Process the billing request

You can select these processes:

• Compose

  LN generates invoices from the selected invoicing data. The invoicing data lines are grouped on the invoices according to the relevant composing criteria. See: Selecting order data for invoicing. The invoicing data lines status is set to Ready to Print and the billing request status is set to Composed. The invoice receives a temporary invoice sequence number.

  LN retrieves the address for the invoices from the invoice-to business partner details.

• To check the invoices, you can print draft invoices or you can view the composed invoices in the Invoices (cisli2505m100) session. If corrections to the invoicing data or to the printed invoices are required, you can undo the composition of the invoices. See: Correct the invoices.
• Print
  • Draft
    LN prints draft invoices that you can check. The draft invoice shows the temporary invoice sequence number. The invoicing data lines status remains Ready to Print and the billing request status remains Composed.
  • Original

    LN prints the final invoices that you can send to the business partners. To perform the entire invoicing process, select this check box.

    In the Number of Extra Invoice Copies field of the Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000) session, you can specify the number of copies of the invoice in addition to the original invoice, that you want to print.

    The status of the invoicing data lines, the billing request, and the invoices is set to Printed. LN generates the invoice document numbers from the applicable transaction types and series.

    In the Printing Sequence field, you can select a printing sequence for the invoices. By default, the invoices are sorted by invoice delivery method. See: Valuation price and invoice amounts for staggered consignments.

    If you use grand total rounding, LN rounds the total sales invoice amount, which includes the tax amount and rebate amounts. The actual total invoice amount and the rounded invoice amount are both printed on the invoice. See: Grand total rounding.

    If payment schedules are linked to the invoice, LN prints the payment schedule lines and the payment methods on the invoices.

• Posting

  LN posts the invoices to Financials. LN performs these actions:

  • Creates open entries in Accounts Receivable.
  • Creates non-finalized integration transactions according to the integration mapping scheme. See: Financial integrations - overview.
  • Creates non-finalization transactions in Financials.
  • Returns the invoice information, for example, the invoice document number and date, to Operations Management.
  • Sets the status of the invoicing data lines, the billing request, and the invoices to Posted.

If you do not perform the complete process in the Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000) session, you can use these sessions to print and post the invoices separately:

• Print Invoices (cisli2400m000)
• Post Invoices (cisli3200m000)