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Gabriel Felipe Coleti

June 7, 2016 4 minute read
Payment Block
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Introduction
During the company payment process some open items can be blocked by the Payment Block Key (PB –
Payment Block) due for many reasons where we will discuss in this document to discover many possibilities
to block your open item or master data for payment processing.
The use of PB Key in the SAP system is de ne and described as below:
– Automatic Payment Transactions
– Manual Payments
– Release for Payment
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In this rst moment let´s understand about the payment block de nition and the con guration parameters
related to it and in the second moment we will discuss where the payment block can be de ned to block the
payment transactions.
Payment Block De nition
The payment block key is de ned by a char indicator in OB27 having three important de nitions which will
re ect on their use:
The PB Key blank – Free for payment will allow the payment posting for the open item or master data, you
can even change the description of it, but the use is the same, allowing the payment posting.
There is another three PB Keys with the same special meaning as the Free for Payment, they are:
– The block key * has the e ect that all items of the account are skipped in automatic payment
transactions:
The use of the payment block “Skip account” is when you need to block the vendor or customer account
of the Automatic Payment Transaction (F110). If your master data is set as * – Skip Account, the automatic
payment will not process any open item of this vendor or customer
– The block key + has the e ect that all items are skipped in which a payment method was not entered
explicitly:
The use of the payment block “+” the open items which payment method was not entered explicitly.
– The block key A is always set automatically when a down payment is entered. Therefore, you must not
delete the block key A or use it for other purposes:
The use of the payment block “A” to automatically set Down Payments blocked for payment. When posting a
down payment, SAP system de ne the block A for that sub-ledger line items to avoid Automatic Payment Process
to clear this open item with other o setting open items.
Except about these special meaning payment blocks ( _ , A , * and +) you can create another and determine three
parameters indicators for it. Let´s check what is the meaning of each one:
– Indicator: Change in Payment Proposal Permitted?
If you set this indicator you can remove the payment block in the Automatic Payment Proposal. This
functionality is important when your treasury team can remove certain payment blocks, but don´t have
access to FB02 or accounting document changes to remove in the Original Open Item.
– Indicator: Blocked for manual payments
If you set this indicator, the payment is block in the Manual Payment Transactions as well in the Automatic
Payment.
Note that the Manual Payment Transactions are:

…F-28 – Incoming Payments
…F-52 – Incoming Payment
…F-53 – Post
…F-58 – Post + Print Forms
…F-59 – Payment Request
In the SAP standard, postings with Clear as F-51 and F-30 are not blocked because are not considered as
Manual Payment. Actually, in the SAP standard posting key de nition for these transaction codes are
postings that are not set as Payment Transactions. You can change the Indicator of Payment Transaction
in the posting key (transaction code OB41) or set another posting key which has the Payment Transaction
Indicator (OBU1 transaction code) if you want to consider these tcodes (Posting with Clearing) as payment
transactions.
– Indicator: Payment block, not changeable
If you want to block the PB Key to be removed within a dialog transaction from an open item, you can set this
indicator. This mean that the payment must be released or changed by a program or background function.
This payment block is relevant for the payment release work ow (sample work ow WS004000012) in Financial
Accounting. Please, check OSS Note 548278 – Work ow FAQ to learn more about the payment release process.
We’ve checked about the Payment Block de nition and from now, let´s see how to determine the payment
block and where it´s possible to set up the automatic de nition of them.
Payment Block Determination
It´s possible to setup the automatic determination of these payment block in the open items depending on the
business need. Let´s check where we can con gure to have this payment block automatically de ned.

Master Data:
It´s possible to set the PB Block in the Customer or in the Vendor Master Data in the Payment Transactions at
Company Code Level:
The de nition of posting block in the Master Data Level will re ect for all open item payment for that
account.
Payment Terms (OBB8 Transaction Code):
It´s possible to set the payment block in the Terms of Payment. When posting any document with the
following Terms of Payment the Payment Block will be set. You can also set the Terms of Payment in the
Vendor Or Customer Master Data which implies in the Automatic Determination of the Terms of Payment as
well the Payment Block during the posting.
Invoice Block during the Logistics Invoice Veri cation:
The Logistic Invoice can also determine a payment block during the posting depending on the tolerance
limits checking de ned in OMR6 transaction code or following the IMG path:
When the Logistic Invoice Posting reaches these tolerances the Payment Block R is set because of the
Invoice Veri cation.
If you need to implement some enhancements about the payment block at this moment, you can look OSS
Note 685158 – MRRL: Enhancement of ‘Payment block’ in EXIT_SAPLMRMH_001
The release the invoices blocked by this tolerance, MM-IV use the transaction code MRBR – Release
Blocked Invoices.
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Nr Tk
July 12, 2016 at 9:41 pm
Good one Gabriel..
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SAP FiCO
August 11, 2017 at 1:25 pm
is there a way to mass unblock invoices ? Vendor has a block for payment.
When i run FBL1N, the invoice does not show any mark for payment block under “PBK” column and or under
“M – Pymt b” column
is there a way to con gure any of those columns to show the payment block so the user can mass select
invoices to be paid and unblock ?
As at the Payment Run level F110 there is no choice for mass selection, only one at a time.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
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Gabriel Felipe Coleti | Post author
October 25, 2017 at 10:40 am
Dear SAP FI/CO, hope you are ne.
I am sorry about the delay to check your question on that. Actually it´s possible to maintain and add new
elds for Mass Change in the Line Display t.codes (FBL1N, 3N and 5N).
You will need some technical background to perform that because you have to change the pop-up screen in
the F110 but you can nd all technical details about this in the SAP note 640908 – Line item: Mass change
of additional elds
I hope you have already solved your issue, and again sorry for the delay.

Best regards,
Gabriel Coleti
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Luis Fernandez Mendez
July 17, 2018 at 9:09 am
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Gabriel Felipe Coleti

The use of PB Key in the SAP system is de ne and described as below:

– Automatic Payment Transactions

– Release for Payment

Payment Block De nition

– Indicator: Change in Payment Proposal Permitted?

– Indicator: Blocked for manual payments

Note that the Manual Payment Transactions are:

…F-28 – Incoming Payments

…F-52 – Incoming Payment

…F-53 – Post

…F-58 – Post + Print Forms

…F-59 – Payment Request

– Indicator: Payment block, not changeable

Payment Block Determination

Payment Terms (OBB8 Transaction Code):

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Invoice Block during the Logistics Invoice Veri cation:

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July 12, 2016 at 9:41 pm

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Looking forward to hearing back from you.

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October 25, 2017 at 10:40 am

Dear SAP FI/CO, hope you are ne.

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