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Configuration Guide
SAP Biller Direct
3.0
Document Version 1.00 May, 2004
Based on
mySAP FinancialsAccounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR)
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Configuration of SAP Biller Direct for FI-AR........ ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .... 6
Documentation Landscape for SAP Solutions and Business Scenarios ......... ........ ......... ... 7
SAP Notes .................................................................................................................... 9
Interaction Between SAP Biller Direct and Accounts Receivable Accounting ........ ......... .... 9
Objects in Accounts Receivable Accounting ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...10
Processes for Occasional Users ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...10
Displaying Bills, Credits, and Payments ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......10
Displaying Bill Details ............................................................................................14
Payment of Bills in Standard Mode ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ .....15
Payment of Bills in Balance Mode...........................................................................18
Canceling a Payment .............................................................................................19
Creating Inquiries ..................................................................................................20
Processing SAP Dispute Management Cases ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......21
Displaying the Contact History ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...23
Processes for Accountants ........................................................................................24
Displaying Balances and Line Items........................................................................24
Assigning open items.... .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .... .... ...24
Changing Payment Advice Notes ...........................................................................25
Balance Confirmation ............................................................................................26
User Management........................................................................................................27
Requesting a User ....................................................................................................27
Sending Customer Messages ....................................................................................28
Processing User Data...............................................................................................29
Changing and Deleting Administrative Data.............................................................31
Initializing a Password ...........................................................................................33
Processing User Requests and Changes ........ ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ .....34
Adapting ISR Scenarios .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .... .... ...35
User Management in Accounts Receivable Accounting........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .....35
Creating a Reference User Master Record..............................................................37
Creating a User Master Record......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .37
Creating a Pool User Master Record.......................................................................38
User Management with UME......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........39
Business Customizing ..................................................................................................41
Configuration of Accounts Receivable Accounting.......................................................41
System Settings ....................................................................................................41
Release card payment ........................................................................................43
Define Payment Method .....................................................................................43
Assigning Payment Methods .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .44
Assigning a G/L Account to a Cash Clearing Account .... .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .44
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Setting Account Determination for Credit Cards ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .46
Create and Assign a Text ID ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ..46
Defining Partial Payment and Currency ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...47
Entries in the Customer Master Data ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........47
Define Payment Block for Bill Release Process ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .48Logging the Activities of the Web User ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........49
Sending Notifications to Customers Electronically....................................................51
Defining Settings in Customizing for Sales ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........52
Defining Settings in the Application......................................................................53
Installation-Specific Enhancements ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .54
Download and Digital Signature for XML Bills ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......54
Bill Receipt for Bill Recipient ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......57
Configuration of the Web Application .........................................................................60
Configuration of the Web Application with XCM ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...60
Callup of XCM....................................................................................................62
Configuring a Scenario.......................................................................................63
Define Data for User Management ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ..64
Linking the Web Application with the SAP Business Connector ......... ........ ......... ...67
Configuration of JCO RFC Server ........ ........ ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...67
Servlet-Parameter .................................................................................................68
Parameters of the Calling HTTP Request................................................................69
Configuration and Data Security ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ .70Making Settings in the Internet Browser........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......71
Configuring the CSV JavaServer Pages........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ......72
Connection Between the Web Application and Accounts Receivable Accounting ........ ......72
Pooled Connections ..................................................................................................73
Named Connections .................................................................................................73
Authentication of the Web Application .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .73
Parameters of the Calling HTTP Request ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........74
Integration of SAP Biller Direct in a Portal ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ..75
GRMG Heartbeat Monitoring.........................................................................................76
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Configuration of SAP Biller Direct for FI-AR
Purpose
You should use SAP Biller Directif you want to present information about customer accounts
using the Internet and offer your customers the following capabilities:
To pay bills in the Internet, and to create inquiries and complaints
To carry out a balance confirmation in the Internet, to create payment advice notes,display monthly balances and line items
Implementation Considerations
Your customer does not need to install any SAP software to be able to use SAP Biller Direct.All functions can be carried out using a standard Web browser. Information on the necessary
system requirements and the browsers supported by SAP Biller Directcan be found in theintroductory sections of the installation guide.
Components for SAP Biller Direct
SAP R/3 4.6C Plug-in 2004.1_46C SAP Web AS 6.40 SAP Biller Direct 3.0(JAVA front end)
R/3 Enterprise Plug-in 2004.1_470 SAP Web AS 6.40 SAP Biller Direct 3.0(JAVA front end)
mySAP ERP Plug-in 2004.1_500as a component of
mySAP ERPSAP Web AS 6.40 asa component of
mySAP ERPSAP Biller Direct 3.0(JAVA front end) as
component of mySAPERP
To ensure the transfer of data between the Web application and SAP R/3system is secure, you should use Secure Network Communications (SNC). Youcan find detailed information on using SNC in the SAP Service Marketplace
under the Internet address service.sap.com/security in the navigation bar on
the right of the screen under Security in DetailSecure System Management:
SNC Users Guide: Cookbook: Configuring SNC for the AGate/SAP System Connect
If you do not use SNC, you should not create passwords with the configurationtool.
Integration
Vertical Integration
SAP Biller Direct can be combined, among other things, with Accounts ReceivableAccounting (FI-AR), in which you process the accounting functions.
Horizontal Integration
In addition to being integrated with an accounting system, SAP Biller Directcan exchangedata with the following SAP applications:
Applications that create billing documents, such as SAP R/3 component Sales andDistribution (SD)
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Bill (invoice) display from the optical archive, preparation of bill data as HTML or PDFand so on.
Cash Management(TR-CM)
Transfer of information about the status of open items from the accounting system toCash Management
The following graphic illustrates vertical and horizontal integration.
AccountingSystem
Accounts Receivable Acc. (FI-AR)Billing
Document
Anzeige offener Posten
Sales and
Distribution (SD)
Web Application
SAP Biller Direct
Cash Position
Liquidity Forecast
Cash Management (TR-CM)
Features
Using the SAP Biller Directcomponent you can
Present account balances, that is bill, credits and payment to your customers in theInternet
Inform you customers by electronic means, such as SMS or e-mail, of new bills and
credits
Facilitate the exchange of information from your accounting system (account balances,line items) for yourself and your business partners.
The component SAP Biller Directenables your customers to
Settle open receivables online, by credit card or bank transfer
To contact you direct through the Internet
Documentation Landscape for SAP Solutions andBusiness Scenarios
Purpose
This documentation gives you an overview of the majorsources of information available toyou on SAP solutions and business scenarios. Always use the current documents in your
implementation.
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Current documents
Document Quick Link on the SAP Service Marketplace
(service.sap.com)
Master Guide, Installation and Upgrade Guides instguides
ibc
Business-Scenario Configuration Guide ibc
Implementation Guide (IMG) Note: This is in the SAP System, not in SAPService Marketplace
Business Scenario Description ibc
SAP Library helpportalwith all releases of a SAPcomponent
Note: Available in the SAP System under Help
SAP Library
The following information supplements the individual documents:
Current supplementary information
Information Quick Link on the SAP Service Marketplace(service.sap.com)
SAP notes notes to the note search
instguideslisted by installation and upgrade
guide
Technical infrastructure (for example hardwaresizing, platforms, network security)
ti
FeaturesThe following documents are available for a SAP solution.
