SAP R/3 SD REVENUE

RECOGNITION How to use the list of notes

to find out
the notes relevant for you

User Guide

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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).

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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Here is an example how to find the list of notes that at least have to be implemented.
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.

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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

Revenue recognition category A = X

Revenue recognition category B = all

Note category - Program correction = X

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 :

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Release 6.0 with Support Package > 12

Revenue recognition category A = initial

Revenue recognition category B = X

Note category - Program correction = X

Note category - Enhancement = all

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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

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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.

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