New Entries in Contract Accounts Menu for Media Sales & Dist. 4.72

Use

The following transactions have been added to the SAP menu in the areas listed below:

o Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable for Media Sales and Distribution:

- Account:-> Other Information -> Dispute Cases for Account Balance (FPDM00)

- Payments:-> Cash Journal -> Cash Journal Evaluation (FPCJR)-> Payment Run -> Enter Registration ID (DK) (FPDKCPR)-> External Payment Banks -> Clarification of Transferred Payments (FPCVS)

- Standing Request:-> Approve Request (FKKORDA)

- Master Data:-> Business Partner -> Maintain Bank Data (FPP4)-> Business Partner -> Enter Registration ID (DK) (FPDKCPR)

- Periodic Processing:-> For Contract Accounts -> Boleto -> Mass Run (FP01)-> For contract Accounts -> Boleto -> Single Generation (FBO1S)-> For Contract Accounts -> Boleto -> Mass Reversal (FBO1C)-> For Contract Accounts -> Reversal of Check Payments (FPCHS)-> For Contract Accounts -> Dunning Notice -> Forward Telephone List(FPVT)-> For Contract Accounts -> Set Processing Locks (FKLOCK2)-> For Contract Accounts -> Delete Processing Locks (FPLKDEL)-> Forward Postings -> Preparation -> Recreate Totals Records (FPT6) moved andrenamed from Delete Data -> Totals Records (FPT6))-> Forward Postings -> Execution -> Cash Management Transfer (FPCF)-> Closing Preparation -> Reverse Foreign Currency Valuation (FPW2)-> Correction postings:The sequence of the Correction Posting and Closing Preparation nodes has been changed inthe menu so that the Closing Postings node is displayed first followed by the CorrectionPostings node in the menu.-> Evaluation of Open Items -> Evaluate (Parallel Processing) (FPO4P)-> Extraction for Business Information Warehouse -> Extract Installment Plans (FPIPBW)-> Archive Data -> Foreign Currency Valuation (FPAR09)-> Archive Data -> Clearing History (FPAR10)-> Archive Data -> Doubtful Entries (FPAR11)-> Delete Data -> Invoice Creation by Third Party (FPAR12)-> Delete Data -> Total Records (Following Document Archiving) (FPARS1)-> Delete Data -> Logs of Submissions for Collection (FP03DML)-> Delete Data -> Entries in Dunning Telephone List (FPVT1)

- Administration of Mass Processing:-> Schedule Mass Activity (FPSCHEDULER)

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-> Enhanced Message Management -> Display Clarification List (EMMACL)-> Enhanced Message Management -> Clarification List with Short Cut (EMMACLS)-> Enhanced Message Management -> Clarification with Automatic Processes(EMMACAP)-> Enhanced Message Management -> Creation of Clarification Cases in Mass Run(FPEMMACGEN)

- Administration of Customer Portal:-> Customer Messages Worklist (IQS8)-> Create Customer Notifications (FPACTEN)

- Administration:-> Create Search Index for Archived Payment Lot (FP05ARC)

1.4 IS-M-SD Media Sales and Distribution

1.4.1 CIC - New Functions for Creating Business Partners (Enhanced/Modified)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the functions for creating business partners have been revised as follows in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC):

o The same address fields as those available during creation or modification of an SAP BusinessPartner are now available to you when you enter or create address data.

o During creation of a business partner in dialog processing, the master data for the SAP BusinessPartner (full screen transaction) is accessed from the Business Partner Search and Processing (shortdialog) dialog box. The system does not copy all data that was entered on the dialog box into the fullscreen transaction. Data that is not transferred includes additional street information or bank data.During creation of a business partner in the background, all data is copied into the full screentransaction and made available here.Both functions are available to you in a new dialog box. You can use the new classified order entryindicator to define whether you want to use the new or existing dialog box to enter the businesspartner master data.

o The ISM_BP_CREATE Business Add-In can be used to modify the layout and fields on the newdialog box. You can use the BAdI to modify the title and border text on the dialog box. You can alsodefine which fields are displayed and which fields shown are mandatory.

o Simplified creation of a sales or media customer in an additional sales area using the context menuin the Data Environment.

o Simplified creation of an existing business partner in an additional role using the context menu inthe Data Environment.

o During creation of a business partner, you can now define a default sales area according to thebusiness partner role to be created. If you create a media customer, you can define a defaultAdvertising Management sales area. If you then create a sales customer, you can define a defaultsales area for Media Sales and Distribution.

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During creation of the business partner, the CIC memory, which always contains the last sales areaused for the corresponding SAP Media component, is read first. If no sales area can be determinedfrom the memory, the system determines this from the Customizing settings. The memory does notusually contain a sales area during business partner creation, since the memory is deleted after everycontact is terminated.Default sales areas are recorded for each SAP Media component in Customizing. This setting isrecommended for agents who work with both SAP Media components.


The CreateFast BOR method for the BUSISM007 (ISMBusinessPartner) usiness object still providesfunctions for shortened business partner entry.


Settings for the Business Partner Search/Processing component are made as follows in Customizing:SAP Media -> Customer Interaction Center (CIC) -> Make Settings for the Business PartnerSearch/Processing Component

Observe the following possible settings here:

o Search areas and option of switching the search area

o Country as a default setting

o Number of items

o Sales organization, distribution channel and division for each component as a default setting.

o New Classified Order Entry

1.4.2 CIC - New Functions in the Business Partner Search (Enhanced)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the business partner search in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC):

o You can specify whether or not it is possible to search by household or business partner andwhether or not it is possible to switch between these two search areas. The system displays searchfields for the search area selected or specified as default.

o A Next Contact pushbutton has been added to the other pushbuttons Clear All Fields and EndContact. The buttons serve the following purpose:

- Next Contact: The contact is completed. The search fields are reset to the last values entered. Ifyou press the pushbutton again, the system initializes all the fields. The call is not ended.For example, the caller wants to make changes for two business partners with the same addressone after the other. The 'Next Contact' function completes the process for the first businesspartner (and creates a contact document) and enters the data entered last in the search fields sothat a new search can be executed.

- Clear All Fields: The search fields are reset to the values entered last. If you press thepushbutton again, the system initializes all the fields. This allows you to perform a second

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search if the wrong business partner was identified without having to enter all the search dataagain. (The pushbutton does not affect the contact or the call or the data displayed in thecomponents of the navigation and application area.)For example, this function can be used to cancel an identification that was made by mistake.The user can start a new search immediately using the search data entered last.

- End Contact: The contact is completed. The search fields and all the components of thenavigation and application area are initialized. The call is ended.

o To avoid long runtimes when reading and displaying data on a business partner wrongly identifiedin the CIC - for example, when processing a major customer with a large dataset - you can specifythat the system is to notify you if the dataset exceeds a certain volume so that you have anopportunity to correct any errors beforehand.

o To prevent the system from displaying a business partner's old addresses, you can specify a timerestriction for displaying the business partner's addresses. You can define the period for addressselection using the user parameters ISM_CIC_BP_FROM and ISM_CIC_BP_TO. You can enter anumber of days for the parameter ISM_CIC_B_FROM to specify a period in the past starting fromthe current date. For example, current date 365 = 1 year ago. Similarly, by entering a number ofdays for the parameter ISM_CIC_BP_TO, you can specify a period in the future starting with thecurrent date.

o As an alternative to displaying the business partner hit list in a dialog box, as was the case inprevious releases, you can now integrate a new hit list in the navigation or application area. If youwant to use the new hit list, assign the component ISM_HITLIST to the navigation or applicationarea in Customizing. The advantage of the new hit list is that the search result is displayed until thecontact is ended, so that you can proceed to a different business partner in the list without having toperform a new search.

o You can use the Business Add-In ISM_BP_SEARCH to add customer-specific functions to the hitlist in the business partner search. For example, you could add a function for retrieving details on abusiness partner in the hit list, or for identifying duplicates.

o The following methods have been added to the Business Add-In ISM_CIC_BP_SEARCH:

- BP_SEARCH_WITH_DOCNR: Search for business partners if you use your own documentclasses

- PRELIMINARY_BUSINESS_PRTN_SRCH: Preliminary business partner search (upstreamfrom the standard search)

- HITLIST_PREPARE_FOR_WORKSPACE: Enrich and format hit list (workspace)


You can make the settings for the component Business Partner Search/Processing in Customizing underSAP Media -> Customer Interaction Center (CIC) -> Make Settings for Business PartnerSearch/Processing Component.

Please note the following possible settings:

o Search areas and the option of changing the search area

o Specifying a default country

o Number of items

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o Specify a default sales organization, distribution channel, and division for each component.

o New fast data entry

1.4.3 CIC - Reset to Default Workspace When Contact Ends (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify in the configuration profile of the application and navigationarea that the default workspace is to be displayed automatically after a contact is ended.

Restrictions:

o If the default workspace was deleted in the meantime, it is not created again automatically.

o Workspaces created dynamically during a contact are not deleted. You can make this setting byselecting the Workspace Lifetime indicator for the action box call.

1.4.4 CIC - Component Layout (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the display options in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC) have been enhancedas follows:

o Full screen mode for the navigation and application areaYou can change the size of the navigation or application area using a pushbutton.A button is available for activating or hiding the full screen display of the navigation or applicationarea if you want to incorporate the invisible component LAYOUTSWITCH in the framework andinclude the FRW_LAYOUT_BIG_NAV and FRW_LAYOUT_BIG_APPL function codes in the GUIstatus.

o Docking control for incorporating an ad editorTwo frameworks, to which the invisible component ISMAM_EDITOR has been assigned, aresupplied. These frameworks are incorporated in the CIC profiles C_STD_C (17 inch screenresolution) and C_STD_C2 (21 inch screen resolution) supplied. The ISMAM_EDITORcomponent provides you with an HTML docking control in which an ad design editor can beincorporated in the right hand section of the framework. You could only previously display theeditor in a separate dialog box or on a tab page in the navigation area.The HTML docking control occupies a third of the right hand section of the screen in its defaultdisplay format. You can increase or decrease its size using the corresponding button. Dockingcontrol can also be activated in the full screen mode so that you can use the entire screen area todesign the ad. The new framework does not contain a navigation area. The application area hasbeen increased so it now occupies the entire screen width and therefore provides a user-friendlyenvironment for editing ad orders in conjunction with docking control.You can also use a button to switch the application area to full screen display in this framework.Docking control is minimized dynamically here.


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The settings for the new framework are made in Customizing. Pay particular attention to the followingsettings here:

o Assign Invisible Components to Framework IDs

o Make Settings for the Ad Spec Editor Component

o Define Toolbars and User-Defined GUI Status

1.4.5 CIC - Additional Data in the Data Environment and HTML Customer Overview(New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can display additional data in the data environment and the HTML customeroverview in the Customer Interaction Center.

The following new nodes have been added:

o M/SD: Offer

o M/SD: Order research for an order item

o M/SD: Bank returns research for a billing document

o Contract account for business partner

- Open items for contract account

o SD: Order (can be grouped according to order types)

- Items in SD order

o SD: Contract (can be grouped according to contract types)

- Items in SD contract

o SD: Billing document

o SD: Invoice list

See also

IS-M/AM release note Contracts in the Data Environment

1.4.6 CIC - Display Variants in the Data Environment (Enhanced)

Use

When the system sets up the data environment in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC), it reads a largenumber of objects and dependent data that are not required for simple business transactions but that stillhave a serious effect on performance. As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the Business Add-In

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ISM_CIC_NAVVIEW to define display variants that override the Customizing settings for the dataenvironment.

