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:
Different Customizing settings are made according to the billing requirement so that automatic transfer to the Billing Engine is possible.
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):
In the SAP Implementation Guide, choose
.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’
.
Maintain a billing plan type with the BILP transaction type = IPM billing plan (path:
.Assign the billing plan to the item categories for the royalties item (IVM2) (
path: .
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:
To define the contract item category specifically for IPM, follow the
IMG 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.
Define item categories for the IPMI Billing Engine application and assign these to the item categories for IPM sales transactions.
IMG path: IMG path:
.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, choose
.