Master Guide, Installation and Upgrade Guides
These documents describe how you install or upgrade the system landscape required by abusiness scenario. The central initial access document for each SAP solution is the Master
Guide. It lists the SAP application components and third-party applications required by eachbusiness scenario, and refers to their installation and upgrade guides. These are componentinstallation guides, business scenario upgrade guides and component upgrade guides.
Business-Scenario Configuration Guide
This document describes the settings you use to configure the SAP application componentsand third-party applications required for a business scenario. It contains information specific
to business scenarios for the particular IMG activity. It does not reiterate the IMGdocumentation but makes reference to particular IMG texts.
Implementation Guide (IMG)
This tool adjusts SAP systems to customer requirements. The IMG contains the IMG activitiesfor all SAP components, and general documentation. The structure is component oriented,without reference to a business scenario. The Business-Scenario Configuration Guide
establishes the link between the IMG and the various business scenarios.
Business Scenario Description
This document describes how a business scenario runs once all components have beeninstalled and configured. All the business processes of a business scenario are represented
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graphically in the component view,which illustrates the process steps of each SAPcomponent.
SAP Library
This contains the entire documentation of SAP components and business scenarios. TheBusiness Scenario description is part of the SAP Library.
SAP Notes
Use
Before you begin configuring SAP Biller Direct, refer to the SAP Notes listed in the InstallationGuide for SAP Biller Directunder Preparing the Necessary Documentation.
For a comprehensive and current overview of the SAP Notes on SAP Biller
Directand the corresponding mySAP.com application components, use theNote search function in the SAP Service Marketplaceunder
service.sap.com/notes .
If you want to use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server for
user management you require the SAP Web Application Server (WAS)fromversion 6.30.
Interaction Between SAP Biller Direct and AccountsReceivable Accounting
Use
The description of the following processes illustrates how the activities of the Web user in theWeb application trigger processes in FI-AR.
FI-AR transfers the bill data to the Web application via the interface of Add-InAPAR_EBPP_GET_DATA.
Master data that is displayed in the Web application, such as address, bank and credit carddetails, control parameters for payment transactions, is represented via master data fields forthe customer accounts.
Web user access to the SAP Biller Direct functions, meaning the activities of the Web user inthe Web application, can be recorded in accounts receivable accounting (see also Logging
the Activities of the Web User [Seite 49]).
Whenever the Web user accesses the Web application functions resulting inchanges, for example when credits are used to offset payments, the system notes the
user data automatically in the change documents in FI-AR.
Since this involves personal data you should check whether you are required by lawto obtain the consent of the Web user before recording his or her data. For example,
in Germany, the storage of personal data is only permitted under the data protectionlegislation if the user has expressly given consent. This means that if the Web user
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does not consent to the recording of his data in FI-AR, you must ensure that it is notpossible for him to carry out activities that would lead to a change in data.
Objects in Accounts Receivable Accounting
Structure
The following objects and functions in FI-AR correspond with the objects given for the Web
application:
Bills
The data of the bills displayed in the Web application can come from different bill
issuing components (such as Sales and Distribution (SD), Customer RelationshipManagement (CRM) Billing). To enable the bills to be displayed in the Web application,the issuing components transfer their bill data to a common interface:
Bill overview (Business Add-In (Add-In) APAR_EBPP_GET_DATA)
Bill detail view (Business Add-In (Add-In) EBPP_INVOICEDETAIL)
For more information, see Customer and Industry-Specific Enhancements in Accounts
Receivable Accounting [Extern].
Open items
Open items in this context means outstanding receivables or payments made, credits,payments on account, down payments and bills of exchange in accounts receivable
accounting.
For more information about processing open items, see the Accounts ReceivableAccounting documentation.
Inquiries
Inquiries from the Web application are stored in the customer account as texts for theoriginal bill. Enter the desired text identification for this in Customizing of FI-AR.
For further information see System Settings [Seite 41].
Master data
Master data that is displayed in the Web application (such as addresses, bank and
credit card details, control parameters) is primarily portrayed via master data fields forthe customer.
Processes for Occasional Users
Displaying Bills, Credits, and Payments
Purpose
Your customer can use this process to carry out the following actions:
Display open bills
Display paid bills
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Result
Web Application
Display of Bills, Credits, and Payments
In the Web application, your customer can see those open bills, paid bills, credits, or
payments that he or she has selected. The customer can also display detailed information forthe payments (see figure) or the bills cleared by a payment (see figure). Selection accordingto paid bills and payments is notavailable in balance mode. Here, all transactions are alwayslisted chronologically.
Detailed Information for Payment
To display the list of payments, select the appropriate search c riteria:
Period
Last 12 Months Find
Payment
Testbank
Used On
23.01.2003
Payment Amount
550.00 EUR
Payment Method
Testbank
Status
Processed
Paid Bills Application Data Log OffFAQCredits PaymentsOpen Bills
List of Payments
Payment Method
-All-
Payment Details Show
Payment Details
489.50 EUR
60.50 EUR
Payment Amount
Discount
Proportion of Payment
Testbank 23.01.2003 300.00 EURPayment Details
270.00 EUR
30.00 EUR
Payment Amount
Discount
Proportion of Payment
Action
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Bills for Payment
Payment Paid On Payment Amount
Paid Bills Administrative Data Log OffFAQCredits PaymentsOpen Bills
List of Payments
Bill information on the followingpayment:
Other payments /clearing 03.02.2003 730.00 EUR
You used thefollowingcredit memosfor thepayment:
Credit Used On UsedCredit Amount
Credit 1600000105 of 03.02.2003 03.02.2003 80.00 EUR 80.00 EUR
Credit 1600000104 of 03.02.2003 03.02.2003 70.00 EUR 70.00 EUR
The following billswere paid with this payment:
Bill Due On Paid with this Payment
Payment difference 1400000259 of 03.02.20003 17.06.2004 100.00 EURBill 1800000435 of 03.02.2003
Credit Valid From Credit Amount
Payment receipt 1400000260 of 03.02.2003 03.02.2003 80.00 EUR
Bill Amount
100.00 EUR03.02.2003 300.00 EUR 300.00 EUR
Bill 1800000436 of 03.02.2003 03.02.2003 400.00 EUR 400.00 EUR
You have thefollowingcredit balance from thispayment:
Back
Displaying Bill Details
PurposeYour customer can use this process to display details for a listed bill.
Prerequisites
The bill document is available in various formats depending on the component issuing the bill.This means, for example, that a bill that has been stored in an optical archive is available in
PDF format: if no optical document has been stored, a bill can be created in PDF format or inthe SAP standard print program (see SAP Note 508569). Note 508569 enables the output ofPDF for the standard SD print program. In addition it shows how customers own SD print
programs are to be modified. If you do not want a PDF display, it is possible to construct a billin the Web application using the bill data (bill header and bill item data) as an HTML page(JavaServer Page). The link can then only be made from the Open Bills view.
The format that FI-AR (or the component issuing the bill) uses for the bill is determined in BAdI APAR_EBPP_GET_DATA [Extern] during the creation of the bill list. Depending on this,the Web application displays a detailed bill document in the following way:
If there is no bill document in FI-AR or the component issuing the bill, the Webapplication does not provide a function for calling up bill documents.
