About Table VBFA

[Former Member]

Hi All,

As you know in Table VBFA we have the below fields.

VBELV: Preceding sales and distribution document

VBELN :Subsequent sales and distribution document

Please let me know what the purpose of both and let me know the significance for both.

Akshtiha.

[Former Member]

VBFA helps to relate the document flow for Sales Documents.

VBTYP_N and VBTYP_V determines the document category.

F4 on this field gives you the list.

This is same as what we see the document flow on Sales Order, Delivery or Billing Document transactions.

Kind Regards

Eswar

[Former Member]

Hi Dudette,

Preceding SD doc., refers to the SD Doc., which created or initiated tne current SD Doc., in the document flow.

The other one is the SD doc., which is initiated or created by the current SD doc.,in the document flow.

For more understanding,post this query in the SD section of our SDN forum.

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Regards,

Lakshmanan

Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Feb 14, 2008 11:12 AM

[Former Member]

Hi,

This table contains the document flow of the Sales document.

For Example: For any Scheduling agreement and delivery is being created, then VBELV contains the SA number where as VBELN contains Delivery document which will be next follow-on document for SA.

Regards,

Ashok

[Former Member]

In sales Process:

1. First we create a Quotation

2. Then we create a contrate

3. Then with the reference to that contract we create a sales order

4. Then with the referance to the sales order we create a delivery document

5. Then with the referance to the delivery we create a billing document and shipment document

So Subsequent document of a sales quotation is :

1. Contract

2. Sales Order

3. Billing Document

4. Credit memo

etc

and Preceding document of a billing document is :

1. delivery document

2. Sales order

3. Contract etc

etc

So Subsequent document of a sales quotation is :

VBFA table have this flow of documents.

a. In You enter any document VBELN field the you will get the type ( contract or sales oredr) of that perticular document and all the Preceding documents and their types.

b. In You enter any document VBELv field the you will get the type of that perticular document and all the Subsequent documents .