| # Sales Contract Parameters (tdsls0100s300) Use this session to maintain sales contract parameters that determine how the sales contracts and sales contract history operate. Click Print on the toolbar to to print and compare the parameter settings in the Print SLS Parameters (tdsls0400m000) session. Note You can only maintain the parameters that are related to sales contracts in this session. Use the Initialize Parameters (tcmcs0295m000) session to set the default values of the parameters for the whole package. Related topics Sales contracts Effective Date The date and time the parameters are valid. The parameters are valid up to the effective date of a more recent parameter setting. Maintaining Contracts Always Allowed If this check box is selected, you can reset the contract status to Free if the status is Active. This applies to contracts on which: Goods are already called. Turnover is already booked. Note This option must be selected if you want to change the data of current contracts. Evaluate Contract before Deleting If this check box is selected, you must evaluate all contract lines of a contract with the Terminated status before you can delete the contract. Note You can evaluate contracts in the Evaluate Sales Contracts (tdsls3420m000) session. To delete a contract: Select Terminate and/or Delete Sales Contracts on the appropriate menu in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session. Use the Terminate and/or Delete Sales Contracts (tdsls3203m000) session. With this session you can also delete contracts with the Free status. Related topics To evaluate sales contracts Link to PCS Module If this check box is selected, LN checks if a sales contract for a standard item applies to a sales order that you create for a customized item. Note You cannot create sales contracts for customized items. However you can link a sales order for a customized item to a sales contract, if the customized item is derived from a standard item. In this case, the contract of the standard item applies to the order for the customized item. Several Special Contracts Allowed by Sales Order If this check box is selected, you can determine the default price and discount on a sales order line. You can have two different situations in this field: Situation 1: The Contract field in the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session is empty. If this check box is selected, the Selected Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3512s000) session is automatically started when you create a sales order line. This session lists all special contract lines that you can select for the created sales order line. LN defaults the price and discount information of the selected contract line to the sales order line. LN continues to search for price and discount in the normal contract if: No special contract exists that you can link to the sales order line. You do not select a special contract to link to the sales order line. No price agreements for the item are made in the selected special contract. If neither the price nor discount are found in either the special contract or the normal contract, LN searches for: The price in the price books. The discount in the discount schedules. If this check box is cleared, the Selected Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3512s000) session is not started when you create a sales order line. As a result, LN determines the default price and discount of the sales order line by searching for a normal contract for the item and the price group. Once the contract is found, it is automatically linked to the order line. If the price and discount are not found in the normal contract, LN searches for: The price in the price books. The discount in the discount schedules. Situation 2: The Contract field in the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session is filled. If this check box is selected, and there is only one valid special contract for the entered sales order line, by default LN places the price and discount of the contract line on the sales order line. The Selected Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3512s000) session is not started. If prices and discounts are not defined in the special contract, LN determines the default price and discount of the sales order line by searching for a normal contract for the item and the price group. Once the contract is found, it is automatically linked to the order line. If neither the price nor discount are found in either the special contract or the normal contract, LN searches for: The price in the price books. The discount in the discount schedules. If you have more than one special contract that applies to the order line, the Selected Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3512s000) session is started when you create an order line. The first (marked) special contract in the list is the contract filled in the Contract field of the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session. However, you can select a different contract. The price and discount information of the selected contract line is defaulted to the sales order line. LN continues to search for price and discount in the normal contract if: You do not select a special contract to link to the sales order line. No price and discount agreements are made for the item in the selected special contract. If neither the price nor discount are found in either the special contract or the normal contract, LN searches for: The price in the price books. The discount in the discount schedules. If this check box is cleared, the Selected Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3512s000) session is not started. LN searches for the price and discount in the special contract, as stated in the Contract field of the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session. The price and discount of the linked contract line are automatically defaulted to the order line. If the price and discount are not found in the special contract, LN determines the default price and discount of the sales order line by searching for a normal contract for the item and the price group. Once the contract is found, it is automatically linked to the order line. If the price and discount are not found in the normal contract, LN searches for: The price in the price books. The discount in the discount schedules. Always Use Contract Price and Discount If this check box is selected, and an order-contract relation exists, the price and discounts fields are disabled in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. As a result, you cannot change them. If you want to change the price and discounts in the Change Prices and Discounts after Delivery (tdsls4122m000) session, LN asks you whether you want to break the link with the contract before you can change the price/discounts. If this check box is cleared, and an order-contract relation exists, the price and discounts fields are enabled in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. As a result, you can change them. When you change the price and