Synchronizing recurring fees with SAP CI billing cycles

Important: This feature is available only if you use charge plans, provider contracts, and refill plans in a system landscape with SAP Convergent Invoicing in SAP ERP/FI-CA. It is not available for offers and subscriptions.

You may want to synchronize recurring fees computed in SAP CC with billing cycles defined in the SAP ERP/FI-CA systems. For example, you want to charge monthly fees to an end customer for equipment renting but creating invoices every two months.

Synchronizing SAP CC and SAP CI is done by using the SAP_BILL_CYCLE_DATE parameter. The SAP_BILL_CYCLE_DATE parameter gives the date when the first billing cycle starts in SAP CI and is used as the reference date for the recurring charges in SAP CC.

To synchronize SAP CC and SAP CI, you must:

To configure a charge

This procedure consists in creating a reusable charge to synchronize recurring fees.

  1. Create a charge or use an existing charge

  2. Add a parameter to the charge, select the date type, and then type RECURRING_REFERENCE_DATE as the name of the parameter. This parameter allows storing the start date of the first billing cycle defined in SAP CI.

  3. Insert a recurring rate in the price plan of the charge.

  4. In the General tab of the recurring rate, set the Reference Date field to RECURRING_REFERENCE_DATE.

You can configure a charge plan with this charge.

To configure a charge plan

After creating the charge, you must insert it in a charge plan and link the RECURRING_REFERENCE_DATE parameter with the SAP_BILL_CYLE_DATE of the parameter.

  1. Add the charge to the charge plan.

  2. In the Parameters tab of the charge, set the status of the RECURRING_REFERENCE_DATE parameter to Linked and its value to SAP_BILL_CYLE_DATE.

 

Note: You can use the same procedure to synchronize recurring refills with SAP CI billing cycles. Create first a dedicated parameter in the refill logic, and then link it to the SAP_BILL_CYCLE_DATE parameter of a refill plan.