If the bill document does exist in FI-AR or the component issuing the bill, then the bill
text has a hyperlink in the bill line in the Web application. If the user clicks on thishyperlink, the bill document is displayed in a separate window in the appropriateformat.
If the bill document is available in PDF format, a PDF symbol appears in the columnAction in the Web application. If your customer executes this function, the PDFdocument is displayed in a separate browser.
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If a different bill format is available in addition to the PDF format, then the billdocument appears in this format when you click on the bill text hyperlink, and in
PDF format when you click on the PDF symbol.
If only PDF format is available, then the bill detail appears with this formatregardless of whether you click on the bill text or the PDF symbol.
Process FlowWeb Application. . .
1. Requesting the bill document
In the Web application, your customer clicks on either the bill text in the bill line or on
the PDF symbol.
When doing so this customer may be in any of the views Open Bills, Open Items,Create Payment Advices, Display Payment Advices, Display Line Itemsor Balance
Confirmation.
Accounts Receivable Accounting
2. Add-In EBPP_INVOICEDETAIL
Business Add-In (BAdI) EBPP_INVOICEDETAILis called up in FI-AR. Depending onthe format requested (for example, raw data, PDF) there must be a corresponding BAdIimplementation that creates or calls the bill of the component issuing the bill in the
desired format. SAP delivers an example implementation for this. The data is returnedto the Web application.
Web Application
3. Displaying the bill document
The Web application displays the bill document.
If the bill document is displayed using a separate Web server (for example, the
Web server of an optical archive), then the URL for displaying the bill details canbe transferred when you create the bill list. The BAdI EBPP_INVOICEDETAIL isnotcalled, but the Web application sends an HTTP request to this URL. Since
the Web application requests the bill data by request to the Web server for billdetails, the Web server does not need to have an authentication mechanism.SAP delivers an example implementation for accessing a Web server for bill
details.
We recommend that you work with a signed URL for accessing bill details fromthe Web server. You can then access the Web server directly from the
customers browser without additional user authentication.
Payment of Bills in Standard Mode
Your customer can use this process to carry out the following actions:
Pay the bill in full
Pay the bill in part
Use a credit to pay the bill
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Bill items with a payment method for SAPBiller Directhave the status In Process. Fromthe point of view of the Web user, the items are allocated for payment and no longer
appear as open bills.
If the customer has entered a new credit card in the payment transaction butdoes not want to use that credit card for further payments, the credit card data is
saved in the credit card attachment on the document.
If the credit card verification value is queried to positively identify the customeras the cardholder, SAP Biller Directdoes not save this value. The customer
must enter this number for each payment transaction. You can show or hide theinput field for the credit card verification value, or designate it as a required field.
If your customer involves an automatic collection procedure and the item is
marked with payment method E(bank collection), it is displayed under the viewPaid Billswith the statusAutomatic debit authorized.
7. Automatic payment
Bills that your customer has paid in the Web application are cleared by the paymentprogram automatically in accordance with their due date.
Result
The bill now has the status Processed in the Web application and your customer can nolonger cancel it.
Payment of Bills in Balance Mode
Purpose
In balance mode, a customer can carry out the following actions in the Web application:
Pay current account balance in full
Pay current account balance in part
Pay more than the current account balance (overpayment)
Prerequisites
In FI-AR Customizing you have defined an incoming payment method for automaticdebit (bank collection) and an incoming payment method for credit card payment as the
payment method for SAP Biller Direct. If the current account balance is also to be paid in part, then define the field status for
the field Textas an optional field for posting key 04that is required for the partialpayment.
Process Flow
Web Application. . .
1. Entering payment amounts
In this mode, your customer cannot select bills for payment in the Web application.
The current account balance is displayed, and your customer can enter a paymentamount. As in the standard mode, your customer selects bank or credit card details and
then clicks on Continue.
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2. Checking payment transactions
The amount entered and the account view are displayed for the customer to check. To
confirm his entries, your customer clicks on Pay.
Accounts Receivable Accounting
3. Intended for automatic payment
The payment amount entered is distributed to the oldest open bills or items. The itemsare then processed further in the same way as in the standard mode.
If your customer participates in the collection procedure, the bill texts should
contain a note that the customer does not have to pay the bill, and the amountwill be collected instead.
If there are bills for which the amounts are collected, an additional totals item
appears above the current balance; this contains the amount that will becollected. These bills do not form part of the current balance nor the total that acustomer has to pay.
4. Automatic payment
Bills that your customer has paid in the Web application are cleared by the paymentprogram automatically in accordance with their due date.
Result
In the Web application, both bills and payments are displayed. These payments first appearwith the status In Process, and after the payment run as completed payments that can no
longer be cancelled.
Canceling a Payment
Prerequisites
The bill has the status In process,meaning your customer has confirmed the payment of thebill in the Web application and the FI-AR payment program has not yet cleared the bill.
From an accounting point of view, this bill is still open. The only difference between this billand a bill displayed as Openin the Web application is that a special payment method for SAPBiller Directhas been selected for this bill in FI-AR.
Process FlowWeb Application. . .
1. Displaying bills
Your customer displays any bills for which he or she would like to cancel payment in
the Web application under Paid Bills.
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To display paid bills, select the appropriate search criteria:
In Process
Status Period
Last 12 Months Find
ActionPayment MethodArrangedBilled AmountDuePaid Bill
Bill 1800000013
of 30.10.2002 30.10.2002 100.00 EUR 100.00 EUR
Status
WebPayment
ArrangedTestbankParkbank/DE/12341234/9988776655
Bill 1800000007
of 24.10.2002 24.10.2002 100.00 EUR 100.00 EURWebPayment
Arranged
TestbankParkbank/DE/12341234/9988776655
Download
Paid Bills Administrative Data Log OffFAQCredits PaymentsOpen Bills
List of Bills Paid or Payment Arranged
2. Cancel payment of bills
To cancel the payment in question, the customer clicks on Stopin the Actioncolumn.
Accounts Receivable Accounting
3. Displaying bills as open
The payment method and bank details or credit card are all removed from the relevant
item.
Result
In the Web application, the bill now has the status Openand your customer can see it under
Open Bills.
Creating Inquiries
PurposeYou customer creates an inquiry for a bill, credit or partial payment.
Prerequisites
You have assigned a text identification to the Biller Direct process in FI-AR Customizing.
For more information see Creating and Assigning Text IDs [Seite 46].
Process Flow
Web Application. . .
1. Creating inquiries
Your customer clicks on Inquiryin the column Actionfor open bills, paid bills, or credits.
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The screen for entering inquiries appears.
To create an inquiry for the following document,enter yourtext in the comment window.
To send your inquiry, choose Send.
OpenAmountDateBillor Credit
Bill 1800000009 of 10.10.2002 10.10.2002 300.00 EUR 180.00 EUR
To return to the overview, chooseBack.
.
Comment:
Back Send
Paid Bills Administrative Data Log OffFAQCredits PaymentsOpen Bills
Create Inquiry
2. Entering comments
Your customer enters a text.
Accounts Receivable Accounting
3. Creating texts
The application creates a text for the item with the comment entered. You can displaythis text by branching to the comment created using the path ExtrasTextsin theitem.
