table VBFA

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

could you please help me to undestand following :

1)what is the diff b/w Billing Document,accounting document,sales document when all these documents get generated ,pleas tell me the flow using the tables .

2) could you please tell me how to understand the table VBFA.

Thanks in advance.

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

Dear Sharan

This is the flow of SD

Inquiry / Document type IN

Tcode for creation VA11,VA12,VA13. tables VBAK,VBAP

Quotation / QT

Tcode for creation VA21,VA22,VA23. tables VBAK,VBAP

Purchase Order PO

Tcode for creation ME21,ME22,ME23. tables EKKO,EKPO.

Sales Order OR

Tcode for creation VA01,VA02,VA03. tables VBAK,VBAP

Delivery LF

Tcode for creation VL01,VL02,VL03. tables LIKP,LIPS

Billing MN

Tcode for creation VF01,VF02,VF03. tables VBRK,VBRP

Through VBFA, you can track either preceding document or the subsequent document referencing the other document.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Hi there,

Billing doc is your invoice, credit memo or debit memo. Accounting doc is created immediately after any change in stock or value of goods. It will post the changes in the stock into the GL accounts which we maintained in A/c determination.

Sales doc is the order or quotation.

VBFA is where you will get to find the document flow of a doc in SAP. For eg: You have a order 1234 for which delivery is 3456. In VBFA if you give 3456 in the follow on doc, then you will get 1234 in preceeding doc in the table entry. Like wise if you give billing doc in the follow on doc, you will get the SO in the preeciding doc.

Regards,

Sivanand

[Former Member]

hi,

This would be help full for u.

Table Description

Customers KNA1 General Data

KNB1 Customer Master u2013 Co. Code Data (payment method, reconciliation acct)

KNB4 Customer Payment History

KNB5 Customer Master u2013 Dunning info

KNBK Customer Master Bank Data

KNKA Customer Master Credit Mgmt.

KNKK Customer Master Credit Control Area Data (credit limits)

KNVV Sales Area Data (terms, order probability)

KNVI Customer Master Tax Indicator

KNVP Partner Function key

KNVD Output type

KNVS Customer Master Ship Data

KLPA Customer/Vendor Link

Sales Documents VBAKUK VBAK + VBUK

VBUK Header Status and Administrative Data

VBAK Sales Document - Header Data

VBKD Sales Document - Business Data

VBUP Item Status

VBAP Sales Document - Item Data

VBPA Partners

VBFA Document Flow

VBEP Sales Document Schedule Line

VBBE Sales Requirements: Individual Records

SD Delivery DocumeLIPS Delivery Document item data, includes referencing PO

LIKP Delivery Document Header data

Billing Document VBRK Billing Document Header

VBRP Billing Document Item

SD Shipping Unit VEKP Shipping Unit Item (Content)

VEPO Shipping Unit Header

VBFA is for document flow

Swamy HP

[Former Member]

Table VBFA is the table, which links document in Document Flow. The Business Process Cycle is as under:

Sales Order --> Delivery Document --> Billing Document --> Accounting Document

Sales Order:

VBAK - Sales Document Header

VBAP - Sales Document Item

VBAK-VBELN = VBAP-VBELN

VBELN is Sales Order Number, which links Sales Document - Header and Item Level

Delivery:

LIKP - Delivery Header

LIPS - Delivery Item

LIPS-VBELN = LIKP-VBELN

Link between Sales Order and Delivery:

LIPS-VGBEL = VBAP-VBELN and LIPS-VGPOS = VBAP-POSNR

Billing Document:

VBRK - Billing Header

VBRP - Billing Item

VBRK-VBELN = VBRP-VBELN

Link Between Delivery and Billing:

LIPS-VBELN = VBRP-VGBEL and LIPS-POSNR = VBRP-VGPOS

Table: VBFA is for Document Flow.

Regards,

Rajesh Banka

[Former Member]

I think there will be lot of posts about this. However, FYI.....

1) Sales order : VBAK, VBAP, VBEP, VBKD

2) Delivery: LIKP, LIPS

3) Billing : VBRK, VBRP

4) Accounting: BKPF, BSEG

Apart from the above mentioned tables there are other tables which will also be updated like VBPA, VBUK, VBUP etc.

VBFA will store all the document flow records i.e. preceding documents and subsequent documents for any document.

Regards,

GSL.