Purpose

When talking about ETM settlement, we are referring to automatic SD Order Generation including its determination of the appropriate condition types for the individual activity and settlement types per usage site and then subsequent billing and updating in FI/CO.

ETM settlement automates the complex internal and external creation of SD documents. SD orders are generated on the basis of existing shipping and PBE documents. It does not make any difference whether the objects are in the same company code or in different company codes. The system converts the shipping documents and PBE documents into SD orders. These SD orders can then be billed.

You can settle equipment according to commissioning (corresponding to the date of the shipping document and using exact days) or according to activity (corresponding to the performance-based equipment document and using exact hours). Usually (old logic) you determine the settlement type that you use (commissioning only, activity only, both, neither) using the indicator Stock check per equipment type for performance-based equipment in Customizing for ETM, and the indicator PBE or TBE in the recipient master record of the recipient for settlement. (Settle PBE as per TBE) controlled in the recipient master record of the settlement-relevant recipient.

The new settlement logic derives the settlement type from two indicators in the equipment master record (by commissioning, by activity) and the above-mentioned indicator in the recipient master record. The system settles shipping documents if the indicator Settlement by commissioning is set in the equipment master. The system settles performance-based equipment documents (PBE documents) if the indicator Settlement by activity is set in the equipment master and the indicator Settl PBE as TBE is not set in the recipient master.

In Customizing for ETM under  Operations and Functions Settlement Settlement Basic Data New Logic SD Settlement PBE as TBE you can set the indicator of the same name if you want to execute settlement according to the new logic.

Prerequisites

Shipping Documents and PBE Documents must exist.

Process Flow

In praxis, a central body (depending on authorization group) usually starts the settlement run a few days after the end of the month since it is presumed that all the shipping documents and PBE documents have been entered in the system by then. You should execute these functions connected with settlement in the following order:

Result

The system has generated internal and external SD orders.