Billing Plan for License Acquisition Contracts
During contract processing for license acquisition contracts, you define the framework for the variable royalties payments billing plan. Payments to be made are calculated from the percentage or quantity-dependent conditions recorded in the acquisition contract and the values accumulated in the settlement data collector, such as sales volume figures and data on product sales.
Integration
Use the following item categories in the SAP Customizing settings provided or item categories defined similarly in the customer name space to represent the billing plan for variable royalties payments.
License acquisition |
IEM2 (IPM acquisition rights and royalties item with difference calculation) for rights acquisition and royalties items with difference calculation. IEY2 (IPM acquisition royalties item with difference calculation) for royalties items with difference calculation. The system generates billing request items with item category IEB2 (IPM acquisition billing request item, difference calculation) for royalties items of the IEM2 or IEY2 item category. |
Variable royalties (price agreements) are first evaluated in the settlement document. They are not evaluated in the acquisition contract.
Prerequisites
You have made the necessary Customizing settings described in the SAP Solution Manager for the License Acquisition and Outgoing Royalties Settlement processes.
Features
The system generates a billing request item (BRI), which is assigned below the royalties item and has its own status, for each billing date. These are not transferred to billing until they have been released.
The billing request items in the acquisition document are billed on the respective billing date. The system defines the amount to be billed from the royalties (price agreements) recorded and the data collected in the settlement data collector, which is valid for the royalties item and the billed period.
The difference calculation is used during settlement. This means that each settlement of a BRI replaces the previous one. For more information about difference calculation, see Billing Plans in Intellectual Property Management.
BRIs must be billed in strict chronological order according to their billing creation date. Each BRI is based on all values accumulated to the current point in time (ITD: inception to date)
A royalties item for variable royalties payments must be defined as being relevant to the difference calculation in the IPM-specific item category Customizing settings.
Most header billing plans are not supported in Intellectual Property Management The only exception is the header billing plan for multiple payees.