Bill of exchange payment request print out in France (Public Cloud)

[mikolajmocek]

Hello,

in France (and as far as I know also in Spain and Italy) specific type of bill of exchange is used to collect incoming payments (LCR/Lettre de change classique). It's a special bills of exchange receivable that requires printing BoE paper by us (seller), instead of customer. This bill is then sent to the customer and must be returned signed by him.

For that purpose new payment method with special G/L BoE indicator = 'R' was created in SSCUI = 101972

Set Up Payment Methods for Each Country/Region for Payment Transactions). This method works fine and after successful payment run a noted item with special G/L =R is created.

Unfortunately, I don't see anywhere in the system or in the S4HC documentation any option to generate a BoE request printout. The ‘Bill of Exchange’ step in ‘Output parameter determination’ refers to the BoE presentation, rather than sending the document to the customer for acceptance.

Is there any predefined template for printing BoE request? Is there an option in Public Cloud to print such a document? What application object should be used for assigning print out template?

Thank you very much in advance for any support in this matter.

[HenrikeGrötecke]

Hello, thank you for your question. It has been forwarded to the experts. Kind regards, Henrike

[Jeremy_Deo · Accepted solution]

Hello dear user,

And thank you for asking your question in the SAP Community blog.

In France (but also the case for Spain and Italy), it's common practice to send a bill of exchange (BoE) request to the customer for signature before the actual payment or bank presentation. In SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, while the process to create a noted item using a special G/L indicator (R) works correctly after the payment run, there's no standard functionality to print the BoE request for customer signature.

The output setting in "Output Parameter Determination" only covers the BoE presentation to the bank, not the initial document that the seller prepares and sends to the customer for acceptance.

So, to your questions:

Is there a standard template to print the BoE request?
No, unfortunately not in the Public Cloud version.

Is it possible to print such a document?
Yes, but it would require a custom solution. You’d need to build your own form (via Adobe Forms) and trigger it based on data from noted items, either through a custom app or report.

What application object should be used?
There isn’t a dedicated one for BoE requests. The existing object is only for bank submission. You’d have to create a custom object or view to fetch the data and attach a print form to that.

What you can do :

If printing the BoE request is a must for your process, you could:

1. Create a custom report showing the BoE noted items.
2. Link it to a custom Adobe Form that mimics the BoE layout.
3. Let users print or download the document directly from that report.

I hope this will help you answer your question.

Best regards,

Jeremy

[mikolajmocek · Accepted solution]

Dear Jeremy,

great thanks for your help