Online update in FM, SAP 6.0

[Former Member]

Hi people,

We are using online update of payment in SAP 6.0 as default for new customers. However i can't find the right combination of commitment item to address the following business process.

I need to post travel expenses and travel advances that are payed through FI. These document are actually invoices with employee acting as a vendor.

travel advance looks like

31 vendor (CI 60)

40 advance

travel expense looks like

31 vendor (CI 60)

40 expenses (CI 30)

50 clearing of advance previously posted.

CI - commitment item type

Problem occurs when we try to clear amounts on advance account and we produce exchange differences. System produces following posting

40/50 advance

50/40 exchange differences (CI 30)

and doesn't allow the posting with the errors FI057 - no invoice key or no VOBELNR.

I tried to put on advance account commitment item of all types (60, 90, 50) and none of them works.

The general question would be then how to handle business processes that include any kind of interim clearing when posting vendor and customer invoices.

[Former Member]

HI,

Did you activate New GL and FMGLFLEXT Table?

Did you add scenarios recommended in payment update online in New GL?

Did you add your clearing accounts in document splitting?

If ok you should have another problem

Here we have FM in ECC 6.0 with New GL and payment online is working.

Of course you have actuvated BCS

ciao

Salvator

FM Consultant in ECC 6.O

Suitzerland

[Former Member]

Did you activate New GL and FMGLFLEXT Table?

Yes

Did you add scenarios recommended in payment update online in New GL?

Yes

Did you add your clearing accounts in document splitting?

Yes

Do you have similar case or precicely integration of travel management and FM?

[mar_novalbos]

Dear Tomislav

Please check whether this note is implemented in your system:

1012189 FMPU_R: Error message FI 057 for exchange rate differences

Should this is ok, then you should check whether your G/L account for exchange rate diffs is correctly classified for document splitting, and your splitting method must be correctly linked to the transactions and item categories you are using (clearing operations, exchange rate differences...)

I hope this will be of help

Kind regards,

Mar