China bank coding - Set country-specific checks <OY17>

[Former Member]

Hi there,

we are trying to configure our 4.6C SAP to set checkings for Chinese banks using transaction OY17.

We have no idea referring the settings a bank account number and a bank key in China have to have. We have looked for it on the web and we have found nothing. So we have turn to SAP settings to see what is the standard is supplying. However, it seems we have changed some settings and I am not sure the configuration we have is what SAP initially supplied.

I have checked OSS to get more info about Chinese requirements for bank coding but the only thing I have found is in note OSS 109589 (Bank account number checks in general). In my opinion, that is too general to lead me to the complete configuration for China:

In SAP, it seems 'Bank key' (T005-KNKEY) has to be populated with '1'. However, all the colleagues I have consulted have '4' in their systems

This is what I have from other colleagues.

Country key CN China

Bank key 4 Assign externally

Postal code length 6 4

Bank account number 18 5

Bank number length 7 5

Post bank acct no. 8 5

Tax code 1 15 5

Tax code 2 10 5

VAT registration no.

Bank key 11 1

If you are working with Chinese vendors or customers with Chinese banks, could you please tell me what configuration you have in transaction OY17.

Thank you very much in advance!

[Former Member]

Hi all,

thank you very much for your help. I have read at least 80% of OSS notes regarding this subject and I have come up to certain conclusions I would like to share with you.

If my conclusions arise any comment you would like to share, please, do so.

I will keep this thread opened till Monday just in case...

Many thanks again

Conclusions:

1. Bank key (BNKEY) should be '1' at least for countries using IBAN - at this moment, as long as I am concerned, this affects only Europe; please, let me know if I am wrong. Chech OSS notes 722714 and 1152616 for further information

2. Bank key (BNKEY) should not be '2' as that entry is obsolete and only temporarily valid for workaround solutions

3. Bank key (BNKEY) should not be '3' system saves the IBAN incorrectly in table TIBAN - field TIBAN-BANKL contains value INTERN1 instead of the new bank key.

4. Bank key (BNKEY)could be '4' but, in my opinion, no explanation is given about why it should be '4' instead of '1'

[Frank_Matu]

Hi, you're not wrong on the overall understanding of the best practices. I just wanted to call out that I had the same issue with Mexico. Many EU countries use IBAN yes. We set up the check rule to '1' and the issue was resolved.