This document discusses automatic payment runs in SAP. It describes how the SAP payment program allows selecting open invoices, posting payment documents, and printing/transmitting payments. The payment program processing steps are maintaining parameters, starting a proposal run, executing a debit check, editing the proposal, and starting the payment run and scheduling prints. It also covers maintaining bank master records for house banks, vendors, and customers to store bank account and payment information used for automatic payment processing.
This document discusses automatic payment runs in SAP. It describes how the SAP payment program allows selecting open invoices, posting payment documents, and printing/transmitting payments. The payment program processing steps are maintaining parameters, starting a proposal run, executing a debit check, editing the proposal, and starting the payment run and scheduling prints. It also covers maintaining bank master records for house banks, vendors, and customers to store bank account and payment information used for automatic payment processing.
This document discusses automatic payment runs in SAP. It describes how the SAP payment program allows selecting open invoices, posting payment documents, and printing/transmitting payments. The payment program processing steps are maintaining parameters, starting a proposal run, executing a debit check, editing the proposal, and starting the payment run and scheduling prints. It also covers maintaining bank master records for house banks, vendors, and customers to store bank account and payment information used for automatic payment processing.
This document discusses automatic payment runs in SAP. It describes how the SAP payment program allows selecting open invoices, posting payment documents, and printing/transmitting payments. The payment program processing steps are maintaining parameters, starting a proposal run, executing a debit check, editing the proposal, and starting the payment run and scheduling prints. It also covers maintaining bank master records for house banks, vendors, and customers to store bank account and payment information used for automatic payment processing.
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The key takeaways from the document are that it explains the automatic payment run process and characteristics of the SAP payment program. It also discusses maintaining bank accounts and key fields for automatic payments.
The SAP payment program allows you to perform tasks like selecting open invoices to be paid or collected, posting payment documents, printing payment media, using data medium exchange or initiating electronic data interchange. It can handle both national and international payment transactions with vendors and customers as well as outgoing and incoming payments.
The SAP payment program processing steps are: maintain the parameters, start the proposal run, execute a debit balance check (optional), edit the proposal, start the payment run and schedule the print.
Unit -1 : Automatic Payments
Lesson: Explaining the Automatic payment Run
1. Automatic payment Run- Overview Invoices are entered Open invoices are analyzed for due date Invoices due for payment are prepared for review Payments are approved and /or modified Invoices are paid 2. Automatic payment program (APP) is a tool that helps handle mass transactions and manage payables. The program runs in accounting at specific intervals and processes the relevant transactions. 3. The SAP Payment program allows you to perform the following tasks automatically. Select open invoices to be paid or collected Post payment documents. Print payment media, use data medium exchange(DME), or initiate electronic data interchange(EDI). 4. Characteristics of SAP payment program: It is for both national and international payment transactions with vendors and customers. It handles both outgoing and incoming payments It allows us to define payment features vary from country to country ( Such as Payment methods, Payment forms or data carrier specifications) 5. SAP payment program processing steps: Maintain the parameters Start the proposal run Execute a debit balance check(optional) Edit the proposal Start the payment run Schedule the print. Lesson 2 : Maintaining Bank Accounts 1. Bank Master data Characteristics: Each bank master record has a unique bank country and bank key. Each bank master record includes address data and control data ( such as SWIFT code, postal giro data and the bank group). This helps to optimize the payments in Automatic payment program.( APP). Bank master records are stored centrally in the Bank directory.
2. House bank : The banks your company uses are called house banks. It contains following information. Bank Master data Information for electronic payment transactions Bank accounts for each house bank General ledger accounts for each bank account EDI partner profiles and DME details. (Refer 1 page for EDI and DME full forms). The payment program uses the house bank ID to determine which bank to use . 3. Points to be remember Combination of house bank ID and account ID represent each bank account in SAP ERP. Combination entered in G/L account represents the bank account in general ledger. G/L account must be created and assigned to the bank account and vice versa. Both accounts must have the same account currency. 4. Vendor and customer Bank Accounts When you enter the bank details in the vendor or customer master record. You can access any banks that were already created in the bank directory. In this scenario you only have to enter the bank country and bank key. System automatically the name and address of the bank. If a bank is not in bank directory choose the bank data push button in vendors or customer master record to add a new bank. Ways to create bank master data You can enter bank information in vendor or customer master record or in customizing for house banks. You can enter bank information from a disk or tape using the program RFBVALL_O. Customers who use the lock box function can create a batch input session that automatically updates customer banking information in master record. Key fields for automatic payments Client level vendor master /Customer master Address details Bank country Language Bank key Bank account no International Bank Account Number ( IBAN) Collection authorization. Key fields for automatic payments Company code level Vendor master /Customer Master Terms of payment Payment methods Payment block Clearing with the customer or vendor If a vendor is also a customer or vice versa you can have the payment program and the dunning program clear the vendor and customer open items against each other. You can also select the customer line items when you display the vendor line items for this account. Before you can clear items between existing vendor and customer account. You must perform the following steps