BR230

Billing and Revenue Innovation

Management Overview

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EXERCISES AND SOLUTIONS
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Course Version: 22
Exercise Duration: 5 Hours 40 Minutes
Material Number: 50164188
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Contents

Unit 1: SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (SAP BRIM)

Overview

No exercises

Unit 2: SAP Subscription Order Management (SAP SOM)

1 Exercise 1: Create a Subscription Order

6 Exercise 2: Create a Subscription Contract
10 Exercise 3: Execute the Contract Change Process
13 Exercise 4: Create a Master Agreement

Unit 3: SAP Convergent Mediation (SAP CM)

No exercises

Unit 4: SAP Convergent Charging (SAP CC)

16 Exercise 5: Check Subscriber Account and Provider Contract

24 Exercise 6: Check a Charge Plan and Provider Contract Charges

Unit 5: FI-CA SAP Convergent Invoicing (SAP CI)

33 Exercise 7: Analyze Provider Contract and Billing Plan, and Request

Billing Plan Items
39 Exercise 8: Execute the Rating Process for CPU and Bandwidth
Usage
46 Exercise 9: Execute the Billing Process
53 Exercise 10: Execute the Invoicing Process

Unit 6: FI-CA Open Item Management

57 Exercise 11: Execute Dunning for your Contract Account

61 Exercise 12: Perform Segment Reporting in the General Ledger

Unit 7: SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting (SAP RAR)

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 Unit 2
Exercise 1
Create a Subscription Order

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Create a Subscription Order for Cloud Selection Service
● Configure a Subscription Product in Service Order Context

Business Example:
A subscription order for the cloud selection service is captured for an existing customer Mr.
Miller ## (## is the group number) in S/4HANA Service: Subscription Order Management.
You are in the role of an agent who captures an order for a customer. You configure and save
the order.
The customer, Mr. Miller ##, has a contract account assigned as default. Mr. Miller orders a
cloud selection service starting on 01.02.2021. He selects the service level gold out of the pay
as you go options - silver, gold, and platinum.
Additionally, there is an activation fee of 2000 EUR assigned for the installation of the service.
The subscription order includes a product offering combining a cloud service and an
activation fee.
Use as a technical identifier for your cloud service with the following IP address: IP 333.2##.

Task 1:
Log on to SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role. Go to
the SOM: Subscription Order and Contract Management section and select the Manage
Subscription Orders tile to create a new subscription order.

Task 2:
Create a subscription order for Mr. Miller ## (## is your group number).

1. To create a new subscription order, on the subscription orders Search screen, in the
section result list on the right, choose New.

2. In the Transaction Type field, select PRVO Subscription Order.

3. In the Sold-to-Party field, enter BP##.

4. Check the assigned organizational data. Organizational data is selected according to the
employee responsible - user BR230-##.

5. In the Items section, enter the product number for the cloud selection service product.

6. How many submaterials are exploded? What item categories do they have?

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Item Optional Product Item Category

10 BSU_CLOUD_SEL_S Subscription Order

ERV Item

20 X SLS_LI- Sales Order Item

CENSE_50/100

30 CLOUD_ACT_PAY_1 Subscription One Off

0F Item

7. Change the contract start date to 01.04.2021.

8. Configure the cloud selection service with the gold service level agreement.

9. Check how many free CPU hours are included in the gold service level agreement.
Result
The number of free CPU hours for the gold service level agreement is changed to 10.000
CPU.

10. Choose Done.

11. For item 10, choose Edit. In the Technical Resource section, enter the following customer
ID: IP 333.2## (## is your group number).

12. Enter a technical resource customer IP address.

13. In the assignment block price details, on the subscription order document level, check the
complete monthly subscription fee for the gold service level agreement.
Result
The monthly subscription fee price element is 4.000 Euro. You can find this in the Recur
Charge column

Task 3:
Save the subscription order.

1. Save the subscription order and note the number for exercise two, Create a Subscription
Contract: _______________________________

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Solution 1
Create a Subscription Order

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Create a Subscription Order for Cloud Selection Service
● Configure a Subscription Product in Service Order Context

Business Example:
A subscription order for the cloud selection service is captured for an existing customer Mr.
Miller ## (## is the group number) in S/4HANA Service: Subscription Order Management.
You are in the role of an agent who captures an order for a customer. You configure and save
the order.
The customer, Mr. Miller ##, has a contract account assigned as default. Mr. Miller orders a
cloud selection service starting on 01.02.2021. He selects the service level gold out of the pay
as you go options - silver, gold, and platinum.
Additionally, there is an activation fee of 2000 EUR assigned for the installation of the service.
The subscription order includes a product offering combining a cloud service and an
activation fee.
Use as a technical identifier for your cloud service with the following IP address: IP 333.2##.

