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3538724 - Austria SEPA Payment Files

Symptom

According to the What's New in SAP Business ByDesign, there is a change in the SEPA payment files for Austria as of the release 2411, however, the payment file remains the same of the previous versions.

KBA is valid only for Austria

Whats New in SAP Business ByDesign

Category: Legal and Compliance
Business Area: Financial Management
Functional Localization: Austria
Title: Austria SEPA Payment Files Updated to Exclusively Use the Structured Address Data
Description: As per the legal changes from the European Payments Council, with rulebook 2023 effective from Oct, 2025, all the payment service users need to provide structured address data in their payment files. To reflect this change in SAP Business ByDesign,the following Austria Templates relevant to SEPA payment files are updated.

  • SEPA Credit Transfer
  • SEPA Direct Debit
  • ISO 20022 Bank Transfer

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Liquidity Management Work Center > Payment Monitor view
  2. Search for the desired payment and click the Outbound file ID hyperlink
  3. Click View All
  4. Go to Attachment tab and Download the payment file
  5. Open the document
  6. The address details are not structured

Cause

The Payment Medium Format Code assigned for the bank is still using the "old" version.

E.g.: "74 - SEPA Credit Transfer"

Resolution

Assign the new Payment Medium Format Code for your Austrian Bank.

Payment Medium Format Code: "100 - XSLT Bank Transfer" for AUSTRIA ISO20022 Bank Transfer - Transformation Name: PAYFOCTATSTMPLV02 for Austria ISO20022 Bank Transfer
Payment Medium Format Code: "102 - XSLT SEPA Bank Transfer" for AUSTRIA SEPA Credit Transfer - Transformation Name: PAYFOCTATSTMPLV01 for Austria SEPA Credit Transfer
Payment Medium Format Code: "103 - XSLT SEPA Direct Debit" for AUSTRIA SEPA Direct Debit - Transformation Name: PAYFODTATSTMPLV01 for Austria SEPA Direct Debit

  1. Go to Business Configuration Work Center > Overview view
  2. Search for the activity "Common Master Data Configuration" and open it
  3. Select the Configuration Type Code "5 - Transformation Repository" and click Edit
  4. Filter by the Country/Region "AT - Austria"
  5. There are 3 Transformations for Austria
    Transformation Name: PAYFOCTATSTMPLV01 for Austria SEPA Credit Transfer
    Transformation Name: PAYFOCTATSTMPLV02 for Austria ISO20022 Bank Transfer
    Transformation Name: PAYFODTATSTMPLV01 for Austria SEPA Direct Debit
  6. Take a note of the transformation name according to your needs
  7. Go to Liquidity Management Work Center > Master Data > My Banks view
  8. Search for the Bank ID "ABC"
  9. Click Edit > General
  10. Go to Payment Formats tab
  11. Click on your User Icon at the top right corner of the screen and click "Start Personalization Mode"
  12. Click OK on the "You are now entering Personalization Mode" pop-up
  13. Select Unnamed Table and click ">" button
  14. Mark the Checkboxes for Transformation Name and Transformation ID
  15. Click Save and OK
  16. Click on your User Icon at the top right corner of the screen and click "Stop Personalization Mode"
  17. Go to Payment Formats tab
  18. Enter the "new" Payment Medium Format Code according to your needs
  19. Under Transformation ID, click the Help value and select the required Transformation name
  20. Click Save

(ABC means the My Bank ID)

See Also

Help Documentation: XSL Transformation

Keywords

Austria, SEPA, bydesign, payment, address, xsl transformation , KBA , AP-PAY-GLO , Cross-Country Extensions , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2411