Example 1:You define a profile for the data environment that contains the format for all relevant objects and specifywhether or not these objects are to be displayed in the data environment and if so, how. You can set upthe BAdI methods in such a way that the user is only presented with a limited selection of objects oncethe business partner has been identified. If the user discovers in the course of the contact that they need awider overview of the customer's data, they can choose a variant defined using the BAdI to displayadditional objects.

Example 2:You use the BAdI to change the time horizon for selecting relevant objects.

1.4.7 CIC - Accessing and Executing Workspaces Dynamically (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the business object BUSISMCIC (CIC support object) in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC). The business object provides methods, which you can use to do thefollowing:

o Access an existing workspace from the context menu in the data environment and bring it to theforeground:

- EditMAMOrder: Brings M/AM order entry to the foreground

- DisplayMAMOrder: Brings the M/AM order list to the foreground

- DisplayMSDOrderList: Brings the M/SD order list to the foreground

- EventRaise: Can be used to bring customer-specific workplaces to the foreground.

o Create a workspace dynamically from the action box or the context menu in the data environment:

- StartBSPWorkspace: Starts a workspace to access BSP applications

- StartWorkspace: Starts a workspace of your choice

1.4.8 CIC - New Scripting Options for M/SD-Specific Processes (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, additional events are available for triggering scripting. This means it is possible tomatch up scripting texts and (M/SD) business transactions more precisely.

The script texts defined for the CIC are either displayed in the dialog boxes for the short order dialogs orin an additional display dialog box alongside order maintenance in the full dialog.The text displayed in the dialog boxes in the short dialogs can be made dependent on the data enteredhere.

The following events are available (the texts for events during an action are displayed in the dialog box

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for the short dialog or alongside the full dialog, and those after an action are displayed in the normalscripting area upon return from the transaction in question):

Event Meaning

MSD_IT_CANCEL_B During creation of a termination

MSD_IT_CANCEL_A After creation of a termination

MSD_IT_COMPL_B During creation of a complaint

MSD_IT_COMPL_A After creation of a complaint

MSD_IT_CREA_B During creation of an item

MSD_IT_CREA_A After creation of an item

MSD_IT_GIFT_B During creation of a gift item

MSD_IT_GIFT_A After creation of a gift item

MSD_IT_OBJCH_B During a change of object

MSD_IT_OBJCH_A After a change of object

MSD_IT_PAYM_B During a change to the payment frequency

MSD_IT_PAYM_A After a change to the payment frequency

MSD_IT_RECREA_B During restart

MSD_IT_RECREA_A After restart

MSD_IT_SUSP_B During creation of a suspension

MSD_IT_SUSP_A After creation of a suspension

MSD_IT_TRAVEL_B During creation of a redirection

MSD_IT_TRAVEL_A After creation of a redirection

MSD_IT_TRSF_B During creation of a transfer item

MSD_IT_TRSF_A After creation of a transfer item

MSD_IT_TRSFTR_B During conversion of a FI/TI

MSD_IT_TRSFTR_A After conversion of a FI/TI

MSD_IT_UNLIM_B During creation of an unlimited change

MSD_IT_UNLIM_A After creation of an unlimited change

MSD_ORD_CHNG_B During a change to an order

MSD_ORD_CHNG_A After a change to an order

MSD_ORD_CREA_B During creation of an order

MSD_ORD_CREA_A After creation of an order

MSD_ORD_DISP_B During display of an order

MSD_ORD_DISP_A After displaying an order


The texts are displayed in an HTML browser that is embedded in the relevant GUI window.

To display the texts, which are recorded in CIC Customizing as SAPscript texts, in this way, please notethe following:

o One way of displaying the texts in the CIC is to integrate the visible component ISM_SCRIPTdirectly in an area of the framework.

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If the scripting is to be located on a tab in the navigation or application area, you can do this usingthe component (workspace) ISM_SCRIPT.

o The standard component HIDDEN SCRPT and the IS-M component ISM_HSCRIPT are required ashidden components.

o Further data can be made available in the script text using the enhancement JYCIC001. These arethen available as SAPscript text symbols in the script text.

o The SAPscript texts in HTML format contain the usual HTML tags. Since this makes maintenancein the SAPscript Editor somewhat messy, you may prefer simply to link to the actual HTML textfrom the SAPscript text.

1.4.9 CIC - Texts for Business Partner (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can determine which texts are displayed in the application area of theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC) for the business partner and in Media Sales and Distribution for theobjects order, order item, and complaint.

For example, you can specify in Customizing which types of texts (text objects, text IDs) are to be listedin what order, whether or not notes from generic object services are to be taken into account, and whetheror not the existence of a text is to be indicated in the tab title.

The following texts are available:

o Business partner

- Business partner

- Central customer texts

- Customer texts for accounting

- Customer texts for sales and distribution

- Central vendor texts

- Vendor texts for company code

- Vendor texts for purchasing

o M/SD order

- Order header text

o M/SD order item

- Order item text

o M/SD complaint

- Customer complaint

- Subsequent delivery information

- Carrier information

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- Carrier's statement

1.4.10 Campaign Master Data in the Marketing Planner (Changed)

Use

Campaigns in Campaign Management were previously planned in the Marketing Planner in SAP CRM,then released and transferred to SAP Media. Media-specific attributes, such as validity period, usage, andtemplate documents, then had to be added in SAP Media for master data maintenance.

As of SAP CRM 4.0 SP 05, you can create, change, and display campaign master data for SAP Media inthe Marketing Planner in SAP CRM. It is no longer necessary to postedit the campaign master data inSAP Media and switch between the two application components.

You must define your own set type so that a tab for entering the media-specific attributes is displayed inthe Marketing Planner in SAP CRM. On the tab page, you can implement a BSP application that providesthe functions for editing the media-specific attributes on further tab pages:

o Campaign tab: The tab page is subdivided into the areas Campaign, Assignment, and Sorting. Eachof these subareas is also displayed as a tab page.

- Campaign tab: Displays campaign data, such as Description, Validity period, Use.

- Assignment tab: Displays template documents assigned to the campaign document and thosethat can be assigned to the campaign in a hierarchy tree, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management.

- Sorting tab: Display sequence of template documents, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management.

o Template tab: Displays the existing template documents, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management. You can also create and search for template documents.

o M/SD Promotional Data: Displays promotional data, from which you can access the correspondingprocessing functions in Media Sales and Distribution.

See also

For further technical data, see note 627927.

1.4.11 IS-M-SD-PS Periodical Sales and Distribution

1.4.11.1 IS-M-SD-PS-SL Sales

1.4.11.1.1 Transferring Billing Documents to Human Resources (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can transfer billing documents to Human Resources. You specify the transfer

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destination in the Customizing settings for the sales document types. The following transfer destinationsare possible:

o Financial Accounting

o Human Resources

If you do not specify Human Resources as the transfer destination when defining the sales document type(order type), the billing documents are transferred to Financial Accounting as before. When an order iscreated, the system determines the transfer destination from the order type. If you specify in Customizingthat the data is to be transferred to Human Resources, the system automatically determines the newtransfer type 'H' (transfer to Human Resources).

Notes on data transfer to Human Resources:

o The payment method in the order is not relevant

o Revenue accrual does not take place for billing document transfer

Effects on System Administration

Billing document transfer to Human Resources is performed by the report RJFTRANSFERHR. Createvariants for the background jobs.


Before you can use the function for transferring billing documents to Human Resources, you must makethe following settings in Customizing:

o Specify transfer destination Human Resources in sales document type definition

o Check condition types for pricing in order/billing, if applicable

o Define wage types in Human Resources

o Assign wage types to condition types

1.4.11.1.2 IS-M-SD-PS-SL-O Order

1.4.11.1.2.1 Enhancements to Internet Application Components (New)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been added for Internet application components(IACs):

o Function Check Data.This function is optional and can be displayed on the website if you wish. The function performs theformal data checks and displays a message notifying the user that the data is correct. For example,the function can be used in the IAC Change Payment Data to check a bank key. When the customerenters a bank key and then executes this function, the name of the corresponding bank appearsautomatically. If they have entered an invalid bank key, an error message appears. This allows thecustomer to check their entries more effectively.

o Business partner role in order

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When you define a logon scenario for an IAC, you can now also specify a role for the businesspartner in the order. This has the following effect:

- When a business partner logs on with an order number, the system checks whether they havethe specified role in this order.

- When selecting the orders to be changed in the IACs Vacation Service, Change Payment Data,and Create Complaint, the system only includes orders in which the business partner who haslogged on has the specified role.

This allows you to define the variants of the Internet application components more flexiblyaccording to the role of the customer. This is particularly relevant when the roles Sold-To Party,Ship-To Party, Bill-To Party, and/or Sales Agent are occupied by different persons in the sameorder. For example, the Ship-To Party in an order might be able to change an address or create aredirection, but changes to the payment data would have to be made by the Sold-To Party.

o Backdated subscription ordersYou can now also create backdated subscription orders with the IAC Subscription Sales.

o Start IAC Subscription Sales with logon screenYou can also have the IAC Subscription Sales display a logon screen when first accessed. Thismeans the customer can log on in any of the four possible roles. This is controlled by an OK code,which is specified when the IAC is called. The OK codes for the individual roles are displayed withthe corresponding pushbuttons in the layout of the logon screen.

1.4.11.1.2.2 Function for Displaying Amortization Log (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can display the amortization log in the liability account overview for deliveryand renewal subscriptions.

The amortization log gives an overview of the amortized deliveries in a cycle. Deliveries for whichcomplaints have been received are highlighted in color.

1.4.11.1.2.3 Terminating Subscriptions with Change Items (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can terminate subscription items even if the termination date is in the validityperiod of a subsequent limited or unlimited change. If this is the case, the system automatically limits ordeletes the subsequent item.

This new feature allows you to terminate a trial subscription with automatic transformation to chargeablewhen the trial item ends. When you do this, the system automatically deletes the subsequent standarditem.

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1.4.11.1.2.4 Donating Refunds (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can make donations with refunds from terminated subscriptions orsuspensions. Until now, the credit memo was always sent to the subscriber.You can now choose one of the following options:

o Tip for carrier

o Donation to charity

o Donation to another business partner

You determine the way in which the credit memo is to be used by selecting a refund type. If you do notspecify a refund type, the credit memo is returned to the original payer.

If you specify refund to another business partner, the following applies:

o When a subscription is terminated, you can determine a business partner according to their categoryand delivery end reason, using the customer exit EXIT_SAPMJ45A_017.

o When a suspension is created, you must enter the business partner in the payer field on the billingdetails screen.

You can only use this function if you use Contract Accounting (IS-M/CA). Main transactions andsubtransactions are assigned in FI-CA Customizing according to the refund type.

The donated amounts are gathered in FI-CA (main transaction 4200) and forwarded to the carrier orcharity by means of a transfer posting (report RJK_ADDPAYMENT_REBOOKING_SAMPL).

This function is also suitable for processing donations to NIE projects (Newspapers in Education, USA).


This function replaces the customer exit EXIT_SAPMJ45A_016 in the enhancement J45A0013 that wasrequired in releases 4.64 and 4.71 to determine the payer as the recipient of NIE donations according tothe suspension reason.


