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Object documentation Contract Bundle  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Definition

Groups single commission contracts as well as bundles of contracts into contract bundles.

Use

You use the contract bundle to group together single commission contracts. Bundling is done at contract level. You can use the contract bundle for collective processing for more than one commission contract partner for a contract. You do not have to include all contracts for this commission contract partner in the bundle. A commission contract can be assigned to more than one contract bundle, but not more than once to the same contract bundle. You can create, change or display contract bundles.

For many reasons, several independent commission contracts are often created for one commission contract partner:

-          Simplification of creation/change/assignment of standard commission contracts

-          Change of position and retention of contract for former organizational unit

-          Agreements with many changes to the commission contract instead of a supplement

-          Migration of commission contracts as they were created in the legacy system. Certain agreements require data from all or some contracts (such as performance remuneration, commission documentation)

-          and so on…

You can also group commission contracts with contract bundles for various different purposes, such as cross-contract agreements.

The contract bundle type lets you differentiate between different types of relationships. You can define the contract bundle types yourself in Customizing.

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Graphic: Contract Bundles

As the graphic shows, you can assign a commission contract to more than one contract bundle. It is possible to have multilevel relationships between contract bundles, in which there are more than one commission contract and contract bundle, which also bundle other commission contracts. You define the permitted bundling level in Customizing.

You can navigate between contract bundles and the related commission contracts.

The version comparison and item scrolling through external items in the commission contract takes account of the assignments to contract bundles. If changes are made to the assignments, no new version of the commission contract is generated (unlike contract changes).

A consistency check is run between the individual commission contracts and their contract bundles.

Customer-specific checks can be implemented without any modification. (BDT Developer’s Manual)

External data transfer is possible.

Contract bundling occurs on the level of the contract itself and not the commission contract partner or organizational structure. Customer-specific groupings by partner role or organizational plan evaluations are possible. The functions required would be detailed in the implementation project.

There is an authorization object for the maintenance and assignments of contract bundles; commission clerks have to be assigned this authorization object to be able to create and change them. There is no structural authorization in the standard delivery, but this can be included in the BDT event AUTHORITY-CHECK and the function modules for the structural authorizations if the customer requires.

Prerequisites

You have made the necessary settings in Customizing.

Features

The following functions are available for handling contract bundles:

 

 

 

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