Task 1:
Log on to SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role. Go to
the SOM: Subscription Order and Contract Management section and select the Manage
Subscription Orders tile to create a new subscription order.
a) In the task bar, choose Windows.

b) On desktop Start page, choose SAP Fiori Launchpad.

c) Enter the following data:

Field Name Value

User BR230–##
Password Welcome1
Language EN

d) Choose Log on

Task 2:
Create a subscription order for Mr. Miller ## (## is your group number).

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1. To create a new subscription order, on the subscription orders Search screen, in the
section result list on the right, choose New.

2. In the Transaction Type field, select PRVO Subscription Order.

3. In the Sold-to-Party field, enter BP##.

4. Check the assigned organizational data. Organizational data is selected according to the
employee responsible - user BR230-##.

5. In the Items section, enter the product number for the cloud selection service product.
a) In the Product field, enter BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV.

6. How many submaterials are exploded? What item categories do they have?
Item Optional Product Item Category

10 BSU_CLOUD_SEL_S Subscription Order

ERV Item

20 X SLS_LI- Sales Order Item

CENSE_50/100

30 CLOUD_ACT_PAY_1 Subscription One Off

0F Item

7. Change the contract start date to 01.04.2021.

a) In the Contract Start field, change Today to 01.04.2021.

8. Configure the cloud selection service with the gold service level agreement.
a) In the assignment block items, in the BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV row, in the Actions
column for the assignment block, choose Config (tool icon).

b) In the Actions column for the assignment block, choose Config (tool icon).

c) In the Service Level Agreement field, select Gold.

9. Check how many free CPU hours are included in the gold service level agreement.
Result
The number of free CPU hours for the gold service level agreement is changed to 10.000
CPU.

10. Choose Done.

11. For item 10, choose Edit. In the Technical Resource section, enter the following customer
ID: IP 333.2## (## is your group number).
a) In the assignment block Items, in the BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV row, in the Actions
column, choose Edit Item.

12. Enter a technical resource customer IP address.

a) In the assignment block technical resources, in the ID field, enter the following
customer ID: IP 333.2.##.

13. In the assignment block price details, on the subscription order document level, check the
complete monthly subscription fee for the gold service level agreement.

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Result
The monthly subscription fee price element is 4.000 Euro. You can find this in the Recur
Charge column

Task 3:
Save the subscription order.

1. Save the subscription order and note the number for exercise two, Create a Subscription
Contract: _______________________________
a) In the headline of the document, find the subscription order number.

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Exercise 2
Create a Subscription Contract

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Submit the Subscription Order and Create a Subscription Contract
● Use the Fulfillment Status to Analyze the Distribution of Provider Contract and Billable
Items in the SAP BRIM Landscape

Business Example:
The subscription order for the cloud selection service product creates a subscription
contract, a billable item for the activation fee, and a sales order, with submission of the
subscription order as follow up documents.
Submit the subscription order and check if the distribution of objects in the SAP BRIM
landscape is fulfilled.

Task 1:
Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.

Task 2:

1. Select the subscription order created in exercise one, Create a Subscription Order.

2. Submit your subscription order.

3. Note the subscription contract number for further exercises:

____________________________

4. Navigate to the subscription contract.

5. Check how many items are part of the contract.

Result
The subscription contract details show the following: 1 – Product Cloud Selection Service
(Item 10 of the order)

6. Check if the contract is technically active.

Result
The Technically Active field is set to Yes.

Task 3:
Analyze the fulfillment status.

1. In the assignment block fulfillment status, check the fulfillment status.

2. Check if the status lights are green.

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Result
Yes, the status lights are green.

Task 4:
Check the parameters in the Cross Catalog Mapping that have been sent to SAP Convergent
Charging.

1. Check how many free RAM hours the customer can use.
Result
The customer can use 20000 free hours of RAM.

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Solution 2
Create a Subscription Contract

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Submit the Subscription Order and Create a Subscription Contract
● Use the Fulfillment Status to Analyze the Distribution of Provider Contract and Billable
Items in the SAP BRIM Landscape

Business Example:
The subscription order for the cloud selection service product creates a subscription
contract, a billable item for the activation fee, and a sales order, with submission of the
subscription order as follow up documents.
Submit the subscription order and check if the distribution of objects in the SAP BRIM
landscape is fulfilled.

Task 1:
Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.
a) In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Subscription Order and Contract Management
section, select the Manage Subscription Orders tile.

Task 2:

1. Select the subscription order created in exercise one, Create a Subscription Order.
a) Select the transaction ID that you noted in exercise one, Create a Subscription Order.

