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Example documentationExample: Charge for the Determination of Pricing Criteria

 

You wish to levy a regular charge for a master contract for the determination of pricing criteria that you want the customer to pay in advance. The amount of the charge is fixed, and whether or not the customer has actually received preferred prices is irrelevant.

Note Note

Although a master contract for the determination of pricing criteria has no participants, you configure the charge as a combined settlement charge. To do so, use the Combined Settlement (FS-MCM-CSL) component.

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Periodic Charge

In order that the system calculates and posts the charge in the defined intervals, you can define time periods for every combined settlement track.

Note Note

You can either define the time periods in Customizing for Master Contract Management under Start of the navigation path Master Contract Applications Next navigation step Combined Settlement Next navigation step Define Time Periods for Combined Settlement Track End of the navigation path, or on the master contract on the Combined Settlement tab page in the Time Periods group box.

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Example Example

To levy the charge in advance when the contract is concluded and then annually, choose as period factor 1 and as period unit years, and define the day of the month on which the settlement is to be carried out. As starting date, specify the creation date of the master contract.

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Condition Details

To create a condition type for a charge for the determination of pricing criteria, you can use the following values:

You can create a condition for a charge for the determination of pricing criteria based on the condition group category 1 Settlement.

For more information about the condition model, see Condition Group Types and Condition Groups.

Prerequisites

Master Contract Product

You have made the following settings in Customizing for Master Contract Management (FS-MCM) under Start of the navigation path Product Management End of the navigation path:

  • For the master contract product of the main master contract, in Customizing for Master Contract Management under Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Create Master Contract Product End of the navigation path, you have defined the following attributes in addition to the attributes for the master contract application (such as Facilities):

    • Financial Conditions

    • Combined Settlement

      • General Attributes

      • Compensation

    • Settlement Payment Details

Interim Account for Charge Posting

The system first debits the charge to the process interim account and then to the account that you have defined for the charge posting.

  • You have created a process interim account in the account-managing system.

  • In order that the system can post the charges using the internal bank process interim account, in Customizing for Master Contract Management under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Define Account Determination for Process Interim Account End of the navigation path, you have specified the process interim account for you bank posting area.

Account for Charge Posting

  • In the account-managing system you have created an account to which you want the system to debit the combined settlement charge.

  • You have stored the account for the charge posting on the Payment Details tab page of the master contract in the Settlement Payment Details group box. For more information, see Editing Payment Details.

  • If you wish to use your own payment details for the postings of the combined settlement charge, in Customizing for Master Contract Management (FS-MCM), you have chosenStart of the navigation path Master Contract Applications Next navigation step Combined Settlement End of the navigation path and executed the Customizing activity Define Payment Details Types for Combined Settlement Postings.

Integration

To realize the charge calculation on the master contract, Master Contract Management (FS-MCM) uses the Financial Conditions (CA-FIM-FCO) component. You define conditions on the basis of the condition group type and condition group:

  • If you wish to define a standard condition, you define the condition on the SAP Easy Access screen by choosing Start of the navigation path Financial Services Next navigation step Master Contract Management Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Financial Conditions Next navigation step Condition Group Next navigation step Edit Condition Group End of the navigation path.

  • If you wish to define an individual condition, you define the condition on the master contract on the Financial Conditions tab page.

For more information, see Editing Conditions.

  • If you use the Pricing (FS-FND-PRI) component, you define the condition on the SAP Easy Access screen by choosing Start of the navigation path Financial Services Next navigation step Foundation Next navigation step Pricing Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Condition Group: Product Price Next navigation step Edit Condition Group End of the navigation path.

Activities

  1. Define transaction type for combined settlement charge

    In Customizing for Account Management, choose Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Basic Functions Next navigation step Transaction Types and Transaction Type Groups Next navigation step Maintain and Assign Transaction Types for Payment Items End of the navigation path and define a transaction type that you can later assign to the condition type.

  2. Define condition type

    In Customizing for Master Contract Management, choose Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Financial Conditions Next navigation step Define Condition Type End of the navigation path and define a condition type of the condition category 115010 Settlement Charges.

    • To define how the system calculates the amount of the charge, choose the amount category 115060 Pro Rata Charge and in the Percentage Charge field, choose a value (such as No Percentage Charge).

  3. Assign condition type to condition group type

    Assign the condition type to an existing condition group type for combined settlement charges for the master contract in Customizing for Master Contract Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Financial Conditions Next navigation step Maintain Condition Group Types End of the navigation path.

    Note Note

    The condition group type (such as 51 Settlement: Master Contract) is based on the condition group category 1 Settlement.

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  4. Assign transaction type to condition type

    Assign the previously defined transaction type for combined settlement charges to the condition type in Customizing for Master Contract Management by choosing Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Financial Conditions Next navigation step Transaction Types for Transaction and Event Charges End of the navigation path.

Result

You have defined a condition group and a condition type, on the basis of which you can create a condition for the determination of pricing criteria.

More Information

For more information about the determination of pricing criteria, see Determination and Distribution of Pricing Criteria.