In addition there is report EBPP_AR_CONTACTS that delivers a list of documents for
which there are Biller Direct texts. The selection option according to the date thecomment was created enables you to find the relevant document. Select a documentfrom the list in order to reply and then choose Display Text.You can read the customer
text on the screen that appears. You can enter your reply there. A heading is generatedin front of the reply you created that designates the text as being a reply.
Result
Your customer has sent you an inquiry, to which you send a reply.
Processing SAP Dispute Management Cases
Purpose
You can use this process to create and display dispute cases in the Web application SAPBiller Direct.
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Prerequisites
You are using SAP Dispute Management and have configured it so that it is connected
to the appropriate accounting system (Accounts Receivable Accounting (FI-AR) orContract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA).
For additional information about this, see the configuration guide for SAP Dispute
Managementat the SAP Service Marketplaceunder the Internet address
service.sap.com/ibc for mySAP FIN Financial Supply Chain Management Dispute and Collections Management.
If you are using a two-system scenario, meaning accounting and SAP DisputeManagementare located in two different systems, you have also created the pool useryou use to call up the Web application SAP Biller Directin the system in which you
have installed SAP Dispute Management.
SAP Bi l ler Direct wi th Acc ounts Receivable Accou nt ing (FI-A R)
You have activated SAP Dispute Management.
You do that using the assignment of case types in Customizing.
You have made the settings for the integration of SAP Dispute Management andSAP Biller Directin Customizing under Financial AccountingAccounts
Receivable and Accounts Payable SAP Financial Supply Chain Management
SAP Dispute Management Process Integration Integration with SAP BillerDirect
SAP Bi l ler Di rect wi thContract Accounts Receivable and Payable(FI-CA )
You have activated SAP Dispute Management.
You have made the settings in Customizing for the integration of SAP DisputeManagement and SAP Biller Direct.
Financial AccountingContract Accounts Receivable and Payable
IntegrationSAP Financial Supply Chain Management DisputeManagement
Financial AccountingContract Accounts Receivable and PayableIntegrationSAP Financial Supply Chain Management Biller Direct
Specifications for the Integration of SAP Dispute Management
You are using the Plug-In Release 2004.1.
Process Flow
4. Your customer logs on to the Web application SAP Biller Directand chooses OpenBills.
The system displays as list of bills available.
Display Dispute Case
5. Your customer clicks on the icon for displaying dispute cases in the columnAction.
The dispute cases created or entered are then displayed.
No detail view is available for dispute cases that the customer enters in thecourse of the current session, as such dispute cases are not yet completely inthe system of SAP Dispute Management.
For dispute cases that have already been entered, your customer can displaythe process status via the column Status.
The customer can branch to the dispute case details using the case ID. The
system displays an overview of any notes already created. The customer canadd additional notes, or change the contact data provided this has been createdin subledger accounting for the vendor or business partner.
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Create Dispute Case. . .
1. Your customer clicks on the icon for creating dispute cases in the columnAction.
Your customer can choose a reason, specify the amount of the dispute case (for FI-CA
only), specify a reference, or enter a comment.
He or she can select the contact data in the contact data list that is to be entered in thedispute case.
2. To forward the dispute case to you as biller, the customer chooses Send.
A screen confirming the entry of a dispute case is then displayed.
Displaying the Contact History
Prerequisites
You have assigned a text identification to the Biller Direct process in FI-AR Customizing.
For more information see Creating and Assigning Text IDs [Seite 46].
Process Flow
Web Application. . .
1. Displaying the history
To display customer inquiries and any replies from the accounting clerk, the customer
clicks on History in the Web application.
The Historysymbol is only displayed in the Actioncolumn if a customer inquiry for a billor a reply from the accounting clerk exists.
To displaypaidbills, select theappropriatesearch criteria:
In Process
Status Period
Last 12 Months Find
ActionPayment MethodArrangedBill AmountDuePaid Bill
Bill 1800000013
of 30.10.2002 30.10.2002 100.00 EUR 100.00 EUR
Status
Webpaymentarranged
TestbankParkbank/DE/12341234/9988776655
Bill 1800000007
of 24.10.2002 24.10.2002 100.00 EUR 100.00 EUR
Web
paymentarranged
TestbankParkbank/DE/12341234/9988776655
Download
Paid Bills Administrative Data Log OffFAQCredits PaymentsOpen Bills
List of Bills Paid or Payment Arranged
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Accounts Receivable Accounting
2. Evaluating customer contacts
The application reads the text with the appropriate text identification that is linked to therelevant bill.
ResultYour customer sees an HTML document with the contact history in the Web application.
Processes for Accountants
If you have a very large number of bills, you may find the use of resources (main memory andCPU) to be so high that there is little point using the following processes You should read
SAP Note 719251 in this connection.
Displaying Balances and Line Items
Purpose
Your business partner can use this process to display the monthly or annual balances of a
customer account in the Internet, and can then work on them either online (in the Internet) oroffline (on their computer), or can print the balance display. From the balances it is possible tobranch to the line items, and process and print these as well.
Process Flow
Web Application. . .
1. You log on to the Web application SAP Biller Direct.
2. You choose Balances and Line Itemsin the menu bar and select the desired fiscal
year.
The balances are displayed for each month of the desired fiscal year. In addition youcan also display the related sales.
3. You click on the relevant amount to display the items for a particular period.
4. Choose Printto print the balance display.
It is also possible to save the balance list on the computer using Microsoft Excel or as a
CSV (Comma Separated Values) file.
The same applies to the items selected for a period.
Assigning open items
Purpose
A frequent occurrence in business processes is ambiguity about the note to payee forincoming payments. With this process your business partner can assign the appropriate bills
to his payments in the Internet, and send this proposal to you.
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Business Transactions Incoming Payments Basic Settings Incoming Payments
Payment Advice Notes Define Payment Advice Types .
If the entry isnot present, you must copy it from client 000. See SAP Note 325295 formore information.
Process FlowWeb Application. . .
1. Your business partner chooses Payment Advicesin the menu bar.
2. He then chooses
Process
He is then able to change the payment advice note.
Delete
The assignment is deleted. The bills and payments appear in the list of open
items again.
Balance Confirmation
Purpose
Obtaining the balance confirmation a part of balance sheet preparation for the year-end
corresponds to the activity of an accounts receivable accountant. The customer has thefollowing options:
Confirm total balances
Not confirm the total balances
Confirm or notconfirm individual items
Not give a reply, or to specify reasons why the accountant cannot process the balanceconfirmation
For paper balance confirmations, the reasons for differences or comments were usuallyentered on the reverse of the confirmation for individual items. The paper was then sent backto both the SAP R/3 accounting clerk and also the auditor.
With SAP Biller Directthis function is now available in the Internet as a balance confirmationat the current date or at any specified date.
By using this process your business partner can compare the open items at the current date
with his accounting.
Prerequisites
You have made the settings in the customer master data as described in Entries in the
Customer Master Data [Seite 47].
To enable an e-mail to be sent to the external auditor, you have made the followingsettings:
In the configuration file of the Web application (WEB-INF/application-
config.xml), you have activated the option for sending an e-mail to the
auditor. For more information, see isAuditorMail: Activate Sending E-Mails to
External Auditors [Extern].