You can copy the refund type from the legacy system for suspensions or terminations.


If you want to use this function, you need to make the following Customizing settings:

o Define possible refund types


See also

Additional Payments for Renewals

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1.4.11.1.2.5 Proportional Billing for Limited Changes in Renewals (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can perform proportional billing for limited changes to renewal subscriptions.

Proportional billing is relevant when creating credit memos for suspensions and debit memos forredirections. You can perform billing as follows for limited changes relevant to billing that extendbeyond the expiration date:

o Proportional billing of credit or debit memo amount up to expiration date(Until this point, it is still uncertain whether the customer will want to extend their subscription orwhether a receivable will be created for the subsequent cycle. For this reason, billing for thesubsequent index is suppressed for the subsequent cycle until an incoming payment is received.)

o Billing of remaining amount after incoming payment for subsequent cycle


Proportional billing for limited changes takes place when the following indicators are initial in the ordertype-item type assignment (redirection and suspension):

o Billing in full

o Bill to end of billing period

1.4.11.1.2.6 Fixing the Expiration Date for Performance-Related RenewalSubscriptions (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can prevent automatic adjustment of the expiration date when unlimitedchanges are made to renewal subscriptions (for example, quantity increases), allowing you to retain thecurrent payment frequency.

For this purpose, you can perform a difference calculation (retroactive billing and recalculation) for theperiod up to the expiration date, which allows you to clear receivables or credit memos from unlimitedchanges with the payment for the next cycle.

This option is particularly suitable for the payment method credit card.Note: The retroactive billing process results in an open item for invoice payers, which must then bedunned in Financial Accounting. Monitoring does not take place here because the expiration date remainsthe same.

When you enter an unlimited change that is before the expiration date, you can decide whether or notretroactive billing is to take place (which would mean that the expiration date would remain the same).You can also define retroactive billing as the default setting in the customer exit EXIT_SAPMJ45A_011.


Retroactive billing in renewal subscriptions is only possible if the Retroactive Billing indicator is selectedin the order type.

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1.4.11.1.2.7 Retroactive Billing for Period Renewal Subscriptions (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can retain the payment frequency when unlimited changes before theexpiration date are made to period renewal subscriptions (for example, quantity increases).

To achieve this, you can perform retroactive billing and recalculation for the remaining period before theexpiration date. The difference amount is cleared with the payment amount for the next cycle.

When you enter an unlimited change that is before the expiration date, you can decide whether or notretroactive billing is to take place. You can also define retroactive billing as the default setting in thecustomer exit EXIT_SAPMJ45A_011.

Note: The retroactive billing process results in an open item for invoice payers, which must then bedunned in Financial Accounting. Since the expiration date remains the same, monitoring does not takeplace.


Retroactive billing in period renewal subscriptions is only possible if the Retroactive Billing indicator isselected in the order type.

1.4.11.1.2.8 Automatic Splitting of Subtractive Changes (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can make backdated changes to billing arrangements in periods that containlimited subtractive changes (such as redirections and suspensions).

The system automatically splits changes with overlaps. Where the change is a redirection, the systemadjusts the delivery assignments. If the subtractive change has already been billed, you must reversebilling first.

If an unlimited change results from the acceptance of a renewal offer, the system executes the splitautomatically.

1.4.11.1.2.9 Skipping a Monitoring Cycle for Credit Memo Surplus (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can clear credit memos from suspensions and complaints with the paymentfor the subsequent cycle for period renewal subscriptions.Credit memos can be suppressed in billing and only taken into account when creating an offer. The creditmemos result in a reduction in the offer amount.

To allow you to accept and bill the offer at the full sales price for a customer who pays by invoice, you

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must increase the payment amount by the credit memos in the offer, using customer exitEXIT_SALPJKC4_002 in enhancement JKC4001.

If the total of the credit memo amounts is greater than the offer amount, the cycle can be acceptedautomatically without a payment. This can be done using customer exit ExitEXIT_SAPLJKREMIND_008 in enhancement JKRENEW0. If you select the indicatorJKREMIND-XAUTO_ACCEPT in the customer exit, the system accepts the offer automatically andcreates a billing index. Billing must be suppressed for this index until the next cycle has been accepted.

You can determine whether billing is to be suppressed using the customer exit EXIT_SAPLJF60_014 inenhancement JF600008. Please note that credit memos cannot be suppressed for subscriptions that havebeen terminated.

1.4.11.1.2.10 Additional Payments for Renewals (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can record additional payments for renewal subscriptions. The followingtypes of additional payment are possible:

o Donation (for example, to charity)

o Tip (for carrier)

You can only use the function for processing additional payments if you use Contract Accounting(IS-M/CA).

The process for additional payments comprises the following steps:

o Post payment to subscribers contract accountA posting document is characterized by the main transaction 3100 and the special clearingrestriction 4. Depending on the payment method, you can post additional payments in the followingtwo ways:

- If payment is made by check, the additional payment is made as it was previously in IS-M/CA,by means of a separate line item (see also IS-M/CA Integration - Incoming Payment Triggeredby Customer).New: To make the posting under the reference number from the renewal subscription, you canset up a special selection category for each additional payment type.

- If payment is made using a payment card or by automatic debit, you can enter template data forthe additional payment in the liability account overview for a renewal subscription. When therenewal offer is accepted, the sum of the offer amount and additional payment amount isauthorized.The additional payment is recorded in a separate condition record in the billing document.When the billing document is transferred, two accounting documents are created in IS-M/CA:the receivable for the offer amount (main transaction 4000) and the additional payment request(main transaction 4100, statistics key A). Both these documents are cleared by the payment runand the clearing document gives rise to an actual additional payment (main transaction 3100).

o Execute transfer posting (see Transfer Posting Report) based on the documents created in the firststep

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You can use report RJKFTRSF with the new record type 12 to transfer template data for the additionalpayment together with the renewal subscription from the legacy system.


If you want to use this function, you must make the following settings in Customizing:

o Define possible additional payment types

o Set up pricing (condition types, requirements, check formulas, enhance pricing procedure)

o Define account assignment keys

o Assign G/L accounts


o Define possible selection categories

See also

Refunds for Renewals

1.4.11.1.2.11 Ending Trial Subscriptions for Period Renewals (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify an end of validity manually for trial or free items in periodrenewal subscriptions. This also applies to items with automatic transformation to chargeable.

In previous releases, the end of the validity period was determined from the number of publication datesspecified in the sales promotion.


Pricing must be set up in such a way that a proportional price is determined for items relevant to pricing.

1.4.11.1.2.12 Bank Control Key Available in Fast Entry (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the bank control key is available in fast subscription entry (transaction JK07). Thebank control key is required in several countries to check bank details.

The bank control key is displayed in a separate line. If field RJKRG-BKONT is not relevant in yoursystem, you can hide the line using the dynamic screen modification function. This compresses one linein the data entry mask.

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1.4.11.1.2.13 Non-Billable Goodwill Deliveries when Payment Is Delayed(Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify the date to which goodwill deliveries are to be billed for renewals(liability account overview, Payment Action detail screen).

See also Processing Goodwill Deliveries when Payment Is Delayed.

Example:

Goodwill deliveries are usually billed when a delayed incoming payment is received. To offer thesubscriber an incentive to renew their subscription, you can offer not to bill them for a certain number ofgoodwill deliveries. In this case, you can respond flexibly and agree with the subscriber on a date fromwhich the goodwill deliveries are to be free of charge. The write-off amount for the goodwill deliveries isdetermined from the amortized non-billable deliveries.

If you want to process all goodwill deliveries in the same way, do not enter a date and instead, specify thedesired action on delayed payment; for example, bill deliveries, or deliveries free of charge.

If the write-off amount for the goodwill deliveries is not to be taken into account in the offer for thecorresponding cycle, select the indicator 'Do Not Adjust Offer'. Normally, the write-off amount isdeducted from the offer amount. If this is the case, you must not select the indicator.

1.4.11.1.2.14 Additional Filter for Roles (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can filter the orders displayed in the M/SD order list in the application area ofthe Customer Interaction Center, so that the list only contains orders in which the business partner has aspecific single role and, additionally, a specific composite role (new).

You can define these composite roles in the Customizing settings for the order list.

1.4.11.1.3 IS-M-SD-PS-SL-C Complaint

1.4.11.1.3.1 Text Field for Complaint in Short Complaint Dialog (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can enter complaints in a continuous text field in the short dialog for creatinga complaint for a sales order.

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1.4.11.2 IS-M-SD-PS-SH Shipping

1.4.11.2.1 Attributes for Delivery Viability Determination in a Shipping Order(New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can determine the following data in the shipping order for delivery viabilitydetermination for each item:

o Reference edition

o Delivery type

You can do this using the BAdI ISM_SHIPORDPOS_DELIV.

The reference edition determined by the BAdI and the delivery type override any entries for theseattributes in the shipping order header.

1.4.11.2.2 Market Coverage (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the market coverage functions to process distribution of freepublications to households in your distribution areas.

Households are non-personalized business partners whose data can be imported to the system fromexternal files. When this is done, the addresses in the household master records are compared with thosein the customer master records. Only customers can be addressed personally (by name).Market coverage means that all the households in a defined distribution area, including those that are notcustomers, are taken into account for delivery.

For example, a market coverage product might be a free weekly magazine that mainly contains regionaladvertising material and is distributed to all households in the region. The market coverage product iscreated in the system as a media product (marked with an indicator for market coverage). Marketcoverage products are always assigned to a carrying product. A separate combination with the marketcoverage product is defined in the data on the carrying product with the new Market CoverageCombination indicator.

Market coverage can take place in the following forms for a carrier route (home delivery) or geographicalunit (postal or direct delivery):

o Market saturationThe product is delivered to all households, regardless of whether or not the residents have asubscription for the carrying product.

o Total market coverageIn this case, the product is only delivered to households that do not receive the carrying product.

You can define delivery viability sets for market coverage products, or use reference products todetermine the carrier routes and geographical units. Exception: reference products cannot be used if ad

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inserts from Advertising Management orders are inserted in the market coverage product.

You can exclude households in certain carrier routes or geographical units from market coverage. Whenexcluding households from market coverage, you can also assign certain delivery types to the households,which allows you to set a filter according to the delivery type when generating orders for marketcoverage.

The following functions are available for market coverage:

o Order creationShipping orders are created for the households that are to be supplied. Since the number of potentialrecipients of the product is recorded for each household, you have the following options:

- If you perform market saturation, the system creates the corresponding number of shippingorder items for the household.

- In the case of total market coverage, the system checks the ship-to parties who belong to thehousehold to determine whether or not they already receive the carrying product. If they do,the number of recipients in the household is reduced accordingly. (You can use the defaultimplementation of the Business Add-In ISM_TMCP_SUB_MERGE to check when thecarrying product is delivered to a ship-to party address.) Shipping orders are created byprogram RJVTMCP.

o Audit report for market coverage productsCirculation auditing is not possible for shipping orders for market coverage. You can set up aprocess for determining the audit report category for each household. (The template functionmodule ISM_IVW_CATEGORY_FIND_SHIPORD is supplied for category determination. Themodule interprets the basic default category for shipping orders, which can be defined inCustomizing according to the delivery type. You can replace the template module with one of yourown.) The audit report is updated to the circulation book.

o Circulation planning and shipping documentsCirculation planning for shipping orders takes place using program RJVTMCP_PLANNING. Thestandard shipping documents for the shipping order are used for market coverage.

