Question: Just curious if there is anyone out there that uses the credit control area update group 000018 and SAP payment card functionality. We switched our update group from 000012 to 000018 about a year ago and have encountered several issues tied to payment cards specifically. I have not found anything specifically from SAP that states that you should be using 000012 if you are using payment cards but they have not addressed our issues and state that everything is WAD (working as designed). Thanks for listening.

Answer:
I have not found anything specifically from SAP that states that you should be using 000012 if you are using payment cards but they have not addressed our issues and state that everything is WAD (working as designed). Thanks for listening.


John,

I tracked this down once and found that unless the Update Group is set to 000012 then SAP will never propose an authorization amount (other than the $1 preauth if you have that configured in your checking group) during order creation.

The same is true for order change UNLESS there are subsequent documents (deliveries or invoices) that are then referenced to update the credit amounts that drive the logic that determines the authorization amounts.

The only real documentation I've ever found is when you hit F1 on the Update field in the Credit Control configuration where the following is given:

Credit update for open order/delivery/billing document value
The credit update controls when the values of open sales orders, deliveries, and billing documents are updated.

Note
The open order value is only updated for schedule lines that are relevant for delivery.

Use
You can specify the following update groups for updating credit-related statistics:

Update group 000012
Sales order
-Increases open order value from delivery-relevant schedule lines

Delivery
- Reduces open order value from delivery-relevant schedule lines
- Increases open delivery value

Billing document
- Reduces open delivery value
- Increases open billing document value

Financial accounting document
- Reduces open billing document value
- Increases open items


Update group 000015

Delivery
- Increases open delivery value
- Increases open billing document value

Financial accounting document
- Reduces open billing document value
- Increases open items


Update group 000018

Sales order
- Increases open delivery value

Billing document
- Reduces open delivery value
- Increases open billing document value

Financial accounting document
- Reduces open billing document value
- Increases open items

Note
If a document cannot be processed with the update group you specify, the system determines the next possible update it can carry out. For example, you select Update group 000012 which, at delivery, reduces the open order value and increases the open delivery value. Assume that one item in the order is not relevant for delivery. In this case, the system automatically determines Update group 000018 for this item. Update group 000018 increases the open delivery value for the order item. The system uses the confirmed quantity of delivery-relevant schedule lines to update the order value.


Because SAP is using the OPEN VALUES logic to calculate the amount to request for authorization the choice of Update Group directly impacts that calculation.

If you'd like to debug it place breakpoints on all the forms in INCLUDE RMCCSS132 and you'll be able to watch SAP build the lines that eventually end up in table OPEN_VALUES which is calculated during the call to FORM OFFENE_WERTE_ERMITTELN in INCLUDE MV45AF0Z_ZAHLUNGSKARTEN_AUTHOR.

The OPEN_VALUES table is eventually used in function module SD_CCARD_PERFORM_AUTHORIZATION to help build the authorization request line.