Release Object PAOR (Payment Order) 

Definition

An Account Management (FS-AM) release object used by the system to identify whether the editing of a payment order by an author/processor is subject to release. If this is the case, the Framework for the Principle of Dual Control (CA-GTF-TS-PDC) generates a work item that must be processed further in the Business Workplace by a supervisor or user responsible for release.

Customizing

You make the settings for release object PAOR (payment order) and its release attributes in the Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) by choosing Order Management ® Payment Order ® Release in the following IMG activities:

·        Assign Release Object to Release Procedure

·        Assign Rule to Release Steps

·        Assign Release WF and Release Procedure WF to Release Procedures

·        Define Rejection Reasons

Channel

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·        Dialog

The following transactions must be released if you made the corresponding setting in the Account Management (FS-AM) Customizing settings.

¡        Post parked payment order

¡        Create payment order

¡        Reverse payment order

The system checks whether the dialog processing of the payment order in question is subject to release and generates a work item for every release-relevant payment order editing. If a payment order is no longer relevant for release once it has been edited, the related work item is deleted.

If you change a payment order that is subject to release, the system closes the old release workflow and triggers a new one.

·        Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)

The following transactions are subject to release if set accordingly in the Customizing settings and if the Deactivate Release Workflow indicator is not set in the corresponding BAPI:

¡        PaymentOrder.Cancel

¡        PaymentOrder.Create

The system checks as for dialog processing whether editing a payment order via BAPIs is subject to release. If this is the case, the system generates a work item for every release-relevant payment order editing. If a payment order is no longer relevant for release once it has been edited, this work item is deleted again.

Structure

The structure definition of release object PAOR (payment order) is divided as follows:

·        Release attributes

·        Methods of the release object in the SAP Business Workplace

For more information on release object PAOR (payment order), see the Payment Order section in the SAP Library.

Release Attributes

For the business-related meaning of the individual release attributes, see the corresponding F1 helps.

·        Payment transaction area

·        Transaction type

·        Amount in transaction currency

·        Transaction currency

·        Release activity

Methods of the Release Object in the SAP Business Workplace

You can edit release object PAOR (payment order) as a work item in the SAP Business Workplace. This can affect the order status of the payment order. For more information, see the Status and Release Status of a Payment Order section.

·        Display

Choosing this pushbutton brings you to the dialog transaction Display Payment Order.

·        Change

Choosing this pushbutton brings you to the dialog transaction Change Standing Order. Due to the status of the payment order (in release), in this transaction only changing and posting in one step is permitted. Depending on whether or not the payment order with the changed data is again subject to release, the old status remains (in release) or the system assigns a new status, depending on the further processing.

·        Display Change Documents
Choosing this pushbutton brings you to the selection screen of transaction Display Change Documents of the payment order, provided you have changed the underlying payment order and there are change documents.

·        Release

This method in the SAP Business Workplace can change the status and release status of the payment order as follows:

Before release		After release
Payment order status	Activity resulting in release	Release status	System activity	Payment order status
In Release	Post	Not In Release	The system posts the payment order when you save it in the release payment order dialog, provided there are no formal or material errors preventing the posting.	The system assigns this accordingly on the basis of the further processing, if formal or material errors have occurred.
In Release	Post parked PO	Not In Release	The system posts the parked payment order when you save it in the release payment order dialog, provided there are no formal or material errors preventing the posting.	The system assigns this accordingly on the basis of the further processing, if formal or material errors have occurred.
In Release	Reverse	Not In Release	The system reverses the payment order provided there are no other formal or material error preventing the reversal.	The system assigns this accordingly on the basis of the further processing, if formal or material errors have occurred.

The In Release status represents the following “internal” statuses of the release workflow that the system only displays in the context of the release workflow. However, in the Status field of the individual payment order transactions, you can always find the general In Release status when the payment order in question is in the release process.

§         Entered

§         Released – 1^st level

§         Released – 2nd level

§         Returned

§         Changed

·        Reject

Choosing this pushbutton brings you to a dialog box in which you must specify rejection reasons. You must have entered these beforehand in the Account Management (FS-AM) Customizing settings for the release process. For more information, see the Customizing section of this document.

This method in the SAP Business Workplace can change the status and release status of the payment order as follows:

Before release		After release
Release status of the payment order	Activity resulting in release	Release status	System activity	Status of the payment order version
In Release	Post	Not In Release	The system does not post the payment order	Release rejected
In Release	Post parked PO	Not In Release	The system does not post the parked payment order	Release rejected
In Release	Reverse	Not In Release	The system does not reverse the payment order	Posted

·        Return

The system returns the work item to the SAP Business Workplace of the author/workflow initiator who can then process the payment order further.

·        Terminate