Sender Rules (SAP Library - Special Purpose Ledger)

Sender Rules

Sender rules control how sender values are determined. You can use the following sender rules for sender values:

Posted balances
Fixed amounts
Fixed rates

If you choose the sender rule posted amounts, you can choose the selection criteria in the Sender values tab.

If you choose the sender rule fixed amounts or fixed rates, the Distribution Criteria List dialog box appears on the Sender values tab page. Here, you have to choose the allocation criteria.

Posted balances

The posted balance (amount) stored in the database for the sender is posted to the receiver. When you define the allocation rule for the sender, you can determine what percentage of the sender balance should be credited with the allocation amount.

The sender balance is 50,000 EUR. You define a percentage of 50% to be credited to the sender. The amount 25,000 EUR is credited to the sender. The sender balance is now 25,000 EUR.

You want to credit an allocation to sender accounts 501000 through 502000. For this allocation, you want to use the balances of accounts 601000 through 602000 as sender. You create an allocation cycle in the following steps:

Use the posted amounts allocation rule for the sender.
Define accounts 501000 to 502000 as sender and accounts 601000 to 602000 as sender values.
The system distributes the balances of accounts 601000 through 602000, but posts these as a credit to accounts 501000 through 502000.

Fixed amounts

You can allocate a specific fixed amount of the sender. The balance of the sender is not crucial here. The following options are available:

You can allocate a specific, fixed amount from each sender

You can allocate amounts in any currency

Each time the allocation cycle is carried out, the same amount is assessed/distributed from the sender. The allocated amount does not depend on the current balance of the sender.

Fixed rates

If you determine a fixed rate for each unit of the receiver tracing factor,

The sender is not credited with a specific amount (unlike with fixed amounts). The sender is credited with the amount that results from multiplying the fixed rate with the total of the respective receiver tracing factors. This sender value is then assessed/distributed to the receiver according to the receiver tracing factor.
The receiver is debited with an amount that results from multiplying its tracing factor by the sender fixed rate.

In the example, fixed rates are allocated as sender rule.

The receiver tracing factor is the statistical key figure "CANTEEN".

The number of employees in cost centers PERSON 1, PERSON 2, and PERSON 3 is 50, 100 and 150 respectively (total = 300).

The sender allocation rule is a fixed rate of 10 EUR/employee.

Before assessment

Sender	Sender rule	Receiver tracing factor	Receiver
Cost center: "CANTEEN" (300 empl.) + EUR 3000	Fixed rate 10 EUR per empl.	Statistical key figure "CANTEEN"	Cost center:
			Person 1: (50 empl.)
			Person 2: (100 empl.)
			Person 3: (150 empl.)

After assessment

Sender	Sender rule	Receiver tracing factor	Receiver
Cost center: "CANTEEN"	Fixed rate 10 EUR per empl.	Statistical key figure "CANTEEN"	Cost center:
- EUR 3000	10 EUR per empl. * 50 (total empl.) =		Person 1:+ 500 EUR
	10 EUR per empl. * 100 (total empl.) =		Person 2:+ 1000 EUR
	10 EUR per empl. * 150 (total empl.) =		Person 3:+ +1500 EUR