Notes on Documentation

Collections/Disbursements for Insurance ( FS-CD ) is based on functions for subledger accounting, which are provided by Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable ( FI-CA ). Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable is a subledger accounting system specifically for industries with many business partners and a high volume of documents, and forms the basis for various subledger components in the industry solutions.

To meet the requirements of insurance companies, the functional scope of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable has been extended and adjusted for FS-CD. This resulted in the following special features in the documentation for Collections/Disbursements:

The documentation for Collections/Disbursements in the SAP Library consists of the documentation for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable and additional documentation, which describes the enhancements and special functions for Collections/Disbursements.

You can find restrictions or special features that are valid in Collections/Disbursements for individual functions from Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, under the appropriate notes for SAP Insurance.
The Implementation Guide (IMG) for FS-CD is based on the IMG for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, and contains specific enhancements for insurance companies.

Paths specified in the documentation for Collections/Disbursements, which reference the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, refer to the Collections/Disbursements IMG structure under SAP Insurance . The substructures that refer to Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable are identical.

If an IMG activity for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable is not relevant for Collections/Disbursements, you can normally find a corresponding note in the IMG documentation, or in the description of the affected functions.
In addition to the contract account and business partner master data objects, Collections/Disbursements also uses the insurance object. Many of the functions for contract accounts, contained in the menu under Periodic Processing , can also be used for insurance objects.

You can find paths specified in the documentation for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, which refer to transactions under Periodic Processing For Contract Accounts , in the Collections/Disbursements menu under Periodic Processing For Contract Accounts and Insurance Objects .