EDI business document Invoice

The business document Invoice describes the invoicing and payment of goods and includes the EDI messages Invoice (INV), Self Billed Invoice (SBI), and Remittance Advice (RAD).

Invoice (INV)

To generate the Invoice (INV) message:

  1. After invoicing data is released to Invoicing, create an invoicing batch in the Invoicing Batch session.
  2. Use the Compose/Print/Post Invoices (cisli2200m000) session to process the invoicing batch, which includes composing the invoice for the released data and printing the original invoice. You can also use the Print Invoices (cisli2400m000) session to print the invoice. Printing the original invoice prepares the Invoice (INV) for EDI transmission.

If the Generate Outgoing Message before Connection check box is selected in the Networks (ecedi0120s000) session, use the Direct Network Communication (ecedi7205m000) session to generate the outgoing message and to provide a report that displays the generated messages. If you do not use the option to generate outgoing messages before connection in the Networks (ecedi0120s000) session, you can use the Generate EDI Messages (ecedi7201m000) session to create the ASCII files for outgoing messages.

External EDI messages are placed in the appl_from subdirectory specified for the network and the translation software retrieves the messages. Internal EDI messages need not be translated and are stored in the appl_comm subdirectory, which is used for outgoing and incoming messages.

To receive the Invoice (INV) message from a supplier (selling company), use the Direct Network Communication (ecedi7205m000) session. A purchase invoice is created and two reports are generated. The Remarks in Copied Messages report shows the invoice number(s) generated, along with some pertinent remarks. The Incoming EDI Purchase Invoice report lists the invoiced quantity and amounts at the line level, and the tax amounts by tax code ID, if applicable.

If goods are received before the Invoice (INV) message is received, automatic invoice matching occurs. If the invoice message arrives before the order is received, the purchase invoice remains unmatched and can be manually matched when the goods are received.

The invoice matching can occur either at the invoice header or at the invoice line depending on the data received in the incoming purchase invoice message:

  • Invoice Matching at the Invoice Header

    To perform invoice matching at the header, the Automatic Matching check box must be selected in the ACP Parameters (tfacp0100m000) session. If the received message includes a valid customer purchase order number in the invoice header and no invoice order line information, the entire order is matched for all order lines that have goods received. If the tolerance is not met, the entire purchase invoice remains unmatched.

  • Invoice Matching at the Invoice Line

    If the received message includes order line information, each invoice line is matched to the customer order lines for which goods were received. The invoice lines for which no goods are received remain unmatched.

You can view the received invoice data in the Process Purchase Invoices (tfacp2107m000) session.

Self Billed Invoice (SBI)

After you ship goods to the customer (purchasing company) and the goods are received, the customer decides what to pay and when. Usually, the payment is based on the shipment and a self-billed is sent tot the supplier (selling company). To receive the SBI message from the customer, use the Direct Network Communication (ecedi7205m000) session. Consequently, a self-billed invoice is created, which you can view in the Self-Billing Workbench (cisli5620m000) session.

Remittance Advice (RAD)

Payments from the customer to the supplier are based on the deliveries.

The payments are issued against this combination of delivery data:

  • Ship-to business partner
  • Shipment ID
  • Customer part number
  • Call-off reference, such as KANBAN Number

The payment is announced by a remittance advice message (RAM), which is sent to the supplier (selling company). To receive the RAD message from the customer (purchasing company), use the Direct Network Communication (ecedi7205m000) session. Consequently, a remittance advice is created, which you can view in the Remittance Advices (tfcmg2150m000) session.

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