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Object documentationMaster Contract

 

Business object in Master Contract Management (FS-MCM) that depicts a number of participating accounts and master contracts arranged in a group or ranking.

You can assign one or more participants to a main master contract. You can restrict the assignment to a certain time.

Note Note

Depending on the master contract application, you can also structure multilevel master contract hierarchies with participating accounts and participating master contracts:

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Dialog

You can call up the following transactions in the dialog:

Transaction Code

Short Description

BCA_CN_ACPOOL_01

Create Master Contract

BCA_CN_ACPOOL_02

Change Master Contract

BCA_CN_ACPOOL_03

Display Master Contract

BCA_OR_TAP

Terminate Master Contract

BCA_ACPOOL_PR_D3

Display Master Contract Product

A master contract is a container that does not itself have the functions of a participant account. Postings can only be made to participant accounts and to accounts of participating master contracts. However, the master contract can have attributes such as limits and financial conditions.

The system records each change in the master data.

Structure

The system depicts a master contract with contract elements (such as limit management or locks) and business partners. The relationship between the master contract and the participant contracts is also defined by the participant attributes.

Relationship Between Master Contract and Product

A master contract is based on a master contract product. The master contract product is based on the product category Master Contract. The attributes and contract elements used in the Master Contract product category determine the scope of functions and descriptive characteristics.

The master contract product can enable further differentiation in the master contract. If it does not allow changes, the master contract must adopt all the default values from the master contract product.

You can activate one or more features in a master contract product. When you create and change a master contract product, the system checks whether the combination of the selected features is allowed. For more information about the checks, see the documentation for the following function modules:

  • BCA_API_CN_FEATURE_PROD_CHECK (Check Product Attributes: Features)

  • BCA_API_CN_FEAT_PC_PROD_CHECK (Check Product Attributes: Features - Master Contract Category)

  • BCA_API_CN_ACPOOL_CHK_PRDCTG (Participation Conditions: Master Contract Category)

Example Example

In a master contract product, you are not allowed to activate the Overdraft Protection and Payment Distribution and Monitoring features at the same time.

You are allowed to activate the Effective Cash Pooling and Facilities features at the same time.

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For more information about product definition, see Product Management.

Relationship Between Master Contract and Organizational Unit

The Contract Manager is important for a contract. You assign this when you create the contract. The system generates the following data using this contract managing organizational unit:

  • Bank Posting Area

  • Default value for Contract Calendar 1

Note Note

Under certain circumstances, you can change the contract manager. For more information, see Changing the Contract-Managing Organizational Unit.

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Contract Relationships

The master contract applications selected for the product of the main master contract control which participants you can use to create the master contract hierarchy. The following overview indicates which account categories are allowed as participating accounts and whether system-external accounts and multilevel master contract hierarchies are allowed.

Master Contract Application

Allowed account category of the participating account

External accounts

Master contract allowed as participant 1)

Overdraft Protection

  • Funded account: Checking Account

  • Funding account: All account categories

No

No

Compensation

  • Checking Account

  • Loan Account

Yes

Yes2)

Bundle Pricing Calculation

  • Checking Account

  • Deposit Account

Yes

No

Payment Distribution and Monitoring

  • Checking Account

  • Deposit Account

No

No

Combined Statement

All account categories

Yes

No

Effective Cash Pooling

  • Checking Account

  • Deposit Account

Yes

Yes

Facilities

  • Checking Account

  • Loan Account

Yes

Yes

Balance Transfer

All account categories

Yes

No

Determination of Pricing Criteria

All account categories 3)

Yes3)

Yes3)

1) You must manage participating master contracts in the same logical system as the main master contract. For more information, see Communication with the Master Contract-Managing System. For more information about structuring the master contract hierarchies, see Editing Contract Relationships.

2) If you combined balance transfer and compensation, no master contract is allowed to participate.

3) The relationship to the beneficiary contracts is established by means of the business partner role category of the business partner in the Business Partner for Financial Services (FS-BP), not by means of contract relationships. Beneficiary contracts do not have to participate in the master contract.

Integration

You can process master contracts using the following channels:

  • Dialog

  • Direct Input

    For more information, see Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Technical Documentation for Account Management (FS-AM) Next navigation step Concepts and Guidelines Next navigation step Migration Next navigation step Migration Objects Next navigation step Master Contract End of the navigation path.

  • BAPI

    For more information, see the documentation of the corresponding BOR object and its related BAPIs in the BAPI Explorer.

More Information

For more information about contract management, choose Technical Documentation on the initial screen for master contract processing.