1.4.11.2.3 IS-M-SD-PS-SH-P Circulation Planning

1.4.11.2.3.1 Customer Exit for Home Delivery Quantities in Deliveries (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can influence quantity specifications in deliveries eries for home deliverysettlement. The following quantity fields have been added to the circulation planning customer exitJVDE0001:

o Actual quantity of normal items in a delivery for a carrier

o Actual quantity of normal items in a delivery for a service company

o Actual quantity of promotional copies in a delivery for a carrier

o Actual quantity of promotional copies in a delivery for a service company

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For example, if you want to exclude actual quantities in a carrier's deliveries from home deliverysettlement, you set the corresponding quantities to zero.

1.4.11.2.3.2 Planning of Combinations for Backdated Order Items (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, circulation planning for backdated order items creates deliveries for separatecombinations in the period of the backdated order items.

1.4.11.3 IS-M-SD-PS-BL Billing

1.4.11.3.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed)

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1.4.11.3.2 Transferring Billing Documents to Human Resources (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can transfer billing documents to Human Resources. You specify the transferdestination in the Customizing settings for the sales document types. The following transfer destinationsare possible:

o Financial Accounting

o Human Resources

If you do not specify Human Resources as the transfer destination when defining the sales document type(order type), the billing documents are transferred to Financial Accounting as before. When an order iscreated, the system determines the transfer destination from the order type. If you specify in Customizingthat the data is to be transferred to Human Resources, the system automatically determines the newtransfer type 'H' (transfer to Human Resources).

Notes on data transfer to Human Resources:

o The payment method in the order is not relevant

o Revenue accrual does not take place for billing document transfer


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Billing document transfer to Human Resources is performed by the report RJFTRANSFERHR. Createvariants for the background jobs.


Before you can use the function for transferring billing documents to Human Resources, you must makethe following settings in Customizing:

o Specify transfer destination Human Resources in sales document type definition

o Check condition types for pricing in order/billing, if applicable

o Define wage types in Human Resources

o Assign wage types to condition types

1.4.11.3.3 Update of Intermediate Payment Dataset for Collective Transfer(Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify in a user exit that the system is only to create one REGUP recordper billing document in collective transfer, instead of creating a REGUP record per billing documentitem. The user exit allows you to specify this for specific billing documents where only one REGUPrecord is required.


Activate the user exit EXIT_SAPLJF24_006 from the SAP enhancement JF230002.

1.4.11.3.4 Document Number Selection for the Check List for Revenue Accrual(Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can restrict selection of the check list 'Transfer Revenue Accrual' (reportRJFTRANSFERREVACC) to the accounting or contract accounting document number.


If you want to use this change to the function, please adjust the variants for your background jobsaccordingly.

Changes to the interface

You can restrict selection according to the following selection parameters in the execution mode 'CheckList'.

o Document number (FI-CA)

o Document number (FI-AR)

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o Fiscal year (FI-AR)

1.4.11.3.5 Billing Creation in Parallel with Order Management (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can create collective billing runs (program RJF_FAKT) in parallel with ordermanagement. An optional parameter has been added for this purpose to the selection screen for thecollective billing run.

If this parameter is selected, it is possible to make order changes that affect the billing indexes duringbilling creation. These changes include complaints, terminations, and backdated changes to the billingarrangements.

If you select this option for a collective run, the system does not import the billing indexes until billing isdue for the payer in question. Billing indexes can be changed by other processes during the collective rununtil this point.

Since this function imports the billing indexes specifically for each payer, it can affect performance.


If you want to use this change to the function, please adjust the variants for your background jobsaccordingly.

Changes to the interface

The new optional parameter Parallel to Order Management is now available for the execution typewhen creating a collective billing run (program RJF_FAKT).

1.4.11.4 IS-M-SD-PS-ST Settlement

1.4.11.4.1 IS-M-SD-PS-ST-W Home Delivery Settlement

1.4.11.4.1.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed)

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1.4.11.4.2.1 Extraction of Tax-Relevant Data for GDPdU (Changed)

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1.4.12 IS-M-SD-MS Media Product Sales and Distribution

1.4.12.1 Direct Store Delivery in Single Copy Sales (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the visit planning functions in Direct Store Delivery (DSD) for singlecopy sales of newspapers and magazines. You can use the visit planning functions to controltransportation planning.

The customers to be visited and the delivery drivers, and, if applicable, vehicles, are assigned to a visitplan. A customer can be assigned to several visit plans.

Note: In these scenarios, master data maintenance for the SAP BP also takes place using the maintenancefunctions for the Retailer in the SAP BP. If you want to use the functions for the driver and for vehiclespace optimization, you must enter the necessary data for the corresponding vendor. This data is notintegrated with the SAP BP.

In addition to specific business partner data, you must also maintain additional master data so that youcan use DSD. For further information, see the release notes listed below.

See also

For further information, see the following release notes:

Direct Store Delivery Backend Overview

Master Data for Direct Store Delivery Backend

Visit Control in Direct Store Delivery Backend (DSD Backend)

Direct Store Delivery Backend (DSD Backend) Transportation Planning

1.4.12.2 Purchasing Planning (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, purchasing planning is possible for wholesalers in Single Copy Sales (MediaProduct Sales and Distribution).

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The following applications are available for executing purchasing planning:

o Generate purchase order quantity recordsfor generating the initial purchase order quantity records

o Purchase order quantity planningfor processing purchase order quantities

o Purchase order generationfor creating purchase orders

1.4.12.3 Table for Fast Access to Address Data (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the new BAdI ISM_ADDR_SYNC is available in SAP business partnerprocessing. You can use it to store addresses and address changes in a database table so that you have fastaccess to the address data.

According to the default setting, the BAdI executes the following functions in the database table:

o Create new addresses

o Adjust changed addresses

1.4.12.4 Enhancements to Logs in Single Copy Sales (New)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to log creation for functions in SingleCopy Sales:

o User nameThe name (and title(s)) of the user is displayed on the log. Previously, the SAP user name wasdisplayed. This change simplifies identification of the person who executed the program and, in sodoing, created the log. This enhancement only affects new logs.

o Filter for message typesWhen logs are read from the database, you can now set a filter to suppress success, information, orwarning messages so that they are not displayed.Error messages are not suppressed. You can also search for specific error messages by filtering outother message types.

1.4.12.5 Marking Contracts as Media-Specific (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, all contracts used in Single Copy Sales (Media Product Sales) are marked as

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media-specific.

Caution:If you used contracts from Media Product Sales in a previous release, you must mark all the MediaProduct Sales contracts you have been using as media-specific in the maintenance view V_JTVAK01after the release upgrade. Otherwise, certain functions will no longer be available for the contracts.

1.4.12.6 Changes to Variant Control (Changed)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the variant control (for managingselection variants), which is used in a number of transactions in Single Copy Sales (Media ProductSales):

o Sort criteria allowing structured sorting of variants and simpler identification of variants have beenadded to the variant control. You can assign variants to a sort criterion by means of drag and drop.

o The variants are sorted alphabetically within a sort criterion. You can change the text description ofa sort criterion by accessing it through the context menu.

o All users can display variants once they have been released. Each user can make their ownassignments of released variants to sort criteria. New variants are displayed for other users under thesort criterion under which they are created.

o The authorization object J_VARIANT controls whether or not a user is allowed to delete andrename other users' variants once they have been released.

1.4.12.7 IS-M-SD-MS-SL Sales

1.4.12.7.1 Improved Ergonomics in Central Access to Single Copy Sales (New)

Use

In release 4.72, improvements have been made to the interface in central access to the solution for singlecopy sales of newspapers and magazines.The selection criteria and the results list are displayed on separate tab pages to improve accessibility.

1.4.12.7.2 Copy Number in Central Access to Single Copy Sales (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, a new entry option for use in newspaper retail has been added to central access tosingle copy sales (Media Product Sales and Distribution):You can now also specify a media issue as a combination of a copy number and a media product.

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1.4.12.7.3 Shipping Planning (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can carry out shipping planning for series sales. In shipping planning, youdefine the operative data for order generation and subsequent delivery (for example, billing date, deliverydate).

Shipping planning data for media products with a type 02 shipping characteristic (issue is determinedfrom the issue sequence) is created automatically when an issue is added to the issue sequence. In thiscase, you can change the shipping planning data that is created automatically.

You can create shipping planning records for media products with shipping characteristic type 01 (issuemust be specified in shipping planning) and 03 (issue cannot be specified).

Meaning of Status

Shipping planning records are assigned a status. The statuses have the following meanings:

o Status 00 (Planned)Not included in order generation

o Status 01 (Create orders)Orders are created for shipping planning records once the starting date and time for order creationare reached

o Status 03 (Order creation completed)This status is set by report RJKSESETSTATEFINISHED for all media issues that are not to bedelivered subsequently and that have a delivery date that is in the past.You can set status 03 manually in shipping planning for issues that are to be delivered subsequently.

o Status 04 (Delete orders)You can delete generated orders using report rjkseordercancel. After deletion, you can create theorders again using the order generation function.

1.4.12.7.4 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-C Contract

1.4.12.7.4.1 Index Table for Selecting Contracts in the Quantity Plan (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the index table VAPMA is read to select contracts in quantity planning for eachcontract (transaction JKSD03) in order to improve performance. The index table must be supplied withdata for contract creation.

Important: set up the system in such a way that the index table VAPMA is created. You can define thestructure of the index table using table TVIND.

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1.4.12.7.4.2 Subscriptions for Series Sales (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, subscriptions for series sales are mapped using quantity contracts.

Suspensions

You can suspend a contract item by specifying a suspension period on the Media tab in the item data onthe contract. You can then specify whether the issues in the suspension period are to be delivered on asubsequent delivery date.

Suspensions are not taken into account in billing plans.

History of Issues Delivered

You can list the orders already generated for the contract item on the Media tab in the contract item data.

Planned Deliveries

Planned issues of media products with shipping characteristic type 02 are listed together with thecorresponding shipping dates. You can change the delivery quantity and date for specific issues. You canalso set a delivery block on the level of the planned deliveries. The block is then copied to the orderduring order generation.

1.4.12.7.5 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-Q Purchase Quantity Planning

1.4.12.7.5.1 Copying Function for Groups of Media Products (New)

Use

As of release 4.72, you can copy planned delivery quantities for a selection of contracts (media products)using a new copying function (transaction JKSD17, report RJKSDDEMANDCOPY2).

See also the documentation on report RJKSDDEMANDCOPY2.

1.4.12.7.5.2 Selection in the Quantity Plan for Each Contract (New)

Use

In release 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the quantity planning functions for eachcontract item (transaction JKSD03):

o You can create sort criteria for grouping selection variants and assign them to selection variantsusing a drag and drop function.You can use the BAdI ISM_CONTRACT_NAVI to define the structure of the selection variantsaccording to company-specific criteria.

o You can access the Customizing settings for specifying a default date interval from the menu on the

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processing screen. To do this, choose the menu path Goto -> Settings -> Set Date Interval.You can specify a number of days before and after the current date to calculate the date interval.

1.4.12.7.5.3 Quantity Forecasts According to Reference Issues (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can create forecast quantities for quantity planning in Single Copy Sales andcopy these quantities into the quantity plans. The forecast quantity for a media issue is calculatedaccording to past delivery quantities of reference media issues in the same contract.

