SD document flow

[Former Member]

Hi,

Do anyone know how the system determines the date which appears in SD document flow? (Date = Date on which the record was created)

Regards,

Chris

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In VOV8, i.e., the controls of sales document type , we come across a field called <u>proposed valid from date.</u>

This is the field the system checks and enters the same in the order or sales document type.

When once we go and check the possible entries in the std sap for this field, we find options like todays date, no proposal and like that.

Here we can make the date to come as we require.

Mohan

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[Former Member]

Hi Chris,

Its the date on which the document is created VBAK-ERDAT.

Hope it helps.

Thanks & Regards

Sadhu Kishore

[Former Member]

Hi Chris,

Following r the documents that we see in SD

VA11 - INQUIRY

VA21 - QUOTATION

VA01 - SALES ORDER

VL0N1- OUTBOUND DELV

LT03- TRANSFER ORDER ( if warehouse management is activated)

VT01N- CREATE SHIPMENT ( Shipment doc )

then go to VL02N and do PGI ( pgi doc is generated)

VF01-BILLING DOC

VF02- Release to accounting (Accounting , costing ,Profit centre , Profitability analysis and Special purpose ledger documents are generated )

F-28 incoming payment doc is generated

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regards

vaseem

[Former Member]

Dear Chris,

Document Flow in Sales

The sales documents you create are individual documents but they can also form part of a chain of inter-related documents. For example, you may record a customer’s telephone inquiry in the system. The customer next requests a quotation, which you then create by referring to the inquiry. The customer later places an order on the basis of the quotation and you create a sales order with reference to the quotation. You ship the goods and bill the customer. After delivery of the goods, the customer claims credit for some damaged goods and you create a free-of-charge delivery with reference to the sales order. The entire chain of documents – the inquiry, the quotation, the sales order, the delivery, the invoice, and the subsequent delivery free of charge – creates a document flow or history. The flow of data from one document into another reduces manual activity and makes problem resolution easier. Inquiry and quotation management in the Sales Information System help you to plan and control your sales.

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Rakesh

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[Former Member]

HI Chris;

There are two things to note here 1. Document date & 2. Creation date

1. Document date: This is date on which the document was created in a local time zone. For instance if you are in Japan, this date would indicate the date of Japan. This is controlled by the Time zone of the User who is creating the document.

2. Creation date: This is the system date & time.

The date you see in the document flow ( which is the creation date) might actually be different from the Document date (as this is based on the Time Zone of the user) .

Hope this clarifies.

Regards.

[Former Member]

Hi Mani,

I have one similar issue where in the document flow the date is showing 12 where as when i go to the display document i can see the date as 13 which is system (server) date.

May i know whether there is any posibility to see both the dates in Local Time Zone only..??

Your help is appreciated.

Regards,

Vishi.

[Former Member]

hi

Document Flow in Sales

The sales documents you create are individual documents but they can also form part of a chain of inter-related documents. For example, you may record a customer’s telephone inquiry in the system. The customer next requests a quotation, which you then create by referring to the inquiry. The customer later places an order on the basis of the quotation and you create a sales order with reference to the quotation. You ship the goods and bill the customer. After delivery of the goods, the customer claims credit for some damaged goods and you create a free-of-charge delivery with reference to the sales order. The entire chain of documents – the inquiry, the quotation, the sales order, the delivery, the invoice, and the subsequent delivery free of charge – creates a document flow or history. The flow of data from one document into another reduces manual activity and makes problem resolution easier. Inquiry and quotation management in the Sales Information System help you to plan and control your sales.

The following graphic shows how the various types of sales documents are inter-related and how data subsequently flows into shipping and billing documents.

[Former Member]

hi

1. Inquiry and qutotion is a pre sales activity

2.sales order

3.delivery

4. billing

5.Excise invoice for india

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