SAP ABAP Data Element AMORTN (IS-M/SD: Use of Liability Account in Order)

Hierarchy

☛ IS-M (Software Component) SAP MEDIA
   ⤷ IS-M (Application Component) SAP Media
     ⤷ JSD (Package) Appl. dev. R/3 Publishing Sales and Distribution System

Basic Data

Data Element	AMORTN
Short Description	IS-M/SD: Use of Liability Account in Order

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	AMORTN
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Liab.Acct
Medium	15	Liability Acct
Long	22	Liability Account
Heading	2	LA

Documentation

Definition

There is a liability account in the order. The following settings are possible:
BLANK - no liability account
A - monetary liability account
B - delivery-related liability account
C - monetary liability account without ref.to performance

• If the account is a monetary liability account, the incoming payment amount is recorded there for each billing cycle and the cumulated revenue from the subscription is recorded after each delivery.
  In renewal subscriptions, the expiration date is derived from the period covered by the payment amount.
• If the liability account is a delivery-related liability account, it is assigned the number of billed issues and the number of issues currently delivered for each billing cycle. A new billing index is generated for the subsequent period when the first issue of the cycle is amortized.
• If the liability account is a monetary liability account and is not service-related, it contains the incoming payment amount in each billing cycle. Amortization does not take place for this kind of subscription. The expiration date is determined from the end of the billing period. Revenue accrual can only take place periodically or for each issue but is not service-related.

After shipping has been performed for an issue, all relevant liability accounts (i.e. liability accounts of type A or B) are updated by the amortization procedure.

Restriction:

• A liability account can only be maintained in orders that belong to the sales document type grouping 'Subscription' where billing is performed in advance for the standard items.
• Liability account type C is currently only used for renewals.

Note

In subscriptions with a liability account, the start and end of delivery for an item must correspond to the publication date of the publication purchased.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20050224
SAP Release Created in