The system can tell by the order reason that a request document comes from the automatic routines of the SD self-billing procedure.
The order reason also controls whether and how the billing item is relevant for retro-billing.
When processing a self-billing document, the system checks that the order reasons are correctly set. If they are not, the system terminates processing with an error message in the log.
You have either:
copied from client 000 SAP's order reasons delivered specially for the SD self-billing procedure
defined your own order reasons for SD self-billing, making sure to set the
Usage of order reason for retro-billing
as shown in the table below.
You set the order reasons in the general parameters, under
Settings
→
Maintain General Parameters
in the Self-Billing Monitor.
These are the suggested settings, using the example order reasons from client 000:
Transaction in General Parameters |
Order reason |
Description of order reason |
Usage of order reason for retro-billing* |
Automatic posting in case of value difference |
VBI |
SBWAP: difference clearance (value) |
1 |
Automatic posting in case of quantity/value difference |
QBI |
SBWAP: difference clearance (quantity/value) |
2 |
New open item in case of value difference |
VOI |
SBWAP: new open item (value) |
1 |
New open item in case of quantity difference |
QOI |
SBWAP: new open item (quantity/value) |
2 |
*Usages of order reason for retro-billing1 = Request or credit/debit memo is for self-billingThis processing type is assigned to the order reasons used for transactions that are relevant to value only. In the retro-billing process, documents with these order reasons are included in calculating the total value, but no new price determination is carried out. 2 = Credit/debit memo is for retro-billing in case of price changeThis processing type is assigned to the order reasons used for transactions that are relevant to value and quantity. In the retro-billing process, a new price determination is carried out for documents with these order reasons. A new price determination is always carried out for billing documents (the initial billing document in self-billing) in retro-billing.
You must ensure that the self-billing order reasons are not used for any other normal postings, if you want to use the order reasons to identify documents from automatic SD self-billing. The verification step checks if the settings in the order reason are correct.