how does payment method ACH work

[Former Member]

Hi

1) Is ACH payment method used only in F110. I am not able to use it in F-58, as there is no check lot for the same.

2) So after i set in F110, and run payment program, there is no check generated. What happens then. How does the info go to bank saying ' pl transfer Rs. 20000 to vendor XYZ Ltd'

3) How does the bank account get reduced, since there is not check issued.

Thanks for helping

kamala

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[Former Member]

Hi Kamala,

ACH can be set up in several different ways. In ACH payment, after the payment run you will generate a file with instruction to your bank, that the bank use to pay your vendors. The file will have details about your vendor, invoice number, vendor bank details retrieved from vendor master. Bank uses this information to send payment to vendor's bank account. You can either send this information to your bank using a flat file(you will need your abaper to build this custom file on specific bank format) or you can generate a standard SAP IDOC using SAP program RFFOEDI1. Most big banks now accepts SAP Idocs, otherwise you will have to convert the IDOC to an EDI format using a middleware.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more details.

[Former Member]

Hi

Can you reply to point (1) .

Secondly what is the form to be set in FBZP . Is there a register for ACH like th check register -FCHI

Thanks

kamala

[Former Member]

Hi Kamala,

F-58 is for payment with check printing and it usually will not work for ACH payment. But in one of the company I worked, we did some work around to make it work for ACH payment as well. ACH does not have a check register.

Set up in FBZP depends on your specific requirement, If you are generating an IDOC for ACH payment, assign SAP's standard IDOC generating program RFFOEDI1 under payment method in country instead of the check generating program. You do not need any other form as this is an electronic payment. If you are generating a flat file, you will need your abaper to develop a custom flat file form and assign it instead of your check form.

[Former Member]

Hi ,

I am doing configuration for ACH payment.

in FBZP two types of payment mediam is there

Here my question is in WHERE we are using Clasic payment mediam and where we will use PMW (Payment medim work bech).

Thanks

Anil

[Former Member]

Anil-

Use SAP Classic Standard Program RFFOUS_T for ACH Payment. That would be the easiest way.

1. Configure new payment method ACH with program RFFOUS_T (assuming you know complete payment method configuration)

2. Modify the program if you want a different kind of output (for example, email payment advices, print payment advices, if you want to do both modify function module in BTE 002040, etc)

3. Maintain vendor EFT information. If you leave reference details field blank, system will use CCD format and if you want CTX, enter CTX in the reference field.

This is all you need.

Hope this helps.

Shail

[Former Member]

Hello,

A media file is generated and sent the bank with ACH, in F110 if you go to menue option Enviroment-Payment mediem-DME adminstration you well see the file.