Document list that contain several single settlement requests for the same vendor (invoicing party).

This list can contain single settlement requests with various billing types, and for various customers (invoice recipients).

The advantage of a settlement request list is that it reduces the number of accounting documents that are created. When you enter single settlement requests individually or in list form, an accounting document is created for each individual document. However, in the case of a settlement request list, the individual settlement requests contained in the list are not posted as individual documents. Instead they are posted collectively. Regardless of how many individual documents the list contains, only one accounting document is created. The individual documents are assigned the posting status Posted via settlement request list, because vendor and customer accounts are credited and debited via the list, not via the individual settlement request documents contained in it.

The settlement request list is saved in the system with its own document number. The single settlement requests contained in the list are also saved as individual documents.

You can use the settlement request list to credit the relevant vendor account. As the list can contain various customers, you must create a posting list to debit the individual customer accounts. In the posting list, the individual documents are grouped by customer.

You can create the following follow-on documents from settlement request lists:

• Posting lists
• Remuneration lists
• Accounting documents
• Profitability analysis documents
• Documents for Cash Management
• Partner billing documents