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Function documentationRelease of Blocked Billing Due List Items

 

You can use this function to display blocked billing due list items and release them for billing. A billing due list item can be blocked for the following reasons:

  • The billing item category is blocked from billing.

    This setting is made in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Billing Next navigation step Define Billing Item Categories End of the navigation path (Billing Block indicator).

    Example Example

    You want to block all credit memo requests from billing until they have been checked. You set the Billing Block indicator in the item category for credit memo requests.

    End of the example.

  • The transaction/delivery is blocked from billing.

    Example Example

    Delivery to a customer by ship takes four weeks. If a goods issue was posted for the delivery, this would trigger billing too early. Therefore, a billing block is set in the order item. The billing block is not removed until the customer has confirmed goods receipt.

    End of the example.

You can only use this function to release items that are blocked because of their item category. If an item was blocked in the transaction or delivery, you can only unblock it there.

Activities

Releasing Billing Due List Items in CRM WebClient UI

You can release billing due list items on the Billing Due List and Release for Billing pages.

Releasing Billing Due List Items in SAP GUI

You can find this function on the SAP Easy Access screen under Start of the navigation path Sales/Service Next navigation step Release Billing Due List End of the navigation path. You have the following options:

  • Release all billing due list items matching your selection criteria, by choosing Release Billing Due List for Billing.

  • Release individual items as follows:

    1. You enter your selection criteria and choose Maintain.

      You see the blocked items that match your selection criteria. Items blocked due to item category customizing are marked with a yellow triangle. Items not marked with a yellow triangle were blocked in the transaction/delivery.

    2. You can display detailed information for the blocked billing due list items by expanding a business transaction and double-clicking on the relevant item. Or you can select the item and choose Display Item Details.

    3. To release one or more items, you select the relevant items and choose Release for Billing.