2. Submit your subscription order.

a) In the footer line, choose Submit.

3. Note the subscription contract number for further exercises:

____________________________
a) Find the subscription contract number in the assignment block items in the Contract
Number field.

4. Navigate to the subscription contract.

a) In the assignment block items, select the hyperlink to get to the subscription contract.

5. Check how many items are part of the contract.

a) In the subscription contract details, go to the block hierarchy.

Result
The subscription contract details show the following: 1 – Product Cloud Selection Service
(Item 10 of the order)

6. Check if the contract is technically active.

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a) Go to the header of the subscription contract.

Result
The Technically Active field is set to Yes.

Task 3:
Analyze the fulfillment status.

1. In the assignment block fulfillment status, check the fulfillment status.

a) Check which fulfillment steps have been passed.
010 Call FICA Message contract activation
010 Distribute One-off Items
012 Call Message for Allowance Creation (Irrelevant)

2. Check if the status lights are green.

Result
Yes, the status lights are green.

Task 4:
Check the parameters in the Cross Catalog Mapping that have been sent to SAP Convergent
Charging.

1. Check how many free RAM hours the customer can use.
a) In the assignment block fulfillment status, choose Monitor.

b) On the Details: Item Fulfillment Record screen, choose Cross Catalog Mapping.

c) Under the charge plan assignment CHP_00_CLOUD_SERVICE_V01, check the value of

the RAM Free Hour parameter.

Result
The customer can use 20000 free hours of RAM.

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Exercise 3
Execute the Contract Change Process

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Execute the Change Process in the Provider Contract
● Change the Configuration of a Provider Contract

Business Example:
The customer ID BP## (## is your group number) decides to upgrade their service level
agreement for the cloud selection service from gold to platinum.
You are in the role of an agent who performs this change in the system.
For this exercise, use the existing contract created in exercise two, Create a Subscription
Contract.

Task 1:
Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.

Task 2:
Change the subscription contract created in exercise two, Create a Subscription Contract.

1. Search for subscription contract.

2. Change the configuration of the subscription contract from gold to platinum. Execute the
configuration change process.
Result
The change order is created.

3. Submit the change order and navigate back to the subscription contract.

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Solution 3
Execute the Contract Change Process

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Execute the Change Process in the Provider Contract
● Change the Configuration of a Provider Contract

Business Example:
The customer ID BP## (## is your group number) decides to upgrade their service level
agreement for the cloud selection service from gold to platinum.
You are in the role of an agent who performs this change in the system.
For this exercise, use the existing contract created in exercise two, Create a Subscription
Contract.

Task 1:
Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad.

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.
a) In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the SOM: Subscription Order and Contract Management
section, select the Manage Subscription Contracts tile.

Task 2:
Change the subscription contract created in exercise two, Create a Subscription Contract.

1. Search for subscription contract.

a) In the Contract Number field, enter the subscription contract number.

b) Choose Search.

c) In the result list, In the Contract Number column, select the hyperlink that corresponds
to your contract.

2. Change the configuration of the subscription contract from gold to platinum. Execute the
configuration change process.
a) In the assignment block processes, select Change Configuration and choose Execute.

b) Choose Change Configuration.

c) In the Service Level Agreement field, select Platinum.

d) To complete the change, choose Done.

Result
The change order is created.

3. Submit the change order and navigate back to the subscription contract.

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a) In the assignment block items, the subscription contract number can be found in the
Contract Number field.

b) In the assignment block items, select the contract number hyperlink to get back to the
contract.

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Exercise 4
Create a Master Agreement

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Understand the Master Agreement Business Scenario
● Create a Call Off for Master Agreement

Business Example
Create a master agreement with common terms that define the products that can be ordered,
at which price, and which business partners can participate in further contracts.

Task 1:
Create a master agreement with a bundle product

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.

2. Choose New to create the master agreement.

3. Enter BP## as the master agreement partner.

4. Maintain the master agreement partner.

5. On the Master Agreement Details tab, in the General Data field, enter, Master Agreement
Cloud Dev and Sales ##.

6. Choose BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV as an item, change the custom ID to Group_##, and

change the custom text to Cloud Service for Customer ##.

7. Configure the product as pay-as-you-go. Edit the item for Group_##.

8. Redefine the usage price for CPU usage.

9. Save your work.

10. On the Item tab, choose Release All Items. The status of item 10 is changed to Released.

11. Save your master agreement

12. Note your master agreement number.

Task 2: Create a Subscription Contract from a Master Agreement

1. Go to the top of the master agreement to create a call off.

2. Choose the authorized partner BP## to create a subscription order.

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Solution 4
Create a Master Agreement

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Understand the Master Agreement Business Scenario
● Create a Call Off for Master Agreement

Business Example
Create a master agreement with common terms that define the products that can be ordered,
at which price, and which business partners can participate in further contracts.

