Sales and Distribution (SD)

A "soft" authorization process performed to ensure that card data is correct.

The system sends a preauthorization to the clearing house which then verifies the name, address and card number.

In the SAP system, if the material availability date or billing date is outside the authorization horizon, only preauthorization is possible. Preauthorization attempts are repeated until successful, or until the authorization horizon comes into effect.

In CRM Online, if the delivery date is outside the authorization horizon, only preauthorization is possible.