Posting Settlement Results 

Use

The results of account settlement are posted at the end of the settlement process. The posting can be divided into two steps:

       1.      Preparation of postings

       2.      Posting

The following graphic shows the process flow of posting:

Prerequisites

You have executed the following IMG activities in Customizing:

·        Account Management ® Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Transaction Types and Transaction Type Groups

·        Account Management ® Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Maintain Media/Payment Method

·        Account Management ® Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Assign Media/Payment Method to Posting Processes

·        Account Management ® Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Maintain Payment Types

·        Account Management ® Item Management ® Basic Functions ® Assign Payment Types to Transaction Types

·        Account Management ®  Product Management  ® Financial Conditions ®  Define Condition Type

·        Account Management ® Product Management ® Settlement ® Define Payment Details for Settlement Postings

·        Account Management ® Product Management ® Settlement ® Define Trivial and Minimum Amounts

Integration

If you set the Do not Post Settlement flag on the Settlement tab page in account processing, then the settlement results are not posted.

If you set the Post Cumulative Settlement flag on the Settlement tab page in account processing, then the settlement results are posted as a total. Otherwise, the settlement results are posted separately for each posting type.

Scope of Functions

Preparation of Postings

The system prepares the postings for all payment items, payment orders, and non-balance-changing turnover. Posting preparation is done in the function module BKK_ACBAL_POSTING_ITEMS_BUILD.

If you set the Post Cumulative Settlement flag on the Settlement tab page in account processing, then the system groups together all the postings for an account that have the same posting date and value date. results are posted as a total.

The system reads the payment details for the settlement.

·        If they are direct payment details, then the payment items are paid directly to the payment details account. No postings are made to the account to be settled.

·        If the payment details are not direct, then the system first creates a payment item on the settlement account and then a payment order on the payment details account.

Posting Settlement Results

The settlement results are posted in the function module BCA_API_ACBAL_POST. This triggers the following steps:

·        Check of posting records

·        Creation of payment items, payment orders, and non-balance-changing turnovers

·        Posting of results

The payment item IDs for all posted items are stored in settlement to enable individual postings to be reversed at a later date.

At the end of posting, the system runs the Business Transaction Event (BTE) OBCA4060 (revenue – available balance series).

In the Business Transaction Event (BTE) OBCA4010 (customer settlement postings), you can add a where-used note for every payment item that is posted, which then appears in the documentation of the settlement results.