Task 1:
Create a master agreement with a bundle product

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.
a) In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the SOM: Subscription Order and Contract Management
section, select the Manage Master Agreement tile.

2. Choose New to create the master agreement.

3. Enter BP## as the master agreement partner.

4. Maintain the master agreement partner.

a) Go to the Parties Involved section.

b) View the authorized contract partner.

5. On the Master Agreement Details tab, in the General Data field, enter, Master Agreement
Cloud Dev and Sales ##.

6. Choose BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV as an item, change the custom ID to Group_##, and

change the custom text to Cloud Service for Customer ##.
a) On the Item tab, in the Product ID field, enter BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV.

b) In the Custom ID field, double-click the text and change it to Product Group ##.

c) In the Custom Text field, double-click the text and change it to Cloud Service for
Customer ##.

7. Configure the product as pay-as-you-go. Edit the item for Group_##.

a) In the Action column, on the right, choose the tool icon.
If the tool icon button is hidden, enlarge the column. Select Gold as the service level
agreement. When you're finished, choose the button on the bottom right of the screen.

b) Select the configuration Fixed in the subscription order monitor.

8. Redefine the usage price for CPU usage.

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a) In the assignment block convergent charging tables, in the CPU Usage row, select
Redefine Table in the Use Table column.

b) In the Action column, choose the Action icon.

c) Select the price for the gold service level agreement and change it to 0,3.

9. Save your work.

a) In the header, choose Save.

10. On the Item tab, choose Release All Items. The status of item 10 is changed to Released.

11. Save your master agreement

12. Note your master agreement number.

Task 2: Create a Subscription Contract from a Master Agreement

1. Go to the top of the master agreement to create a call off.

a) Go to the top of the master agreement and choose Call Off.

2. Choose the authorized partner BP## to create a subscription order.

a) Choose the BP## master agreement to create a subscription order.

b) Select item 10, and select Choose.

c) In the Transaction Type field, select Subscription Order.

d) Choose Create to finalize the process.

e) On the Details tab, enter the required, Section Technical Resource ID, IP 333.2##M,
in the subscription order and set the contract start date to 01.04.2021. Hint: The
technical ID must be unique in the system environment. Therefore, you must use an ID
that is not already in your subscription contract.

f) Choose Submit.

g) Choose Back.

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Exercise 5
Check Subscriber Account and Provider
Contract

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Search for a Subscriber Account in SAP Convergent Charging
● See the Provider Contract Created for the Subscriber Account
● Understand the Replication of Master Data in the SAP BRIM Solution

Business Example:
Each customer is represented by one business partner in the Subscription Order
Management (SOM) system and already has a provider contract.
The product that Mr. Miller ## (## is your group number) is using is the cloud selection
service.
Four options are possible:
● Pay As You Go
● Silver
● Gold
● Platinum

Depending on the selected service level, the customer can consume a number of CPU hours,
RAM hours, and GB for bandwidth for free.
In exercise one, Create a Subscription Order, you created a second provider contract for Mr.
Miller ## (## is your group number).
The provider contract master data for Mr. Miller ## has been replicated to the SAP
Convergent Charging system after creation in the SOM system.
In this exercise, find the subscriber account for Mr. Miller ## in SAP Convergent Charging and
check provider contracts.
You are in the role of an operation support agent who checks the system for correctness.
To execute this exercise and see all provider contracts, you should have executed exercises
one to four from unit two. Otherwise, you will only see one provider contract for each
subscriber account.

Table 1: List of Subscriber Accounts and Provider Contracts Assigned to User

Group Number BP/Subscriber Ac- Contract Account/ Provider Contract
count External account

00 BP00 CA00 2030

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Group Number BP/Subscriber Ac- Contract Account/ Provider Contract

count External account

01 BP01 CA01 2031

02 BP02 CA02 2032

03 BP03 CA03 2033

04 BP04 CA04 2034

05 BP05 CA05 2035

06 BP06 CA06 2036

07 BP07 CA07 2037

08 BP08 CA08 2038

09 BP09 CA09 2039

10 BP10 CA10 2040

11 BP11 CA11 2041

12 BP12 CA12 2042

13 BP13 CA13 2043

14 BP14 CA14 2044

15 BP15 CA15 2045

16 BP16 CA16 2046

17 BP17 CA17 2047

18 BP18 CA18 2048

19 BP19 CA19 2049

20 BP20 CA20 2050

21 BP21 CA21 2051

Find Subscriber Account and Check Provider Contracts

1. Log on to the SAP Convergent Charging system.

a. Go to Start Menu → Apps.

b. Go left to Initialize Course.

c. Execute Initialize CC_Tools_2022 and run the script before using the SAP Convergent
Charging related files.

