Maintenance of the Down Payment Chain 

Use

You can use this function to create and change debit-side and credit-side down payment chains:

●      You can enter and change contract data.

●      You can enter transactions such as advance payments, invoices, down payment requests, final invoices, and corrections and consequently post accounting documents.

●      You can reverse postings.

Prerequisites

You have completed the Preparatory Tasks.

Features

You can use the following transactions to maintain down payment chains.

Transaction	Use
SAP Easy Access menu: Accounting → Financial Accounting → Additional Functions → Down Payment Chains → Debit-Side Down Payment Chains (transaction code /SAPPCE/DPCD01)	You use this transaction to maintain debit-side down payment chains.
SAP Easy Access menu: Accounting → Financial Accounting → Additional Functions → Down Payment Chains → Credit-Side Down Payment Chains (transaction code /SAPPCE/DPCK01)	You use this transaction to maintain credit-side down payment chains.

The processing screen for both debit-side or credit-side down payment chains includes the screen areas Down Payment Chain Structure, Work Area, and Worklist and Favorites.

In the screen area Down Payment Chain Structure, the following functions are available:

●      You can create a new down payment chain.

When you create the chain, the contract data screen appears. For more information, see Creating Down Payment Chains and Maintenance of Down Payment Chain Contract Data.

●      You can open existing down payment chains.

For more information, see Changing Down Payment Chains.

The following functions are also available:

●      Posting transactions

For more information, see Posting of Transactions.

●      Retraction of incorrect postings with reversal

For more information, see Reversing Postings.

●      Change to contract data for a down payment chain

For more information, see Maintenance of Down Payment Chain Contract Data.