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Function documentationBilling Plan for Distribution/Revenue Plan

 

In a revenue plan (sales contracts) or distribution billing plan (acquisition contracts), a rights item is distributed between various account assignment objects, such as the IP or market. The system observes these account assignment objects during the posting to Accounting and splits the G/L account lines.

Integration

Use the following item categories in the Customizing settings provided (in SAP Customizing for CRM, select 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) or similar item categories defined in the customer name space for revenue distribution:

License sales

  • IVM1 (IPM sales rights and royalties item) or IVY1 (IPM sales royalties item) to represent fixed license fees.

  • IVM2 (IPM sales rights and royalties item) or IVY2 (IPM sales royalties item) to represent variable license fees.

  • IVM3 (IPM sales rights and royalties item with installments) or IVY3 (IPM sales royalties item with installments) to represent installments.

  • IVA1 (IPM sales guaranteed advance) to represent guaranteed advances.

  • IVA2 (IPM sales final invoice target advance), to represent guaranteed advances (final invoice)

  • IVA3 (IPM sales repayable advance) to represent repayable advances

  • IVA4 (IPM Sales Final Invoice Repayable Advanc), to represent repayable advances (final invoice)

  • IVA5 (IPM Sales Advance Payment with Install. to represent installments

  • IVG1 (IPM sales minimum guarantee item) to represent minimum guarantee amounts.

    The system generates distribution items with item category IVS1 (IPM distribution item) as sub-items for the item categories listed here.

License acquisition

  • IEM1 (IPM acquisition rights and royalties item) or IEY1 (IPM acquisition royalties item) to represent fixed license fees.

  • IEM3 (IPM acquisition rights and royalties item with installments) or IEY3 (IPM acquisition royalties item with installment payment) to represent installments.

  • IEA1 (IPM acquisition guaranteed advance) to represent guaranteed advances.

  • IEA2 (IPM Acqu. Final Invoice Target Advance) , to represent guaranteed advances (final invoice)

  • IEA3 (IPM Acquisition Repayable Advance, to represent repayable advances

  • IEA4 (IPM Acquisition Final Inv.Repayable Adv.), to represent repayable advances (final invoice)

  • IEA5 (IPM Purch. Adv. Payment with Installmnts), to represent installments

  • IEG1 (IPM acquisition minimum guarantee item) to represent minimum guarantee amounts.

    The system generates distribution items with item category IVS1 (IPM distribution item) as sub-items for the item categories listed here.

Prerequisites

You have made the necessary Customizing settings described in the SAP Solution Manager for the License Sales and Incoming Royalties Billing or the License Acquisition and Outgoing Royalties Billing processes.

Features

You can specify distribution of the item value for the assigned contract items in several plan lines in billing plan types that allow revenue and cost distribution. In this case, the value of the item (for example, the conditions in a price-relevant item or the current value of an item that is relevant to the difference calculation) is not transferred to Accounting as a whole. A specific share of this value is allocated to each distribution line. The respective account assignment information is determined from the attributes in the plan line (such as market, territory, and language). This means that revenues for a sales item or expenses for an acquisition item can be distributed between several account assignment objects.