Billing Document Output Management

SAP S/4HANA Sales

October, 2016
Objectives Slide

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Give an overview of the output management frameworks available in the billing area
• Give an overview of the output management for SAP S/4HANA configuration with
regard to billing documents

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Overview Output Management in Billing

SAP S/4HANA provides two output management frameworks for billing:

• Output management for SAP S/4HANA (CA-GTF-OC) is designed to

provide cloud-enabled output and is based on the BRF+ framework.

• The existing output control framework (SD-BF-OC) can be used if output

processing compatibility with SAP ERP systems is a requirement.

With SAP S/4HANA 1610, you can configure the active output management
framework in Customizing under:
Cross-Application Components -> Manage Application Object Type Activation

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SAP S/HANA Output Management in Billing

For additional details and the technical setup procedure for output
management for SAP S/4HANA see, SAP Note 2228611.

The application object BILLING_DOCUMENT represents SD billing

documents and is used as a key during configuration, for example, to define
output types or assign channels. You can find this configuration in Customizing
under: Cross-Application Components -> Output Control

The determination in SAP S/4HANA output management uses the BRF+

framework, for which SAP delivers predefined content. To install the
predefined content, please follow the instructions in SAP Note 2248229.

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Output Determination Using BRF+ in Billing

The BRF+ application for billing documents comprises the following determination steps:
• Output Type: Define the output type and the dispatch time

• Receiver: Determine the receiver of the output

• Channel: Define the channel that should be used to send the output. Example: print or e-mail

• Printer Settings: The printer settings contain the print queue configuration and the number of copies

• Email – Settings: In this configuration, the default email address from the sales organization can be overwritten and the email template can be maintained

• Email – Recipient: Define additional email recipients

• Form Template: The configuration can be used if a customer-specific form template shall be used

• Output Relevance: The default customizing setting for output relevance in billing is that output is triggered when billing documents are released to accounting.
This setting can be changed in this determination step

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SAP S/HANA Output Management Dispatch Procedures

Dispatch time can be maintained in the BRF+ determination step Output Type.
Possible values are:
• 1 Immediately

• 2 Scheduled

If the status of the billing document has made it relevant for output,
output items with the dispatch time value 1 (Immediately) are executed
immediately.

Output items with the dispatch time value 2 (Scheduled) retain their status as
To Be Output. The output can be triggered at any later time using transaction
VF31F or using the Schedule Billing Output app.

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