Multiple bank in bank selection (FPY1 Payment run) depending the contract account

[Farid_NC]

Hello Guru,

I need help with customization on our payment run (FPY1). Currently, we have four different banks in our country. In FPY1, on the bank selection tab, we have only one bank configured, which means we generate a single file for this bank. This bank then manages the incoming/outgoing payments (and returns) with the others.

I have a business requirement to manage two banks based on the contract account's bank :

• Banks A, B, and C on CA should go to Bank A (1 file)
• Bank D on CA should go to Bank D (1 file)

So, we need two separate files, whereas we currently have only one.

I have seen something in FQP4 in Bank selection control but not sur how it works.

Thanks in advance for your help

Farid K

[Manjunath_Rao]

Hello,

Files are generated from the program mentioned in Payment method in FBZP configuration.

So you can differentiate with different payment method. I do not think it is possible on the house bank level.

[saptarshi_saha1]

Hi Farid,

From your question, it seems like you are trying to redirect to different house banks based on what is maintained at CA (Contract Account) I assume? If that is the objective, then there is a little disconnect in the understanding of requirements I think.

Different CAs may point to any N number of different banks (through Bank ID maintained at BP) that are supported in the country, and they are customer bank accounts. However, in FPY1, you are trying to create files for your company's house banks, means the clearing house which your company is working with to get the funds from customer bank accounts.

Therefore, it doesn't matter which bank customer holds their account in, but where you want to send the payment file for clearing of funds from different customer bank accounts.

In a country with a connected banking system, generally, clearing between different customer bank accounts and your company's clearing house bank is not restricted. 

Normally, bank selection in FPY1 means, when you are generating bank collection files, which house bank and account id you will redirect the record to. They are generally differentiated by different payment methods and currencies. There is a concept of ranking order also, which is a sequence number to determine the priority of house banks by creating a ranking list, where a lower number signifies a higher priority, with 0 having the highest priority. The following link may be useful.

https://learning.sap.com/learning-journeys/using-the-payables-management-process-in-sap-s-4hana/conf... 

[AmlanBanerjee]

Hi Farid, 

There is a concept Bank selection control where in you can optimize the Bank selection.

IMG-->Financial Accounting-->Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable-->Payments-->Incoming/Outgoing Payment Creation-->Define Specifications for Paying Company Code

Select the payment method and then on clicking display you will see the settings.

In your scenario, you need to select optimization by Bank group option and then update all the bank master data with the same bank group for which you want to generate the same file.

And then on executing FPY1, it will always attempt to select two banks that belong to the same group.

Hope it helps.

Thanks

Amlan

[Farid_NC]

Hi Amlan,
Thanks for your response. We also considered this option (the bank group option), but we weren't sure about it. Your confirmation aligns with our initial thoughts.
I think I've almost done, but I can't find this last custo (payment medium variant) : 

Any ideas ?
thanks in advance,

BR

[AmlanBanerjee]

Hi Farid, 

This you have to create the payment medium variant in standard Program SAPFKPY3. 

Then only it will appear here.

Thanks

Amlan