Processing Open Items (SAP Library - FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable)

Processing Open Items

Use

Processing open items involves choosing and then activating the open items. Processing is the last step before posting a clearing document.

Integration

When posting clearing documents, the system takes tolerances into account. Tolerances are acceptable payment differences.

Prerequisites

When the line item(s) you enter and the open item(s) you process have been cleared, you can post a clearing document.

Example

For example, if you enter a vendor payment for $1000, you must choose and process vendor open items that equal $1000. If your system permits a 1% tolerance, then you can clear open items with a value from $990 to $1010.

Features

When you process open items, you can:

Activate or deactivate open items

Activate or deactivate cash discount

Maintain cash discount amounts

Enter partial payments or residual items

Activities

Activate the open items to be cleared.

To process open items, on the screen for selecting open items, choose Goto ® Open items.

You can process open items using the following:

Menus or function keys

Commands

Mouse

To clear open items with commands or with the mouse, you select and process an item in one step.