Details for ALE Message type 'INVOICE' for intercompany billing ?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have a requirement that i have to create the invoice receipt for FI when the billing document is created in the same client?

Please provide me the details for this

such as output type and process code and other master data settings that have to fill?

Thanks,

Vamshi.

[Former Member]

Hi Vamsi,

welcome.

Generally VF03 is used for , Displaying Intercompany Billing Document.

Inter-Company Billing - Automatic Posting To Vendor Account (SAP-EDI)

Automatic posting to vendor account is done by EDI. In our case where both companies

are proccessed in the same system (& client), it is sufficient to create Idoc.

This proccess requires several steps:

1. Creating a Customer to represent the receiving Company.

2. Creating a Vendor to represent the supplying company.

3. Creating a Port

4. Maintain an Output Type

5. Creating a Logical Address

6. Creating a Partner Profile for both Customer & Vendor

7. The relevant MM customizing is maintained.

8. The relevant FI customizing is maintained.

for screen shot based description see this link

http://e-mory.blogspot.com/2008/03/sap-edi-inter-company-billing-automatic.html

thanks

karthik

happy solving.....

[Former Member]

Hi,

For creating a intercompany invoice interface you need to do the following steps:-

1. You need to maintain the Account at Customer in the customer master

2. Ask your functional consultant to create an output type for you for this interface and let that output be triggered in the billing document.

3. You need to create a partner profile for Customer and Partner Role as BP. Message Type INVOIC, Message code FI and Process Code as SD08.

4. You need to maitain the logical address to convert it to the vendor, this entry is maintained in the table EDILOGADR.

5. Till now what ever you maintained is for the outbound interface.

6. You need to create a partner profile for the vendor as Message Type INVOIC, Message Code FI & Process code INVF.

7. The FI functional consultant has to enable that vendor as EDI and he has to make the necessary setting for the document to be posted successfully.

If your functional consultant is not in a position to do them, you can ask me and i will help you to do those setting as well.

Thanks,

Mahesh.

[Former Member]

Hi mahesh ,

Thanks for the reply and it is very helpful.

Before reading your answer , we did the settings and most of the part is same as said by you.Now IDoc is generating successfully at outbound side and giving error in inbound side.

I will explain the steps we did . please correct where we did the mistake.

1. We followed the ALE type settings.

2. After distribution model,in partner profile outbound side in message control

V3 RD00 SD08

and in inbound side

INVF.

and after that generated distribution model successfully.

3. Also we maintained the logical address in WEL1.

Now the IDoc is generating ibut with the error status '51' 'customer/vendor could not be determined for intermediate document 00000' in inbound side.

I heard that we have to maintain the FI settings in tcodes OBCA like that. That part still pending.

So , now please identify the mistake and explain what othar steps are needed?

Thanks,

Vamshi.

Edited by: VAMSHI KRISHNA on Jul 14, 2008 5:22 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

In the inbound did you get the vendor number in the idoc and the company code in the E1EDK14-011 segment, if that is there then the FI consultant has to make the config in OBCA and some more transactions as well.

If the config is missing in the OBCA transaction then the error would be different and error would be regarding the company code.

Your error is related to the customer/vendor number, check whether the vendor and company code data is there in the inbound idoc.

Thanks,

Mahesh.

[Former Member]

Hi Mahesh,

Currently I am facing with the same type errors when trying to post incoming payments through EDI.

IDOC Information

IDOC type: PEXR2002

Message type: REMADV

Function Module: IDOC_INPUT_REMADV

Process code: REMA

I am getting the below error:

1. Company code could not be determined for intermediate document

I have maintained records for partner type and partner number in OBCA.

Please advice what are the other configuration changes do I need to maintain.

Your assistance would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.