You can use the following functions for quantity planning with quantity forecasts:

o Calculate the forecast quantity for a media issueYou can use this transaction (jksdforecast02) to assign reference issues to the media issues andweight the sales figures for the reference issues.

o Calculate forecast quantities and copy them to quantity planThe report RJKSDDEMANDFORECASTPLAN calculates the forecast quantity for a media issuefrom the weighted sales figures and copies it as a planned delivery quantity to the correspondingquantity plan for the contract.

o Create a logThe function for creating and copying the forecast quantities creates a log, which you can displayusing the transaction JKSDFORECASTPROTOCOL.

1.4.12.7.5.4 Business Partner Role in Quantity Plan (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the BAdI ISM_DEMAND_SET_ROLE in quantity planning(transaction JKSD03) to specify the business partner role for which quantity plan records are to bedisplayed.

The default setting is the role Ship-To Party.


Define Role for Display in Transaction JKSD03

1.4.12.7.5.5 Business Partner Role in Quantity Planning (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify a default role in which a business partner is to be displayed inquantity planning (per contract) in Single Copy Sales.

The default values is assigned using the customer determination procedure. You can use the BAdI

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ISM_DEMAND_SET_ROLE to assign a default business partner role.


If you want to use this function, you must make the following Customizing settings:

o Maintain Business Partner Role for DisplayIn this step, you define the role in which the business partner is displayed.

o Implementation of BAdI ISM_DEMAND_SET_ROLE

1.4.12.7.5.6 Enhancements to the Contract Navigator (New/Enhanced)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the Contract Navigator:

o The enhanced variant control function is now used

o You can use the method CUSTOMER_SELECTION to make further customer-specific selections todetermine the hit list of contracts in the Contract Navigator. You can use the parameterCONTRACT_TAB to influence (increase or reduce) the number of contracts displayed. Please notethat customer-specific selection parameters must begin with Z.

o You can change the way the data is displayed in the Contract Navigator using the methodSHOW_SELECTION_ON_SCREEN. For example, you can add fields to the Contract Navigator,change the sort sequence, or add a further level to the structure. To do this, you will need to writeyour own display methods. The display method used is specified in the parameter METHOD. Pleasenote that customer-specific display methods must begin with Z.

1.4.12.7.5.7 Copying Delivery Quantities for Different Media Products (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can copy the delivery quantities from one media product to another. Thisfunction is available in report RJKSDDEMANDCOPY2. For further information, please see thedocumentation on report RJKSDDEMANDCOPY2.

1.4.12.7.5.8 Event Management in Quantity Planning (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can manage events and take them into account in quantity planning.

This function allows you to perform event-controlled quantity planning. Sales figures of a media productcan be influenced by various events. You can use this dependency to plan sales quantities with greaterprecision in Media Product Sales.

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You can use the transaction JKSDQEVENT - Events for Quantity Planning to create these events andlink them with certain contracts (media products). For example, you can use this transaction to adjust(increase/reduce) the sales figures and to update existing quantity planning records that were maintainedusing transactions JKSD03 and JKSD07.

You can assign an event attributes and characteristics to classify and describe its properties.

For a detailed description of this function, see the documentation on report RJKSDQEVENTMNG.

Activities

Before you can assign attributes and characteristics to an event, you must maintain them in Customizing:

o Maintain Attributes

o Maintain Attribute Characteristics

1.4.12.7.6 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-O Order Creation

1.4.12.7.6.1 Rounding the Order Quantity to Full Bundles (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify whether or not the system is to perform rounding to full bundlesduring order generation for each contract item in a contract.You can make this setting using the field VABAP-ISMROUNDALLOWED, which has been added to thetransactions VA41, VA42, and VA43.

If rounding to full bundles is activated for a contract item, the order quantity is rounded to the defined fullbundle quantity in accordance with the packaging rule. The minimum bundle quantity is taken intoaccount.

You can program settings to influence rounding to full bundles. You can do this using the BAdIISM_ORDER with the following methods:

o ROUND_FULL_BUNDLE_CREATE_ORDERThis method is accessed during order generation.

o ROUND_FULL_BUNDLE_CHANGE_ORDERThis method is accessed by program RJKSDORDERCHANGE when an order is being changed.

1.4.12.7.6.2 Order Generation for Series Sales (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the order generation program RJKSEORDERGEN is available for processingsales of series.

The program creates orders in R/3 based on shipping planning and on contracts from series sales.Subsequent delivery or initial shipping orders are created depending on the status of a media issue in

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shipping planning.

The function for determining the issue(s) for which orders are to be created in order generation can bemodified according to your specific requirements using an open interface. SAP provides a framework inwhich the order generation function can access customer coding at specific points.

The framework comprises the following basic parts:

1. Search strategy for determining the next issue for delivery

2. Search strategy for determining additional issues (for example, a club journal)

3. Strategy for executing processes of your choice in the system (for example, create a follow-up offerfor a new series once the last issue in a series is reached)

Definition of Determination Module

A determination module is a function module that has an interface defined by SAP and that is used todetermine the issue the customer is to receive.

Definition of Check Module

A check module is a function module with an interface defined by SAP that can be used to check whetheror not a customer is allowed to receive the corresponding issue. For example, a customer is not to receivethe standard issue if they purchased it from a retailer during the past 12 months. Check modules areoptional.

Definition of Number Module

A number module is a function module with an interface defined by SAP that is used to determine themaximum number of additional issues allowed for a customer.

Structure of a Search Strategy

Each search strategy comprises a maximum of five determination modules and five check modules. Thesearch strategy for determining the additional issues also contains a number module. All the checkmodules specified in a search strategy are always processed for each determination module.

Once a determination routine has found an issue, the system runs the check modules specified in thesearch strategy in order to check whether the issue found meets the requirements.

You specify the determination modules, check modules, number modules, and strategies in Customizing.

SAP provides sample function modules for the determination and check modules. The standard SAPmodules for determining the next issue are in the function group JKSEORDER10. Determinationmodules for the additional issue can be found in function group JKSEORDER13. The check modules arein the function group JKSEORDER12.

Deleting Generated Orders

You can use program RJKSEORDERCANCEL to delete the orders generated. To do this, you must setthe status of the media issue for which you want to delete orders to 04 (delete orders) in shippingplanning.

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1.4.12.7.7 IS-M-SD-MS-SL-R Returns

1.4.12.7.7.1 Determining Media Issues for Collection (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can determine the media issues for collection in Single Copy Sales accordingto return notifications.The media issues to be collected are determined according to the follow following data:

o Sales area

o Collection date

o Retailer

1.4.12.7.7.2 Creating New Returns (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can create returns for media issues using a Web browser.

You can select the media issues for which you want to create the returns by entering the following data:

o Customer number

o Date interval that covers the collection date for the media issue(s)

The system displays all the media issues in the selection period that were delivered to the customernumber. The delivery quantity and the return quantity already entered are displayed for each media issue.You can increase or reduce the return quantity by entering a new return (to reduce it, enter the return witha minus sign). When you save, the system checks the entire return quantity for the media issue against thedelivery quantity. You can also execute a check on your entries before saving. If the return quantity is toohigh, you can still save the return in the system.

1.4.12.7.7.3 Parallel Return Release (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can release several returns in parallel.

Parallel processing has been implemented internally and cannot be influenced by the user.The change has resulted in a major improvement in performance during return release.

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1.4.12.7.7.4 BAPI for Changing Returns (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use BAPI BAPI_ISMRETURNREQUEST_CHANGE to make thefollowing changes to returns:

o Change return attributes (until they are released to SD)

o Add items to a return

o Delete items from a return

o Delete returns

1.4.12.7.7.5 Restricting Return Release (New/Enhanced)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the selection parameter "To Notification Date" has been converted to a selectionoption parameter "Notification Date". This allows you to specify more precise selection criteria forreturns that are to be released (report RJKSDCREDIT).

1.5 IS-M-AM Advertising Management

1.5.1 CIC - Contracts in the Data Environment (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can display contracts for a business partner as follows in the DataEnvironment in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC):

o Contracts that have been assigned the business partner as a result of a role other than that of theContract Holder are displayed in an additional node. Example: Business partner is a contractbeneficiary.

o Contracts, which have been assigned the business partner as a result of the contract hierarchy, arealso displayed in an additional node.

o All contract nodes for a business partner are combined in an additional node.


Settings for the Data Environment are made in Customizing as follows: SAP Media -> CustomerInteraction Center -> Define Data Environments for the Navigation Area

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1.5.2 CIC - Entry of Ad Items (Enhanced)

Use

The component for entering ad items (classified order entry) has been enhanced as follows in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC) as of SAP Media 4.72:

o Edit ad itemYou can now display and edit ad items in addition to creating ad items in Classified Order Entry.Display and editing takes place on the screen that was previously only used to enter ad items. Thefollowing options are available for accessing ad items in Classified Order Entry:

- Access the order by entering the order number in Classified Order Entry

- Access the order from the Data Environment using the context menu (right mouse click) or bydouble clicking. The EditMAMOrder or DisplayMAMOrder BOR methods for theBUSISMCIC (CIC Support Object) business object are available here. These methods can beused to access the order in the display or editing mode.

- Access the order from the Order Overview by selecting the corresponding menu functionsYou can toggle between the display and editing mode in Classified Order Entry using a button.

o Working with a dummy business partnerYou can enter a classified ad order without business partner master data for the customer in the firstinstance. Since the sold-to party in classified order entry can be defined as a default using a dummybusiness partner, you can enter the order data without having to first search for, identify and evencreate a business partner. However, the order cannot be updated until you have exchanged thedummy business partner for an actual business partner. You cannot perform an update using adummy business partner.You can specify the number of the dummy business partner to be entered as a default inCustomizing under Make Settings for the Ad Item Entry Component. The dummy business partnermust be created in the Media Customer role.

o Enter payment cards and bank dataTwo buttons for creating and changing payment cards and bank details are now available to you inClassified Order Entry.

o Refresh pricingA button for refreshing pricing is now available to you in Classified Order Entry. If you haveintegrated an editor for ad design in the CIC framework, you can use this button to perform pricingusing the modified ad spec data during ad content design without leaving the editor. If you have notintegrated an editor in the CIC framework or are not using this editor, pricing is first performedwhen the ad order is saved if pricing data has been modified.

o Access document managementA button for accessing document management is now available to you in Classified Order Entry.Documents are displayed for the current order item here.

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Settings for classified order entry are made in Customizing as follows: SAP Media -> CustomerInteraction Center -> Make Settings for the Ad Item Entry Component.

1.5.3 Sale of Display Classified Ads (New)

Use

SAP Media provides you with a comprehensive solution for sales of display classified ads, which enablesyour call center employees (agents) and your customers to enter commercial data on an ad order in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC) or in the Internet, and to design the ad content in an integrated editor.

Agents and customers have the following two options for designing ad content:

o Design using a WYSIWYG editor

o Template-supported design using ad content attributesThe system displays a range of ad content attributes (for example, brand, model, engine size, andnumber of doors) depending on the booking unit and content component the agent selects (in thiscase, Auto Mart). They can then enter values for these attributes. The values entered are transferredto a template, which the system then uses to create the ad content.

This scenario has been implemented in Advertising Management in SAP Media 4.72 with functions forprocess-oriented entry of commercial order data in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC), integration ofan editor for designing ad content, and storage, administration and reuse of the graphics relevant for thead content.

SAP Media contains an editor for use in designing ad content, which is delivered with the componentAdvertising Management for Classified Ad Design (IS-M/AMC).

