Credit note report

Question

Hi,
I am creating a report to monitor the volume of credit notes raised/issued and the areas these credit notes refer to so we can identify why we have so many credits and the reasons behind the credits.
The report needs to show the following:
Customer
Material
Invoice Qty (Original)
Invoice Value (Original)
Credit Qty
Credit Value
Diff (Invoice Value u2013 Credit Value)
I have tried to build this query in the billing cube however, not picking up the original invoice value / qty.
Could you advice on how best to proceed with this requirement.
Thanks in advance,
Milind

Answer 1

Hi.
Could you provide the technical name of the billing cube you are referring to?
Depending on how credit notes are handled in the source system, you should be able to identify them in BW. Maybe not in your existing cube, but in the FI flow:
Check if you are loading GL line items with datasource 0FI_GL_4. Here you should find 0AC_DOC_TYP, which gets values from the document type used in R/3 (BLART-BKPF). The list of possible values is rather long, but as you will see from the descriptions used, only some would make sense to use for credit memos. See list below.
Check for some of the credit notes which value(s) is used, in the ODS 0FIGL_o02 or ask line of business how they book credit notes. I would check the actual postings anyway, just to make sure
Based on the flow to your cube for the AC_DOC_TYP field, you can identify the credit notes and start building the logic you want.
Regards,
Jacob
AA     Asset Posting
AB     Accounting Document
AF     Depreciation Pstngs
AN     Net Asset Posting
CH     Contract Settlement
DA     Customer Document
DG     Customer Credit Memo
DR     Customer Invoice
DZ     Customer Payment
EU     Euro Rounding Diff.
EX     External Number
KA     Vendor Document
KG     Vendor Credit Memo
KN     Net Vendors
KP     Account Maintenance
KR     Vendor Invoice
KZ     Vendor Payment
ML     ML Settlement
PR     Price Change
RA     Sub.Cred.Memo Stlmt
RB     Reserve for Bad Debt
RE     Invoice - Gross
RN     Invoice - Net
RV     Billing Doc.Transfer
SA     G/L Account Document
SB     G/L Account Posting
SK     Cash Document
SU     Adjustment Document
UE     Data Transfer
WA     Goods Issue
WE     Goods Receipt
WI     Inventory Document
WL     Goods Issue/Delivery
WN     Net Goods Receipt
ZP     Payment Posting
ZR     Bank Reconciliation
ZS     Payment by Check
ZV     Payment Clearing