Hi Chan,

How Down Payments Are Configured

The following Customizing settings have to be made for down payment processing:
ettings for the billing plan ! To activate the billing plan function, maintain the materials, for which
you wish to process down payments, with item category group """# $milestone billing%& This gives
the item type TA' via item type determination& The item type TA' calls up the billing plan
function&
(ou need to implement the following activities in the billing plan for down payments:
)aintain deadline category ! This determines the billing rule $percentage or value down payment%
for the down payment re*uest& The system assigns billing type +A, $payment re*uest% defined in
the standard system with billing category P& $+or the billing type +A, there is the cancellation
billing document type +A in the standard system%&
)aintain the deadline proposal ! -se the down payments that are due for the proposed
deadlines&
)aintaining a Pricing Procedure with the Condition Type A,./:
0n the standard system the condition type A,./ is delivered for the down payment value already
provided but which has not yet been calculated& (ou must include this condition type in the
relevant pricing procedure before output ta1&
2nter condition 3 $item with pricing% and the calculation formula 45 $down payment clearing value
must not be bigger than the item value% for the condition type A,./&
6efore the condition A,./ you can create a subtotal with the base value calculation formula 3
$net value%& 0f the condition A,./ is changed manually, you can get information on the original
system proposal from the subtotal&
)aintain the printing indicator ! The pricing procedure can not be mar7ed as a transaction!
specific pricing procedure $field pec&proc&% The condition type A,./ has the calculation type 6
$fi1ed amount% and the condition category 2 $down payment re*uest 8 clearing%&
)aintaining the 6illing Document ! 0n the standard system there is the billing type +A, $down
payment re*uest% and the billing type +A for canceling & The down payment is controlled using
the billing category P of the billing type& A billing type becomes a down payment re*uest when the
billing category P is assigned& (ou have to maintain bloc7ing reason "3 $complete confirmation
missing% for the billing documents and assign it to billing type +A,&
Copying control ! Copying re*uirement 3" must be entered in copying control at item level for the
down payment re*uest& 0n the standard system the order type TA for copying control is set up
according to the billing type +A, for the item category TA'&
Copying re*uirement 39 must be entered in copying control at item level for down payment
clearing& 0n the standard system the order type TA for copying control is set up according to the
billing type +3 for the item category TA'&
+inancial Accounting settings ! A prere*uisite for down payment processing is that the account is
assigned to the underlying sales document& To do this, change the field status settings in
Customizing as follows:
et reconciliation accounts $transaction '6:/% ! +or the ;received down payments< and ;down
payment re*uests< from
the =8> accounts you have selected, you should assign the field status definition ="9?&
)aintain accounting configuration $transaction '6:6% ! +or the down payments $posting 7ey A@,
in the standard system% and the output ta1 clearing $posting 7ey )AA in the standard system%,
you must maintain the posting 7ey&
(ou must also carry out a =8> account number assignment for the ta1 account&
)aintain the posting 7ey $transaction '64?% ! +or posting 7ey ?B, set the sales order as an
optional field CCC
)aintain the field status definition $transaction '6?4% ! +or field status variant """?, field status
group ="9?, set the
sales order as an optional field CCC
Assign the company code to the field status variants $transaction '6C#%
/eward points if u useful
Cheers,
=ovind&