Letter of credit setup

  1. Activate functionality

    To activate the letter of credit (L/C) functionality, select the Trade Management check box in the Concepts (Logistics) tab of the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

  2. Financial Trade Management Parameters (tcgtc9199m000)

    In the Financial Trade Management Parameters (tcgtc9199m000) session, specify:

    1. Trade types

      Select any of these check boxes to specify the trade type of the letters of credit to be used:

      • Export
      • Import
      • Domestic Outbound
      • Domestic Inbound

    2. Number group

      In the Number Group field, specify the number group on which letter of credit numbers are based.

    3. Failure reasons

      For each letter of credit trade type, specify the reason why compliance checks resulted in a failure. Failure reasons are displayed in the Document Compliance Check Results (tcgtc1510m000) session.

    4. Series

      For each letter of credit trade type, specify the series used to generate letter of credit numbers.

  3. User authorizations

    In these sessions, specify the authorizations for the users who are to handle letters of credit:

    • Export User Authorizations (tcgtc0103m000)
    • Import User Authorizations (tcgtc0103m100)
    • Domestic Sales User Authorizations (tcgtc0103m200)
    • Domestic Purchase User Authorizations (tcgtc0103m300)

  4. Blocking reasons

    Specify letter of credit blocking reasons for:

    • Sales orders in the Pre-Defined Hold Reason - Letter of Credit Check field of the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session. If blockings occur, the blocking reasons are displayed in the Blocked Sales Order (Lines) (tdsls4520m000) session.
    • Purchase orders in the Letter of Credit Hold Reason field of the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session. If blockings occur, the blocking reasons are displayed in the Purchase Order (Line) Blockings (tdpur4120m000) session.
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