Configure the Royalties Contract 

Use

You can use this procedure to implement the Author Relationship Management scenario and create a system landscape for this scenario, which covers the general requirements of a book publisher described in the Best Practices for the Author Relationship Management document. The configuration steps required to use the royalties contract are listed here. Any additional requirements require additional configuration steps.

Procedure

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       1.      Define number ranges

In this step, you can define the number intervals for royalties contracts. During creation of a royalties contract, the system assigns a unique number that identifies the transaction uniquely. This number originates from the number range, which has been defined for the corresponding transaction type in Customizing.

You can use the standard number range interval 56 in the system.

To define a new number range, you must insert a new number interval. To do this, proceed as follows:

Choose the following in the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG) ® Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Define Number Ranges.

Choose Number ranges for purchase contracts.

Create a new interval. Enter an alphanumeric key with a maximum of two digits.

Specify the limits for the number interval. Individual number intervals must not overlap. Each number can therefore only appear once.

If the number range is intended for external number assignment, indicate this accordingly.

Now enter the key for the number range in the transaction types, see also Defining Transaction Types.

       2.      Define Transaction Types

In this step, you can define the transaction types for your royalties contracts. To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Define Transaction Types.

Copy the IPM Acquisition Contract (IPME) transaction type supplied by SAP to a new royalties contract transaction type (ZIME) in the customer namespace.

Assign any new number range intervals that you are using, see also Defining Number Ranges.

Change the partner determination procedure, status profile, organizational data profile, date profile, action profile and text determination procedure assigned if necessary. For more information on these objects, see the IMG under Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions and Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Status Management.

       3.      Define Item Categories

In this step, you can define the item categories for your royalties contracts. To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Define Item Categories.

Copy the IPM Rgt+Roy W.Diff (IEM2) item category supplied by SAP to a new item category IPM Acquisition Variable Royalties (ZEM2).

Change the following objects if necessary: Partner determination procedure, status profile, organizational data profile, date profile, action profile, text determination procedure and condition group. For more information on these objects, see the Customizing settings under Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions; Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Status Management and Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Settings for Contracts ® Price Agreements and Configuration ® Define and Assign Groups of Condition Tables and Condition Types.

You do not need to create new item categories. Use the item categories supplied by SAP according to the following table.

Table 1: Item Categories Used

·                            Item Category	·                            Description
·                            IEA1	·                            IPM acquisition guaranteed advance
·                            IEA2	·                            IPM acqu. Final invoice target advance
·                            IEA5	·                            IPM acquisition advance with installments
·                            IEB1	·                            IPM acquisition milestones
·                            IEB2	·                            IPM acquisition billing request item (diff.calculation)
·                            IEB3	·                            IPM acquisition advance milestones
·                            IEM1	·                            IPM Acquisitn: Rghts+Royalties Item
·                            ZEM2	·                            IPM Acquisition Variable Royalties
·                            IEM3	·                            IPM Acquisition:Rights+Roylty Itm W.Inst

 

       4.      Define Item Category Determination

In this step you can define the item categories that the system proposes for each transaction type and item category group during transaction processing. You can also define which item categories can be entered manually as an alternative to the system proposal. A maximum of eleven alternative item categories are possible.

To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Define Item Category Determination.

Copy the entries supplied for the SAP IPM Acquisition Contract (IPME) transaction type to your new royalties contract transaction type (ZIME) according to the following table.

Table 2: Item Category Determination for the Royalties Contract Transaction Type (ZIME)

·                            Transaction Type	·                            ItemCatGrp	·                            Item Usage	·                            MainItemCategory	·                            Item Category	·                            Alt IC
·                            ZIME	·	·	·	·                            ZEM2	·                            IEM1, IEM3, IEA1
·                            ZIME	·	·	·                            IEA1	·                            IEA2	·                            IEA1
·                            ZIME	·	·	·                            IEA5	·                            IEA2	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            BILP	·                            ZEM2	·                            IEB2	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            MILE	·                            IEA5	·                            IEB3	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            MILE	·                            IEM3	·                            IEB1	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            REV	·                            IEA1	·                            IVS1	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            REV	·                            IEA2	·                            IVS1	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            REV	·                            IEA5	·                            IVS1	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            REV	·                            IEM1	·                            IVS1	·
·                            ZIME	·	·                            REV	·                            IEM3	·                            IVS1	·

 

Copying Control for Transactions

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       1.      Define Copying Control for Transaction Types

In this step, you can define the control for copying transaction types. To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Copying Control for Business Transactions ® Define Copying Control for Transaction Types.

Copy the entry supplied for the SAP IPM Acquisition Contract (IPME) transaction type to your new Royalties Contract transaction type (ZIME).

       2.      Define Copying Control for Item Categories

In this step, you can define the control for copying item categories. To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Copying Control for Business Transactions ® Define Copying Control for Item Categories.

Copy the entry supplied by SAP for the IPM Rgt+Roy W.Diff (IEM2) item category to your new item category IPM Acquisition Variable Royalties (ZEM2).

       3.      Define Item Category Determination During Copying

In this step, you can define a special type of item category determination, which is to be run during copying. Starting from the item category in the source transaction and the transaction type for the target transaction, the system finds the target item category. This means that the transaction type for the source transaction is not relevant for item category determination.

Choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Copying Control for Business Transactions ® Define Item Category Determination When Copying.

