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Procedure documentation Locking and Unlocking Limits Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can identify changes to business conditions (such as a worsening credit rating of the partner) by setting a lock flag in the limits for utilizations from new transactions.

Prerequisites

You can apply the lock when a limit has been created for a limit type . This limit can also be created automatically.

Procedure

You can lock and unlock each limit individually. You can also use a report to lock and unlock multiple limit types simultaneously according to their characteristic values.

Locking and Unlocking Individual Limits

You use this procedure to set or remove the lock.

      1.      Choose ...® Master Data ® Limits ® Edit.

      2.      Select the limit type for which you want to lock or unlock the limit. Then choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Change Limits.

      3.      Position your cursor on any line of this characteristic combination, and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Lock/Unlock.

Locking Multiple Limits by Selected Limit Characteristics

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      1.      Choose ...® Master Data ® Limits ® Lock/Unlock. The system displays the screen Lock/Unlock Limits According to Limit Characteristics.

      2.      The default limit characteristic is the business partner. If you want to add other limit characteristics as lock criteria choose New Field Selection. On the left side of the screen the system displays an overview of all limit characteristics. Select the limit characteristics you require and add them by choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Copy selected. By choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Delete Selections you can in the same way delete any limit characteristics that have already been selected.

      3.      By choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Lock you can lock the limits referred to by the combination of all the limit characteristics you specified. Similarly, This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Unlock unlocks the limits.

Result

If you set the lock, the system shows this in the header row of the locked limit by inserting the symbol This graphic is explained in the accompanying text. If you choose this symbol, the system displays the following dialog box:

Lock set by user XY, date: dd.mm.yyyy

In the single transaction check, the system displays a message saying that the limit is locked. Setting a lock does not effect how (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text) of an exceeded limits are displayed.

Note

Lock entries on the database (technical locks) are not to be confused with the lock flags mentioned above (business locks).

 

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