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Figure 1: Execute Initialize CC_Tools_2022

d. Go to Windows Start Menu → Apps.

e. Execute Core_tool.bat.

Figure 2: Execute Core_tool.bat.

f. Log on to SAP Convergent Charging (SAP CC).

Run the core_tool.bat and enter the following credentials:

User: BR230-##
Password: Welcome1

2. Open subscriber account and search for BP## (## is your group number).
Use the account IDs that have been created in SOM as search criteria. You will find the ID
in the list above.

3. Check the external account. Write down the number. Enter and check master data.
To which entity does it map to in SOM?

● External Account: CA##

● Entity in SOM: This is the contract account assigned to the subscriber contract.

4. Check the created provider contracts.

How many contracts are there? Write down the contract codes.

5. Open the provider contract.

6. Check the charge plans assigned to the contract. How many charge plans/contract items
are there?

7. Check the parameter for the usage charges. What is the parameter value for the Service
Level Agreement (SLA)? How many free CPU hours can the customer consume?

8. Check the technical identifier for the usage charges. What is the value?
________________________

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Solution 5
Check Subscriber Account and Provider
Contract

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Search for a Subscriber Account in SAP Convergent Charging
● See the Provider Contract Created for the Subscriber Account
● Understand the Replication of Master Data in the SAP BRIM Solution

Business Example:
Each customer is represented by one business partner in the Subscription Order
Management (SOM) system and already has a provider contract.
The product that Mr. Miller ## (## is your group number) is using is the cloud selection
service.
Four options are possible:
● Pay As You Go
● Silver
● Gold
● Platinum

Depending on the selected service level, the customer can consume a number of CPU hours,
RAM hours, and GB for bandwidth for free.
In exercise one, Create a Subscription Order, you created a second provider contract for Mr.
Miller ## (## is your group number).
The provider contract master data for Mr. Miller ## has been replicated to the SAP
Convergent Charging system after creation in the SOM system.
In this exercise, find the subscriber account for Mr. Miller ## in SAP Convergent Charging and
check provider contracts.
You are in the role of an operation support agent who checks the system for correctness.
To execute this exercise and see all provider contracts, you should have executed exercises
one to four from unit two. Otherwise, you will only see one provider contract for each
subscriber account.

Table 1: List of Subscriber Accounts and Provider Contracts Assigned to User

Group Number BP/Subscriber Ac- Contract Account/ Provider Contract
count External account

00 BP00 CA00 2030

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Group Number BP/Subscriber Ac- Contract Account/ Provider Contract

count External account

01 BP01 CA01 2031

02 BP02 CA02 2032

03 BP03 CA03 2033

04 BP04 CA04 2034

05 BP05 CA05 2035

06 BP06 CA06 2036

07 BP07 CA07 2037

08 BP08 CA08 2038

09 BP09 CA09 2039

10 BP10 CA10 2040

11 BP11 CA11 2041

12 BP12 CA12 2042

13 BP13 CA13 2043

14 BP14 CA14 2044

15 BP15 CA15 2045

16 BP16 CA16 2046

17 BP17 CA17 2047

18 BP18 CA18 2048

19 BP19 CA19 2049

20 BP20 CA20 2050

21 BP21 CA21 2051

Find Subscriber Account and Check Provider Contracts

1. Log on to the SAP Convergent Charging system.

a. Go to Start Menu → Apps.

b. Go left to Initialize Course.

c. Execute Initialize CC_Tools_2022 and run the script before using the SAP Convergent
Charging related files.

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Figure 1: Execute Initialize CC_Tools_2022

d. Go to Windows Start Menu → Apps.

e. Execute Core_tool.bat.

Figure 2: Execute Core_tool.bat.

f. Log on to SAP Convergent Charging (SAP CC).

Run the core_tool.bat and enter the following credentials:

User: BR230-##
Password: Welcome1

2. Open subscriber account and search for BP## (## is your group number).
Use the account IDs that have been created in SOM as search criteria. You will find the ID
in the list above.
a) Choose File → Open → Subscriber Account.

b) In the Subscriber field, enter the account ID.

c) Choose Search.

d) Select the subscriber account from the result list.

e) Choose OK.

Figure 3: Open Subscriber Account

3. Check the external account. Write down the number. Enter and check master data.
To which entity does it map to in SOM?

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● External Account: CA##

● Entity in SOM: This is the contract account assigned to the subscriber contract.

a) On the left side of the screen, locate the external account.

