3638890 - Payment Reason Field From Supplier Invoice Not Appearing In Memo Line Of Bank Statement

• In supplier invoices, the field [payment reason] is available and described as: "When the invoice is paid, this information is transferred along with the payment. For example, the payment reason may appear on the recipient's bank account statement."
• However, the payment reason field is not visible in the bank statements.

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Navigate to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
2. Access the Invoice Entry view.
3. Select the purchase order ID that requires invoicing.
4. Create a new invoice and enter all mandatory details, including the payment reason.
5. Post the invoice.
6. Once the supplier invoice is paid via outgoing bank transfer, navigate to the Liquidity Management work center.
7. Open the Bank Statement view.
8. Select the bank statement corresponding to the supplier invoice.
9. Observe that the Memo Line displays not the information of payment reason field from the supplier invoice.

• The issue arises due to the configuration settings in the Business Configuration (BC) work center. Specifically, the Payment Correspondence Profile is not set to include the "Free Text from Invoice" as a source of variable data for memo lines in the payment file.

To resolve this issue, adjust the settings in the Business Configuration work center as follows:  

1. Navigate to the Business Configuration work center.
2. Select the Implementation Projects view and open the current project.
3. Go to the Fine-Tuning tab and search for the activity "Outgoing Bank Transfers."
4. Open the activity and select the option "Edit Payment Correspondence Profiles."
5. Locate the row for "SEPA Credit Transfer and Direct Debit."
6. Modify the settings in the details panel as follows:

• Replace or add the source of variable data to "07- Free Text from Invoice" in the Payment Correspondence Profile.

1. Save the changes.
2. Verify that the payment reason field is now included in the payment file and visible in the bank statement.

KBA: 2195696 - SEPA Payment File Information

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