You have entered the e-mail address of the external auditor in Customizing for
Financial Accounting. You do this under Accounts Receivable and Accounts
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PayableBusiness Transactions Closing Count Balance Confirmation
CorrespondenceDefine Reply Addresses for Balance Confirmation
You have entered the company code address data in Customizing for Financial
Accounting. You do this under Financial Accounting Global Settings
Company Code Enter Global Parameters
Process Flow. . .
1. Your business partner logs on to SAP Biller Direct.
2. He then chooses Balance Confirmation in the menu bar.
A standard letter to your business partner is then displayed with the request that the
balance be checked for agreement with the books of the business partner. Anitemization of the open items is attached. This means the open items are displayed atthe current date (key date) having the same details as the usual open item display.
They contain, in addition to open bills credits, payments and on account payments,non-cleared down payments and bills of exchange.
3. To display the bill details, your business partner clicks on the PDF symbol.
4. To confirm individual items or enter a note on them, your business partner selects Yesor No. For each line item he can enter a comment explaining any differences.
5. To make the confirmation easier, your business partner can either print the list or
download it in Excel or CSV format.
6. To reply to the communication, your business partner chooses Reply.
He can either confirm agreement of the balances or comment on any differences. In
doing so, he can supply the individual items with appropriate notes, or enter a generalremark.
7. Once your business partner has selected confirmed, no confirmation or no reply, the
balance confirmation is sent to the accounting clerk. If you have made the necessary
settings, an e-mail is also sent to the external auditor.
Result
You receive a balance confirmation. The result of the balance confirmation is sent as a text e-mail to the accounting clerk assigned in SAP R/3 and to the external auditor.
User Management
UseIn the following units you can find information about how you can create, process andadminister users of the Web application.
Requesting a User
Use
A customer can request a user for the Biller Directservice in two ways:
By completing a request online in the Web application
If the customer is not able to enter his user data via the Web application, he will have tosend his request to you in writing.
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Prerequisites
To release the Web form, you have to offer the following link on the login page:
Create user
ActivitiesRequesting a User Online. . .
1. To request a user in the Web application, the customer chooses Request New Userin
the initial screen.
2. This is then completed as fully as possible. The user must always enter a user name.Unless marked otherwise, all other entries are optional. To facilitate the later
assignment of the person requesting the user to a customer, as much detail as possibleshould be entered on the form.
3. Once the customer has completed the form, he chooses Send.Upon doing so, a
message is issued regarding the status of the logon. At the same time, the Web
application sends the form to the SAP R/3 system, and using an Internet ServiceRequestcreates a General Notificationwith the data that the customer has entered.
4. The customer returns to the initial screen by choosing Back.
5. The accounting clerk responsible can call up the customer request in the notificationsworklist, check the data and release the request.
A new user is created. An e-mail containing the input data is sent to the customer.
Requesting a User in Writing
If the customer makes a written request, the accounting clerk responsible must transfer the
data sent to him manually to the SAP R/3 system using transaction EBPP_CREATE_USER.
When the data is saved the SAP R/3 system generates a General Notification. The
accounting clerk can in turn display and process this (see point 4 of the Web logon).
Sending Customer Messages
Use
You can use report RFSCM_ACT_EN to select customers to whom you would like to offer theuse of SAP Biller Direct. You can inform your customers about the Internet service SAP BillerDirectin a number of ways, including:
Generating a letter (via Smart Form) that you mail to customers
Sending an e-mail to customers
The standard system provides Smart Form FSCM_BD_ACT_ENR. You can also generateyour own Smart Form.
Prerequisites
You have specified the printer settings.
From the SAP Easy Accessscreen, choose SystemUser Profile Own Data
Defaultsand enter the printer settings. If you do not want to print out the letter, enter avirtual printer. These settings are also used for the spool output.
You have entered an e-mail address in the customer master data.
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You have entered the data for sending e-mails. To do this, in the SAP Easy Access
screen choose ToolsBusiness Communication Communication SAPconnect.
Activities
Sending a Customer Message. . .
1. Start program RFSCM_ACT_EN.
2. Enter the criteria for selecting the customers:
Company code
Customer
Country
Minimum sales volume (and fiscal year)
Minimum number of open items on a particular date
3. Enter the output options and the output type.
For example, to generate a letter to the customers that you can send, enter the nameof the form (Smart Form) and select Output Letter.
4. Execute the program.
Carry out step 5 only for e-mail output
5. To start the e-mail send process, in the SAP Easy Access screen choose Tools
Business Communication Communication SAPconnect.
Result
You receive one of the following results:
The letter to the customers is output under a spool order.
The e-mails are sent to the e-mail address that you entered in the customermaster data.
The system outputs a list of customers for whom you have not entered an e-mailaddress in the master data.
A list of customers to whom you wish to offer the use of SAP Biller Directis
output.
Creating a Separate Form for Customer Correspondence
You can find additional information on this in the SAP Library under the Internet address
help.sap.com under SAP NetWeaverSAP Web Application Server. Enter the release
and language and choose mySAP Technology Component SAP Web Application ServerBasis-Services/Communication Interfaces SAP Smart Forms.
Processing User Data
PurposeIn the Web application, users can:
Request a user
Change their address (new address, telephone, fax and e-mail address)
Create, change or delete bank and credit card data
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Grant, change or withdraw automatic debit authorizations for their bank details
Reset the password
Request notification when a new bill or credit is posted
Specify and change the type of notification (SMS, e-mail)
Enter the address to which the notification should be sent, or else delete it
Specify a notification period
Request the creation of a paper bill in addition to the notification
Activate the workflow for bill release
PrerequisitesIf you would like to check the changes to master data objects (address, bank or payment carddata) that users enter in the Web in the SAP R/3 system before they are updated within anISR scenario, you have to make the following system settings in the Implementation Guide
(IMG):
Assign a number range to notification types 70 (create, change, delete address, bankand card data) and 71 (create user). To do this, choose Cross-Application Components
Notification Notification Creation Notification Type Define Number Ranges.
Assign the accounting clerks who are to receive the notifications to notification types 70
and 71. To do this, choose Cross-Application Components Internet/Intranet Services
Internal Service Request Scenario Definition Prepare General Notification
Notification Creation Partner Define Partner Determination Procedures AssignPartner Functions to Notification Type.
If Customizing for notification types 70 and 71 and the ISR scenarios is not yet
available in those clients in which you want to use ISR scenarios for changingWeb administrative data, copy the Customizing from client 000 to the target
client with transaction QISR_SM29 (Commandfile: P46C_ISR,P46C_ISR_SCENARIO).
Check whether the Internet Service Request(ISR) has been activated for the desired object
in file Web-Inf/application-config.xml .For detailed information on activating the
ISR, seeSwitch on ISR for Changing Administrative Data [Extern] .
You should note that the Web application only creates a General Notification in the SAP R/3
system when changing user data if the Web user has authorization for object AAAB of
authorization object B_NOTIF.
Process FlowWhen changes are made to the address, bank and payment card data in the Web application
by the Web user, the Web application can
Switch them to a General Notification in the SAP R/3 system using an Internet ServiceRequest, which an accounting clerk then checks and processes.
Update them direct in the master data object (customer) concerned in the SAP R/3system.
If you decide in favor of the updating the changes direct in the SAP R/3 system,you should bear in mind that a change to the administrative data in the Web
application automatically leads to a change in the master data objects in FI-AR.This means that a change in the address in the Web application automaticallyentails a change of address at the Customer. You must therefore check very
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carefully whether you want to allow, for example, the deletion of bank details inthe Internet, especially if these bank details are still being used for other objects
(items).
