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 Sending FI-AR Data to Collections Management

Use

With the program FDM_COLL_SEND_ITEMS you can transfer data from Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) to Collections Management . This is data that the system needs for creating the worklists.

Integration

Sending data from Accounts Receivable to Collections Management is an important process step for using the functions in SAP Collections Management .

Prerequisites

Before you start the program for sending FI-AR data to Collections Management , you must have fulfilled the following prerequisites:

  • You have made the required settings in Customizing for SAP Collections Management under Start of the navigation path Collections Management Basic Settings Next navigation step Basic Data End of the navigation path and under Start of the navigation path Integration with Accounts Receivable Next navigation step Distribution of Data in Collections Management End of the navigation path .

  • You have performed master data distribution. For more information, see Master Data in SAP Collections Management .

Features

When you transfer data to Collections Management , you have the following options:

  • Initial data transfer (initial load transaction

  • Periodic data transfer (delta procedure)

  • Data transfer for specific company codes and customers according to your selection

You usually run the program once with the option Initial Data Transfer . In doing this, you transfer the company codes defined in Customizing that participate in Receivables Processing using the component SAP Collections Management.

You then run the program regularly with the option Periodic Data Transfer . In this case, only data that has been changed is considered.

You use the option Data Transfer According to Selection in exception situations to recreate certain customers or company codes.

For more information, see the documentation of the program FDM_COLL_SEND_ITEMS .

Activities

To run the program, from the SAP Easy Access screen choose Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Collections Management Next navigation step Integration with Accounts Receivable Accounting Next navigation step Periodic Processing Next navigation step Distribution of Data to Collections Management End of the navigation path .