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Procedure documentationDefining Combined Settlement Charges

 

Before the system calculates a charge during a combined settlement, you must have stored a corresponding condition type in the financial conditions of the master contract. You configure this charge as a combined settlement charge.

Procedure

  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. Assign differentiation category to condition category

    In Customizing for Master Contract Management, choose Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Financial Conditions Next navigation step Assign Condition Categories to Differentiation Categories End of the navigation path and assign the differentiation categories to the condition category 115010 Settlement Charges as criteria that you wish to use for the calculation of the charge. You can use the following differentiation categories, for example:

    • 084 Calculation base - master contract charge

    • 105 Master contract application

  3. 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 enable the charge posting using the process interim account, specify a process result category.

    • To define how the system calculates the amount of the charge, choose the amount category 115020 Item Charge and in the Percentage Charge field, choose a value (such as No Percentage Charge).

    • To assign the differentiation value to the condition for the feature of the participating accounts, (such as01 Facilities), choose the differentiation category 105 Master Contract Application.

  4. 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.

    End of the note.

  5. 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 combined settlement charge.

More Information

For more information about combined settlements, see Combined Settlement.