Figure 4: Check the External Account

4. Check the created provider contracts.

How many contracts are there? Write down the contract codes.
a) On the left side of the screen, select the subscriber account.

b) On the right side of the screen, choose the Contracts tab.

c) On the right side of the screen, on the Contracts tab, you find the contract.
Result
Here you see a subscriber account with three provider contracts (if you completed the
previous exercises).

Figure 5: Check the created provider contracts

5. Open the provider contract.

a) On the left side of the screen, select the subscriber account.

b) On the right side of the screen, choose the Contracts tab.

c) Select a contract and choose Open.

6. Check the charge plans assigned to the contract. How many charge plans/contract items
are there?
a) On the left side of the screen, you find the charge plan/contract items.
Result
There is one charge plan.

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Figure 6: Charge plan/contract items

7. Check the parameter for the usage charges. What is the parameter value for the Service
Level Agreement (SLA)? How many free CPU hours can the customer consume?
a) On the left side of the screen, select the CHP_00_CLOUD_SERVICE_V01 usage charge
plan.

b) On the right side of the screen, select the Parameter tab.

Result
The SLA option is gold. The consumer can consume 10000 free CPU hours.

Figure 7: Parameter for Usage Charges

8. Check the technical identifier for the usage charges. What is the value?
________________________
a) On the left side of the screen, select the CHP_00_CLOUD_SERVICE_V01 charge plan.

b) On the right side of the screen, select the Technical Data tab.
Result
The technical identifier is: IP 333.456.XX (## is your group number).

Figure 8: Usage Charges

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Exercise 6
Check a Charge Plan and Provider Contract
Charges

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Search for a subscriber in Convergent Charging and see the provider contract created for
the subscriber account
● See the linked Charge plans and understand the pricing configuration in Convergent
Charging.
● Understand the replication of the product data in the BRIM solution.

Business Example:
With exercise 5 you have found the subscriber account of BP## (## group number) in
Convergent Charging and you have checked the provider contracts.
The product Cloud selection service is a subscription and consumption and has one usage
charge plan assigned for three usage charges. Four options are possible: Pay as you go,
Silver, Gold and Platinum. Depending on the selected service level the customer can consume
a number of CPU hours, RAM hours and GB for Bandwidth for free.
In this exercise you shall check the charge plans that are assigned to the product Cloud
selection service. You shall check the linked charges and evaluate the linked price plans. Your
starting point for the exercise is the technical identifier of the CPU usage charge. Use the
technical identifier to find the contract.
You are in the role of an operation support agent who checks the system for correctness.
List of Subscriber accounts and Provider Contracts assigned to User:

Table 2:
Group Num- BP/Subscriber Contract Ac- Provider Con- Technical identifier
ber Account count/External tract
account

00 BP00 CA00 2030 IP 333.456.00

01 BP01 CA01 2031 IP 333.456.01

02 BP02 CA02 2032 IP 333.456.02

03 BP03 CA03 2033 IP 333.456.03

04 BP04 CA04 2034 IP 333.456.04

05 BP05 CA05 2035 IP 333.456.05

06 BP06 CA06 2036 IP 333.456.06

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07 BP07 CA07 2037 IP 333.456.07

08 BP08 CA08 2038 IP 333.456.08

09 BP09 CA09 2039 IP 333.456.09

10 BP10 CA10 2040 IP 333.456.10

11 BP11 CA11 2041 IP 333.456.11

12 BP12 CA12 2042 IP 333.456.12

13 BP13 CA13 2043 IP 333.456.13

14 BP14 CA14 2044 IP 333.456.14

15 BP15 CA15 2045 IP 333.456.15

16 BP16 CA16 2046 IP 333.456.16

17 BP17 CA17 2047 IP 333.456.17

18 BP18 CA18 2048 IP 333.456.18

19 BP19 CA19 2049 IP 333.456.19

20 BP20 CA20 2050 IP 333.456.20

21 BP21 CA21 2051 IP 333.456.21

Find Provider Contract by using the technical identifier

1. Open Access and search with the technical identifier for the CPU Usage. Use the technical
identifier that corresponds to your customer BP## (## group number). You will find the
Id in the list above.

