SAP SD Billing Document Consolidation and Splitting Guide

Introduction:

Most organizations run the billing due list nightly to create billing documents. Quite often there are questions related to how and why certain deliveries or orders combine, or fail to combine, on billing documents. This document will explain how the standard system works and provide examples of how the standard logic can be enhanced.

Contents:

Consolidating or Splitting Billing Documents

Creating Billing Documents

Relevant OSS Notes

Standard Combination Criteria

Data Transfer Routines

Forcing a Split
Preventing a Split
Standard Billing Document Data Transfer Routine (001)

Implementing a new Data Transfer Routine

Step 1 Clone the standard routine
Step 2 Activate the new routine
Step 3 Assign the new routine in copy control

Example 1 Prevent an Invoice Split by Ship Condition

Business Requirement
Solution
Step 1 Functionality Prior to Changes
Step 2 Coding the Data Transfer Routine Change
Step 3 Testing the Change

Example 2 Billing Document Split by Plant

Business Requirement
Solution
Step 1 Functionality Prior to Changes
Step 2 Coding the Data Transfer Routine Change
Step 3 Testing the Change

Example 3 Consolidated Invoicing by Customer

Business Requirement
Solution
Step 1 Define an Indicator in the Customer Master
Step 2 Define the Values for KATR7
Step 3 Make the KATR7 Field Available to the Data Transfer Routine
Step 4 Coding the Data Transfer Routine Change
Step 5 Test1 (Create Separate Billing Documents)
Step 6 Test2 (Create a consolidated Billing Document)

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