DSO Analysis (Day Sales Outstanding) 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
  2. Menu Path

    From the Customer Balances node, choose Accounts Receivable Information System.

    Transaction Code

    S_ALR_87012167

  3. In the reporting tree, choose DSO Analysis ® Evaluation by Company Code ® For Group.
  4. Choose 800 IDES- ALE: Central FI Syst.
  5. The evaluation tells you to what extent the customers have adhered to the terms of payment.

    The first column (balance) contains the average arrears at the end of the last three periods.

    The second column (sales) represents the average sales of the last three periods.

    In the third column, the DSO days are calculated using the following formula:

    (Balance/Sales) x 30

    This gives you the number of days that the customer has taken to pay an invoice.

  6. Double-click IDES AG for Germany, or IDES US Inc. for North America.
  7. The line items are displayed. You can evaluate them as described above.

  8. Choose until the overview tree appears.