Settlement Management - Conditon Contract Validity in past

[tim_parsons3]

Creating a contract in the past and then attempting to run settlememt for delta accruals

Found that the pricing date is set to posting date which has to be in the open period and is outside of validity

We therefore get 0 accruals because the price conditions are not valid

Any ideas on how to correct other than changing price date determination which means we would need to create new settlement doc types because we have used standard

Tim

[GauthierVictor]

Hi @tim_parsons3, 

Thanks for your question. Based on your description, it sounds like there's a misunderstanding between the Pricing Date and Posting Date behavior in the delta accrual process. Let me clarify how standard SAP CCM handles this:

1. Delta Accruals and Pricing Date

In the standard configuration, delta accruals use the Final Settlement Date as the Pricing Date. This setting is defined in the Settlement Settings of the Condition Contract Type. So, even if you're creating the delta accrual retroactively, the pricing should still apply based on the last date of the contract validity period (or the last defined Final Settlement Date).

2. Why You're Seeing 0 Accruals

There are two common reasons for this:

• You may have pricing conditions with limited validity that don’t cover the Final Settlement Date. If no valid pricing condition exists for that date, the system will calculate zero accrual.
• If you have multiple pricing conditions (same key combination) for different time periods and want the accruals to reflect each rate within its valid time frame, then the standard logic won't split the calculation accordingly by default.

3. How to Handle This Requirement

If your business needs the system to apply different rates based on the validity periods of pricing conditions (rather than applying the rate valid only on the final date), then you'll need to adjust your configuration by enabling:
 "Split by Settlement Condition Validity"
This setting allows the system to split items by date ranges and apply the correct pricing condition for each corresponding business volume period.

4. About Posting Date

The Posting Date of the settlement document is determined at runtime during Settlement Execution. It's used for FI posting purposes only and has no influence on pricing or business volume selection.

To summarize:

• Check your pricing condition validity—ensure it covers the Final Settlement Date.
• If you need rate application to follow time-based validity, implement the split-by-validity logic.
• You can still use standard document types; the key is to adjust your contract type configuration accordingly.

Regards, 
Gauthier VICTOR