AP-Configuration

1. WELCOME
CONFIGURATION
FOR
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (FI)
Compiled By S.N.HEGDE

2. SD
CO
General
Ledger
FI-
GL
FI-
AA
FI-
AP
FI-
TV
FI-
BL
FI-
AR
MM
Balance Sheet
P&L
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... ...
Overview Diagram: Accounts Payable

3. Topics
A) House Banks & Accounts
B) Payment Program Configuration
C) Vendor Master

4. A)House Banks & Accounts

5. HOUSE BANKS & ACCOUNTS
• The first step in configuring the A/P sub-
module is to create house banks . House
banks are the banks your company uses for
banking purposes.
• Each house bank can have several bank
accounts linked to it.
• A house bank is identified with unique bank
key.

6. HOUSE BANKS & ACCOUNTS
• You can use the following menu path for
house bank configuration:
• Financial Accounting -> General Ledger
Accounting -> G/L Accounts -> Bank-
Related Accounting -> Bank Accounts ->
Define House Banks
• Transaction code: FI12

7. B) PAYMENT PROGRAM
CONFIGURATION

8. PAYMENT PROGRAM
CONFIGURATION
• Payment program configuration defines the
the process of payment transaction in the
system. There are lot of settings that provide
flexibility .
• Payment program configuration is series of
steps that are configured within one
program. It occurs in table T042.

9. PAYMENT PROGRAM
CONFIGURATION
• You can get to the payment program screen with
the following menu path :
• Financial Accounting -> Accounts Receivable and
Accounts Payable -> Business Transactions ->
Outgoing Payments -> Automatic Outgoing
Payments -> Payment methods / Bank selection ->
Configure Payment Program
• Transaction code: FBZP

10. PAYMENT PROGRAM
CONFIGURATION
• Further steps in configuring the payment program
is to set up
• Parameters for Paying Company Code ( it is not
necessary that sending company code be paying
company code)
• Country Payment Method ( checks, wires, ACH).
• Company Code Payment Method.
• Bank Selection ( determination of bank selection
procedure)

11. C) VENDOR MASTER DATA

12. VENDOR MASTER DATA
• Much like G/L vendor master data is combination
of configuration and master data maintenance.
• A key concept in the configuration of vendor
master data is vendor groups . Vendor groups
allow to have separate purposes and field statuses
for different types.
• Different number ranges can be assigned to
different vendor account groups.

13. Vendor Account in SAP FI
PLUS PLUS
Vendor X in company code 1000 Vendor X in company code 7100
Company code-
specific settings
Company code-
specific settings
CC 7100
CC 1000
Vendor X
General
data
Account definition
at client level

14. VENDOR MASTER DATA
• You can get to the vendor groups configuration
screen with the following menu path :
• Financial Accounting -> Accounts Receivable and
Accounts Payable -> Vendor Accounts -> Master
Records -> Preparation for Creating Vendor
Master Records -> Define Account Groups with
Screen Layout (Vendors)
• Transaction code: OBD3

15. Account Groups for Vendors
C
Accounts
Payable
Vend.
Dom.
For.
One-time
0001
...
000000-099999
100000-199999
200000-299999
300000-
399999
400000-499999
500000-599999
600000-699999
Vendor
accounts
Account groups
Vend.
Account 001111
000000-099999
General
data
Company code
data
Purchasing
organization
data

16. VENDOR MASTER DATA
• You can get to the vendor account number range
configuration screen with the following menu
path :
• Financial Accounting -> Accounts Receivable and
Accounts Payable -> Vendor Accounts -> Master
Records -> Preparation for Creating Vendor
Master Records -> Create Number Ranges for
Vendor Account
• Transaction code: XKN1