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Inter-company process in S/4 HANA

June 3, 2016 | 9,367 Views |

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I would like to share the steps that were followed to set up inter-company
process during a recent S/4 HANA Implementa on. Manual configura on
was carried out. Though the set-up is a bit similar to previous releases,

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some things have changed in S/4 like Business Partner for internal
customer/supplier, new output management and so on.

These are the relevant areas in IMG Logis cs:

(a) Set up Stock Transfer Order

(b) Set up Inter-company Billing

(c) Most of this should be straight forward, except maybe for the
assignment of internal customer number:

What is new here in S/4 HANA is that customers and vendors have been
replaced by business partner.

(d) You must use transac on BP to create business partners:

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Role FLCU00 is for company code data (FI customer)

Role FLCU01 is for sales area data (SD customer)

Role FLVN00 is for company code data (FI supplier)

Role FLVN01 is for vendor area data (MM supplier)

(e) Other master data must also be created (pricing records, etc.). SAP
recommends the usage of

pricing lists instead of condition records because this runs

faster.

(f) Set up FI/CO customizing for billing

Below are the customizing steps followed to set-up inter-company billing,

Example:

Company Code US 1710 is delivering company

Company Code DE 1010 is ordering company

Data:

Supplier in 1010 is 10301710

Customer in 1710 is 17101010

Reconciliation account for customer has to be 12300000

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Account assignment group has to be 03 for a liated comp

revenue.

    Reconciliation account for vendor has to be 21300000 Trade

payables a liated companies    

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Inter-Company Billing – Automatic Posting To Vendor Account

(SAP-EDI)
Automa c pos ng to vendor account is done by EDI. In our case where
both companies are processed in the same system (& client), it is sufficient
to create IDOC
This process requires several steps:
1. Crea ng a Customer to represent the receiving Company.
2. Crea ng a Vendor to represent the supplying company.
3. Crea ng a Port
4. Maintain an Output Type

5. Crea ng a Logical Address

6. Crea ng a Partner Profile for both Customer and Vendor
7. The relevant FI customizing is maintained.

1. Creating a Customer to represent the receiving Company. ->

Done Example HCF7: 17101010
The customer master data has already been created for the purpose of
Intercompany
processing and entered in the appropriate transac on in customizing
(Sales and
Distribu on -> Billing -> Inter-company Billing -> Define Internal Customer
Number By
Sales Organiza on).

Note: The sales area data for the IC customer has been created in the
supplying company code / sales area.

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2. Creating a Vendor to represent the supplying company. ->

Done Example HCF7: 10301710
The Vendor is created with the standard transac on.
Note: The Vendor is created in the receiving Company Code. The
organiza onal data in
this case is the same as above.

NOTE: There is NO need to “connect” vendor to customer in the control

screen.

3. Creating a Port   ->  logical system HCF7CLNT715

Tools a Business Communica on -> IDoc Basis -> Idoc a Port Defini on (T.
Code WE21)
Maintain Transac onal RFC: (Choose Transac onal RFC and press the
create icon).
A dialog box will open asking whether you want the system to generate an
automa c
name or whether you wish to use your own name.

Port name: Automa cally generated

Version: 4.x
RFC des na on: logical System of the system client -> HC7CLNT715

4. Maintain output type -> Dummy Type RD00 for IDoc

necessary

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Output Type RD00 – Invoice is a special func on, responsible for the
execu on of the IDOC.
Output type RD00 is maintained: IMG: Sales and Distribu on -> Billing ->
Inter-company Billing -> Automa c Pos ng To Vendor Account (SAP-EDI) ->
Maintain output types (T. Code V/40).

Assign Outbound process codes

Call transac on SM30 and choose the view VEDI_TEDE1. Maintain the
following entry:

Process code: SD08

Descrip on: “Intercompany Billing”
Func on module: IDOC_OUTPUT_INVOIC_IV_MM

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Set up Output Management in Fiori App

In Fiori Launchpad choose App “Output Management” and add the

following rule: If receiving BP = IC Company Code use IDOC

5. Create Logical Address -> 17100017101010 = log. Adresse /

BUK = 1010 and Vendor = 10301710
Tcode SPRO (IMG): Sales and Distribu on -> Billing a Intercompany Billing -
> Automa c Pos ng To
Vendor Account (SAP-EDI) -> Assign vendor. (T. Code WEL1)

Logical address 17100017101010 is made of the supplying Company Code

(1710) and the
receiving Customer (17101010).

Note: If the receiving Customer is a numeric number you must add zeros
between the
Company code and Customer number so the Logical Address will be 14
digits.
The Logical address is completed when the receiving Company Code and
the Vendor are
entered in the detail screen.

It is also necessary to ac vate the account assignment.

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Tcode SPRO (IMG): Sales and Distribu on -> Billing è Intercompany Billing -
> Automa c Pos ng To
Vendor Account (SAP-EDI) -> Ac vate account assignment. -> CI02
Invoice Intercompany / CIC2 Invoice Intercompany
Cancellation

6. Creating a Partner Pro le for both Customer and Vendor

Tools a Business Communica on -> IDoc Basis -> Idoc -> Partner Profile (T.
Code WE20)

1. Customer: -> 17101010

Put cursor on Partner type KU and press create.
Enter type, Agent and Lang,
SAVE

Pressing outbound parameters. Sec on, to maintain detail screens

The following screen will appear.

