Table IHC_DB_IHB_PARMS set up

Question

Hi All,
Could some explain to me the use of the Business Partner on the IHC set up table IHC_DB_IHB_PARMS.
My understanding is that the Business Partner is you Business Partner Number created using transaction BP.
My configure for table IHC_DB_IHB_PARMS is as below:
Clearing Partner     Debit/Credit     Currency     Company Code     Account Type     Business Partner     G/L Account
FI                          H                    ZAR          ZPPC                         S                    400000000027          114472
FI                          S                    ZAR          ZPPC                         S                    400000000027          114472
When posting payment orders, I am getting status 51 with the following message:
"Account 40000000027 does not exist in company code.  Message No. IHC000"
It looks like its using the Business Partner as a G/L account instead of the G/L Account 114472.
Could someone explain to me the difference between business partner & G/L Account.
is the Business Partner also dependent on the Account Type "S" - G/L Account?
Your explanations will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Godhelp

Answer 1

The table you are giving is IHC_DB_INB_PARMS. Please find below explanation of the set up.
Customization menu path in SPRO is as follows:
SPRO - Financial Supply Chain Management - In-House Cash - Account Management - Payment Processes in In-House Cash - Outgoing Payment Orders - Set Up Creation of Payment Requests for Inbound IDoc in FI
Set Up Creation of Payment Requests for Inbound IDoc in FI
Use
In this IMG activity you enter all settings for creating FI payment requests if incoming payment IDocs are forwarded from an IHC Center to FI for external payment with the F111 payment program.
Definition of the clearing partner
Define a corresponding entry to identify the clearing partner for each clearing partner permitted to send payment IDocs to FI for further processing by means of the F111 payment program.
a) Account details for a clearing partner
Enter account details (bank country, bank number, account number) and the sender type and number that a clearing partner transferred in the fields of the payment IDoc when payment orders were forwarded for processing with the F111 payment program (control record and segment E1IDB02 Qualifier 'BA').
b) Posting accounts for a clearing partner
Maintain the company code, partner account and partner account type for each clearing partner, dependent on the logical message PAYEXT (=> credit/debit indicator credit) or DIRDEB (=> credit/debit indicator debit). You can select G/L, customer or vendor accounts from the corresponding account type selection. The currency field is optional. It allows you to differentiate between company codes and accounts on the basis of the transaction currency.
c) Parameters for creating payment orders for a clearing partner
Maintain the payment method selection, the payment method supplement, the house bank group or the house bank account in the company code to be used for each clearing partner dependent on the payment currency, the payment method, the payment method supplement and instructions 1-4.
You can also specify, when a debit memo is forwarded to FI for external payment, whether or not it should be presumed that the clearing partner has permission to debit the drawee and if this is to be treated in the same way as your own permission to debit the drawee.
You can also define whether or not a payment request should be created with a payment block, meaning that it always has to be explicitly released for payment, or if a certain instruction key should be used.
The payment currency, payment method, payment method supplement and instructions 1-4 are optional and allow you to differentiate between the parameters in more detail on the basis of data supplied in the payment IDoc.
Hope you will get clarity from this.
Kind Regards,
Chandra Sekhar Ija