Merchant ID Determination (SAP Library

Merchant ID Determination

Use

The system automatically determines the correct merchant ID when you create a payment card transaction, and enters the ID in the transaction document. The system determines the merchant ID according to the organizational unit and payment card type.

Prerequisites

You have assigned the standard role clearing to the organizational units that handle credit card processing.

In Customizing, choose Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions ® Payment Cards ® Determine Organizational Unit for Clearing.

For more information on organizational units and role definition, see Determining Organizational Data.

You have assigned merchant IDs to these organizational units and to the payment card types in the system.

In Customizing, choose Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions ® Payment Cards ® Assign Merchant ID.

The merchant IDs assigned to organizational units in CRM Online match those assigned to the corresponding general ledger accounts in R/3.

In R/3 Customizing, choose Sales and Distribution ® Billing ® Payment Cards ® Authorization and Settlement ® Maintain Clearing House ® Maintain Merchant IDs.