If you are using the dual control principle in FI-AR, you will be better able tomonitor the consequences of such actions. You can find additional information
about this in the SAP Help Portal in the Internet under the address
help.sap.com in the SAP library underAccountingFinancial Accounting
Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
Customer Master Data Changing a Customer Master Record Dual Controlfor Changing Master Records.
Changes to the modalities that affect the payment of bills, and registration of or change to a
user in the Web application are updated direct in the corresponding master data object (forexample, the customer) in the SAP R/3 system. If you wish to avoid changes beingtransferred unchecked into your SAP R/3 system, you can also create General Notificationsin
the SAP R/3 system for changes of this kind using an ISR. For detailed information aboutactivating and deactivating ISR scenarios, seeSwitch on ISR for Changing AdministrativeData [Extern].
If a customer requests a user or grants, changes or withdraws an automatic debitauthorization, the Web application always creates a general notification in the SAP R/3system that has to be processed by an accounting clerk.
When ISR is being used, the creation, change and deletion of user data is carried out in threesimilar steps:. . .
1. The customer creates a user in the Web application or changes or deletes hisadministrative data and saves the entries.
2. On saving the new or changed data, the Web application creates a General Notificationin the SAP R/3 system.
3. In the SAP R/3 system an accounting clerk then accesses the notification generated
and processes it. To do this, the clerk chooses OfficeNotificationWorklist in the
SAP Easy Access menu.Using the SAP Business Workflowyou can assign thecollected notifications to particular accounting clerks for processing. You can find
detailed information on the SAP Business Workflowin the SAP R/3 documentation in
the SAP Help Portal in the Internet under the address help.sap.com SAP Library
Basis Business Management(BC- BMT) SAP Business Workflow(BC-BMT-WFM).
Changing and Deleting Administrative Data
Use
When addresses, banks, or credit cards need to be changed, the user can enter the changes
in the Web application or delete entries.
Features
Changing Administrative Data
By choosing Process, the Web user can change or delete the following data:
Objects Customers Can: The Web Application ChecksWhether:
Address data Change their address and contactdata
The address entered or the contactdata (e-mail, telephone, or fax)
corresponds to the usual format forthe country
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Bank details Assign a freely-definablename to each of the bank
details
Change the bank code,account number, account
holder, and account namefor existing bank details
Delete bank detailscompletely
Create new bank details(note the bank must havealready been created in the
SAP R/3 system).
The bank details entered correspondto the usual format for the country.
Automatic DebitAuthorization
Change and withdraw anautomatic debit authorization for a
bank account
Users must have authorization toissue, change, and withdraw
automatic debit authorizations.
Note on the Use of SAP Bi l lerDi rectwith Contract Accounts
Receivable and Payable
Customers can change andwithdraw automatic debit
authorizations for bank accountsas well as for credit cards. Whenautomatic debit authorization is
issued for a bank account or credit
card, it is entered in the contractaccount of the business partner.
The following settings must bemade in the Implementation Guideof Contract Accounts Receivable
and Payable:
You must specify the type ofupdate of automatic debitauthorization in the contract
account in the activity BasicSettings for Customer Portalin the Internetunder
IntegrationFinancialSupply Chain Management
Biller Direct.
The payment method mustbe explicitly specified under
Business Transactions
Creation ofIncoming/Outgoing
Payments Define
Payment Methods by settingthe corresponding value foruse with SAP Biller Direct.
Credit cards Create new credit card details orchange or delete existing details.
The credit card details enteredcorrespond to the usual format for
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the country.
Data for the Biller
Direct Service Request notification of a
new bill or credit
Select the type ofnotification (SMS, e-mail)
and correspondingaddresses
Enter the notification period
Request the additional
creation of a paper bill
Activate the workflow for billrelease
Initializing a Password
Use
If Web users forget their password or want to change it, they can re-initialize it directly in the
Web application.
Prerequisites
The Have you forgotten your password? function is implemented in the SAPUserManagement Engine(UME). You do not need to make any settings for this in SAP Biller
Direct. In the UMEyou configure the mail host for sending e-mails:
Enter the value for ume.notification.mail_hostunder Visual Admin(J2EE Engine) Server
ServicesConfiguration Adapter cluster_data server cfg services Propertysheet com.sap.security.core.ume.service.
For more information, visit help.sap.com in the Internet under SAP NetWeaverSAPEnterprise Portal . Having selected the relevant release and language, choose Administration
Guide Portal System Administration User Management Configuration.Features
If the Web user resets his password in the Web application, it automatically sends a newpassword to the e-mail address defined in the SAP R/3 system for the Web users business
partner.
Activities
To reset the password, the Web user has to:. . .
1. Enter his or her user name in the initial screen of the Web application, and choose
Have you forgotten your password?
2. Enter the user name and e-mail address.
3. Choose Reset Password.
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Processing User Requests and Changes
UseThe General Notifications that the Web user creates can be processed by accounting clerksin a worklist.
Prerequisites
Make the technical settings for the e-mails sent to your customer following any change made
to the user data. To do this, in the SAP Easy Access Menu choose Tools Business
CommunicationCommunicationSAPconnect.
Activities. . .
1. The accounting clerk can call up the incoming notifications in either his own or the
general worklist, and double-click on them to process them. To do this, the clerkchooses OfficeNotificationWorklist Notifications in the SAP Easy Access
menu.Requests for users are listed in the worklist, for example under the descriptionCreate User.
2. If the accounting clerk selects the desired notification and chooses Notification in theapplication toolbar, the detail view of the notification appears. The accounting clerk can
use the functions in theAction Boxon the right -hand side of the screen to process thenotification.
Display data
Check data
Accept the requestThis means the changes are made in the SAP R/3 system as required by the
Web user.
Accept the request and send an e-mailThis means the changes required by the Web user are carried out in the SAP
R/3 system, and an e-mail with a standard text sent to the e-mail addressdefined in the master data of the business partner. You can determine thewording of the text of the e-mail sent to the customer by maintaining the text
elements in program SAPLISR_EBPP. Call up the text elements for this program
with transaction SE38and define the text you require on the page tab Text
Symbols.
Send an e-mail
This means a new e-mail is opened and the standard e-mail address defined inthe business partner master data is entered in its address field.
You can find detailed information on notification processing, and agent determination inparticular in the SAP R/3 documentation in the SAP Help Portal under the address
help.sap.comSAP LibraryCross-Application Components Notifications.
Example. . .
To process a customer request for a user, proceed as follows:. . .
To do this, choose OfficeNotification
If you want to print the logon confirmation using a smart form, overwrite the
method GET_NOTIFICATION_TYPE in the Add-In APAR_EBPP_DEBITOR_SL .
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Return values
cl_ebpp_notification C_NOTIFICATION_TYPE_EMAIL Notification via e-
mail
C_NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PRINTER Printout
Adapting ISR Scenarios
Use
You can modify the ISR scenarios delivered by SAP to meet your requirements.
Activities
In the Implementation Guide for Cross-Application Components you can modify the tasks for
the scenarios listed in the table. To do this choose Notifications
Notification Processing onthe IntranetDefine Scenarios.You should read the documentation for this IMG activity.