discounts in the Change Prices and Discounts after Delivery (tdsls4122m000) session, LN automatically breaks the link with the contract. The following price and discount fields are disabled or enabled in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session: Line Discount Determining Eligible Discount Amount Price Allow Zero Price If this check box is selected, you can enter a price of zero (0) on a sales contract line. Log Turnover on Contract If this check box is selected, each contract line's called quantity, invoiced quantity, and invoiced amount are displayed in the following sessions: Sales Contract Results (tdsls3513m000) Sales Contract Turnover History (tdsls3535m000) Sales Contract Line History by Contract (tdsls3531s000) Update Planned Inventory Transactions This parameter applies to sales contract lines with delivery lines linked to it. If this check box is selected, planned inventory transactions are logged when the contract line is activated. If this check box is cleared, no planned inventory transactions are logged for the contract with delivery lines linked to it. Note Contra posting of planned inventory transactions is carried out if called quantities are logged for the contract line. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Planned inventory transactions for sales contracts. Related topics To define contract deliveries by means of delivery schemes Log Financial Economic Transactions If this check box is selected, financial transactions are logged when the contract line is activated. If this check box is cleared, no financial transactions are logged for the sales contract. Note Contra posting of financial transactions is carried out if called quantities are logged for the contract line. Important! If you want financial data to be reconciled, you must set the Log Contract Line Transactions field to All Transactions and select the Log Turnover on Contract and Log Financial Economic Transactions check boxes. Otherwise reconciliation cannot be applied. LN performs reconciliation based on the sales contract line history in the Sales Contract Line History by Contract (tdsls3531s000) session. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Financial economic transactions. Related topics Reconciliation - overview Print Contract Acknowledgement If this check box is selected, the Contract Acknowledgement field of the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session has Print as the default value. If this check box is cleared, the Contract Acknowledgement field in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session has Do Not Print as the default value. Note You do not need to print a contract acknowledgment in the sales contract procedure. Reprint Contract Acknowl. after Modification This check box determines the value of the Print Status field in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session if you modify a contract after it is printed as a final acknowledgement. If this check box is selected, and you modify the contract after the final contract acknowledgement is printed in the Print Sales Contract Acknowledgements (tdsls3405m000) session, LN automatically sets the Print Status field in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session to Changed. As a result, you can reprint the contract acknowledgement. If this check box is cleared, and you modify the contract after the final contract acknowledgement is printed, the Print Status field in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session keeps the value Original Printed. Number of Extra Contract Acknowledgment Copies The number of extra copies of the contract acknowledgment that you want to print. Number of Extra Contract Reminder Copies The number of extra copies of the contract reminders that you want to print. Description A user-defined name that identifies the parameter settings. Copy Special Contract to Normal Contract If this check box is selected, you are allowed to copy special contracts to normal contracts in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session. Note If you copy special contracts to normal contracts, you can receive error messages because normal contracts and special contracts can have different price policies. Related topics To copy sales contracts Copy Normal Contract to Special Contract If this check box is selected, you are allowed to copy normal contracts to special contracts in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session. Note If you copy normal contracts to special contracts, you can receive error messages because normal contracts and special contracts can have different price policies. Related topics To copy sales contracts Link first Special Contract automatically If this check box is selected, and LN cannot ask you whether you want to link a special contract to the sales order, for example when orders are generated automatically, the sales order is linked to the first special contract it can find. If this check box is cleared, and LN cannot ask you whether you want to link a special contract to the sales order, the sales order is not linked to a special contract, but the prices are retrieved from the price structure. Note This functionality only applies to sales orders and not to sales schedules. Number Group for Releases The default number group for all sales releases. Related topics Sales releases To use number groups and series Series for Releases The default series for sales releases that are manually entered or received by a Business Object Document (BOD). Related topics Sales releases To use number groups and series Step Size for Sales Schedule Position The interval between successive sales schedule lines in a sales schedule. For example, if you enter the value 10, the numbers assigned to successive schedule lines are 10, 20, 30, and so on. Related topics Sales schedule procedure Step Size for Sales Release Position The interval between successive sales release lines in a sales release. Related topics Sales releases Use Contracts for Schedules If this check box is selected, a sales schedule must have a linked sales contract. If no contract is found for the sales schedule, the schedule cannot be created. Logistic agreements, which are required for schedules, are retrieved from the Sales Contract Line Logistic Data (tdsls3102m000) session. Contracts are linked at sales schedule header level. Prices and discounts, which are always retrieved from the contract, are stored at schedule line level. You can only update prices and discounts on the contract and not on the schedule line. The Redetermine Price and Discounts at Shipment check box is enabled in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. For approved sales schedules, planned warehouse orders are automatically generated or updated. If this check box is cleared, it is not mandatory for a sales schedule to have a linked contract. Logistic agreements for schedules are retrieved from the Items - Sales Business Partner (tdisa0510m000) session. If contracts are linked to schedules, they are linked at sales schedule line level. These linked contracts are only used to retrieve prices and discounts. Prices and discounts can be manually changed at schedule line level. If the schedule has a linked contract, it is unlinked. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Planned warehouse orders for sales schedules. Related topics Sales contracts Planned warehouse orders Use Customer Order for Schedules If this check box is selected, customer order numbers on incoming sales releases are compared with customer order numbers on sales contracts. If this check box is selected, the following are applicable: You must define how deviating customer order numbers are handled. Therefore, in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session, define the following fields: Action on Deviating Customer Order Action on Deviating Empty Customer Order If the Action on Deviating Customer Order is set to Block in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session, each sales schedule has a unique Customer Order. Therefore, sales schedule revisions are sent for the same customer order number and cumulatives are also registered by customer order number. If the Action on Deviating Customer Order is set to Continue with Sales Release or Continue with Sales Contract, the revisions for a specific sales schedule can have different customer order numbers. As a result, cumulatives are not registered by customer order number, but by schedule. Note You can only select this check box if the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is also selected. Delete Sales Release when Sales Schedule is Deleted If this check box is selected, and a sales schedule is deleted, the related sales release is also deleted. Note You can also delete sales releases in the Delete Sales Releases (tdsls3209m000) session. Related topics Sales releases Log Schedule History If this check box is selected, history must be logged for sales schedules. If this check box is selected, sales schedule history is logged in the following sessions: Sales Schedule History (tdsls3560m000) Sales Schedule Line History (tdsls3561m000) Important! Sales schedule history is not only used for future analysis, but also for reconciliation and statistics. Reconciliation, which is based on the sales schedule line history in the Sales Schedule Line History (tdsls3561m000) session and the sales schedule actual delivery line history in the Sales Order Actual Delivery Line History (tdsls4556m000) session, can only be applied if you select this check box. To always use the same parameter history setting for a specific sales schedule, the current parameter setting is defaulted to the Log Schedule History field in the Sales Schedules (tdsls3111m000) session at the moment the sales schedule is created. During the life cycle of the sales schedule, this field cannot be changed. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Log history data. Related topics Reconciliation - overview Statistics Level of Intake Logging Indicate which sales schedule history must be logged for intake transactions. Note If this parameter is set to Last and you want to update the statistics, you need information to counterpost the previous statistics. Therefore, after the Processed in Statistics check box is selected in the Sales Order Line History (tdsls4551m000) session, all intake transactions will be logged as history records. Allowed values Level of Intake Logging Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Log history data. Log Contract Header Transactions You can define whether and which contract header changes are written to contract history. Note For security it is useful to know which user entered a change, and at what moment. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Log history data. Log Contract Line Transactions You can define whether and which contract line changes are written to contract history. Note For security it is useful to know which user entered a change, and at what moment. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Log history data. Contract Module Implemented If this check box is selected, you can define sales contracts in the Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000) session. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Disable unused concepts. Related topics Sales contracts Action on Exceeding Maximum Quantity Select the action that is carried out when the maximum contract quantity is exceeded. You can define the maximum contract quantity in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Note If the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is selected in this session, when linking a contract line to a sales schedule, LN checks whether the called quantity on the contract line does not exceed the maximum contract quantity. If the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is cleared, when linking a contract line to a sales schedule line, LN checks whether the schedule line's ordered quantity does not exceed the maximum quantity on the contract line. When linking a contract line to a sales order line, LN checks whether the called quantity on the contract line does not exceed the maximum contract quantity. Allowed values Exceeding Contract Validity Action on Exceeding Expiry Date Select the action that is carried out when the contract line's expiry date is exceeded. You can define the contract line's expiry date in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Note If the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is selected in this session, when linking a contract line to a sales schedule, LN checks whether the generation date of the schedule header does not exceed the expiry date of the contract line. If the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is cleared, when linking a contract line to a sales schedule line, LN checks whether the schedule line's start date does not exceed the expiry date of the contract line. When linking a contract line to a sales order line, LN checks whether the order line's date, as determined by the Sales Price Date Type field in the Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000) session, does not exceed the expiry date of the contract line. Allowed values Exceeding Contract Validity Number Group Sales Contracts The default number group of all sales contracts. Related topics To use number groups and series Step Size for Sales Contracts The interval between successive sales contract lines in a sales contract. For example, if you enter the value 10, the numbers assigned to successive contract lines are 10, 20, 30, and so on. Default Template The default terms and conditions template based on which a terms and conditions agreement is generated in the Generate Terms and Conditions from Template (tctrm2200m000) session, which is linked to the sales contract. Note You can start the Generate Terms and Conditions from Template (tctrm2200m000) session by choosing Generate Terms and Conditions from Template on the appropriate menu of the Sales Contract - Lines (tdsls3600m000) session. Related topics Terms and conditions templates |