Create Interim Sales Voucher

Explanation

This activity is used to create interim sales vouchers for a period in the past. The interim sales voucher will always be created for the last date of a period. Interim Sales vouchers do not include charges. Interim postings are created for outstanding sales records that exist for the period that the voucher is created for.. Temporary vouchers are created. These postings are reversed in the period that follows. Vouchers are created and reversed for accounting periods with period type ordinary. If a specific period is not defined, the voucher will be created for the period in the immediate past.

The Default feature enables you to use the default settings. Default settings are derived from the Database Tasks window set by the administrator. 

Prerequisites

• The voucher type MPI (Interim Sales) together with the function group LI (Interim Sales) must have be defined in the Accounting Rules/User Related Data/Voucher Type window.
• The posting types M168-M175 must have been set up in the Accounting Rules/Posting Rules/Posting Control Navigator window.
• Order lines for which the cost of sold goods have been posted, but the sales postings are pending must exist.

System Effects

• An Interim Sales Voucher is created for a period. This will be reversed in the period that follows.

      Note: Vouchers are created and reversed for accounting periods with period type Ordinary.

• If you have scheduled the task as a background job in the Create Interim Sales Voucher dialog box, the task will be automatically performed based on the specified selection criteria. 

Window

Create Interim Sales Voucher

Related Window Descriptions

Create Interim Sales Voucher

Procedure

You can either create an interim sales voucher directly (procedure A), or schedule the task as a background job (procedure B).

A. To perform Create an Interim Sales Voucher task directly:

1. Open the Create Interim Sales Voucher window.
2. Use the existing value in the Company field or click List to select a value from the List of Values.
3. Enter a value in the Accounting Year field or click List to select a value from the List of Values.
4. Enter a value in the Accounting Period field or click List to select a value from the List of Values.
5. If a value is not entered in the Accounting Year and Accounting Period fields, the voucher will be created for the period in the immediate past.
6. If all the necessary selection criteria have been defined, click OK to complete the operation.

Note: Click Default if you want to use the default settings. 

B. To schedule Create an Interim Sales Voucher task as a background job:

1. Click Schedule and follow the steps of the wizard.