Features

In classified ad sales, graphics files are often used to design the ad content. These files might include aphoto of a house for sale, a realtor's logo, or an icon for a cross in an obituary.

You can now store these graphics files in Document Management and assign them to the relevantbusiness objects, for example, business partners, content components, or orders. For further information,see the release note Document Management for SAP Media Business Objects.

When designing ad content, the technical system can use an RFC interface to access the graphics for thebusiness objects involved in the order to include them in the ad content. The technical interface IS-M/ITAand the artwork assignment have been enhanced so that the technical system is able to return pricinginformation to Advertising Management about the graphics used in the ad. For further information, seethe release notes Artwork Assignment and Technical Interface.

BAPIs have been created or enhanced so that production-relevant data in Advertising Management can bepassed on to the editor. See the release notes BAPIs for the Sales Document, BAPIs for the Booking Unit,BAPIs for the Content Component, and BAPIs for the Ad Spec.

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integrated on the right hand side of the screen. Until now, you could only display the editor in a separatedialog box or on a tab page in the navigation area. It is also now possible to switch the navigation andapplication areas to fullscreen mode using a pushbutton. Please see the release note Component Layout.

In addition to creating ad items, agents can now also display and edit them in Ad Item Entry. Since thesold-to party in Ad Item Entry can be defined as a default using a dummy business partner, agents canenter the order data without having to first search for, identify, and even, in some cases, create a businesspartner. See the release note Entry of Ad Items.

1.5.4 CIC - New Functions for Creating Business Partners (Enhanced/Modified)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the functions for creating business partners have been revised as follows in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC):

o The same address fields as those available during creation or modification of an SAP BusinessPartner are now available to you when you enter or create address data.

o During creation of a business partner in dialog processing, the master data for the SAP BusinessPartner (full screen transaction) is accessed from the Business Partner Search and Processing (shortdialog) dialog box. The system does not copy all data that was entered on the dialog box into the fullscreen transaction. Data that is not transferred includes additional street information or bank data.During creation of a business partner in the background, all data is copied into the full screentransaction and made available here.Both functions are available to you in a new dialog box. You can use the new classified order entryindicator to define whether you want to use the new or existing dialog box to enter the businesspartner master data.

o The ISM_BP_CREATE Business Add-In can be used to modify the layout and fields on the newdialog box. You can use the BAdI to modify the title and border text on the dialog box. You can alsodefine which fields are displayed and which fields shown are mandatory.

o Simplified creation of a sales or media customer in an additional sales area using the context menuin the Data Environment.

o Simplified creation of an existing business partner in an additional role using the context menu inthe Data Environment.

o During creation of a business partner, you can now define a default sales area according to thebusiness partner role to be created. If you create a media customer, you can define a defaultAdvertising Management sales area. If you then create a sales customer, you can define a defaultsales area for Media Sales and Distribution.During creation of the business partner, the CIC memory, which always contains the last sales areaused for the corresponding SAP Media component, is read first. If no sales area can be determinedfrom the memory, the system determines this from the Customizing settings. The memory does notusually contain a sales area during business partner creation, since the memory is deleted after everycontact is terminated.Default sales areas are recorded for each SAP Media component in Customizing. This setting isrecommended for agents who work with both SAP Media components.


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The CreateFast BOR method for the BUSISM007 (ISMBusinessPartner) usiness object still providesfunctions for shortened business partner entry.


Settings for the Business Partner Search/Processing component are made as follows in Customizing:SAP Media -> Customer Interaction Center (CIC) -> Make Settings for the Business PartnerSearch/Processing Component

Observe the following possible settings here:

o Search areas and option of switching the search area

o Country as a default setting

o Number of items

o Sales organization, distribution channel and division for each component as a default setting.

o New Classified Order Entry

1.5.5 CIC - New Functions in the Business Partner Search (Enhanced)

Use

In SAP Media 4.72, the following enhancements have been made to the business partner search in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC):

o You can specify whether or not it is possible to search by household or business partner andwhether or not it is possible to switch between these two search areas. The system displays searchfields for the search area selected or specified as default.

o A Next Contact pushbutton has been added to the other pushbuttons Clear All Fields and EndContact. The buttons serve the following purpose:

- Next Contact: The contact is completed. The search fields are reset to the last values entered. Ifyou press the pushbutton again, the system initializes all the fields. The call is not ended.For example, the caller wants to make changes for two business partners with the same addressone after the other. The 'Next Contact' function completes the process for the first businesspartner (and creates a contact document) and enters the data entered last in the search fields sothat a new search can be executed.

- Clear All Fields: The search fields are reset to the values entered last. If you press thepushbutton again, the system initializes all the fields. This allows you to perform a secondsearch if the wrong business partner was identified without having to enter all the search dataagain. (The pushbutton does not affect the contact or the call or the data displayed in thecomponents of the navigation and application area.)For example, this function can be used to cancel an identification that was made by mistake.The user can start a new search immediately using the search data entered last.

- End Contact: The contact is completed. The search fields and all the components of thenavigation and application area are initialized. The call is ended.

o To avoid long runtimes when reading and displaying data on a business partner wrongly identified

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in the CIC - for example, when processing a major customer with a large dataset - you can specifythat the system is to notify you if the dataset exceeds a certain volume so that you have anopportunity to correct any errors beforehand.

o To prevent the system from displaying a business partner's old addresses, you can specify a timerestriction for displaying the business partner's addresses. You can define the period for addressselection using the user parameters ISM_CIC_BP_FROM and ISM_CIC_BP_TO. You can enter anumber of days for the parameter ISM_CIC_B_FROM to specify a period in the past starting fromthe current date. For example, current date 365 = 1 year ago. Similarly, by entering a number ofdays for the parameter ISM_CIC_BP_TO, you can specify a period in the future starting with thecurrent date.

o As an alternative to displaying the business partner hit list in a dialog box, as was the case inprevious releases, you can now integrate a new hit list in the navigation or application area. If youwant to use the new hit list, assign the component ISM_HITLIST to the navigation or applicationarea in Customizing. The advantage of the new hit list is that the search result is displayed until thecontact is ended, so that you can proceed to a different business partner in the list without having toperform a new search.

o You can use the Business Add-In ISM_BP_SEARCH to add customer-specific functions to the hitlist in the business partner search. For example, you could add a function for retrieving details on abusiness partner in the hit list, or for identifying duplicates.

o The following methods have been added to the Business Add-In ISM_CIC_BP_SEARCH:

- BP_SEARCH_WITH_DOCNR: Search for business partners if you use your own documentclasses

- PRELIMINARY_BUSINESS_PRTN_SRCH: Preliminary business partner search (upstreamfrom the standard search)

- HITLIST_PREPARE_FOR_WORKSPACE: Enrich and format hit list (workspace)


You can make the settings for the component Business Partner Search/Processing in Customizing underSAP Media -> Customer Interaction Center (CIC) -> Make Settings for Business PartnerSearch/Processing Component.

Please note the following possible settings:

o Search areas and the option of changing the search area

o Specifying a default country

o Number of items

o Specify a default sales organization, distribution channel, and division for each component.

o New fast data entry

1.5.6 CIC - Reset to Default Workspace When Contact Ends (Enhanced)

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As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify in the configuration profile of the application and navigationarea that the default workspace is to be displayed automatically after a contact is ended.

Restrictions:

o If the default workspace was deleted in the meantime, it is not created again automatically.

o Workspaces created dynamically during a contact are not deleted. You can make this setting byselecting the Workspace Lifetime indicator for the action box call.

1.5.7 CIC - Component Layout (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the display options in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC) have been enhancedas follows:

o Full screen mode for the navigation and application areaYou can change the size of the navigation or application area using a pushbutton.A button is available for activating or hiding the full screen display of the navigation or applicationarea if you want to incorporate the invisible component LAYOUTSWITCH in the framework andinclude the FRW_LAYOUT_BIG_NAV and FRW_LAYOUT_BIG_APPL function codes in the GUIstatus.

o Docking control for incorporating an ad editorTwo frameworks, to which the invisible component ISMAM_EDITOR has been assigned, aresupplied. These frameworks are incorporated in the CIC profiles C_STD_C (17 inch screenresolution) and C_STD_C2 (21 inch screen resolution) supplied. The ISMAM_EDITORcomponent provides you with an HTML docking control in which an ad design editor can beincorporated in the right hand section of the framework. You could only previously display theeditor in a separate dialog box or on a tab page in the navigation area.The HTML docking control occupies a third of the right hand section of the screen in its defaultdisplay format. You can increase or decrease its size using the corresponding button. Dockingcontrol can also be activated in the full screen mode so that you can use the entire screen area todesign the ad. The new framework does not contain a navigation area. The application area hasbeen increased so it now occupies the entire screen width and therefore provides a user-friendlyenvironment for editing ad orders in conjunction with docking control.You can also use a button to switch the application area to full screen display in this framework.Docking control is minimized dynamically here.



The settings for the new framework are made in Customizing. Pay particular attention to the followingsettings here:

o Assign Invisible Components to Framework IDs

o Make Settings for the Ad Spec Editor Component

o Define Toolbars and User-Defined GUI Status

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1.5.8 CIC - Display Variants in the Data Environment (Enhanced)

Use

When the system sets up the data environment in the Customer Interaction Center (CIC), it reads a largenumber of objects and dependent data that are not required for simple business transactions but that stillhave a serious effect on performance. As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the Business Add-InISM_CIC_NAVVIEW to define display variants that override the Customizing settings for the dataenvironment.

Example 1:You define a profile for the data environment that contains the format for all relevant objects and specifywhether or not these objects are to be displayed in the data environment and if so, how. You can set upthe BAdI methods in such a way that the user is only presented with a limited selection of objects oncethe business partner has been identified. If the user discovers in the course of the contact that they need awider overview of the customer's data, they can choose a variant defined using the BAdI to displayadditional objects.

Example 2:You use the BAdI to change the time horizon for selecting relevant objects.

1.5.9 CIC - Accessing and Executing Workspaces Dynamically (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can use the business object BUSISMCIC (CIC support object) in theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC). The business object provides methods, which you can use to do thefollowing:

o Access an existing workspace from the context menu in the data environment and bring it to theforeground:

- EditMAMOrder: Brings M/AM order entry to the foreground

- DisplayMAMOrder: Brings the M/AM order list to the foreground

- DisplayMSDOrderList: Brings the M/SD order list to the foreground

- EventRaise: Can be used to bring customer-specific workplaces to the foreground.

o Create a workspace dynamically from the action box or the context menu in the data environment:

- StartBSPWorkspace: Starts a workspace to access BSP applications

- StartWorkspace: Starts a workspace of your choice

1.5.10 CIC - Texts for Business Partner (Enhanced)

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As of SAP Media 4.72, you can determine which texts are displayed in the application area of theCustomer Interaction Center (CIC) for the business partner and in Media Sales and Distribution for theobjects order, order item, and complaint.

For example, you can specify in Customizing which types of texts (text objects, text IDs) are to be listedin what order, whether or not notes from generic object services are to be taken into account, and whetheror not the existence of a text is to be indicated in the tab title.

