Technical Details

Product Feature is New

Country Dependency Valid for all countries

Scope Item J60 ( Accounts Payable)

Application Component FI-FIO-AP

Availability SAP S/4HANA 1809

Additional Details

This app includes the following key features:

 Download a template file.

 Enter header data and G/L account items information for the invoices in the downloaded file.

 Upload the entered invoices to the app.

 Check for errors in the invoices before posting.

 Post the uploaded invoices.

 View errors in the invoice upload, check, and posting processes.

 Navigate to the Create Supplier Invoice app to view invoice details, correct errors, or post
the invoice.

Effects on System Administration

To be able to use this app, you user needs to be assigned the Accounts Payable Accountant -
Procurement (SAP_BR_AP_ACCOUNTANT_PROCUREMT) role.
 Blocking of Invoice

Blocking Invoices
Use

When an invoice is blocked, Financial Accounting cannot pay the invoice. Invoices can be blocked
either automatically or manually.

When you enter an invoice, the system suggests the values that it expects an invoice to contain as a
result of the purchase order or goods receipt. If the invoice item differs from the default values, you
must determine the reason for the variance by contacting the purchasing or goods receiving
department or the vendor.

An invoice can be blocked for payment due to one of the following reasons:

 Variance in an Invoice Item

 Amount of an Invoice Item

 Stochastic Block

 Manual Block

Features

It is too time-consuming to investigate small variances. Tolerance limits are set up in the system for
such situations: If variances in an invoice item are within these limits, they are accepted by the
system.

If a tolerance limit is exceeded, you receive a system message. You can post the invoice in the
system, but it is automatically blocked for payment if an upper tolerance limit is exceeded.

When you post an invoice, two things happen:

 In the vendor line of the accounting document, the system enters an R in the field Payment
block so that Financial Accounting cannot make payment for the invoice.

If the invoice is blocked, all the items are blocked, even if the invoice only displays variances in one
item.

When an invoice is blocked, the period in which the vendor grants a cash discount may expire.

Manual Blocks
Block an invoice manually . You have two options for doing this when you enter the invoice:

 You can block an invoice by entering an R in the field Payment block in the document
header data.

 You can block an item by selecting the Ma (manual blocking reason) field in the item list.
When you post the invoice, the system automatically sets an R in the field Payment block in the
vendor line of the accounting document. Manually blocked items are given the blocking
reason Manual block (M) .

Setting Tolerances
Use

Invoices containing variances within defined tolerance limits are accepted by the system.

The system administration configures these tolerance limits. When the tolerance limits are set, they
not only define limits for variances, they also determine the amount above which an invoice item
should be blocked.
 Features

You can set the following tolerances:

 Price variance

You can also set special tolerances if the price in the purchase order is flagged as an estimated
price.

 Quantity variance

You can set separate tolerances for:

Invoice receipt after goods receipt

Invoice receipt before goods receipt

 Order price quantity variance

You can set separate tolerances for:

Invoice receipt after goods receipt

Invoice receipt before goods receipt

 Schedule variance

The table displays the tolerance limits for price variances for an estimated price. If the purchasing
department flags the order price as an estimated price in the purchase order, these tolerance limits
are checked at invoice receipt. Both a percentage and an absolute variance are set for the upper
and lower limits. If one of these limits is exceeded, the system displays a warning message. If one of
the upper limits is exceeded, the invoice is blocked for payment when it is posted.
 If you generally do not want to block an invoice item on the basis of a particular variance, you must
set all the tolerance limits to Do not check. For example, you would not want to have the system
check for quantity shortfall if you often receive invoices for part quantities.

If you want to block an invoice item on the basis of a particular variance in all cases, set the value
and percentage for the upper limit to zero and select Check limit .

You can define up to four limits for each tolerance:

Lower limit    

Absolute Do not check  

  Check limit: X Value: 20.00

Percentage Do not check  

  Check limit: X 25 %

Upper limit    

Absolute Do not check  

  Check limit: X Value: 10.00

Percentage Do not check  

  Check limit: X 10 %
 Reversals
Use

Invoice documents in Invoice Verification are either invoices or credit memos. These documents can
be cancelled. There are two different cases:

 If an invoice is cancelled, the system automatically creates a credit memo.

 If a credit memo is cancelled, the system automatically creates an invoice.

The system takes the amount and quantity for the credit memo or invoice from the invoice or credit
memo to be cancelled, thus avoiding any differences between the invoice and the credit memo or
the credit memo and the invoice.

Prerequisites

An invoice document can only be cancelled if:

 it was posted in Logistics Invoice Verification

 It has not already been cancelled

 It is not a cancellation document for another document

Note

When you cancel documents in Logistics Invoice Verification, the document line items are not
automatically cleared in Financial Accounting. We recommend that you periodically clear such items
(using daily background jobs, for example).

Procedure

To cancel an invoice document, proceed as follows:

2. The initial screen for reversal appears.

3. In the fields Invoice doc. number and Fiscal year , enter the data for the invoice document
you want to cancel.

4. In the Reversal reason field, select the reason for cancelling the invoice. This allows you to
differentiate between different types of cancellations.

5. You can display the document to check. Choose Display document to do this. You can look
at the items of the document to be cancelled. Return to the initial screen by choosing Back.

6. Choose Invoice document  Post reversal doc .

Result

The system automatically posts a credit memo or invoice. You receive a message.

 The system checks an invoice created as a result of cancelling a credit memo for variances.
If variances occur, the invoice may be blocked for payment. If it is, a message appears.

 When you cancel an invoice or a credit memo, the system creates an invoice or a credit
memo from information contained in the document to be cancelled. In the simplest form, the postings
in the invoice or credit memo are simply reversed.

 However, this is not always possible. If, for example, an invoice is cancelled in which a
material was debited, the postings can only be reversed if there is enough stock when the invoice
reversal is posted. If there is not enough stock, the reversal posting is made proportionally: the part
for which there is sufficient stock coverage is posted to the stock account, the remainder to a price
difference account.

 When you cancel an invoice or credit memo referencing a purchase order, you cannot
reverse the account movements originally made if a further invoice with a different price was posted
after the invoice that is to be cancelled.
 Import Supplier Invoices Mass upload
With this app, you can import multiple supplier invoices into the system all at once. You download a
template file, enter the invoice information, and upload the completed file back to the app. You can
then post the invoices from the app.

Key Features

 Download a template file.

 Enter header data and G/L account items information for the invoices in the downloaded file.

 Upload the entered invoices to the app.

Note

Purchase-order-based invoices are not supported.

 Check for errors in the invoices before posting.

 Set the status of the invoices to completed.

 Post the uploaded invoices.

 View errors in the invoice upload, check, and posting processes.

 Navigate to the Create Supplier Invoice tile, which is part of the Manage Supplier