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Function documentationIncoming Royalties Billing

 

IR billing has been implemented using the IPMI Billing Engine application.

The structure of the IPMI application is derived from the CRMB application (CRM Billing). IR billing also contains the following additional specific characteristics as a result of the CRM Billing functions:

Prerequisites

Different Customizing settings are made according to the billing requirement so that automatic transfer to the Billing Engine is possible.

I. Customizing Settings for the Standard CRM Item Category

The following example explains the Customizing settings for billing a confirmation-dependent license fee, for which corresponding confirmations have been received without any gaps.

To define a royalties item with lower-level billing request items (BRIs):

  1. In the SAP Implementation Guide, choose Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Define Item Categories End of the navigation path.

  2. Create an item category for the royalties item (this corresponds to the IVM2 entry in the example Customizing settings) and define the billing reference as ‘not relevant to billing’ . Create an item category for confirmation-relevant BRIs for the royalties item (this corresponds to the IVB2 entry in the example Customizing settings) and define the billing reference for this item category as ‘transaction-related billing following completion’.

  3. Maintain a billing plan type with the BILP transaction type = IPM billing plan (path: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Billing Plan Next navigation step Define Billing Plan Types End of the navigation path.

  4. Assign the billing plan to the item categories for the royalties item (IVM2) (path: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Billing Plan Next navigation step Assign Billing Plan Type to Item Category End of the navigation path.

  5. During item category determination, assign the combination of

  • Transaction type for IPM sales contracts (IPMV),

  • Item category usage IPM billing plan (BILP) and

  • Higher-level item category for royalties item (IVM2)

to the item category for confirmation-relevant BRIs.

(Path: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Define Item Category Determination End of the navigation path

II. IPM-Specific Settings for the Contract Item Category

To define the contract item category specifically for IPM, follow the

IMG pathStart of the navigation path  Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Industry-Specific Solutions Next navigation step Media Next navigation step Intellectual Property Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Settings for IPM Transactions Next navigation step Define Settings for IPM Item Categories End of the navigation path

Choose the IVM2 item category and select the DiffRel indicator (relevance to difference calculation).

This means that the system will anticipate confirmations for this item.

If complete confirmations are received for a billing request item, this BRI is transferred to the Billing Engine as a result of the billing relevance defined above.

III. Settings in the BEA-IPMI Application

Define item categories for the IPMI Billing Engine application and assign these to the item categories for IPM sales transactions.

IMG path: IMG path: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Industry-Specific Solutions Next navigation step Media Next navigation step Intellectual Property Management Next navigation step Billing and Settlement Next navigation step Define Item Categories for IPM License Settlements / Item Category Determination End of the navigation path.

Activities

Once all the relevant Customizing activities have been performed, the system enters all data required for billing in the billing due list of the IPMI application. To maintain this data, on the SAP Easy Access screen, chooseStart of the navigation path Industries Next navigation step Media: Intellectual Property Management Next navigation step Incoming Royalties Billing End of the navigation path.