Figure 9: Open Access

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Figure 10: Select the CPU

Figure 11: Open the Contract

2. Open the charge plan for usage and check the counters defined in the charge plan. How
many counters are defined?

3. Navigate from the charge plan to the charge defined for CPU usage
CHG_G_00_USG_CPU_TABLE_MACRO_COUNTER_V01.
What is the Chargeable Item Class assigned to this charge? __________________
What Bit Type is specified__________________
From which mapping table class will the price for the SLA retrieved? Write the name of the
mapping table class, you will need it in the next step. __________________________________

4. Search and open the price table for the CPU usage. The name of the price table is:
MT_G_00_SLA_CPU_PRICE_V01. What is the price for CPU usage for the SLA Gold?
____________________

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Solution 6
Check a Charge Plan and Provider Contract
Charges

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Search for a subscriber in Convergent Charging and see the provider contract created for
the subscriber account
● See the linked Charge plans and understand the pricing configuration in Convergent
Charging.
● Understand the replication of the product data in the BRIM solution.

Business Example:
With exercise 5 you have found the subscriber account of BP## (## group number) in
Convergent Charging and you have checked the provider contracts.
The product Cloud selection service is a subscription and consumption and has one usage
charge plan assigned for three usage charges. Four options are possible: Pay as you go,
Silver, Gold and Platinum. Depending on the selected service level the customer can consume
a number of CPU hours, RAM hours and GB for Bandwidth for free.
In this exercise you shall check the charge plans that are assigned to the product Cloud
selection service. You shall check the linked charges and evaluate the linked price plans. Your
starting point for the exercise is the technical identifier of the CPU usage charge. Use the
technical identifier to find the contract.
You are in the role of an operation support agent who checks the system for correctness.
List of Subscriber accounts and Provider Contracts assigned to User:

Table 2:
Group Num- BP/Subscriber Contract Ac- Provider Con- Technical identifier
ber Account count/External tract
account

00 BP00 CA00 2030 IP 333.456.00

01 BP01 CA01 2031 IP 333.456.01

02 BP02 CA02 2032 IP 333.456.02

03 BP03 CA03 2033 IP 333.456.03

04 BP04 CA04 2034 IP 333.456.04

05 BP05 CA05 2035 IP 333.456.05

06 BP06 CA06 2036 IP 333.456.06

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07 BP07 CA07 2037 IP 333.456.07

08 BP08 CA08 2038 IP 333.456.08

09 BP09 CA09 2039 IP 333.456.09

10 BP10 CA10 2040 IP 333.456.10

11 BP11 CA11 2041 IP 333.456.11

12 BP12 CA12 2042 IP 333.456.12

13 BP13 CA13 2043 IP 333.456.13

14 BP14 CA14 2044 IP 333.456.14

15 BP15 CA15 2045 IP 333.456.15

16 BP16 CA16 2046 IP 333.456.16

17 BP17 CA17 2047 IP 333.456.17

18 BP18 CA18 2048 IP 333.456.18

19 BP19 CA19 2049 IP 333.456.19

20 BP20 CA20 2050 IP 333.456.20

21 BP21 CA21 2051 IP 333.456.21

Find Provider Contract by using the technical identifier

1. Open Access and search with the technical identifier for the CPU Usage. Use the technical
identifier that corresponds to your customer BP## (## group number). You will find the
Id in the list above.
a) Select File → Open → Access.

b) Enter the technical identifier in the field User Service Identifier.

c) Click on Search button

d) Select CPU in the result list

e) click the OK button

f) In the next screen click the icon next to the contract number in the column contract to
open the contract

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Figure 9: Open Access

Figure 10: Select the CPU

Figure 11: Open the Contract

2. Open the charge plan for usage and check the counters defined in the charge plan. How
many counters are defined?
a) In the Contract screen select CHP_00_CLOUD_SERVICE_V01 in the tree in the left side
of the screen

b) In the tab Definition click on the icon next to the field Activated Plan in the right side of
the screen

Figure 12: Contract Screen

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c) Open the tab Counters on the right side of the screen

d) Answer: 3 CPU Usage Counter, RAM Usage Counter, Outgoing Bandwidth Usage
Counter

Figure 13: Counters Tab

3. Navigate from the charge plan to the charge defined for CPU usage
CHG_G_00_USG_CPU_TABLE_MACRO_COUNTER_V01.
What is the Chargeable Item Class assigned to this charge? __________________
What Bit Type is specified__________________
From which mapping table class will the price for the SLA retrieved? Write the name of the
mapping table class, you will need it in the next step. __________________________________
a) Click on the charge CHG_G_00_USG_CPU_TABLE_MACRO_COUNTER_V01 in the on
left side of the screen

b) In the tab Definition click on the icon next to the field Charge in the right side of the
screen

Figure 14: Definition Tab

c) You will find the Chargeable Item Class in the tab Definition field Chargeable Items
Classes

Figure 15: Find the Chargeable Item Class

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d) You will find the BITTYPE on the right side of the screen when you click Specify the BIT
type in the tree

Figure 16: Specify the Bill type

e) You will find the name of the Price table on the right side of the screen when you click
on Retrieve SLA pricing in the tree

