Customizing IPAC 

Use

There are certain accounts and other objects you need to create or maintain before you can use the IPAC function.

Procedure

The steps needed to create these objects in the Public Sector Management Implementation Guide. Choose Functions for US Federal Government ® Payment Processing ® Intragovernmental Payments and Collections. This accesses the steps described below.

·        Maintain DIT and FBT Accounts

When your agency notifies Treasury of the payments that need to be made by Treasury on its behalf, the amounts are posted to the disbursements in transit (DIT) account. When Treasury notifies your agency that the payment or collection has been made, the amount is posted from the DIT account to the fund balance with Treasury (FBT) account.

In this step, you specify which accounts are to act as the DIT and FBT accounts.

·        Maintain Payment Office

Use this step to enter the payment offices used for your agency’s transactions. The offices are  prescribed by the US Federal Treasury.

·        Maintain Agency Location Code

Use this step to enter the agency location code (ALC) to be applied to your agency’s transactions. The code is prescribed by the US Federal Treasury.

·        Assign ALC and Payment Office to Payment Method Supplement

You must first define the payment method supplements you want to use in the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable IMG.

·        Maintain Fiscal Station Number

In certain cases, it may be necessary to subdivide the ALC into Fiscal Stations. Use this step to make the necessary settings.

·        Maintain IPAC Document Reference Number

Use this step to create number ranges for IPAC document reference numbers. The function is the standard SAP number range maintenance function.

·        Prepare Automatic Posting for IPAC

Use this step to specify the DIT and FBT accounts and document types to be used in the automatic IPAC postings for each of your company codes. You must have created the accounts and document types first; you cannot create them here. For this reason, you should carry out this step last of those listed.

·        Business Add-In (BAdI) for IPAC

A BAdI is available, enabling you to override the standard code we deliver for IPAC – for example, if you need to vary the input source for the incoming or outgoing IPAC interface file.

 

Result

When you have carried out the above steps, you can continue with processing in IPAC.