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Procedure documentation Manage Returnable Packaging Accounts  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

Returnable packaging accounts form the basis of the exchange relationships for returnable packaging materials between two business partners. You can use this Internet function to allow a supplier access to related returnable packaging information.

The supplier can check the account balance and relevant returnable packaging movements in the partners’ system. The supplier can access the returnable packaging accounts with the corresponding account postings or the postings for a reference document.

He can create RP account statements for account postings which are not contained in any account statement yet at any point in time. There are three ways of dealing with the account statements: The supplier can print the statements from the browser (if the corresponding settings have been made), he can call them up as XML structures and save them on the hard disk, or he can transfer them to his system via "http post".

For further information, see Returnable Packaging Logistics.

Prerequisites

You have maintained returnable packaging accounts.

Suppliers can only create account statements and "send" them to themselves (that is either print them from the browser, or save them locally, or transfer them to their system) if the field AccStatCreatControl on the tab page Acct. Matching contains a corresponding setting.

Note

The field AccStatCreateControl is only relevant if the field Statement control is set to Statements are sent.

Procedure

Displaying returnable packaging accounts with account postings:

  1. In the Workplace, choose Automotive information → Display returnable packing accounts.

    2. The system displays a list of the returnable packaging accounts that are assigned to a supplier.

  2. You can restrict the list further by entering a customer and/or an item of returnable packaging. You can also restrict the time period for the postings selected to a particular number of days. Choose Search.

The system displays a list of the returnable packaging accounts that have been selected for your entries. You can sort accounts in ascending or descending order in the columns vendor, customer and returnable packaging.

  1. If you choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text, the system displays a list of the account postings for the respective returnable packaging account.
  2. You can access detailed information for the vendor, customer and the returnable packaging.

Displaying returnable packaging account for reference document:

  1. In the Workplace, choose Automotive information → Display postings for returnable account.
  2. Enter a reference document number. If you also enter a vendor and a manufacturer or customer, the system displays only the postings that match these criteria.

    3. The system displays a list of the postings that have been selected for your entries.

  3. You can access detailed information for the exchange partner, location and returnable packaging.
  1. If you choose Reset, your entries are deleted and you can start a new search.

Creating RP account statements and printing them/saving them as XML files/transferring them via http post:

  1. If the column New P. of an RP account does not contain a zero, there are new postings for this account. Select an RP account which has the icon Creating account statements is possible for this account in the status column, and choose Create Statement.

A log, which is displayed below the list of RP accounts, displays that the system has created an account statement. The field Last Statement now contains the current date.

Note

There might be icons next to the date in the field Last Statement, which indicate whether the account statement has already "sent" and whether it has already been matched.
  1. Click on the date in the field Last Statement in order to display account statement details.
  2. Choose Change to "Matched" in order to match the account statement immediately.
  3. Write a message in the field Information, and press Send Message if there are certain points you want to inform your business partner about.
  4. Choose Display XML in order to call up the account statement as XML structure and then save it locally. Choose Transfer XML in order to transfer the account statement via http post to your system. Choose Print in order to directly print the account statement from the browser.
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