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 Collective Processing

Use

Youuse this function to process several intercompany sales documents together.To call the transaction, choose the following path from the SAP Easy Access Menu : Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Sales and Distribution Next navigation step Sales Next navigation step Order Next navigation step Subsequent Functions Next navigation step Billing Between Company Codes (Collective Processing) End of the navigation path .

To do so, you must first enter the Intercompany Sales Documents of the supplying company codes in the selection screen for Resource-Related Billing Between Company Codes: Collective Processing .

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The intercompany sales documents can belong to different Controlling areas. For more information, see Billing Between Company Codes .

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Prerequisites

To enable you to work with cost centers, you have implemented BAdI: Resource-Related Billing Between Company Codes in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Start of the navigation path Billing Next navigation step Intercompany Billing Next navigation step Resource-Related Intercompany Billing End of the navigation path .

Features

In the Optional Selection Parameters area , to reduce the number of objects to which costs are selected, you can define the account assignment objects to be selected in the requesting company code. Account assignment objects include sales orders, orders, or objects belonging to projects, such as WBS elements.

You can process objects to one project at one time and then process objects to another project at another time.

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You can enter sales documents, or service orders, or project objects (project definitions, WBS elements, networks/orders), or cost centers .

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In the Source area, you determine which Period , Fiscal Year and Posting Date To the system uses during processing. To do this, you must choose one of the following radio buttons:

  • Period to Current Date : If you choose this radio button and execute billing, the system selects all the corresponding objects’ costs for the period and fiscal year combination of the current date period. The system automatically sets the Posting Date To parameter to the last day of the period during billing.

  • Previous Period to Current Date : If you choose this radio button, the system selects the corresponding objects’ costs for the period and fiscal year combination before the current date period. The system automatically sets the Posting Date To parameter to the last day of the previous period during billing.

  • Period from Selection Screen : If you choose this radio button, the system uses the values you entered in the Period field, Fiscal Year field, and the Posting Date To field in the selection screen. For this option only, the values in selection screen influence the process.

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    The value in the Posting Date To field must belong to the period and fiscal year combination entered in the selection screen.

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If you select the Process Open Items Only checkbox, the system processes only the dynamic items that have not beenfully billed. If you do not select this indicator the system processes all dynamic items.

In the Further Options area, you can select the Saved data checkbox to determine whether the system should use saved data for the objects to be billed. You can select the Refresh checkbox to specify whether the system should refresh the saved data for the objects to be billed: The system reads the saved data first, and subsequently rereads the cost records to the objects. You can select the Refresh checkbox only if you have selected the Saved data checkbox. Additionally, you can enter a Pricing date if you want to determine the prices for all items as of the same date.

In the Save Options area, you can decide if the system saves an extract or creates a debit memo request or a credit memo request.

  • Save extract : If you select this checkbox, the system executes the billing between company codes as for Save sales document but instead of creating a debit memo request and/or a credit memo request, the system writes the result that is produced during processing to the database. You can reuse the data for another run with or without refreshing it.

  • Save sales document : If you select this checkbox, the system creates a debit memo request and/or a credit memo request in case there are amounts or quantities to be billed.

In the Processing Options area, you can select the Test Run checkbox to specify that an extract or sales document is created. You can select the Background Processing checkbox to specify that billing is carried out in the background. You can select the Detail List checkbox to specify that the system shows additional information to processes carried out (for example, error messages).