Test conversion question

I am in the process of exporting a 4.7 Enterprise system. The system is currently at SAP_Basis 620 38. According to note 1051576 the minimum version of the guide is SAP Basis 6.20 SP 58-61.
Is it required to upgrade to SP58 in order to complete a Unicode Migration?

Hi my friend
Usually there's no minimum requirement for SP level, but it's better to apply the latest kernel patch, or at least to use the latest R3load and R3trans.
Regards,

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Hello,
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The payment conversion is little bit tricky in term on its understanding and functionality.
There are lot of dependices of payments conversion on the others objects like invoice.
You need to be very clear in requirements.
Here is the extracted documents for giving you clear understanding about payments.
Overview of Process
Prior to creating a payment batch, four setup are required.
A.Define a bank for bank branches with which you do business.
B.Define bank accounts.
C.Choose a predefined or custom payment format.
D.Finally, define payment documents for disbursements for each bank account.
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3) Format payments to produce an output file.
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5) Confirm the payment batch by recording the document numbers associated with each payment. During this step, the invoice status is updated to Paid and a document number is associated with the invoice and invoice payment.
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AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL
AP_INVOICES_ALL
AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
These are background (concurrent) processes involved in batch process consists of the following
a. Autoselect
b. Build Payments
c. Preliminary Payment Register
d. Format
e. Confirm
f. Final Payment Register.
10.7:
If you are using the application in character mode, navigate to the Reset Payment Batch form. The navigation path is
\Navigate --> Controls --> Payment --> ResetPaymentBatch.
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11.5.8/9
You can perform actions on your batch in Payment Batches form by clicking on the Actions button. The appropriate actions are highlighted depending on the status of the batch.
THIS SECTION TALK ABOUT THE DETAIL TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Payment Conversion Technical Overview
For the conversion is concern we are following four-step process
I.Defined and prerequisite steps as discussed above
II.Selecting the Invoice
III.Building the Payment
IV.Confirm
THESE ARE THE PREREQUISITE SETUP
We are assuming the bank set is already done from 10.7 to 11i.Bank set up means bank account id, and its corresponding payment format.
For this purpose we are using mapping function for bank account id and on that basis we are getting corresponding checks stock id.This means defining a payment documents for disbursements
SELECT INVOICES
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AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL table.
This table stores the criteria that a payment batch uses to select invoices for payments. The module name for the Auto Select process is APXPBSEL. The Select Invoices, or AutoSelect, is the first step in the payment batch process.
When we run a concurrent program the AutoSelect process starts by loading records that meet the invoice selection criteria into the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL from the tables AP_INVOICES_ALL and AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL.
The criteria that AutoSelect uses to determine which record to select from AP_INVOICES_ALL and AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL is stored in AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL.
To be sure that no duplicate invoices get selected, invoices that are already selected in another payment batch are not selected. Invoice payments that have no remaining payment amounts are not selected either.
BUILD PAYMENTS
The module name for the Build Program is APXPBBLD. From the list created by AutoSelect, the Build program determines which invoices will be paid on each
Payment document, and lists this information on the Preliminary Payment Register if Selected. The Build program is spawned when AutoSelect has completed. When the Build Program starts, the application uses information from the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL to create rows in the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL.
In addition to creating rows in the AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL, the build payments program also performs the following tasks:
Assigns document numbers for payments
Assigns Check Ids
Renumbers the remaining documents starting from the first_available_document
Updates the payment batch status to BUILT
Since we are doing conversion from 10.7 to 11i where all payments need to converted hence we are keeping payment batch status as FORMATTED
CONFIRM
This is the final step for the payment batch process, where we will pick a payment batch from front end, and then making confirm. The menu for this
AP Payable =>Payment Batches form =>by clicking on the Actions button
Internally the confirm program first updates the AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL records,
then transfers those records to
AP_CHECKS_ALL.
In addition, the AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
records are transferred into the corresponding
AP_INVOICE_PAYMENTS_ALL,
AP_INVOICES_ALL and
AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL.
Table Involved in Payment Batch Process
These are the various table involved in the payment process of 10.7 and 11i.It is recommended that if corresponding earlier conversion is done then use the mapping function to get the new value.
oAP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL
oAP_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
oAP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL
oAP_CHECKS_ALL
oAP_INVOICE_PAYMENTS_ALL
oAP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
oAP_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL `
Common Issue:
1.Determine the status of the Payment Batch?
A: Query up the Payment Batch in the Payment Batches Summary window to view the status. If you can not get into the application, you can select the status from SQL*Plus:
SELECT status FROM ap_inv_selection_criteria_all
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3. dont populate the value for INVOICE_PAYMENT_TYPE
If there are some prepayments in the conversion process donor populate this field and pass NULL, otherwise this will create a duplicate invoice, which will cause a problem for concurrent batch for payment.
Hope now you will be very clear about the process.
let me me offline, if you need further.
regards
sanjit
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