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Function documentationPayment Scheme

 

Call center agents can use the Payment Scheme function to create new payment schemes and edit existing ones.

Features

Payment Scheme - Overview

You enter the payment scheme application via the payment scheme overview. Here, the system displays a table containing all existing payment schemes. You can use the action buttons in the table to display or edit the payment schemes. If you want to create a new payment scheme, use the pushbutton at the top of the screen.

Create Payment Scheme

The creation process is split into three parts:

  • Select a utility contract.

  • Enter the payment scheme frequency and the first due date. You do not have to enter a payment screen category. You can define default values for the frequency and the category in Customizing under SAP Utilities -> Invoicing -> Budget Billing Plan -> Payment Scheme -> Basic Settings -> Control Parameters for Payment Scheme in IC WebClient.

  • The existing open items are available for selection so that you can include them directly in the payment scheme when you create it.

Once you have completed the creation process, the system displays the payment scheme in Change mode.

Change Payment Scheme

The type of processing of a payment scheme is generally oriented around transaction EA62PS. The following functions are available:

  • Amount change

    You can change the amount, the change reason, and the changeability status of an existing sample line. Amount changes are checked in event R886. The check logic generally allows you to ignore an unsuccessful check (for example, if the amount to be changed is higher than a limit defined in TE560) if you also enter a change reason.

  • Proration

    You can prorate sample lines by entering a new start date and a new amount.

  • Frequency change

    You can change the frequency of the payment scheme. Choose Change Frequency to open a new dialog box where you can enter the required data. This function works in the same way as the Change Basic Data function in transaction EA62PS. You can change the frequency from any specific day. Any sample lines that exist after this date become invalid. Note that, as opposed to in transaction EA62PS, no warning is issued if these sample lines exist.

  • Payment break

    When you set up a payment break, the system opens a dialog box where you can enter the start and end of the payment break. You can also specify an amount for this period. The default value for this amount is 0. If the system confirms the payment break, two new sample lines are integrated into the payment scheme.

  • Default amount

    The system reextrapolates the amount of a selected sample line. This amount is determined by event R885 and can also be adjusted with this event. In the standard definition of the event, the billing period to which the sample line belongs is extrapolated and the resulting amount is divided between the due dates still available within the billing period.

  • End/Stop

    The following fields are available if you want to end a payment scheme: End Date and Deactivation Reason. If the end date is in the future, the system stops the payment scheme. Therefore, you can still edit the payment scheme.

    Caution Caution

    If you end a payment scheme and then want to correct the end date in the future before you have saved, you first have to reset the payment scheme. In this case, all changes are lost. As soon as you save the payment scheme, it is no longer possible to correct the end date in the future.

    End of the caution.

  • Open items

    The system opens a new screen for ending the open items. You can compare the changes directly in the top part of the screen. The two lower parts of the screen contain the open items that can be included in the payment scheme and the open items that are already included in the payment scheme. Each of the lower parts contains a pushbutton, which you can use to move selected items in to the other table. The system updates the New Amount and New Open Items Total fields in the top part of the screen directly.

  • Display details

    You can use the Display Details pushbutton to specify that the system always displays the details of the selected sample line directly.

  • Reset

    You can use the Reset pushbutton to undo all changes and reset the payment scheme back to its initial status (database status).

Customizing

You can perform Customizing activities in the ERP system under SAP Utilities -> Invoicing -> Budget Billing Plan -> Payment Scheme -> Basic Settings -> Define Control Parameters for Payment Scheme in IC WebClient.

Adjustments

  • Event R885

    You can use this event to control how the system determines the default value. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R885.

  • Event R886

    In this event, you can evaluate a changed payment scheme amount and a specified change reason together. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R886.

  • Event R887

    In this event you can determine whether it is permitted to create payment schemes, and whether they can be created for the selected contract. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R887.

  • Event R888

    The system uses this event to determine the default values for creating a payment scheme. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R888.

  • Event R889

    You can use this event to decide whether it is permitted to edit open items, and whether the system automatically includes certain open items when you create a payment scheme. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R889.

  • Event R892

    In this event, you can change or add to the payment scheme data shortly before it is displayed. For more information, see the documentation for function module ISU_SAMPLE_R892.