Use
Using the Correspondence function, you can generate specific letters for the financial transactions managed in the system.
You can send this correspondence directly from the system by Fax or e-mail or by SWIFT files or IDocs (in the Money Market and Foreign Exchange area) or print it out.
This correspondence can be used as a form of internal documentation for financial transactions (dealing slips) as well as for comparing the financial transactions concluded with business partners using external correspondence that can also be counterconfirmed.
Prerequisites
Business Object BUS2042; document type TRO_CONF
Example of a correspondence activity:
In company code 0001 you want external correspondence (001) to be generated for purchases of fixed-interest bonds (product type 04I) for activity contract (20). The entry for this looks as follows:
CoCd |
ProdTyp |
TransTyp |
ActCat. |
CorrTyp |
Form |
0001 |
04I |
100 |
20 |
001 |
F_TR_CONFIRM_ALL |
In a form, you specify a standard text with a user-defined layout. When the correspondence is created, the text is displayed with the current transaction data. You can define different standard texts for different product types, transaction types, activities, etc.
The SAPscript forms delivered with the system (Sample Customizing) F_TR_CONFIRM_ALL (sample letters of confirmation for external correspondence) and F_TR_DEALER_ALL (sample letters of confirmation for internal correspondence) are described in the form documentation.
For technical information on creating SAPscript forms in TR confirmations, see
Structure of SAPscript Forms in TR ConfirmationsIf you do not set this indicator, the planned record for the correspondence is saved when you save the activity that is relevant to correspondence. Correspondence is then generated using the ‘Outgoing correspondence’ report program.
Procedure: Generate correspondence planned records
When you have finished the settings for correspondence in Customizing for the application areas, you can have these settings checked by the IMG activity ‘Check’.
For each business partner you specify at contract type, product category, product type and transaction type level for each external correspondence type, whether you want correspondence to be created, and if so, using which medium (print, fax, e-mail, SWIFT or IDoc).
If no assignment has been made in the standing instructions for the business partner, then no external correspondence can be generated with this business partner for the financial transactions.
To send correspondence by e-mail, the communication interface SAPconnect must be set up. (See also: Note no.: 152474)
Here, you also specify for each business partner, whether a counterconfirmation is required.
In field F (Leading transfer medium for correspondence status), you define which medium of those selected is the leading one for the status. (For more information, see the F1 Help for this field).
When are the messages output?
Status at activity level Outgoing correspondence |
Status at activity level Incoming confirmations |
Activity/Message |
not required |
not required |
- |
required |
not required |
Activity transition, e.g.: Settlement ® T0 828 Rollover ® T0 828 |
required |
required |
Activity transition, e.g.: Settlement ® T0 827 Rollover ® T0 827 |
executed |
required |
Activity transition, e.g.: Settlement ® T0 829 Rollover ® T0 829 |
executed |
matched |
Change ® T0 843 |
The short texts of the messages are as follows:
T0 827 |
Confirmation and counterconfirmation are not yet carried out |
T0 828 |
Confirmation (Correspondence type X; medium Y) not yet carried out |
T0 829 |
The counterconfirmation has not yet been matched |
T0 843 |
The current activity has already been counterconfirmed |
Message types:
W = Warning
E = Errors
I = Note in window
- = Switch off message
Example:
If you define message T0 843 as an ‘E’ message for the user ‘EXAMPLE’, this user can no longer change a transaction that has already been counterconfirmed.
Features
The correspondence can either be output by a printer or a fax machine. Or it can be sent directly from the system as an e-mail.
For fixed-term deposits and forex transactions you can also generate SWIFT files (MT300, MT320) or IDocs.
After you have set the ‘Counterconfirmation required’ indicator in the ‘Standing instructions for correspondence’ or in Customizing by choosing ‘Define Correspondence Activities’, you can use the following functions for counterconfirming transactions:
Using the 'Message control’, the system checks for each activity transition whether the outgoing confirmation of the previous activity has already taken place and, if so, whether this has already been matched in the case of required counterconfirmation. When the activity changes, the system checks to see if the transaction to be changed has already been counterconfirmed.
The correspondence monitor provides the following processing and monitoring functions.
See also: