Invoicing Plan - checking the "in advance" button

[Former Member]

Hello,

Does anyone know what checking the in advance button on an invoicing plan (within the PO ) actually does? I've tried to test it by checking it on and off for a period invoicing plan, but am not seeing any differences...

The field name I'm talking about within the invoicing plan button is FPLA-AUTTE, and the help description is below - I really just want to understand what this functionality does when checked on and off... I'm reading it as it will create the invoice document in advance for the next month regardless of the date, but when i run MRIS for a date in the future no selectable items are found (Regardless if its on or off).

Billing/Invoice Creation in Advance

Use

If this field is activated in Customizing, then the invoice is created in advance.

In the standard, this fiedl is not activated. I.e., the invoice is created retrospectively.

Examples

The 'in advance' setting could be used to calculate monthly rent for a device a month in advance over given period.

[Former Member]

Thanks again for information, but what I am asking is  how it differs or works within the system differently from if its "unchecked".  My understanding on how it works is it creates the invoice in advance , yet when I run MRIS no line items appear until the invoice date set on the invoicing plan, so I dont see how its behaving differently... Maybe its related to the date on the invoice thats created, but I'm not really seeing that as well...

[PollyGan]

Hi James,

You may get the information from online help:

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_06/helpdata/EN/ea/6e1b769e0111d1a39b0000e8a522f1/frameset.htm

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■       The In Advance indicator allows you to specify whether the invoice is to be created with regard to a prior or subsequent period (for example, at the beginning of February, either in advance for the month of February or in arrears for the month of January

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Hope it helps!

Regards,

Polly

[Former Member]

Select the item and choose Item -> Invoicing plan.

check thread for reference

https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPSCM/MM-SRV%20The%20Invoicing%20Plan

[Former Member]

Thanks for reply but I already know how invoicing plan works.... My question is how the in advance button works within invoicing plan...