Credit Managment @ Sales Order

Question

Dear Experts,
I have created sales order with which customer is holding credit management. Let say the customer credit limit 1000 RS. I have checked in FD32. After that i have created sales order with 300 rs and created delivery also. After that again i have checked the customer management status in FD32. Here order value supposed to come 300 rs right. but its not coming. After that created invoice then again checked customer management status in FD32 there receivables got 300 rs. Only things is when i created sales order and delivery (witout creation of invoice) in credit management status order value also has to come but its not coming. Its directly goes to receivables option in FD32. Could you please suggest me where i did mistake. Do we need to maintain that credit control area in Sales Order. If we need pls let me know. Bcoz i couldn't findout credit control area option in the sales order.
Thanks in advance,
VS

Answer 1

HI VS,
Please find below the explanation regarding updation of credit values to sales orders, deliveries & billing documents:
Update for sales orders:
The open sales order values are updated in the information structure
S066. When the credit value is calculated, the open schedule line
quantity (VBEPD-OLFMNG) is multiplied with the item credit price
(VBAP-CMPRE).
The open schedule line quantity is the confirmed quantity of the
schedule line that is still open for delivery.
The credit price is defined in accordance with the settings in the
pricing for the item.
The material availability date of the schedule line (VBEP-MBDAT) defines
the period in which the open sales order value is updated. You use
transaction OMO1 to define the period unit for the information
structures.
If an item has no confirmed quantity (VBEP-BMENG), the system does not
update an open sales order value.
This also occurs for documents that are blocked by the credit check. As
a result of the credit block, the confirmed quantities are deleted so
that an open sales order value can no longer be updated.
When sales orders with a credit block are released (for example, using
transaction VKM1), a new availability check is performed. If the
availability check can confirm the quantities, an open sales order value
is updated accordingly.
Conclusion: Credit blocked documents do not increase the open credit
values.
There are exceptions to these rules:
1.  Sales order items which are not relevant for delivery and do not
    have schedule lines relevant for delivery are not updated to S066
    ('Open sales order credit value') rather to S067 ('Open delivery
     credit value'). You can find further information about this in Note
     361637. Also refer to Notes 120645 and 128350 concerning this topic.
2.  You can use requirements to delete confirmed quantities in credit
     blocked sales orders. These requirements are defined in transaction
     VOFM under the menu path 'Requirements -> Subsequent functions ->
     ...'. The system asks you for a credit status in the respective user
     requirement. If this is set to 'Blocked', the system cancels the
     confirmed quantity. You may want the system to behave differently.
     If this is the case, you can store a separate requirement which does
     not cancel the confirmed quantity. As a result, the sales order item
     has a confirmed quantity again and consequently, it updates the open
     sales order value although the document is credit blocked.
     For NON-MRP materials (materials without requirements planning), the
     system does not cancel the confirmed quantity despite a
     corresponding condition, as described in Note 393304. For further
     information about this, refer to Notes 674112 and 914627.
3.  A delivery block in the sales order affects the update of open
     credit values. For more information, see Note 741980.
Update for deliveries:
The open delivery values are updated in S067. The update does not occur
in time units. There is only one entry in S067 for each credit control
area and credit customer.
If you create a delivery with reference to a sales order, the system
clears the open sales order value in accordance with the delivery
quantity (from S066) and posts the open delivery value for the delivery
(to S067).
Deliveries with credit lock also write open values of goods to be
delivered. Here, it is not possible that a credit-blocked document does
not create an open credit value (as in the order). This is also correct
from a business view, because the delivery already blocks the goods, and
the value of the goods is therefore already consumed for the credit
customer.
Update for billing documents:
The open billing document values are also updated in S067. Also in this
case, only one entry exists for each credit control area and credit
customer.
If you create the billing document with reference to a preceding
document, the system clears the open credit value in accordance with the
invoiced quantity for the preceding document and posts the open billing
document value for the billing document (to S067).
If you transfer the billing document to accounting, the system clears
the open billing document value (from S067). Now the value has been
transferred to the open items and occurs as a receivable from the
viewpoint of credit management.
If the incoming payment occurs, the receivable is met and the
consumption of the credit limit is reduced.
Kind regards,
ALV Ramana