Procedure
The Create Funds Commitments screen appears.
The document type categorizes your documents, and controls whether you can enter negative values for funds commitment (to display credits for example). See also
The system defaults today's date, but you can overwrite this if required.
If you specified an external number assignment for the funds commitment, enter the required document number here. You can define the number interval for the internal or external number assignment in the implementation guide for each application.
The account assignment objects (order and WBS element) must have a status that allows the funds commitment business transaction.
For more information on status management, see
You need to specify another true account assignment object (such as a cost center) for statistical internal orders or WBS elements. The system does not debit these with costs, but records the values for information purposes only.
The cost center account assignment object does not have status management.
If you know which material or which vendor is going to require the funds commitment, you can specify this. The system checks whether material or the vendor exist in the system.
As an alternative to a funds commitment amount, you can enter a quantity and a unit price.
Results
For internal number assignment, the system determines the document number when you save. The document number is used for posting the funds commitment.
During funds commitment, the system updates a cost commitment on the account assignment object. This update is independent of commitments management activation in Customizing for
A funds commitment that is assigned to a WBS element, a network, or an internal order is part of the active budget availability control. The funds commitment checks whether the available budget is still sufficient. The system includes defined tolerance limits below and above the budget.
If a specified tolerance limit is exceeded by a funds commitment, the system can trigger different actions when you save:
For more information on availability control, see:
Availability Control.