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 Activities in the Implementation Guide

The settings for clearing control are made in the Implementation Guide (IMG). Choose Start of the navigation path SAP Insurance Next navigation step Collections/Disbursements Next navigation step Basic Functions Next navigation step Open Item Management Next navigation step Clearing Control. End of the navigation path

Make the following settings:

  • Define grouping and sort characteristics

  • Define amount check group

  • Define clearing variants

  • Define clearing categories

  • Define clearing types

  • Define specifications for payment receipt

  • Define specifications for account maintenance

The decision about

  • Whether and how an incoming payment from a payment lot, for example, is cleared with open items,

  • Whether and how receivables and credit, for example, can be assigned to one another in account maintenance,

  • Whether and how credit on a clearing account can be cleared with receivables on referencing accounts,

is defined and made in the clearing variant, or the clearing steps for a clearing variant.

In order to be able to set up clearing variants, define sort and grouping characteristics, as well as amount check limits if required.

A clearing variant is uniquely linked to a payment receipt process (such as a payment lot), or an account maintenance process, by the assignment of a clearing type ( Specifications for payment receipt and Define account maintenance ). You assign one clearing variant for each process. You can assign a clearing variant to multiple processes.

You can use an alternative clearing variant to override a clearing variant, which is assigned to a process through the clearing type. You define the alternative clearing variant for a clearing category, which is assigned to the clearing type, and therefore also to the process. Clearing category control is account-related: Enter a clearing category in the contract account master data.

In the Specifications for payment receipt and Account maintenance , you can set more parameters for clearing variants (such as whether postings on account are permitted, or whether items due in the future can be taken into account if you specify grace days).