Editing Contract Relationships for Cash Concentration 

Use

On the Contract Relationships tab page, you can specify the structure of a master contract for cash concentration by adding participants to a master contract.

For examples of the structure of a master contract hierarchy, see Example of an Account Hierarchy and Example of a Cash Concentration.

Prerequisites

·        Note the general prerequisites for contract pools under Editing Contract Relationships and the restrictions in the time-dependent editing of contract pools.

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·        The master contract and all participant accounts must currently be assigned to the same bank posting area, as set in the contract-managing organizational unit.

·        A participant account is not allowed to be assigned simultaneously to another master contract with the cash concentration feature.

·        The master contract must have the same currency as the participant accounts, regardless of the settings made for the currency in the product definition.

·        A participant account is not allowed to be used as payment details for this master contract.

For more information, see Technical Documentation in the documentation for the contract element Contract Relationships (RECN).

Procedure

The master contract that you created is shown as the main contract in the account hierarchy. If you have already created a payment details account on the Cash Concentration tab page, this account is displayed at the highest level.

Adding Participants

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       1.      Choose Add Participant.

The system displays the Change Master Contract: Participant Contract screen.

       2.      Enter the data for identifying the participant account.

If the master contract on the Features tab page is only allowed for interest compensation, this screen will not allow you to make any further entries.

       3.      Specify a minimum and maximum amount for the balance.

Defining a minimum and maximum balance affects the amount for transfer posting in the cash concentration run. The minimum balance represents the lowest amount the participant account has to show and the maximum balance the largest amount the participant account may show. If there is no entry in the Minimum Balance field, the amount is zero. The same applies to the Maximum Balance field. If the transfer rule Non-Key Date-Related: Value Date-Exact Separated According to Debit and Credit is set, it is neither useful nor possible to make an entry in these fields.

       4.      Enter a minimum and maximum transfer amount.

The minimum transfer amount represents a lower limit (trivial limit). If the amount is less than this there is no valid reason for making a transfer posting from cash concentration, owing to the transaction charges, for example. If there is no entry in the Minimum Transfer Amount field, it means the amount is zero.

The maximum transfer amount represents an upper limit for transfer postings to be made from cash concentration. These limits therefore permit a certain level of protection against unsuccessful postings by cash concentration; this is particularly relevant in the case of external payment details accounts.

If the transfer rule Non-Key Date-Related: Value Date-Exact Separated According to Debit and Credit is set, it is neither useful nor possible to make an entry in these fields.

       5.      Specify the rounding rules you want to be used for all amounts to be posted. (You are not shown this field if you selected the transfer rule Non-Key Date-Related: Value Date-Exact Separated According to Debit and Credit.)

       6.      If you selected the transfer rule Non-Key Date-Related: Value Date-Exact Separated According to Debit and Credit, enter the amount the account is to show in the Base Amount field.

       7.      Enter the transaction types that are used in the participant account, differentiating between debit and credit postings.

       8.      In the Time Periods group frame, specify how often cash concentration is to be executed. If the periodic execution time is not on a working day, the execution date can be shifted according to your entry in the Working Day Shift field. The settlement dates are calculated on the basis of the starting date.

You can define additional execution dates for the Cash Concentration in the transaction Displaying and Editing Next Dates. You can call up this transaction from the SAP Easy Access screen under Account Management (FS-AM) ® Master Contract ® Cash Concentration for a Master Contract ® Display and Edit Next Dates.

       9.      Specify a user-defined text to add to the posting.

   10.      Choose Continue and save your entries.

Removing Participants

Select the participant and choose Remove Participants.

Changing Participants

Select the participant and choose Change Participants.

You reach the Change Account: Basic Data screen. For more information, see Changing Accounts.

Displaying Participants

Select the participant and choose Display Participants.

You reach the Display Account: Basic Data screen. For more information, see Displaying Accounts.

Changing Participant Attributes

Select the participant and choose Attributes.

The system displays the Change Master Contract: Participant Contract screen.

Make your changes. For notes on each field, see above under the section Add Participants.

Shifting Participants

You can use Drag&Drop to shift participants in the master contract within the account hierarchy.