Head Office / Branch. Head office not extended to the sales area from which billing is done

[Former Member]

Hi friends,

In the Sales order  & Invoice the customer code 'X' is used as Sold to Party, Bill to Party, Payer.

In the customer master against this customer 'X'   Head Office  is maintained as 'Y'.

The accounting document is posted against the Head Office 'Y' even though the Head Office 'Y' is not extended to the Sales area in which the invoice has been created. 

Can someone please explain this  in the Head Office / Branch concept.

Is it not necessary for the Head Office to be extended to the Sales Area ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Uday

[ivano_raimondi]

Hello,

sorry but the question is not cler.

In customizing of billing type, transacction VOFA,  there is the field Branch/Head office with these possible values:

o   initial : If the payer is different to the sold-to party, the payer
    is transferred to Financial Accounting as the customer and the
    sold-to party as the branch. Any branch/head office relationship
    stored in FI is ignored.

o   A : The sold-to party is forwarded as the customer. Any branch/head
    office relationship stored in FI for this customer is taken into
    account.

o   B : The payer is forwarded as the customer. Any branch/head office
    relationship stored in FI for this customer is taken into account.

This is how Branch/Head office is handled in SD-FI interface.

Best regards,

Ivano.

[Former Member]

Hi Ivano,

Thanks for the reply.

My question was related to the Customer masters of Head Office and Branch.

It is known that both the Head Office and  Branch should be from the same company code. My question is,  is it not necessary that the Head Office should be extended to the Sales Area in which the transaction is being carried out ?

Hope I have clarified my question.

Regards,

Udaynath

[Former Member]

Hi Udayanath,

As you can see it in the customer master that the "Head Office" is defined @ Company Code level. Then what is the necessity of having it extended to variuos other sales areas ?

Regards

[ivano_raimondi]

Hello,

as far as I know in SD it is only required to have the master data of the partners present in the billing document (sold-to party, payer, etc.).

Best regards,

Ivano.