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 Transferring Data from MultiCash Files

Use

Import of electronic account information from banks in payment and returns lots in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA).

Prerequisites

The files exist in MultiCash format.

If you do not receive your account statements in MultiCash format, define or activate the programs for converting the payment media formats to MultiCash in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Business Transactions Next navigation step Payments Next navigation step Processing of Incoming/Outgoing Payments Next navigation step Define Programs for Conversion of Country-Specific Formats in MultiCash End of the navigation path .

Features

FI-CA provides a program that you can use to import the payment information that is available in MultiCash format into payment and returns lots in FI-CA.

If your house bank delivers account information in a country-specific format and not MultiCash format, FI-CA provides conversion programs for some standard formats – you can use these to convert the data to MultiCash.

Activities

  1. If the account information is not available in MultiCash format, convert the file to MultiCash.You can access the programs that you entered or activated in Customizing in the SAP menu under Start of the navigation path Periodic Processing Next navigation step Transfer Data Next navigation step From MultiCash File Next navigation step Convert Country-Specific Formats to MultiCash End of the navigation path . Select the required program by doubleclicking it.

    For more information about the conversion programs provided by SAP, see the documentation for the respective program.

    If the electronic account statement is already available in MultiCash format, no conversion is necessary and you can import the data directly.

  2. Import the MultiCash file to payment and returns lots in FI-CA. In the SAP menu, choose Start of the navigation path Periodic Processing Next navigation step Transfer Data Next navigation step From MultiCash File Next navigation step Transfer Data from MultiCash File. End of the navigation path

    See the report documentation.

To create a posting of the form bank to bank clearing account in the general ledger, you also have to import the file to the general ledger in a further activity.