Bug or feature: Billing status after downpayment request- different in 6.0 than 4.6?

[Former Member]

Hi community,

we implemented a downpayment process that was running fine on a SAP R/3 4.6 system in a different company which is working with SAP ECC 6.0

Now we realized the status of the items containing down payments is still "open" in the 6.0 system after the downpayment request has been created.

Within 4.6, after creation of a downpayment request (FAZ), billing status VBUP-FKSAA was "C" and VBUP-GBSTA overall status VBUP-GBSTA "C" as well. Now, in 6.0 status is "A".

Debugging showed that billing status is determined  in include LV45P038.

Here the value of fxvbapf-anzfkp (number of invoiced items)  is initial, even though there is an invoiced item. This leads to no change in status.

In 4.6, ANZFKP was filled.

Further debugging showed that in LV45P011, Form RV_XVBAPF_MENGEN_ERMITTELN line 115 there is a dedicated check that downpayment requests are not considered (vbfa-fktyp NE charp).

However, the quantities are filled in xvbapf...

In 4.6, there was no check on the invoice type P (downpayment request).

Now the question is: is this a dedicated change in the behaviour of the status? Or is there a bug in either the 4.6 or the 6.0 system?

Thanks for your answers and opinions!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

It's a bug. Solution SAP Note 1758578