SAP R/3 SD REVENUE RECOGNITION -

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1 SAP R/3 SD REVENUE RECOGNITION - How to use the list of notes to find out the notes relevant for you Page 1 of 6

2 This user guide provides a description how to use the list of notes that is attached to the composite SAP note Important revenue recognition notes up to xx/xxxx. The list of notes includes all known corrections as well as notes with coding for performance improvements and with coding of enhancements. all notes created on component SD-BIL-RR and related components (not included are notes on component IS-Media). To find out the notes relevant for you to implement in your system unless they have already been imported by Support Package a selection by using the filters is necessary. SAP AG 05/2009. All rights reserved. In the following you find some more details about the content and the handling of the list of notes. The note numbers as well as the short text of the note number are shown on the left side of the list before and after a selection is done. Each note is categorized by the following items: Note category Revenue recognition category Release For these items (note category, revenue recognition category, release) the following selection criteria are available: On the right side of each criterion you can see the filter to use. So you have to decide which note category you want to select, which revenue recognition category you are using and which release you have implemented. Page 2 of 6

3 By choosing the selection criteria of the note category the following points have to be considered: - If a note is flagged as program correction the coding provided by the note is related to a standard revenue recognition function such as the revenue realization process (transaction vf44/ vf46) or monitoring (transaction vf45/ vf47/ vf48). - If a note is flagged as performance improvement the coding provided by the note is helpful for a better system runtime. - If a note is flagged as enhancement the coding provided by the note includes programming and related program corrections for additional revenue recognition functions such as compression, FASB52 solution or POD solution. These functions are not mandatory to use in the standard revenue recognition processes. SAP AG 05/2009. All rights reserved. By choosing the selection criteria of the revenue recognition category the following points have to be considered: - If a note is flagged as relevant for A the coding provided by the note is needed when using revenue recognition category A. If a note is flagged as relevant for B the coding provided by the note is needed when using revenue recognition category B etc. - It is possible that a note is not only relevant for one revenue recognition category e.g. a note is relevant for A and B. - If a note is flagged as relevant for A and B the coding provided by the note can include programming for revenue recognition category F. Revenue recognition category F can only be used in a credit/debit memo process that is created with reference to a preceding process with revenue recognition category A and B. By choosing the selection criteria of the release the following points have to be considered: - If a note is relevant for the release, a number is shown for the note. The number indicates the support package by which the note is delivered. - If the note is not relevant for the release, the entry of the field is. - If the note is relevant for the release but the coding provided by the note is not implemented in a support package, the entry in the field is 99. The selection criteria you are not using or which are not relevant for you has to be set to option all. Page 3 of 6

4 For a stable operation of the revenue recognition function at least the following options by using the filters should be chosen: Program correction = X Your used revenue recognition category = X Your release in combination with your support package As result you get a list of notes. These notes are relevant for you if you are using the complete standard revenue recognition functions. Please remember that the list of notes can include notes that refer to a special function such as revenue recognition distribution. So you can manually filter out these notes which belong to such special functions you do not use. If you are using additional revenue recognition functions such as the FASB52 solution you have to consider the following options by using the filters: Program correction = X AND enhancement = X Your used revenue recognition category = X Your release in combination with your support package As result you get a list of notes. These notes are relevant for you if you are using all additional revenue recognition functions. This means that the list of notes includes not only one enhanced solution such as FASB52. So you should manually filter out these notes which belong to an enhanced revenue recognition function you do not use. Here is an example how to find the list of notes that at least have to be implemented. SAP AG 05/2009. All rights reserved. You have implemented support package 12 of release ECC 6.0 and you are using revenue recognition category A and B. Furthermore you have implemented the FASB52 solution. The following options should be chosen for getting the relevant notes to implement. Please remember that you have to use different selection criteria and you get different lists of notes. Page 4 of 6

5 Firstly the relevant notes including program corrections related to standard revenue recognition functions should be found. Selection I : o Release 6.0 with Support Package > 12 o Revenue recognition category A = X o Revenue recognition category B = all o Note category - Program correction = X o Note category - Enhancement = all The list of notes contains notes with program corrections that are relevant for revenue recognition category A. As you can see there are notes included that are also relevant for revenue recognition category B. Because you are using revenue recognition category A and B and there are program corrections that are only relevant for revenue recognition category B, a second selection for notes with program corrections is necessary. Selection II : o Release 6.0 with Support Package > 12 o Revenue recognition category A = initial o Revenue recognition category B = X o Note category - Program correction = X o Note category - Enhancement = all Page 5 of 6

6 This list of notes contains program corrections that are only relevant for revenue recognition category B. Notes with program corrections that are relevant for revenue recognition category B and also relevant for revenue recognition category A are included in the result list of selection I. Secondly the relevant notes including programming and program corrections related to additional revenue recognition functions should be found. Selection III : Release 6.0 with Support Package > 12 Revenue recognition category A = all Revenue recognition category B = all Note category - Program correction = all Note category - Enhancement = X SAP AG 05/2009. All rights reserved. This list of notes contains notes with programming and program corrections related to all additional revenue recognition functions. Because you are using only FASB52 solution the notes belonging to the other additional functions such as compression and POD solution have to be ignored. Therefore these notes should be filtered out manually so that the list of notes includes only the notes that refer to FASB52 solution. So the three result lists show the relevant notes to implement. Please remember that the selection criteria you are not using (such as performance improvement, revenue recognition category D, release 4.6c, 4.7, 5.0, 602, 603, 604) has to be set to option all for all selections. Page 6 of 6