The following texts are available:

o Business partner

- Business partner

- Central customer texts

- Customer texts for accounting

- Customer texts for sales and distribution

- Central vendor texts

- Vendor texts for company code

- Vendor texts for purchasing

o M/SD order

- Order header text

o M/SD order item

- Order item text

o M/SD complaint

- Customer complaint

- Subsequent delivery information

- Carrier information

- Carrier's statement

1.5.11 Campaign Master Data in the Marketing Planner (Changed)

Use

Campaigns in Campaign Management were previously planned in the Marketing Planner in SAP CRM,then released and transferred to SAP Media. Media-specific attributes, such as validity period, usage, andtemplate documents, then had to be added in SAP Media for master data maintenance.

As of SAP CRM 4.0 SP 05, you can create, change, and display campaign master data for SAP Media inthe Marketing Planner in SAP CRM. It is no longer necessary to postedit the campaign master data inSAP Media and switch between the two application components.

You must define your own set type so that a tab for entering the media-specific attributes is displayed inthe Marketing Planner in SAP CRM. On the tab page, you can implement a BSP application that provides

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the functions for editing the media-specific attributes on further tab pages:

o Campaign tab: The tab page is subdivided into the areas Campaign, Assignment, and Sorting. Eachof these subareas is also displayed as a tab page.

- Campaign tab: Displays campaign data, such as Description, Validity period, Use.

- Assignment tab: Displays template documents assigned to the campaign document and thosethat can be assigned to the campaign in a hierarchy tree, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management.

- Sorting tab: Display sequence of template documents, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management.

o Template tab: Displays the existing template documents, split according to Media Sales andDistribution and Advertising Management. You can also create and search for template documents.

o M/SD Promotional Data: Displays promotional data, from which you can access the correspondingprocessing functions in Media Sales and Distribution.

See also

For further technical data, see note 627927.

1.5.12 IS-M-AM-SL Sales

1.5.12.1 IS-M-AM-SL-O Order

1.5.12.1.1 Filter Objects for Orders in External Systems (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, it is possible to use the front-end ID of a computer as a filter object whencreating, changing and displaying orders in an external system using the CreateExternal, EditExternaland DisplayExternal BOR methods for the BUSISM008P (Advertising Management External SalesDocument) business object.

If you want to use the front-end ID as a filter object, make the settings described in note 640023(transaction SALE).

1.5.12.1.2 Artwork Assignment (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the following fields have been included in the artwork assignment for the ad spec:

o Type of artwork

o Size

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o Color scheme

o Artwork incomplete indicator

o Physical document from document management

These fields manage artwork information that is used to design the ad content with all price informationin the artwork assignment.

If you change the artwork assignment, the system generates the associated billing dataset again andrepeats pricing.

The artwork assignment has been included as an additional parameter in the EXIT_SAPLJHGA_001 userexit for making entries in the pricing interface. The procedure for performing pricing in accordance withcustomer fields is described in note 111887.


You define the artwork type as follows in Customizing: SAP Media -> Advertising Management -> Sales-> Order -> Sales Documents -> Sales Document Item -> Ad Item Type -> Ad Spec/Technical Settings-> Define Artwork Type.

See also

The fields described above have also been included in the BAPIs for the sales document and the interfaceused to integrate technical systems (IS-M/ITA):

o Release note BAPIs for the Sales Document in Advertising Management

o Release note Technical Interface


1.5.12.1.3 BAPIs for the Sales Document (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the BAPIs for the Advertising Management Sales Document (BUSISM008) havebeen enhanced as follows:

o Commercial item type:The CreateFromData and Change BAPIs have been enhanced so that you can now create andmodify commercial items.

o Internet publication of a print adThe Booking unit for Internet publication indicator, Start and End date of the Internet publicationfields have been added to the ad schedule line in Release 4.72 (refer to the Internet Publication of aPrint Ad release note. These fields have been included in the BAPIBUSISM008_SL_AD_OUTBAPIstructure.

o Artwork assignment:Additional fields have been included in the artwork assignment to the ad spec in SAP Media 4.72(refer to the following release note Artwork Assignment). These fields have been included in theBAPIBUSISM008_ARTWORK_ASS and BAPIBUSISM008_ARTWORK_ASSX BAPI structures so

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that they can be read and modified using the BAPIs for the Advertising Management SalesDocument. The ARTWORK_ASS_TEXT parameter has also been included in the GetDetail BAPI, sothat short texts can be read for the artwork assignment.

o Ad specThe Style and Template fields have been added to the ad spec in SAP Media 4.72. These fields havebeen included in the BAPIBUSISM008_AD_SPEC_AD and BAPIBUSISM008_AD_SPEC_AD_OUTstructures so that they can be read and modified using the BAPIs for the Advertising ManagementSales Document.

o Advertiser assignmentCard verification fields have been included in the BAPIBUSISM008_ADVERTISER_ASS BAPIstructure in SAP Media 4.72 so that they can be read and changed using BAPIs for the AdvertisingManagement Sales Document.


See also


1.5.12.1.4 BAPIs for the Ad Spec (New)

Use

The Advertising Management Ad Spec (BUSISM028) BOR object has been created in SAP Media 4.72.The following methods have been created for this BOR object:

o GetDetail (Read Ad Spec)

o ExistenceCheck (Check existance of ad spec)


See also


1.5.12.1.5 Assignment of Voucher Copy and Box Number Recipients (Modified)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the Copy Selection function is available to you on the Select Box NumberRecipient and Select Voucher Copy Recipient dialog boxes that are displayed during order entry. Thissimplifies assignment of the box number and voucher copy recipient to an order item.

To make a selection on one of these dialog boxes, it was previously necessary to proceed as follows:

o Select business partners who were not required (individually)

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o Delete selected business partners

o Transfer the remaining business partners

The number of dialog steps has been reduced in the new function:

o Select business partners required.

o Transfer selected business partners.

This simplifies the assignment of voucher copy and box number recipients, particularly in those caseswhere several business partners are available for selection but only one can be transferred. This is forinstance the case for box number recipients with several alternative box number addresses.

1.5.12.1.6 Entry of Payment Cards (Changed)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the Payment Card Category field is no longer a required field when enteringpayment cards in the sales document. Instead, the system checks whether the payment card category youenter matches the one determined in FI according to the rules you defined in Customizing. If this is notthe case, the system displays a warning message indicating that the categories do not match.

1.5.12.1.7 Customer Enhancements in the Order (New/Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the following customer enhancements are available in the order environment:

o Business Add-In ISM_AM_JHA6_SELECT (new):The ORDER_ITEM_SELECT BOR method was created. This BOR method can be used forcustomer-specific selection of order items in Central Access.

o Business Add-In ISM_AM_ITA (new):The AFTER_AD_DESIGN BOR method was created. Once you have accessed the Text Entry/AdDesign (ISP_AD_DESIGN) function from the IS-M/ITA technical interface, you can use this BORmethod to make changes to the Advertising Management sales document.

o Enhancement JHGA0001 (enhanced):The Artwork Assignment parameter (RJHABILOZ_ITAB) has been included in the Modify Interface(EXIT_SAPLJHGA_001) customer exit.

o Business Add-In ISM_AM_ORDER_BAPI:The BOR method BAPI_MAP2I_ALL has been created. This means it is possible to mapcustomer-specific contents from BAPI structures to internal structures.

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1.5.12.1.8 Old User Interface Is No Longer Supported (Modified)

Use

A new user interface that is based on tab pages has been available to you for sales document entry sinceSAP Media 4.62 (transactions JHA1N, JHA2N, JHA3N). This interface offers you the following benefits:

o More straightforward handling as a result of navigation between the various processing screens.

o Reduction of the number of screen changes required during processing.

o Transparent data display

As of SAP Media 4.72, the existing user interface (transactions JHA1, JHA2, JHA3) is no longersupported during dialog processing. This does not affect orders that are imported using batch input(programs RJHADU01 and RJHADU04), which has been implemented using the existing interface. Thisfunction has been retained in its existing format.

If all users at your company are already using the new interface, this only affects you during order entryusing classified order entry. Accesses using menu functions and buttons from classified order entryalways used the existing interface in the past. As of SAP Media 4.72, these accesses use the newinterface. This provides you with the benefits of the new interface and navigation has been standardized,regardless of whether you are starting order processing from Classified Order Entry, Standard Access,Central Access or the Customer Interaction Center. The menu in Classified Order Entry has beenreplaced by the Standard Access menu at item level.

The JHA1, JHA2, HA3 transactions have not been deleted and are still available. If you access thesetransactions directly, you are informed that you should use the JHA1N, JHA2N, JHA3N transactionsinstead. Note that the existing transactions are no longer maintained. The only exception here ismaintenance, which affects importing orders using the RJHADU01 and RJHADU04 programs.


You were previously able to define whether the new interface or the existing interface was to be used forsales document processing for each user group in Customizing. You could also override this setting usingthe JHN user parameter. As of SAP Media 4.72, these Customizing settings and the user parameter willno longer be interpreted. The Customizing indicator can no longer be selected.

See also

Release note New User Interface for Sales Documents in SAP Media 4.61.


Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, document management functions are available for the Business Partner(BUS1006), Advertising Management sales agent contract (BUSISM018), Advertising ManagementBooking Unit (BUSISM024), Advertising Management Content Component (BUSISM025), AdvertisingManagement Sales Document (BUSISM008), Advertising Management order item (BUSISM009),Advertising Management Ad Spec (BUSISM028) and Advertising Management Contract (BUSISM012)business objects. A dialog, in which you can assign folders and documents to the object, has been

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integrated in the maintenance transactions for the business objects. A new Documents tab page isavailable at header level in the business partner transactions. This type of tab page is also available atheader and item level in the sales document and in the ad spec. The new dialog can be accessed using abutton or menu path in the maintenance transactions for the sales agent contract, booking unit, contentcomponent and contract.







o Create folder

o Create document







o Export

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Export the document, for instance to a local directory. Note that you can still change the documentin the Explorer.









o Document preview




Copying Orders

When copying orders or items, you can also copy the assigned documents. To do so, you must define thecorresponding copying variants in the IMG under SAP Media -> Advertising Management -> Sales ->Order -> Client-Specific Settings -> Copying Control. You can define whether documents are to be

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o R/3 databaseIf you want to store your documents in the R/3 database, you require a content table in which the

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1.5.12.2 IS-M-AM-SL-C Contract


Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, document management functions are available for the Business Partner(BUS1006), Advertising Management sales agent contract (BUSISM018), Advertising ManagementBooking Unit (BUSISM024), Advertising Management Content Component (BUSISM025), AdvertisingManagement Sales Document (BUSISM008), Advertising Management order item (BUSISM009),Advertising Management Ad Spec (BUSISM028) and Advertising Management Contract (BUSISM012)business objects. A dialog, in which you can assign folders and documents to the object, has beenintegrated in the maintenance transactions for the business objects. A new Documents tab page isavailable at header level in the business partner transactions. This type of tab page is also available at

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header and item level in the sales document and in the ad spec. The new dialog can be accessed using abutton or menu path in the maintenance transactions for the sales agent contract, booking unit, contentcomponent and contract.







o Create folder

o Create document








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o Document preview




Copying Orders


During copying, the system does not generate copies of documents for the template object, but assigns

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references from the original documents to the copied object instead. This ensures that generating a newversion of a document involves both the template object and the object copied.





















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1.5.12.2.2 Order Pricing with Scale Base Contract (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the assignment of scale conditions in the order can be dependent on specificattributes in the assigned scale base contract. To do so, the RJHKOMP5 structure must be enhanced usinga customer append. The contract data is used to make entries in the customer-specific fields in theSCALE_BASE_COMM method in the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI. These fields can be evaluated ina pricing requirement. Replace requirement 515 that is used in the Customizing settings with an enhancedrequirement in the customer name space.

