System and Component Landscape 

You can use SAP Credit Management and other integrated components in a single system landscape or a multiple system landscape. You can collect, manage, and analyze credit information from connected systems and components centrally; this architecture also enables you to distribute and use the credit information effectively in the systems and components connected.

Examples of the cross-system/component information flow are:

■      Credit exposure update from Accounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR) to SAP Credit Management

■      Credit check in SAP Credit Management on creation of a sales order in Sales and Distribution (SD)

■      Update of the credit exposure in SAP Credit Managementbased on data from Sales and Distribution(SD) and Accounts Receivable Accounting(FI-AR).

The data exchange is processed via XML interfaces (XI), which means that you can connect both SAP and non-SAP systems. For more information on the interfaces used, see XI Interfaces: Overview.

System and Component Architecture

The following figure gives you an overview of the maximum connection options and data flows that the system architecture of SAP Credit Management provides.

System Requirements and Prerequisites

The following table provides an overview of all components and systems that you have to or can connect in SAP Credit Management.

You can connect either Accounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR) or Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) as SAP Financial Accounting system. For more information about the integration of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), see the documentation for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payableunder Integration with SAP Credit Management.

Application Components and Systems

Component/System	Minimum SAP Release	Comments
SAP Credit Management (FIN-FSCM-CR) (Software component FINBASIS)	3.0	Mandatory
SAP Web Application Server	6.40	Mandatory
SAP Exchange Infrastructure	3.0	Mandatory
Accounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR)	4.6C; Plug-In 2004.1	Optional
Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA)	4.72	Optional
Sales and Distribution (SD)	4.6C; Plug-In 2004.1	Optional
SAP Business Information Warehouse	BI Business Content 3.5.2	Optional
SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)	4.0; CRM Industry Add-On Edition 2004	Optional; Only as customer project
SAP Enterprise Portal	6.0	Optional
External credit information	External system	Optional
Financial Accounting	External system	Optional
Sales and Distribution	External system	Optional

 

For more information about configuring and connecting the individual systems see the SAP Credit Management Configuration Guide. You can display this configuration guide by calling the business process FI-AR: Credit Management in SAP Solution Manager.

You can also view the configuration guide as PDF file on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/fscm. Choose Media Library ® Documentation ® SAP Credit Management ® Configuration Guide SAP Credit Management 6.0.