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  Posting Notification

Definition

Contains the business objects Posting Notification and Posting Notification Rule for Account Management (FS-AM).

Use

A posting notification is generated on an account when specific postings are made (items or prenotes) or when an account reaches a specific balance, and can be created as additional correspondence in the form of a text message, an e-mail, or an event-controlled bank statement.

A posting notification rule controls the criteria for the creation of posting notifications for an account. The posting notification rule contains details about the validity period and the amount of the corresponding posting.

You can create, edit, and display posting notification rules for an account.

You use posting notification categories to classify posting notification rules. You can use the following posting notification categories as triggering events:

Payment items

Account balances

Prenotes

You define the posting notification type on the basis of the posting notification category. You can make the following settings:

The posting notification for a posting notification rule is to be carried out once or more than once

The posting notification is also to take place if an item is reversed or a prenote is deleted

The posting notification rule is to be reactivated if an item is reversed or a prenote is deleted

Correspondence is to be requested and printed for a posting notification

An event-controlled bank statement is to be created for items and account balances

A counter update is to be assigned for the posting notification rule

No correspondence charge is to be posted for the creation of the posting notification

The posting notification type is to be permitted as a differentiation characteristic for conditions

 

Dialog

You can call the following transactions in dialog mode:

Transaction Code

Short Description

BCA_NOTIF_CREATE

Create posting notification rule

BCA_NOTIF_MAINTAIN

Edit posting notification rule

BCA_NOTIF_ALT_LIST

Display posting notification rule

Customer Enhancement

You can use the following Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) in Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Posting Notification Next navigation step Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) End of the navigation path:

Posting Notification Rules: Assign Reference Field

Correspondence for Posting Notifications (Corr. Type BPNS)

Posting Notification Rules - Authorization Check

Posting Notification - Authorization Check

Structure

The business objects Posting Notification and Posting Notification Rule have the following attributes:

Account identification

Posting notification category

Posting notification type

Validity period

Status of posting notification rule

Amount (amount limits)

Currency

Medium

Transaction types

Reference field for posting notification rule

Integration

Customizing Activities

You make the settings for posting notification in Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Posting Notification End of the navigation path in the following Customizing activities:

Define Transaction Type Groups for Posting Notifications

Assign Transaction Types to a Transaction Type Group

Define Prenote Type Groups for Posting Notifications

Assign Prenote Types to a Prenote Type Group

Define Posting Notification Types

Define Display of Change Documents

Archiving

You can specify whether posting notifications and posting notification rules are archived or deleted physically from the database once a certain period of time has expired. You define the period of time for each bank posting area and product in Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Archiving Next navigation step Archiving Objects Next navigation step Residence Time for Posting Notifications (Object PNS_ALT) End of the navigation path and Start of the navigation path Archiving Next navigation step Archiving Objects Next navigation step Residence Time for Posting Notification Rules (Object PNS_MD) End of the navigation path.

For more information about archiving, see Data Archiving and Deletion in Account Management (FS-AM).

Relationships to Other Objects in Account Management (FS-AM)
Posting Data

If you want to create posting notification rules, on the SAP Easy Access screen under Start of the navigation path Account Management(FS-AM) Next navigation step Account Next navigation step Account Master Data Next navigation step Create Account End of the navigation path on the Posting Data tab page you have to set the Posting Notification checkbox.

Balances and Key Figures

On the SAP Easy Access screen under Start of the navigation path Account Management (FS-AM) Next navigation step Account Next navigation step Turnovers, Balances and Key Figures Next navigation step Display Balances and Key Figures End of the navigation path, you can display posting notification rules on the Notification Rules tab page.