The COMPRESS_KOLNR method in the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI can be used as of Release 4.72to perform several accesses in an access sequence, which all use the scale base for the same scale basecontract.

The condition screen in the maintenance dialog for scale base contracts has also been enhanced so thatcondition types, which are linked with requirement 515 in the pricing procedure used, can now also bedisplayed.

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Implement the ISM_AM_CONTRACT BAdI if necessary.

1.5.12.2.3 Discount/Price Adjustment for Scale Base Contracts (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the system also evaluates information on discount/price adjustments for scalebase contracts. The following options are available here:

o Adjustment in the order was previously already available and means that the higher value is used asthe scale base for every order for which the target agreement of the scale base contract has alreadybeen exceeded.

o Adjustment for interim settlement means that the target agreement for the scale base contract isincreased to the values obtained during interim settlement after each interim settlement.

o Prohibit over-fulfillment means that no assignment, which would exceed the target agreement forthe scale base contract, will be created.

As of SAP Media 4.72, the quantity or sales volume entered manually is used as the scale base forcalculation during settlement of scale base contracts.

1.5.13 IS-M-AM-BL Billing Document

1.5.13.1 IS-M-AM-BL-O Order Billing

1.5.13.1.1 Billing Document in Collective Processing: Default Values for CreditManagement (Modified)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, modified default values for credit management are available on the selectionscreen for order billing in collective processing (report RJHFAK, transaction JHF7 and reportRJHFAKDI). All billing datasets with one of the credit limit statuses listed below are now excluded fromthe selection as a default setting:

- B Credit check performed, transaction not OK

- C Credit check performed, transaction not OK, partial release

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1.5.13.2 IS-M-AM-BL-S Contract Settlement

1.5.13.2.1 Discount/Price Adjustment for Scale Base Contracts (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the system also evaluates information on discount/price adjustments for scalebase contracts. The following options are available here:

o Adjustment in the order was previously already available and means that the higher value is used asthe scale base for every order for which the target agreement of the scale base contract has alreadybeen exceeded.

o Adjustment for interim settlement means that the target agreement for the scale base contract isincreased to the values obtained during interim settlement after each interim settlement.

o Prohibit over-fulfillment means that no assignment, which would exceed the target agreement forthe scale base contract, will be created.

As of SAP Media 4.72, the quantity or sales volume entered manually is used as the scale base forcalculation during settlement of scale base contracts.

1.5.14 IS-M-AM-ST Settlement

1.5.14.1 IS-M-AM-ST-R Revenue Distribution

1.5.14.1.1 Existing Revenue Distribution Procedure No Longer Supported(Modified)

Use

The new revenue distribution procedure including revenue recognition and partner settlement has beenavailable since SAP Media 4.62. As announced previously, the existing revenue distribution procedurewill only be supported for a limited period.


Information on the implementation of the new procedure is available in the online documentation and theImplementation Guide.

1.5.15 IS-M-AM-RR Revenue Recognition

1.5.15.1 FI Document Type for Revenue Recognition Reversal Run (New)

Use

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As of SAP Media 4.72, you can specify an FI document type, which is used for documents that aregenerated during a reversal run for revenue recognition (Transaction VF46), in Customizing.


If you do not specify this type of FI reversal document type, the system uses the same FI document typeas that used during revenue recognition during the revenue recognition reversal run (as was previouslythe case).


These settings are available in the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide under the following path:

SAP Media -> Advertising Management -> Settlement -> Revenue Distribution and Partner Settlement-> Revenue Recognition -> Assign Revenue Recognition Category to FI Document Types. Enter the FIreversal document type in addition to the FI document type here.

1.5.16 IS-M-AM-MS Connection of Media Technical Systems

1.5.16.1 Technical Interface (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, the interface used to integrate technical systems (IS-M/ITA) has been enhanced asfollows:

o Artwork assignment

- Additional fields have been included in the artwork assignment in SAP Media 4.72 (refer tothe following release note Artwork Assignment). These fields have also been included in theRJHATBLZ structure.

- You can now use the Text entry/ad design (ISP_AD_DESIGN) function to modify existingartwork assignments or create new assignments.

o Texts

- The FORMAT_COL field has been included in the RJHATTXT and RJHATTXTO structures sothat SAPscript texts can be transferred. The formatting of SAPscript texts is also exported here.

- The ad spec (text type MOAZ) is now exported in addition to the raw text (text type ROHT) inthe Text Entry/Ad Design function (ISP_AD_DESIGN). The XMOTIVTEXT field has beenincluded in the RJHATMO structure that is transferred with the ad spec to show that an ad spectext exists.

- The Text Entry/Ad Design function (ISP_AD_DESIGN) can now be used in the technicalsystem to create or modify the raw text and the ad spec text. Up until and including SAP Media4.71, the technical system could be used to create but not modify a raw text.

o Order transfer system

- You can now define several order transfer systems for each sales area. The key fieldAssignment Number in Order Transfer System has been included in the Customizing table

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Determine Technical System for Order Transfer. This means you can transfer an order to oneor more technical systems for production during the update.

- When defining technical systems, you can select the System is IS-M/AMC indicator.

o Editor in the CICThe value 3 (CIC Workspace: Import Data. Editor remains active) can now be added to thePAR_AD_DESIGN_CALL_TYPE parameter in the Text Entry/Ad Design function. This value isused to fetch changes to the ad content whilst continuing to design the ad content. The ISP_AD_DESIGN function is accessed with this value if the editor is active and the Refresh Pricingfunction is accessed on the tab page for entry of ad orders. If the value 2 is entered (CIC Workspace:Import Data. Editor is terminated), design of ad content is terminated once the data has beenimported.

o Define front end IDDuring synchronous access of the IS-M/ITA funcions, the RFC destination is now determinedaccording to the front end ID. The system reads the front end ID from the environment variables inthe operating system. This is not possible if SAP GUI for HTML is used.If it is not possible to determine a front-end ID from the environment variables, theJHFRONTENDID SET/GET parameter is now evaluated. You can also determine varioususer-related RFC destinations in the SAP GUI for HTML.

o Page/column formatThe technical system could only previously identify thepage/column format in the ad spec during access of the Text Entry/Ad Design (ISP_AD_DESIGN)function, if no page/column format had been defined in Advertising Management. The technicalsystem can now modify the page/column format. If the technical system does modify thepage/column format and the Check Page/Column Format indicator in the order change type isselected, the system checks whether the ad spec page/column format is suitable for the page/columnformat of the associated schedule lines.

o New fields in the ad header (Structure RJHATPAK))The following fields have also been included in the RJHATPAK structure:

- Current User

- Client

o New fields in the ad spec (Structure RJHATMO)The following fields have been included in the RJHATMO structure:

- Style

- Template

- Content Component 1. Technical Level

- Rule Group for Ad Content Validation

o New fields in the ad schedule line (Structure RJHATPS)The following fields have also been included in the RJHATPS structure:

- Content Component 1. Technical Level

- Booking Unit for Internet Publication Indicator

- Internet Publication Start Date

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- Internet Publication End Date

o The new Rule Group for Ad Content Validation field can be evaluated in the RJHALI01 andRJHSTAT3 reports from Advertising Management.

o New parameters in the Text Entry/Ad Design functionThe following optional import parameters have been added to the Text Entry/Ad Design(ISP_AD_DESIGN) function:

- Order header (Structure RJHATPAK)

- Item (Structure RJHATPAP)

- Schedule lines (Structure RJHATPS)


Additional order transfer systems can be assigned in Customizing as follows: SAP Media -> AdvertisingManagement -> Connection of Media Technical Systems -> Assign Order Transfer Systems.

The System is IS-M/AMC indicator is selected in Customizing as follows: SAP Media -> AdvertisingManagement -> Connection of Media Technical Systems -> Define Technical Systems.

See also

Additional information on the technical interface is available as the Technical Interface IS-M/ITA:Integration of Technical Systems PDF document in the SAP Library in the Advertising Managementdocumentation.


1.6 IS-M-PLM Product Lifecycle Management

1.6.1 Creating a Media Product Master from a WBS Element (Enhanced)

Use

As of SAP R/3 Enterprise PLM Extension 2.00 (EA_APPL 200), you can carry out several alternativeplanning runs for a project in Easy Cost Planning.

As of SAP Media 4.72, you can select the CO plan version from which the costing data is to be copiedwhen creating a media product master from a WBS element.

This means you can use several different costing versions for a WBS element and use one of them tocreate the media product master.


This function is only available if you have activated the SAP R/3 Enterprise PLM Extension and haveactivated the Easy Cost Planning function in several CO versions for the controlling area in the WBSelement.

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1.7 IS-M-IS Information System

1.7.1 IS-M-IS-SD Information System for Media Sales and Distribution

1.7.1.1 DataSources in the SAP Business Information Warehouse (New)

Use

The following DataSources hierarchies have been created in Release 4.72:

0ME_MED_ISS_BP_HIER Assign business partner to media issue

The hierarchy is based on the media issue InfoObject. Media issues are read from the material master.(Field ISMHIERARCHLEVL = '3'). Table JPTBUPAASSIGN is used to read the business partners thathave been assigned to the material number. The result is transferred to BW in a hierarchical format.

0ME_MED_ISS_HIER Relationship between media product family, media product and media issue

The hierarchy is based on the media issue InfoObject. The hierarchical relationship between the mediaproduct family, media product and media issue is displayed. A dummy node is inserted for media issuesthat do not have a media product.

1.7.1.2 Enhancements to the Circulation Book (New)

Use

As of SAP Media 4.72, additional characteristics can be updated to the circulation book. Thesecharacteristics are as follows: region, county code, city number, Newspaper Designated Market Zone forABC, CTZ, RTZ, OTZ zones for ABC, service type, weekday, and sales promotion. Two additional fieldsare also available for customer-specific data.


If you change the selection of characteristics to be updated for the audit report type in Customizing, youshould delete and recompile the circulation book for the relevant period (since the last audit report). Ifyou do not recompile the circulation book, update may be terminated, particularly when processingbackdated order changes in Periodical Sales and Distribution.

Please note that the degree of granularity increases when additional characteristics are updated. This maymean there is a significant increase in the number of entries in the circulation book. Performance of theupdate and evaluation programs may be affected.


You can select the characteristics that are to be updated in the Customizing activity Maintain AuditReport Types.

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1.7.1.3 Improved Performance in Circulation Book Update (New)

Use

As of release 4.72, the new update program RJIIVW01_SUBSCRIPTION is available for updatingcirculation figures in the circulation book.You can use the new program instead of the update programs RJIIVW01 and RJIABC00.

The new program achieves the same result as the existing two but performance is better, provided at leastone of the following two conditions applies:

o None of the fields in the table of business data (JKKD) are updated to the circulation book. Youspecify which data is updated to the circulation book in the Customizing step Maintain Audit ReportTypes. The following business data can be updated: billing frequency, customer price group, ratecode, and customer group.

o None of the fields in the table of schedule line data (JKEP) are updated to the circulation book. Thisapplies to the fields Price Frequency, Service Type, Purchase Price, Purchase Price Condition Type,and Tax Code.If this condition applies, the possible improvement in performance also depends on the number ofschedule lines in the system with a quantity greater than one. The fewer there are, the better.

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