Hierarchy
IS-M (Software Component) SAP MEDIA⤷
IS-M (Application Component) SAP Media⤷
JAS (Package) Application development R/3 Publishing Advertising System***
Basic Data
| Data Element | DATEAAFS |
| Short Description | IS-M/AM: Billing Block Date for Contract Settlement |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | DATUM | |
| Data Type | DATS | Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8) |
| Length | 8 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 10 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Block Date |
| Medium | 15 | Block Date |
| Long | 20 | Billing Block Date |
| Heading | 10 | Block Date |
Documentation
Definition
If a payer/advertiser record in a contract settlement has a billing block date, it can only be billed after this date.
The system defines thebilling block date using the current date on the selection screen for the settlement report.
Therefore, P/A records whose billing block date is not past will not be selected, unless you change this selection parameter).
System Response
The system will set the billing block date according to the Blocking period between contract settlement and billing for the contract settlement.
Procedure
A billing block date can also be set/deleted in the settlement header, to release/block all payer/advertiser records simultaneously for billing.
If the billing block date is changed in the settlement header, the new date is copied into all payer/advertiser records where previously the old date or no date had been set.
Further notes
No new settlement can be created before the old settlement has been billed.
By contrast, a payer/advertiser record with a billing block cannot be billed at all, meaning that a follow-on settlement is possible for which this record can be ignored.
Example
If the credit memo (difference between planned and actual amount) for contract settlement is less than the de minimis limitation, a billing block will be set due to this trivial amount. The planned amount from the blocked settlement will then be used for the next settlement, and if the difference between this and the new actual amount falls above the de minimis limitation, no billing block will be set. This means that the customer will receive one larger credit memo, rather than two smaller ones during billing.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20050224 |
| SAP Release Created in |
