pre-invoice

[Former Member]

Hello All,

We need to printe a pre-invoice before the picking and packing of the delivery, this pre-invoice will become the real invoice after the picking/packing confirmation and the goods issue, does somebody know if this is possible and how this can work?

Thank you very much for your help.

Jingyan

[Former Member]

Thank you for your reply, just the problem is : if I create the invoice, i can't update the delievry with the batch split, I can't make the goods issue.

[Former Member]

I don't have an error message, but the field to put the picked quantities is grey, not accessible, even we can enter the quantities, it can't be saved.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, we can do this, the problem is that we can't update the delivery with the picking information if we create the invoice, perhaps we did the posting, without FI/CO posting, do you know if we can update the delivery with the picked quantities.

[christian_rosa]

What error system raises when you update picking in the delivery if you have an invoice ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

Creating Proforma invoice will not fulfill your requirement.

In the copy controls  Transaction:VTFL, use Requirement Routine "11 - Head.dlv-rel.w/o GI" in Delivery to Billing Copy Control settings for your item category.

You can put Posting block for the billing type in Transaction VOFA, so that invoice number is generated but accounting entries are not created.

User can release the billing document after PGI is completed. While releasing to accounting, include a validation via user exit to check the PGI status VBUP-WBSTA as C = Completed  of the Delivery.

Hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards,

Sharan

[Former Member]

Hi Jingyan,

Yes, its possible as per SAP standard to have the actual invoice generated before your logistics operations are performed. The same can be achieved using copy controls (Try standard routine 11 in the copying requirements for the transaction between Delivery to billing). Try to browse through in internet there are a lot of content available in this topic.

Please let  me know for any specific queries.

Regards

[Former Member]

There is an option (by ABAP) to prevent the Automatic accounting for the commercial invoice. also you can put a restriction that Accounting will be released once the PGI is done.

Also it is possible to allow Creation of Commercial invoice without actually doing the pgi ( check the copy controls).

So before doing the PGI create the commercial Invoice later when you do the packing/PGI, then the accounting can be released.

This is a solution which is already implemented in a client that I know about

[Lakshmipathi]

One option is against the saved delivery, you can generate a proforma and once picking and packing are conmpleted, you can do PGI followed by generating a commercial billing document.

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Thank you for your answer, but we need the real invoice number, because we join this invoice in the carton for the shipment to the customer, and the customer will use this invoice to pay.

[Lakshmipathi]

SAP will allow either to create proforma for a non-PGId delivery as I already said.  Else, you need to create a commercial invoice only.  May be for picking and packing, have a different output in case you want to give instruction to the concerned team.

G. Lakshmipathi