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Prerequisites

For more information, see Commercial Paper.

Procedure

Choose Corporate Finance Management ® Transaction Manager ® Money Market ® Trading/Back Office ® Commercial Paper. From here, you can access the following trading and back office functions for investments and borrowings:

Function

Entries

Comments

Fast data entry
  1. Choose Fast Data Entry.
  2. A fast entry screen appears on which you enter just the key data, such as product type, transaction type, partner and structural data
  • The fast entry function enables you to enter the most common transactions more quickly.

Create

For information on creating Commercial Paper, see Creating Commercial Paper.

  

Change
  1. Choose Change.
  2. The screen for changing basic data appears.
  3. You can now overwrite the active entry fields or enter data in the empty fields.
  • You can branch to the general transaction management screens using the corresponding Tab Pages and make any necessary changes.
  • You can use this function to change an activity, provided that it is not relevant for posting. The last activity in the activity chain is relevant for posting. When you save an activity that is relevant for posting, the transaction is fixed (the flows become actual records in the Treasury subledger) and the flows are Flagged for posting.

Display
  1. Choose Display.
  2. The screen for displaying the structural characteristics appears.
  3. The entry fields are not active.
  • You can use the tab pages to navigate between the various screens and display the other transaction data.
  • Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text to go to the master data for the business partner.

Reverse

For information on reversing Money Market transactions, see Structure linkReverse.

  

History
  1. Choose History.
  2. The system lists the activities that are active, reversed or have been replaced by a follow-up activity. From this list, you can branch to the display for the individual activities. You also see their status and the user who processed them.
  • The history function displays the sequence of previous activities for a selected transaction.

NPV calculator

For more information, see Net Present Value Calculator.

  

Settle
  1. Choose Settle.
  2. The Contract Settlement screen appears.
  3. Choose the area from the menu for which you want to enter or change the settlement data.
  4. When you save a settlement activity, the system changes the activity category of the transaction to record how it is monitored and processed in the back office area.
  5. The contract can only be posted after settlement.
  • Using the Commercial Paper function, you can mark the transaction to indicate that it has been processed in the back office.
  • At this stage, you check the entries and add any missing data. When you save the transaction, the system fixes the data (actual records) and flags the transaction flows for posting.
  • For more information, see Settlement.

 

 

 

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