Billing Plans-Milestone Billing COPA Quantity & Cost

[tom_samata]

I setup a sales order with a billing plan (milestone billing) using SAP's standard billing plan (01).  Everything works fine, but our finance people do not like the way the COPA documents are posting.  All the cost and all the quantity in the COPA document is posted on the first invoice that is created.  Subsequent invoices have zero cost and zero quantity.  Revenue is posted in each invoice based on the billing plan.

We would like the cost and the quantity to be posted on the last invoice.  Is there a semi-standard way of doing this?

Thanks

Tom

First Invoice COPA Document

Second Invoice COPA Document

Billing Plan

[waman_shirwaicar]

Hi Tom,

    What you have described is the standard behavior regarding the point of time of the update in COPA as well as the quantity posted with the first billing document. In case revenue recognition is used the quantity will be transferred to COPA during billing. There exists some user exit solution with the help of which one can change this logic. However it depends on the complexity of the scenario whether this is an option or not. Please refer SAP note 619498 and clarify with your SD consultant whether the exit could be used in your case.

Regarding the billed quantity, SD will transfer the complete sales order quantity with the first billing document whereas the subsequent invoices will not post any quantity. Therefore the quantity will not be scaled.

   The solution that you desire has to be tackled more from SD point of view than COPA point of view. We basically receive the data that SD sends us at a particular point of time and we try to be synchronized with SD as much as possible.

  Refer SAP note 532876 for further info

regards

Waman