Billing date at line item level in a sales order

[Former Member]

HI!

Can anyone let me know the significance of billing date being present at the line item level in a sales order?

And why does it get changed as per the Requested delivery date if the Prop. Pricing date in the maintanenece of sales doc type is set as 'A'?

Can it be different for different line items?

[sarthak_mohantysd]

Hello Asha,

Can anyone let me know the significance of billing date being 
present at the line item level in a sales order ???

The comprehensive information is available at SAP technical help(F1) for the "BILLING DATE" field at Sales Order line item level...Before raising these type of questions, i would urge to conduct initiate analysis and then post at SDN forum if you are unable to find out answers...For your quick reference, i have extracted the same description for Billing date from SAP techincal help (F1) and pasted below.

Billing date for billing index and printout

+The date on which the billing is processed and booked for

accounting purposes.+

Use

+You can use the billing date as one of the selection criteria

when you process billing documents collectively.+

Procedure

+If invoice dates are defined for the customer, the system proposes

the billing date from the invoice date calendar. If no invoice dates are

agreed, then the actual goods issue date is formed on the basis of

delivery related billing. In order related billing, the billing date of the

order forms the basis of the billing date.+

+If you are billing services, the system proposes the date of services

rendered. You can change the date manually in the sales document.+

+If you are using a billing plan to bill a project, the system can propose

billing dates for the billing plan on the basis of planned or actual dates

in the corresponding milestone.+

+In a billing plan for a maintenance or rental contract, you can specify rules

by which the system determines billing dates on the basis of other dates in the contract.+

Regards,

Sarthak

[Shiva_Ram]

Can anyone let me know the significance of billing date being present at the line item level in a sales order?

Click on F1 button on the field and read the contents under use. This is self explanatory.

And why does it get changed as per the Requested delivery date if the Prop. Pricing date in the maintanenece of sales doc type is set as 'A'?

When you change the requested delivery date, correspondingly the service rendered date (actual post goods issue date) changes. For delivery related billing, the billing date is obtained from service rendered date, hence the billing date in the sales order changes.

Can it be different for different line items?

Yes, this can be different for different line items. For example, each line item can be delivered at different dates and can carry different billing date.

Regards,

[Former Member]

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