Enter the following data in the appropriate fields:

Partn.funct.: BP
Message type: INVOIC
Message Code: FI
Receiving port: A000000003
Basic Type: INVOIC01

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Press enter and the screen will change to the following:

Enter PaketSize 1

Go to the Message Control tab press and enter the data as specified in the
following
screen.

Vendor -> 10301710

Follow the same procedures but maintain the inbound parameter Screen
as follows:

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Former Member

October 12, 2016 at 4:06 pm

Vivek,

Thanks to post and share this documentation. It´s clear and well organized. Best
regards.

Former Member

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October 28, 2016 at 8:53 am

Hi Vivek,

Thanks for your clear guidance.

However, after setting all the steps above, we still get the error message “No entry for
partner function ” in table TPAR”.

Seems that the system didn’t get ‘BP'(or ‘RE’) from the invoice.
I’m sure that the receiver and partner partner bill-to are maintained in the invoice.

Any other configuration did I miss? Please help.

Víctor Gil Franco

October 31, 2016 at 3:51 pm

Hi,

I am also facing the same issue as Erica with the blank partner error. Any clue? Does
this have to do with the BRF+ configuration?

Thanks.

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December 2, 2016 at 9:51 am

Hi
I’m trying to set up an Intercompany stock transfer process. (ie create a PO in company
A, which sends IDOC to company B in the same SAP client, and Sales Order is created
in company B). I’ve done this successfully in the past in an ECC6 system, and am now
trying to do the same in S4Hana 1511, following my documentation from the ECC6
implementation.
So I have done the following steps in Output control and BRF+, but an IDOC is not
created. What have I got wrong ?

Output Control -> Define Output Types – Purchase Order is already defined here, so
no changes

Output Control -> Assign Output Channels – added a channel for Purchase Order IDOC

Output Control -> Define Determination of Form Master Templates – I don’t think this is
needed for IDOCs, am I correct?

Output Control -> Define Business Rules for Output Determination (Transaction: OPD) –
added a record for the Intercompany document type ZNP

rules for Purchase Order, determination Receiver – I don’t think I need add anything :-

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Purchase Order, determination Channel – I’ve added this record

I don’t think I need to add any records for the rest of the determinations (Printer Settings,
email settings, email receiver, form template) because they don’t seem relevant for
IDOCs. Am I right?

When I create an intercompany PO, I expect to see message data for Print and Idoc, but
I only get the Print message. And the Idoc is not sent.

Former Member Post author

January 10, 2017 at 9:09 pm

Hi Richard,
Could you please check whether SAP note 2311488 – No Output
triggered when Purchase Order saved is implemented in S/4HANA.

Br,
Vivek Paul

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Former Member

December 2, 2016 at 12:13 pm

I’m also following the process in the blog to set up the billing process. Unfortunately the
screenshot for “Output Management” is not clear enough to see all the details – what
is in the field “Receiver” ?

Former Member

December 6, 2016 at 10:35 am

I’ve found note 2228611 – Output Management in SAP S/4HANA , which has a link to
note 2267376 – Billing Document Output Management (a search for 2267376 doesn’t
work, follow the link from 2228611). 2267376 says :- Because output management for
SAP S/4HANA only supports the “pure” output channels, while the NAST-based output is
also used for several kinds of post-processing, output management for SAP S/4HANA
cannot be used if one of the following NAST transmission mediums is required: 8 Special
function 9 Events (SAP Business Workflow) A Distribution (ALE) T Tasks (SAP Business
Workflow) In this case, please switch back to NAST:

So I think we must switch back to NAST to get IDOCs working.

Richard

Former Member

October 14, 2017 at 4:04 pm

In the S/4 HANA environment a few configuration elements are required to enable the
correct partner functions. To enable the partner functions AG/RE/RG (basic type
INVOIC, message type INVOIC01/INVOIC02, condition record RD00) add the following
partner functions in the transaction VOE3:

Partner function SP – E1EDKA1-PARVW=“AG”

Partner function BP – E1EDKA1-PARVW=“RE”
Partner function PI – E1EDKA1-PARVW=“RG”
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Former Member

October 17, 2017 at 12:51 pm

Facing a weird issue. Can you help with where do I assign the transport request when
maintaining the output management in FIORI ?

Former Member

December 1, 2017 at 12:30 pm

Hi Jitendra Jha,

Once the background work is done the same is configured through RFC
and binded those into front end.

venu gopal

January 4, 2018 at 6:28 am

Hello Vivek,

Could you please explain price list as you mentioned better to create pricing list instead
of creation condition records

Any difference and let me know how to maintain.

Thanks a lot

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February 8, 2018 at 11:09 am

Thanks for this – your a life saver.

Just one thing on the Output determination I didn’t use the Fiori APP, I used the
following;

SPRO – > Cross-Application Components -> Output Control -> Define Business Rules
for Output Determination (Transaction: OPD)

see: https://blogs.sap.com/2016/04/01/output-management-via-brf/

I also had the issues with TPAR when manually adding the output in the billing document
– the fix was to change the partner to “RE” and not “BP”. i.e. German version.

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