Info Items 

Definition

This is a business object in Account Management (FS-AM) that saves items for information purposes only (for example, interest penalty or debit position items). Info items do not result from payment transactions, and are not transferred to the general ledger. They do not affect the account balance, balances, or available amount. Info items can be used in flexible balances and thus influence these balances.

Use

Info items are data records calculated by Account Management or by external systems, and are included in the (interest) settlement.

Until now, interest has always been calculated only by Account Management and then posted directly in the settlement. To include amounts from external calculations in the settlement in Account Management, you can store and provide details of individual components that were calculated externally for (interest) settlement.

The balance of the respective settlement-relevant amount type (bonus interest, interest penalty for early withdrawal and so on) is queried on the respective settlement date by the conditions area and calculated in the settlement using the corresponding item. You need to define the type of calculation by using a settlement BTE using customer enhancements (0BCA4010, Settlement Postings: Customer Postings).

You create debit position items for the savings scheme agreement. For more information, see Create Debit Position Items and Display Debit Position Items.

Structure

The structure definition of the information item is divided into attributes and methods. Customer enhancements are not available outside the BAPIs.

Attributes

Own attributes

·        Info item ID

·        Item status (posted, reversed)

·        Posting date

·        Amount in account currency

·        Account currency

·        Plus/minus sign of amount (debit/credit indicator)

·        References to generated items.

Reference attributes

·        Account attributes from contract management

·        Account settlement attributes

·        Bank statement attributes

·        Transaction type

·        Medium

Methods

Objects can be processed via the following three channels in Account Management:

·        Dialog

·        Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)

·        Direct input (DI)

The following table shows which methods of the information item can be called up via which channel:

Methods	Channel
	Dialog	BAPI	DI
Create (post)	x	x
Reverse	x	x
Detail display	x	x
Overview display	x	x
Balance query per transaction type		x

You can reverse information items in dialog processing by using the detail display.

Dialog

The following transactions can be called up in dialog processing mode:

Transaction Code	Short description
BCA_SRITEM_CREATE	Create information items that are relevant to settlement
BCA_SRITEM_DISPLAY	Display information items that are relevant to settlement
BCA_DPITEM_CREATE	Create debit position items
BCA_DPITEM_DISPLAY	Display debit position items
BCA_DEBPOS_NEXT_DUE	Display next debit position dates
BCA_DEBPOS_RUN	Execute debit positions

In the Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM), you specify the transaction types for which you can reverse or create information items in dialog processing. Choose Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Transaction Types and Transaction Type Groups ® Maintain and Assign Transaction Types for Payment Items.

Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)

You can call up the following methods via the BAPI Explorer:

Methods	Short description
InfoItem.Create	Post info items
InfoItem.Cancel	Reverse individual info items
InfoItem.GetBalance	Read balance of info items for an account
InfoItem.GetDetail	Read individual info items
InfoItem.GetList	Read info items

Checks

Authorization checks

The system checks the authorization for the payment item when you create, reverse, display, or delete information items. The information item does not have its own authorization object. For more information about the authorization checks in Account Management, see Authorization Management in Account Management

Formal and Material Checks

Info items undergo formal checks (plausibility checks) when they are created:

·        Existence of the specified account

·        Account status (account closed?)

·        Posting day permitted

Examples

Posting day for info item is after posting date of the end-of-day processing

Posting day of info item is on or before the current posting date

·        Transaction type stored in the system. (The transaction types are maintained in the Account Management Customizing settings).

The following additional material checks are also run:

·        Business partner allowed (not locked)

·        Transaction type allowed on account (not locked)

If errors are found during these checks, the info item is not created but rejected.

Status

The system contains the following different info item statuses:

·        Posted

An info item entered via a BAPI receives the status Posted if the checks are successful. An info item ID is assigned to the info item to identify it uniquely. The current posting date is entered in the Creation Date field, provided no other date has been supplied.

·        Reversed

You can use a BAPI to reverse a created information item. This information item then receives the Reversed status.

Integration

You enter the settings for info items in the Customizing for Account Management in the following IMG activities:

·        Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Transaction Types and Transaction Type Groups ® Maintain Transaction Types for Info Items.