ISR scenarios for changing master data in accounts receivable accounting
Scenario Technical Key
Create bank details SBA1
Change bank details SBA2
Delete bank details SBD1
Create credit card details S1CA
Change credit card details S2CA
Delete credit card details SDCA
Change address data S2AD
User Management in Accounts Receivable Accounting
UseTo manage Web users who display and pay their bills with SAP Biller Direct,you must createa user master record for each Web user, ensuring you have made certain settings in the
process. In addition, you must create a pool user master record for read accesses to FI-AR.
It is strongly recommend that you do notassign the necessary authorizations tothe user master record directly, but rather indirectly by using reference user
master records.
Integration
You also make settings for user administration in the configuration of the Web application.Make sure that the settings for the Web application and Accounts Receivable Accounting
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match. For more information on user management in the Web application, see Defining Datafor User Management [Seite 64].
If you have configured the SAP User Management Engine (UME)so that the authentication ismade against an SAP R/3 system, then the connection between the UME and R/3 system ismade via an RFC user. In the standard system, however, this RFC user only has the role
SAP_BC_JSF_COMMUNICATION_RO , meaning read access only to the R/3 system.
Consequently, it is notpossible to edit user attributes via the UME interface. Likewise, it is
notpossible to change users for SAP Biller Directin the UME. To make this possible, youhave to assign the role SAP_BC_JSF_COMMUNICATION to the RFC user.
Features
Authorization checks are made in the SAP R/3 system and in the J2EE Engine. Only theauthorizations for authorization object F_ACT_EBPP are checked in the J2EE Engine Checks
on the rest of the authorization objects (detailed below) are made in the SAP R/3 system.Authorization object F_ACT_EBPP controls the SAP Biller Directspecific authorizations. Theauthorizations for this authorization object are downloaded from the SAP R/3 system following
successful authentication of the Web user, and checked before each of the Web useractivities.
All special functions for SAP Biller Directare protected by authorization object F_ACT_EBPP.
In addition, the Web user authorizations are checked for the following authorization objects:
Object class AAAB:
B_NOTIF
S_RFC
Object class BC_A:
S_SPO_DEV
S_TABU_DIS
S_USER_GRP
Object class BC_Z:
S_BDS_DS
S_OC_DOC
S_OC_ROLE
S_OC_SEND
Object class FI:
F_ACT_EBPP
F_BKPF_BUK
F_BKPF_KOA
F_KNA1_APP
F_KNA1_BUK
F_KNA1_GEN
F_KNA1_GRP
F_WEB_EBPP
Object class PM:
I_QMELObject class SD:
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V_VBRK_FKA
V_VBRK_VKO
You can assign roles with the appropriate authorizations or partial authorizations to the Web
users. SAP delivers example roles:
SAP_FI_FSCM_BD_POOLUSERFor the pool user, if you use named connections for read accesses to the SAP R/3
system.
SAP_FSCM_BD_AR_POOL_RW
For the pool user, if you use pooled connections for read and write accesses.
SAP_FI_FSCM_ALL
Authorizations for Web users from object class FI.
You can find more example roles with transaction PFCGusing the input help and search
template *FSCM*.
Activities. . .
1. In the SAP Easy Access screen, choose ToolsAdministrationUser Maintenance
2. Proceed as described in the following sections:
Creating a Reference User Master Record [Seite 37]
Creating a User Master Record for Each Web User [Seite 37]
Creating a Pool User Master Record [Seite 38]
Creating a Reference User Master Record
Procedure. . .
1. Create a reference user master record for each profile that you need.
2. Assign the authorizations as required using roles or profiles.
Result
You have created reference user master records that you can assign to the individual master
records of the Web users.
Creating a User Master Record
Procedure
Enter the required data in user maintenance for every master record, and note the following:
Choose Referencesand make the following entry:
Object type: BUS3007
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Key: customer account in the form (4 characters) and (with leading zeros for the numeric number assignment)
If the customer ID is numeric, enter the key for the object type in the form
bbbbdddddddddd (company code 4 characters, customer accountnumber 10 characters with leading zeros).
If the customer ID is alphanumeric, enter the key for the object type in theform bbbbxxxx..... (company code 4 characters, customer ID withoutleading zeros, only at the actual length of the ID and everything inCAPITAL LETTERS).
Choose the tab page Rolesand assign one of the reference user master records thatyou have created for SAP Biller Direct.
Result
You have created a user master record with initial password for every Web user and you can
now advise the Web user accordingly.
Creating a Pool User Master Record. . .
1. Enter the required data in user maintenance for the master record, and note thefollowing:
2. Assign the authorizations using roles or profiles. The following authorizations areavailable to you in the standard system:
Authorizations for authorization object F_ACT_EBPPin object class FI
Authorizations for displaying open items
Authorizations for posting items
Authorizations for calling up RFC modules
Authorization Object Meaning Object Class
S_RFC RFC access AAAB
Note:
SAP Biller Direct accesses the following function groups:
APAR_EBPP,ISREBPP, EBPP_AR_TEXTS, FI_APAR_ADDRESSES,FIN_BUSPA_MASTER, APAR_EBPP_KNB1_EXT, WEBFI_BALANCES,R_FARMATCH, LC01, WEB_INVOICE, APAR_EBPP_INVOICE_DISPLAY, 3007
Authorizations for the following authorization objects:
F_WEB_EBPP
S_TABU_DIS
F_KNA1_GRP
F_BKPF_KOA
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F_BKPF_BUK
F_KNA1_BUK
Authorizations for editing user master data (S_USER_GRP)
Using the example role SAP_FI_FSCM_BD_POOLUSER as a basis, you can
assign the authorizations for the pool users. As this role contains authorizationobjects with authorizations that depend on Customizing, you can only use thisrole as a template.
Other standard authorizations
Result
You have created a pool user master record that you can use to group the read accesses ofyour Web user.
You also make settings for user administration in the configuration of the Web
application. Make sure that the settings for the Web application and AccountsReceivable Accounting match.
For more information on user management in the Web application, seeDefineData for User Management [Seite 64].
User Management with UME
Use
Since SAP Biller Directhas a large number of users, it has been decided to implement user
management with an external database and with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP) for which all named users are replicated on an LDAP server or an external database.The biller can synchronize the user dat a with a directory service using LDAP.
If you use SAP Biller Directwith authentication against a SAP User Management Engine(UME), such as SAPDB or LDAP, you can use the SAP User Management Engine (UME)interface for user management. You access the interface of the UMEwith URI / useradmin.
There you can create new users, change existing users, and lock or unlock users.
You can find additional information in the SAP Help Portal under the Internet address
help.sap.comunderSAP NetWeaver SAP Web Application Server.Having selectedthe relevant release and language, choose Administration Guide Portal System
Administration User Management Configuration.
Prerequisites
You have installed SAP Biller Directon the J2EE Engine6.40.
You are using the SAP User Management Engine (UME)4.0.
You have configured the SAP User Management Engine.
Activities
Releasing and Processing Users in the UME
To enable new users to access SAP Biller Direct, you create a reference user (for the
authorizations) and specify the business partners. To make these attributes that are specificto SAP Biller Direct visible in the interface of the UME, you release them.. . .
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Business Customizing
Use
In the following you can find information about configuring the back-end system and the Webapplication.
