SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2894476 - Generation of Billing Document Requests in spite of accounting indicator "Goodwill"

Symptom

While using the accounting indicator S2 "Goodwill" in the Service Orders/Confirmations documents, the item can be Released For Billing and the system still creates Billing Document Requests (BDR).

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Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

SAP S/4HANA On Premise

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Update the accounting indicator S2 in your service document 
  2. Complete the document and check option "Release For Billing" is available
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  4. BDR is created 
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Cause

This is an intended behavior. Accounting Indicators don't prevent BDR's generation. Instead, they are used to control the amount billed to the customer.

Resolution

  1. Define a Discount of 100% for condition type DAI2.
  2. Select the app "Set Material Price (Sales)
  3. Choose the Condition Type DAI2
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  5.  Select the product / accounting indicator S2 and set a 100% discount
  6. Go to item prices detail: there must a discount of 100%. If not, press button Reprice. 
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  8. BDR will be created with value 0. It is possible to filter these the billing documents or delete them in the app "Manage Billing document Request" 

Keywords

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Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions