Regarding clearing strategy in FI-CA

[mitesh_sureliya]

Hello...

This is pertaining to clearing strategy in FI-CA, when customer pays an extra amount against invoice it should go as payment on account but it is getting adjusted against next debit line item (i.e installments due for future dates).

Our requirement is, it should not adjust against next debit line item due but show as payment on account.

Request you all to share your views for the same.

Regards,

Mitesh Sureliya.

[Former Member]

Hi Mitesh,

The clearing depends on your Clearing Variant. Please check the customizing clearing Variant in SPRO-Financial accounting-Contract A/C -ARAP-Basic Functions-Open Item Mgmt-Clearing Control-Clearing Variants-Define Clrng Variant.

First you need to check the variant assigned to Clearing type-05 under above path but clicking-Define specification for Clearing Types-Define defaults for Incoming payment.

Once you find the clearing variant, go to the above said Clearing control menu path and check the clearring steps like Grouping/Sorting/Grouping Rule/End of Clearing steps and make necessary changes to suit your requirement.

Hope this helps. Thank you.

Best Regards,

B.Kartthik.

[mitesh_sureliya]

Hii Kartthik,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Below is the clearing strategy, grouping & sorting done please advice what changes could be made to avoid wrong clearance.

Clearing Varaint: Z04

Grouping String: 015 - Contract Account

Sort String:

1) 019 - Statistical Indicator

2) 010 - Due Date

Above strategy is assigned to Incoming Payment.

Please guide what necessary changes we could incorporate.

Regards,

Mitesh Sureliya.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You need to add a clearing step in your payment clearing variant.

The clearing step will only have the following:

Char:

015

[Former Member]

Hi Mitesh,

Sorry for the delay in responding.

In your clearing variant/Clearing step, Use Clearing Rule=0 (Clearing only possible when amounts are same) under Group Rule section.

This will stop assigning the remaining amount to the next line item. This makes an On Account Payment and we need to manually assign this to any open debit items using FP06(A/C Maintenance) or through FPMA(Auto clearing).

Hope this helps you. Please let me know whether this solution has met your requirement or not.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

B.Kartthik.

[Former Member]

Hi,

if the clearing for payment does not require to clear items with future due date, you can try the following:

Include another grouping in your step - char 011.

It will then exclude any open items which due date is less than your clearing document document date.

Clearing Varaint: Z04

Grouping String:

1) 015 - Contract Account

2) 011- Item is due

Sort String:

1) 019 - Statistical Indicator

2) 010 - Due Date

Hope the info is useful.

Regards

Alice

[former_member213733]

In case if the payment is received from cash desk then you need to write the code in event 6021 ( Exclusion of opne items ) where in you can exclude the main and sub for installments .

It is because the sytem derives the open item based on FM for open item selection which does not have the option for statistical or non statistical items .

Hope it clarifies .

Cheers ,

Dewang