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- You have activated the BC Set Settings for VSS Credit Limit Check (/DBE/VSSxx_BASIC_SETTING and /DBE/VSSxx_S4_BASIC_SETTING) in your client.
- You have activated the credit limit check for the required payment terms in Customizing for Vehicle Sales and Service under Order > SAP Credit Management (SAP Financial Supply Chain Management) > Activate Credit Limit Check for Payment Terms.
- You have defined the relevant risk classes in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Credit Management > etc.
- You have defined the credit master data for your business partner with the business partner role SAP Credit Management (UKM000). If you do not maintain this role for your business partner, the credit limit check is not executed.
- You have defined the credit master data for the relevant credit segments in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Credit Management > etc. Most importantly, you have specified the main credit segment in accordance with your business requirements.
- You have defined & assigned the credit master data for the relevant risk classes in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Credit Management > …
- … Credit Risk Monitoring > Master Data > Create Risk Classes
- … Integration with Accounts Receivable Accounting and Sales and Distribution > Integration with Sales and Distribution > Define Automatic Credit Control
- … Integration with Accounts Receivable Accounting and Sales and Distribution > Integration with Sales and Distribution > Define Risk Categories
Integration
You can integrate the credit limit check of SAP Credit Management in VSS. SAP Credit Management is part of SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM). For more information, see SAP Library for SAP S/4HANA on SAP Help Portal (SAP Credit Management (FIN-FSCM-CR). For information about how to configure your system, see the Configuration Guide SAP Credit Management on SAP Service Marketplace.
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Credit Limit Check
SAP Credit Management checks the credit limit of the payers in the order. If the credit limit check is negative, the system behaves based on the corresponding settings of the risk class assigned in business partner master:
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- No warning, no block
A negative credit limit check did not have influence for the order processing. No warning is shown, and no order blocking happens. - Warning, no block
As result of a negative credit limit check warning message is shown at several process steps, but no order blocking happens. So, most likely the order can be processed without limitation. - Warning and block
As result of a negative credit limit check warning message is shown and order blocking happens à set VSS order status and create a so called “documented credit decision” (DCD). The block of the order prevents process steps such as releasing the order, delivery, and posting the goods movement.
A blocked order can be unblocked …- … if the credit limit check is run again and has a positive result
- – e.g. because of reduced order value, increased credit limit in customer master, payment from customer open issues, customer down payment, …
- ... if the DCD is release by corresponding credit analyst (control instance). For more information, see SAP Library for SAPS/4HANA on SAP Help Portal
- (SAP Credit Management (FIN-FSCM-CR)> Documented Credit Decision).
- Error
As result of negative credit limit check error information is shown and the order can’t be saved.
Credit Exposure Update
The commitments resulting from all open orders are transferred to SAP Credit Management. Every update made to the order commitments updates your business partner's credit exposure.
Documented Credit Decision
If the credit limit check is negative (the credit limit has been exceeded) and payer has corresponding risk class assigned, the credit analyst has to make a decision in SAP Credit Management. To ensure that the credit decisions are based on the most current data, the commitments resulting from the open orders are transferred to SAP Credit Management.
Split Indicator
When an order is saved, the system runs a credit limit check for the relevant payer (not the customer in the order header) and transfers the commitment to SAP Credit Management, which in turn updates the payer's credit exposure. In this case, the credit exposure is the sum of the order items (credit price). The system takes the split indicator into account as follows:
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