Make sure that the settings you make in Customizing of the back-end system and in theconfiguration file of the Web application are mutually compatible.
Configuration of Accounts Receivable Accounting
Use
To be able to use SAP Biller Direct,you have to make settings in Customizing for FI-AR andin the Web user master data as described in the following.
You need to make settings in the Web application parallel to the settings for the individual
functions in FI-AR. Make sure that the settings in the Web application and FI-CA agree, andsee the notes in the documentation for the individual settings.
System Settings
Use
If you want to take full advantage of the SAP Biller Directfunctions, you have to make thefollowing settings in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for accounts receivable accounting.Detailed information on the individual settings to be made in Customizing can be found
directly in the documentation for each IMG activity as well as the input help for the fields.You need to make settings in the Web application parallel to the settings for the individualfunctions in FI-AR.
Make sure that the settings in the Web application and FI-AR match, and heedthe notes in the documentation for the individual settings.
In particular, note that mandatory and optional fields have been defined in the
account group of the customer in such a way that they can be processed in thefront end.
Purpose
If you wish to use the Web application SAP Biller Directin conjunction withAccountsReceivable Accounting, you have to add the following settings to Customizing for FI-AR:
For detailed information about all aspects of FI-AR Customizing, see the Implementation
Guide (IMG) for Accounts Receivable Accounting.
Prerequisites
The FI-AR releases that you can use with SAP Biller Directare detailed in the introductory
sections of the installation guide.
Process Flow
The following table contains an overview of the Customizing settings.
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You must avoid changing the settings while you are actually running SAP BillerDirect.
Settings in Customizing
Step Implementation Guide (IMG). . .
1. Release card payment Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Financial Supply
Chain Management SAP Biller Direct
Release Credit Cards
2. Define Payment Methods Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Business
TransactionsIncoming Payments
Automatic Incoming Payments PaymentMethod/Bank Selection for Payment Program
Set Up Payment Methods per Country for
Payment Transactions
Set Up Payment Methods per Company
Code for Payment Transactions
Set Up Bank Determination for PaymentTransactions
3. Assign payment methods for paying billsthrough the Web
*Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Financial Supply
Chain Management SAP Biller Direct Edit
Payment Methods
4. Set account determination for clearing
accounts of the payment cards
Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Financial SupplyChain Management SAP Biller Direct Set
Account Determination for Credit Cards
5. Define entries for the authorization of
payment cardsFinancial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Business
TransactionsPayments with Payment Cards
Assign G/L Account to Cash Clearing
Account
6. Assign text ID Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Financial Supply
Chain Management SAP Biller Direct
Assign Text ID
Create new text IDs Implementation Guide
(IMG)
Financial Accounting Financial Accounting
Global Settings Document Document
Header Define TextIDs for Documents
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7. Define Payment Block for Bill ReleaseProcess
Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Financial Supply
Chain Management SAP Biller Direct Define Payment Block for Release Process
Create new payment blocks Implementation
Guide (IMG)
Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable
and Accounts Payable Business
TransactionsOutgoing Payments
Outgoing Payments Global Settings
Payment Block Reasons Define Payment
Block Reasons.
Release card paymentUse
You determine whether the Web users can release their bills for payment by payment card.
Procedure. . .
1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) choose Financial Accounting Accounts
Receivable and Accounts Payable Financial Supply Chain Management Biller
DirectRelease Credit Cards.
2. Enter payment method class 2 Card Payment there. By doing so the card payment
via the Internet is released, and you can flag the new payment method as being for
card payment.
Define Payment Method
Use
If a Web user makes payment using either bank collection (automatic or direct debit) or creditcard, the system requires payment methods to be able to enter this information in the bill
items.
Create separate payment methods for SAP Biller Direct, since the identification of an itemwith such a payment method has an effect on further processing.
Procedure
3. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for FI-AR choose Business Transactions
Incoming Payments Automatic Incoming Payments Payment Method / Bank
Selection for Payment Program Set Up Payment Methods per Country for PaymentTransactions.
For each country, define:
A payment method for bank collection
A payment method for credit card payment
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4. In the FI-AR Implementation Guide (IMG), choose Business Transactions Incoming
Payments Automatic Incoming Payments Payment Method/Bank Selection for
Payment Program Set Up Payment Methods per Company Code for PaymentTransactions and create the payment methods in the appropriate company code.
5. For the bank collection (automatic debit) payment method choose Business
Transactions
Incoming Payments
Automatic Incoming Payments
PaymentMethod/Bank Selection for Payment Program Set Up Bank Determination forPayment Transactions in the FI-AR Implementation Guide (IMG). There you have to
define the bank determination and bank clearing accounts in the same way as for anyother standard payment method.
You should note that you must not use bank determination for the credit card paymentmethod.
Example
As a copy template for automatic debits, you can use the supplied payment method E, or Mfor credit card payment EBPP. This applies both to the definition of payment methods forcountries and to the definition of payment methods for company codes.
Assigning Payment Methods
Use
If you allow Web users to make payments by bank collection or payment card, you have tospecify which payment method is to be used for this.
Prerequisites
You have created the new payment methods.
Procedure. . .
1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) choose Financial Accounting Accounts
Receivable and Accounts Payable Financial Supply Chain Management Biller
Direct Edit Payment Methods.
2. For every company code that permits payment using the Internet, enter a paymentmethod for the classification Credit Cardand Bank Collectionif you want to allow bothtypes of payment.
Assigning a G/L Account to a Cash Clearing Account
Use
If you permit payments with payment cards, then in this step you have to maintain the
assignment of an OI managed G/L account containing open items per credit card type to acash clearing account.
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The G/L account records all receivables that you report to the credit card company using asettlement program. The open items reported are offset against the related cash clearing
account by the settlement program, and cleared.
If you want authorization of the payment card and payment amount for payments by creditcard, you need to connect authorization software to Accounts Receivable Accounting. SAP
has defined a standard interface for payment cards that clearing houses can also use tocreate their own protocols.
With the specifications in Customizing, you define the connection of the authorization
software to the payment card interface:
Prerequisites
You have installed the authorization software.
You have entered into a contract with a clearing house.
You have made the central settings for payment cards in the Implementation Guide forFI-AR.
Procedure. . .1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Accounts Receivable Accounting choose
Business Transactions Payments with Payment Cards Assign G/L Account toCash Clearing Account.
2. Carry out the following steps:
Assign the cash settlement accounts to the receivables accounts Set the authorization and settlement control for the transfer of account data between
you and the clearing house.
3. You can enter the following in the details for an account
Authorization and settlement functions Data is converted using this function module that you send to and receive from aclearing house.
You can use the function CCARD_AUTH_SIMULATIONto simulate theauthorization.For further information on the simulation function, for example which paymentcards are used in the test, see the documentation on the function module.
You can use the function CCARD_SETTLEMENT_SIMULATION to simulate thesettlement.
RFC destination (Remote Function Call) for these functions
When you call up the authorization or settlement function the system accesses therelated logical destination that carries out the authorization or settlement. This involveseither an SAP internal system, or an external system.
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Setting Account Determination for Credit Cards
Use
With SAP Biller Directyour Web users are able to release bills for payment with payment
cards via the Web. If a bill is paid via the Web with a payment card, this is managed on a G/Laccount on which you collect all receivables that you report to the credit
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