SAP ABAP Data Element IFW_DE_INV_CAT (Invoice Category)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ LO-AB-IFW (Application Component) Invoice Forecasting
     ⤷ CIWB (Package) Invoice Forecasting Worklist: Core objects
Basic Data
Data Element IFW_DE_INV_CAT
Short Description Invoice Category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type IFW_DO_INV_CAT    
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 Inv. Cat. 
Medium 15 Invoice Cat. 
Long 20 Invoice Category 
Heading 20 Invoice Category 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the invoice category used in differential invoicing.

Use

In differential invoicing, the system uses the following invoice categories:

  1. Provisional invoice
    • A provisional invoice is the first non-final invoice of a goods movement item.
    • A provisional invoice of invoice type 02 (MM invoice document) corresponds to transaction 5 (provisional invoice) of a MM logistics invoice.
    • A provisional invoice of invoice type 04 (SD billing document) corresponds to billing category N (provisional or differential billing document) of a SD billing document.
  2. Differential invoice
    • A differential invoice is any non-final invoice of a goods movement item which is not the first invoice.
    • A differential invoice of invoice type 02 corresponds to transaction 6 (differential invoice) of a MM logistics invoice.
    • A differential invoice of invoice type 04 corresponds to billing category N (provisional or differential billing document) of a SD billing document.
  3. Final invoice
    • A final invoice is the last invoice of a goods movement item.
    • A final invoice of invoice type 02 corresponds to transaction 7 (final invoice) of a MM logistics invoice.
    • A final invoice of invoice type 04 corresponds to billing category O (final billing document) of a SD billing document.

Note

The invoice category is a property of the SD billing document line item. At the same time, the invoice category is a property of the MM logistics invoice header. This is because a SD billing document may, in principle, be a combination of provisional and differential line items. In the invoice forecasting worklist (IFW), the invoice category is always stored at invoice-item level.

If no differential invoicing is used, the system only uses one invoice category:

  •     Invoice (without differential invoicing)

Dependencies

The described transactions of MM logistics invoices and the billing categories of SD billing documents are only available depending on whether the corresponding business functions LOG_MM_COMMODITY and LOG_SD_COMMODITY are activated.

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
SAP Release Created in 606