Regd : Amount Verification in F-47

Question

Hi All,
Through F-47 , Payment Request is made against a standard PO. The amount in the Payment request is given more than the amount mentioned in the Purchase Order. It is found that the system does not throw any message(error/warning)while posting the doc(even though the amount in payment request is greater than the PO amount).
Whereas, in F-48, system is giving a warning message if I am giving the amount more than the PO amount.I converted this warning message into an error message so no issues in this transaction.But,this amount verification should happen in the prevoius transaction i.e. F-47 itself.The system should not allow to post the document at the request stage itself.
What settings should be made in this case?

Answer 1

Hello,
The SAP Standard System checks that the Down payment is not greater
than the Order value;or a dowmpayment request/payment with more than
order value. There is no comparison with PO line item-wise.
It takes into account total order value.
In such a case the warning message F5373 is Issed.
By transaction OBA5 You can customize this error to became a warning.
Please, also take into account that when you create the down payment in
FI you only enter the purchase document number and not any quantity
or invoice reference. That means that the system has no relation between
material movements, invoices and down payments. Therefore you are
able to create as many down payments as you want. This leads to multiple
requests could exceed a Purchase Order line without the warning being
given.
Hope this clarifies.
Ray