Credit Control Area - SAP ISU FICA or SAP Finance (ERP) ???

[former_member221838]

Hello Experts,

I was reading about credit control area which is basically - organizational unit that represents an area responsible for granting and monitoring credit. One control area can corresponds to many company code (though vice versa is not true).

So my question is, in term of work order planning should I consider Credit Control Area as a part of SAP Finance (ERP) or SAP - ISU?

Please let me know best reason to put it into any side. I want this information for planning purpose. Kind of vague question, my apologies for that.

Thanks.

[former_member221838]

also, does it contols credit limit of end customers (ISU) or vendors (ERP)?

[Former Member]

Hi Nikhil,

If you are dealing with an FI-CA environment, then you need to evaluate FSCM Credit management <which has a different master data structure>, R/3 Credit management can communicate only with FI-AR.

Best regards,

Cristobal.

[former_member221838]

Thanks Cristobal,

Does that mean ISU credit managment has completely different transactions than R/3? I found these R/3 - Transaction OB38, Transaction OVFL, Transaction XD02 and/or VD02. So I assume from your comments ISU credit management transaction should be in SPRO >> FSCM??? Sorry I don't have SAP access right now, so I am not able to check.

[Former Member]

Yes, you will be dealing with new transactions and with a different customizing, for example:

Functional:

Financial Supply Chain Management ->Credit Management->Rule for Scoring and Credit Limit Calculation and Check Rule

Customizing:

Financial Supply Chain Management->Credit Management->Credit Risk Monitoring

FSCM Credit management is far more complete functionality than AR Credit management.

Best regards,

Cristobal.

[former_member221838]

Great Thanks Cristobal. I might ask for some more information in the future. Thanks once again.