Determining the Allowed Collateral Coverage Gap 

Use

Use this function to approve collateral coverage gap amount (for receivables) that can be allowed for business partners. The standard system allows you to define release workflow process to manage the process for approving collateral coverage gap.

 

Integration

When determining the coverage gap amount for receivables using the Batch Collateral Monitoring report, you can specify whether you want to include the approved coverage gap amount also as coverage gap.

 

Activities

To create a proposal amount for approval, you must perform the following steps:

In the SAP ...

       1.      In the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Accounting ® Bank Applications ® Collateral Management ® Approved Coverage Gap.

The CMS Create : Coverage Gap screen appears.

       2.      Enter the business partner for whom you want to approve coverage gap and select Enter.

       3.      In the Proposal section of the screen, enter the coverage gap amount that you want to approve for the business partner along with the validity dates of the coverage amount, if it is approved.

       4.      Save your entries.

To send the proposed coverage gap amount for approval, choose the button Send for Release. To use the release process, you must define the required settings in the Implementation Guide (IMG) Customizing by choosing Collateral Management ® Approved Coverage Gap ® Release.

The process status of the coverage gap amount is set by default to Initial. When you send the proposed amount for release, the system changes the process status to Sent for release.