Postprocessing Account Statements (Old) 

Prerequisites

You have explicitly deactivated the new function for postprocessing.

To do this you call up transaction SM31 with view V_T100C, and set message 001 of class (work area) NEW_FEBA to S or I in the dialog box.

Features

You have the following options for postprocessing electronic account statements. You choose these in the bank account import selection screen.

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       1.      Post immediately (call transaction).

       2.      Generate batch input

The type of processing you choose at this point determines what type of postprocessing you can use for the electronic account statement.

If you selected the Post immediately parameter when importing the account statement, you can use a postprocessing transaction to modify and then post line items that the system has not automatically posted.

The advantage of this option is that each document number posted as a result of the electronic account statement is saved in bank data storage. You can then determine the status of a posting.

In the document display of the bank statement that you have posted with posting parameter Post Immediately you can display the line items that relate to the bank statement. To do this choose Services for Object ® Links.

This is not possible in batch input processing because the statement data is not posted until the sessions are processed. Only then can you obtain information on whether or not a posting was made successfully.

As a rule, the sessions are first processed in the background. The result is recorded in the batch input log. Transactions not updated remain in the session as defective records. The sessions are then postprocessed in the folder “online”. You can change or delete defective data or add any that was missing. Postprocessing is complete when there are no more defective records in a session.

Since the system assumes that the postings in a session will eventually be made successfully, it indicates that the line items of the account statement are “posted successfully”.

An additional advantage is the extra options provided by the postprocessing transaction. You can for example change the postings rules later or edit the payment advice notes (not to be confused with the cash management payment advice notes).

Electronic Account Statement: Postprocessing Options

Posting Parameters	Postprocessing	Where is data stored if no posting is made?
Post immediately	Select Accounting ® Financial Accounting ® Banks ® Input ® Bank Statement ® Postprocess.	Payment advice database
Generate batch input	Incorrect session visible process “online”	Records in the defective batch input session

 

The type of postprocessing depends on the posting parameter chosen. This means that it is not possible to use the postprocessing transaction to edit a batch input session which may be defective.