EHP3 for SAP ERP 6.0
June 2009
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Credit Management (108)
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Building Block Configuration Guide
SAP Best Practices Credit Management (108): Configuration Guide
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Contents
Credit Management 5
1 Purpose 5
2 Prerequisites 5
3 Configuration 5
3.1 Assigning Permitted Credit Control Areas to Company Code 5
3.2 Assigning Sales Documents and Delivery Documents 5
3.2.1 Assigning Credit Limit Check to Sales Document Type 6
3.2.2 Assigning Credit Limit Check to Delivery type 6
3.3 Assigning Risk Category to Credit Control Area 7
3.4 Defining Automatic Credit Control 7
3.5 Determining Active Receivables per Item Category 8
3.6 Checking Control Data for Pricing Procedures 9
3.7 Checking Update Group 9
3.8 Checking Type of Update for Sales Info Structure 10
This configuration guide provides the information that you need to set up the configuration of this building block manually.
Before you start installing this building block, you must install prerequisite building blocks. For more information, see the building block prerequisite matrix (Prerequisites_Matrix_[xx]_EN_PL.xls; the placeholder [xx] depends on the SAP Best Practices version you use, for example BL refers to the SAP Best Practices Baseline Package: Prerequisites_Matrix_BL_EN_PL.xls). This document can be found on the SAP Best Practices documentation DVD in the folder: ..\BBLibrary\General\.
Use
In this activity, you assign a credit control area to a company code.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
Transaction code
SM30 (Customizing Object T001CM)
IMG menu
Financial Accounting (New) ® Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Credit management ® Credit Control Account ® Assign Permitted Credit Control Area to Company Code
2. On the Change View Permitted Credit Control Areas per Company Code: Overview screen, choose New Entries.
3. Make the following entries:
Company Code
Cred.contr.area
1000
4. Choose Save.
5. Choose Back.
Result
You have assigned the credit control area to the company code.
In this activity, you define the settings for the credit checks for sales orders:
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