Copy the entries supplied for the SAP IPM Acquisition Contract (IPME) transaction type to your new royalties contract transaction type (ZIME) according to the following table.

If you do not see any entry for the copying transaction in this table, you can locate the item category in the target transaction using standard item category determination.

Table 3: Copy Item Categories – Item Category Determination for the Royalties Contract (ZIME)

·                            Source Item Category	·                            Target Transaction Type	·                            Item Category
·                            IEA1	·                            ZIME	·                            IEA1
·                            IEA2	·                            ZIME	·                            IEA2
·                            IEA5	·                            ZIME	·                            IEA5
·                            IEM1	·                            ZIME	·                            IEM1
·                            ZEM2	·                            ZIME	·                            ZEM2
·                            IEM3	·                            ZIME	·                            IEM3

 

Billing Plan

Assign billing plan type to the item category

In this step you can assign a billing plan type to the item categories for which you intend to create a billing plan. You must make this assignment so that you can create a billing plan for a specific order item.

Choose the following path in the IMG ® Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Basic Settings ® Billing Plan ® Assign Billing Plan Type to Business Transaction Type.

Copy the entries supplied for the SAP IPM Acquisition Contract (IPME) transaction type to your new royalties contract transaction type (ZIME) according to the following table.

Table 7: Assign Billing Plan Type to the Item Category

·                            Billing Plan Procedure	·                            Transaction Type	·                          Item Category	·                            Billing Plan Type	·                            Description
·	·                            ZIME	·                          IEA1	·                            30	·                            IPM revenue plan
·	·                            ZIME	·                          IEA2	·                            30	·                            IPM revenue plan
·	·                            ZIME	·                          IEA5	·                            16	·                            IPM milestone billing for advance
·	·                            ZIME	·                          IEM1	·                            30	·                            IPM revenue plan
·	·                            ZIME	·                          ZEM2	·                            05	·                            IPM billing plan monthly
·	·                            ZIME	·                          IEM3	·                            20	·                            IPM milestone billing + revenue plan

 

Pricing

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       1.      Create Condition Types

In this step you can use the condition type to define the features, field combinations and commercial significance of condition records.

To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions ® Pricing ® Define Settings for Pricing ® Create Condition Types.

SAP supplies the following condition types:

●        Lcnse Fee Gr.Lpr. OR (17PG)

●        Lcnse Fee Net Lpr.OR (17PN)

●        License Fee (Perc.) OR (17PO)

       2.      Create Pricing Procedure

In this step, you can define the pricing procedures for the royalties contract and royalties settlement. The pricing procedure defines valid condition types and the sequence in which they are calculated in the transaction.

To do so, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions ® Pricing ® Define Settings for Pricing ® Create Pricing Procedure.

SAP supplies the pricing procedure IPM Fee Contract (17IP12):

 

       3.      Determine Pricing Procedures

Determining the pricing procedure can be dependent on the following:

●        Sales organization

●        Distribution channel

●        Document pricing procedure (can be assigned to a transaction type at the third level)

●        Customer procedure (assignment in the business partner master)

See the general notes on Represent License Acquisition Scenario for IPM.

Prerequisite: You have already created your organizational structure in CRM , see also Configure Organizational Data in the Author Relationship Management Scenario.

To determine the pricing procedure, choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Basic Functions ®Pricing ® Pricing in the Business Transaction ® Determine Pricing Procedures.

Create a new entry. Enter your sales organization for royalties contracts, your distribution channel for royalties contracts, an initial division, the IPM acquisition (F) document pricing procedure, and the customer pricing procedure used in the business partner master data and assign the pricing procedure 17IP12.

 

       4.      Define and Assign Groups of Condition Tables and Types

In this step you can assign admissible condition tables and types to your royalties contract (ZIME) and the item category IPM acquisition variable royalties (ZEM2).

Choose the following path in the IMG: Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Settings for Contracts ® Price Agreements and Configuration ® Define and Assign Groups of Condition Tables and Types.

Use the condition groups IPM royalties header (1710) and IPM royalties item (1711)supplied by SAP.

Proceed as follows:

                            a.      Define the condition groups for the royalties contract header and item.

                            b.      Assign the group to the transaction type (= header) royalties contract (ZIME).

                            c.      Assign the group to the item category IPM acquisition variable royalties (ZEM2).

You can see the individual entries in the following tables.

 

Table 4: Condition Maintenance Group for the Royalties Contract Header IPM Royalties Contract Header (1710)

·                            Counter	·                            Application	·                            Use	·                            Condition Table	·                            Condition Type	·                            Description
·                            10	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00089	·                            17PV	·                            Lcnse Fee Net Value OR
·                            20	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00089	·                            17PG	·                            Lcnse Fee Gr.Lpr. OR
·                            30	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00089	·                            17PN	·                            Lcnse Fee Net Lpr.OR

 

Table 5: Condition Maintenance Group for the Royalties Contract Item IPM Royalties Item (1711)

·                            Counter	·                            Application	·                            Use	·                            Condition Table	·                            Condition Type	·                            Description
·                            10	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00099	·                            17PV	·                            Lcnse Fee Net Value OR
·                            20	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00099	·                            17PG	·                            Lcnse Fee Gr.Lpr. OR
·                            30	·                            CRM	·                            PR	·                            SAP00099	·                            17PN	·                            Lcnse Fee Net Lpr.OR