Processing Credits

You use the function Process Credits to manually process individual credits that have not been placed in credit processing by the credit list.

Prerequisites

To use enhanced credit processing, you set the Enhanced Credit Processing indicator in Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Postings and Documents Basic Settings Maintain Central Settings for Posting End of the navigation path .

Procedure

Standard Credit Processing

On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Account Process Credits .
Restrict your selection using one or more of the following parameters:
- Business partner
- Contract account
- Contract
- Company Code
- Document number
Choose Continue.
On the lower part of the screen, the credit items that have been selected for processing based on your criteria appear.
Select a credit and choose Clarification Execute .
The screen for clarification processing for credits appears. Here you can use the processing options described in Clarifying Credits. However, you cannot specify that credits are to remain in the clarification list.

Enhanced Credit Processing

Follow the procedure for standard credit processing. The following functions are also available:

You can process multiple credits at the same time in one step (such as, payment, transfer, payment by check, and write-off).
You can also enter partial amounts in all credit processing processes. For example, you can pay out different partial amounts of different items together in one step by creating a repayment request for them.

Enhanced credit processing offers the enhancements listed below in the individual functions:

Function	Enhancement
Transfer	The system creates a repayment request (with an outgoing payment method of the type “Transfer”) for all selected items that have the same account assignments for their segment, business area and profit center. If the mentioned account assignments are different for the different selected items, then the system creates multiple repayment requests accordingly. You can make differing specifications specifically for your installation at event 4261. To have the payment run process the repayment requests, you have to set the Repayment Requests indicator in the payment run parameters.
Payment	The system does not use document changes to put into effect changes to selected items (entries for bank details and payment method). Instead, the system creates a payment specification for all selected items and notes the entered payment data in the header. To have the payment run select and process these payment specifications later, you have to set the Payment Specifications indicator in the parameters for item selection in the payment run.
Check	The system creates a repayment request (with an outgoing payment method of the type “Check”) for all selected items that have the same account assignments for their segment, business area and profit center. If the mentioned account assignments are different for the different selected items, then the system creates multiple repayment requests accordingly. You can make differing specifications specifically for your installation at event 4261. To have the payment run process the repayment requests, you have to set the Repayment Requests indicator in the payment run parameters.
Writing Off	The system writes off the entered (partial) amounts of all selected items together.
Clearing	The system clears the entered (partial) amounts of all selected items against the open items of the business partner, the contract account, or the contract. The system displays the selected open items and activates the selected items. Then you can activate any applicable additional items in dialog mode and thereby clear the credit.
Business Partner Transfer	The system transfers the entered (partial) amounts of all selected items to the specified business partner.
General Ledger Transfer	The system transfers the entered (partial) amounts of all selected items to the general ledger account that you entered using the short account.