You can use this function to prevent processiing of each invoice for a contract account so that they can first be manually checked and posted. This monitoring of invoice creation can be limited to a certain time period.

The invoicing lock reason specified in the master record for the contract account determines whether invoice clarification is triggered in invoicing for the contract account. If the lock reason is marked in its definition as “To Be Clarified” and is assigned a clarification reason, a clarification case can be created in invoicing for the contract account if the document date used is in the validity period of the invoicing lock.

If there is a lock reason without clarification information, the invoicing lock in the contract account prevents invoicing from taking place but the system does not create a clarification case.