Contract Billing Document - SAP Documentation

Definition

Special attributes of a billing document in the area of contract settlement/billing.

Use

Contract billing documents are used to describe the way in which contract settlements are billed.Credit or debit memos are created as a result of billing.

Structure

Document level	Data	Example
Document header	Data that applies to all document items in a billing document. The system determines data from the preceding documents. Data is recorded on the header detail screen.	The document header contains payer data, organizational data, price data, tax data, accounting data and the actual billing date (invoice date).
Document item	Data that applies to a single document item. Data is recorded on the item overview and detail screens.	The document item contains billing data, price data, order data and accounting data.

Document level

Data

Example

Document header

Data that applies to all document items in a billing document.

The system determines data from the preceding documents.

Data is recorded on the header detail screen.

The document header contains payer data, organizational data, price data, tax data, accounting data and the actual billing date (invoice date).

Document item

Data that applies to a single document item.

Data is recorded on the item overview and detail screens.

The document item contains billing data, price data, order data and accounting data.

A contract billing item is created for each settlement item in a contract settlement. A contract billing document is created from each payer/advertiser record.

Example Example

Media customer A has achieved the target quantity agreed in the contract. This customer is granted a bonus for the overall sales volume at the end of the validity period. The bonus for the overall sales volume is calculated during final settlement.An item in the contract billing document is created from each settlement item.

Agency B has sold the target number of ads agreed in the contract. This agency is granted a bonus for the overall sales volume at the end of the validity period. The bonus for the overall sales volume is calculated during final settlement.The system generates a separate payer/advertiser record for each advertiser who places an ad via an agency. A separate billing document is created for each payer/advertiser record when the settlement is billed. An item in the contract billing document is created for each settlement item in the payer/advertiser record.

End of the example.

Integration

You should define the following objects and functions in Customizing so that you can represent all business transactions in your organization in a billing document:

Billing Document Type

Determination of Billing Document Types

The following functions are available to you in the Extras or Environment menus for all billing documents:

Function	Use
Split analysis See also: Split Analysis in Order and Contract Billing Documents	Determine the reasons for a document split.
Account assignment analysis See also: Account Assignment Analysis in Order and Contract Billing Documents	Identify account assignment transactions at item and header level.
Display document flows See also: Contract billing: Display Document Flow	Identify document flow at item and header level.
Display documents in Accounting See also: Display Subsequent Documents in Accounting	Display subsequent documents for billing settlement in Accounting.
Reversal reference	Display the reversed document at header level for reversal documents.