Figure 17: Retrieve SLA pricing

4. Search and open the price table for the CPU usage. The name of the price table is:
MT_G_00_SLA_CPU_PRICE_V01. What is the price for CPU usage for the SLA Gold?
____________________
a) Select File → Open → Mapping table.

b) Enter the mapping table name from previous step in the search field

c) Mark the table in the result list and click Open button

d) Answer: The price is 0.035 EUR

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Figure 18: Open Mapping Table

Figure 19: Mapping Table for CPU Usage

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Exercise 7
Analyze Provider Contract and Billing Plan, and
Request Billing Plan Items

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Check Provider Contract in SAP Convergent Invoicing According to Distributed Details
● Analyze Billing Plan in SAP Convergent Invoicing.
● Request Billable Items for February Billing Plan

Business Example:
Customer BP## already has another provider contract in the system. In the cloud selection
service, bandwidth was sold with a monthly recurring fee of 1.000 EUR. Additionally, the gold
service level agreement has a monthly fee of 3.000 EUR. The subscription contract was
distributed to SAP Convergent Invoicing (SAP CI), and a provider contract was created in SAP
CI.
The billing plan is assigned to the provider contract item in SAP CI. Find the assigned billing
plan, analyze the billing plan, and request billable items for February 2021 to create a first
invoice for the customer.

Table 3: List of Provider Contracts Assigned to User

Group Number Provider Contract Number

00 2030

01 2031

02 2032

03 2033

04 2034

05 2035

06 2036

07 2037

08 2038

09 2039

10 2040

11 2041

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12 2042

13 2043

14 2044

15 2045

16 2046

17 2047

18 2048

19 2049

20 2050

Task 1:

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.

2. In SAP CI, select the provider contract from the table above.

3. Check the managing company code of the provider contract.

4. Check how many items the provider contract has.

5. Write down the billing plan number:__________

6. In Variant configuration of the product, check the service level agreement and the variant
condition of the provider contract item.

7. Check if discounts are assigned to the provider contract.

8. Find the group of technical resource IDs assigned to the provider contract item.

Task 2:
Analyze billing plan items.

1. In the Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Manage Billing Plan tile. Select your billing
plan. Analyze billing plan items according to the following aspects:

2. Check how many billing plan items your billing plan has.
Result
The billing plan has two items.

3. Check the price of the items.

Result
The first item has a price of 1.000 EUR. The second item has a price of 3.000 EUR.

4. Check the cycle of the billing plan item.

Result
The cycle is as follows: 0001 monthly, at the end of the month

Task 3:
Request billing plan items.

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Create two billable items in your billing plan for February by running the request billing plan
items for your billing plan process.

1. In the Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Request Billing Plan Items section.

Task 4:
Check whether two billable items, for a basic fee and an additional gold service level
agreement, are created for the billing plan.

1. In the Manage Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Manage Billing Plans tile. Input
your Billing Plan number and click Go. Double click your Billing Plan.

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Solution 7
Analyze Provider Contract and Billing Plan, and
Request Billing Plan Items

Exercise Objectives:
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Check Provider Contract in SAP Convergent Invoicing According to Distributed Details
● Analyze Billing Plan in SAP Convergent Invoicing.
● Request Billable Items for February Billing Plan

Business Example:
Customer BP## already has another provider contract in the system. In the cloud selection
service, bandwidth was sold with a monthly recurring fee of 1.000 EUR. Additionally, the gold
service level agreement has a monthly fee of 3.000 EUR. The subscription contract was
distributed to SAP Convergent Invoicing (SAP CI), and a provider contract was created in SAP
CI.
The billing plan is assigned to the provider contract item in SAP CI. Find the assigned billing
plan, analyze the billing plan, and request billable items for February 2021 to create a first
invoice for the customer.

Table 3: List of Provider Contracts Assigned to User

Group Number Provider Contract Number

00 2030

01 2031

02 2032

03 2033

04 2034

05 2035

06 2036

07 2037

08 2038

09 2039

10 2040

11 2041

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12 2042

13 2043

14 2044

15 2045

16 2046

17 2047

18 2048

19 2049

20 2050

Task 1:

1. Log on to the SAP Fiori Launchpad to display the tiles of the assigned business role.
a) In the FI-CA Master Data section, select the Display Provider Contract tile.

2. In SAP CI, select the provider contract from the table above.
a) In the Provider Contract field, enter your provider contract number and choose
Continue.

3. Check the managing company code of the provider contract.

a) Go to the General Data section. In the Managing Company Code field, the company
code is 1010.

4. Check how many items the provider contract has.

a) Go to the Items: Convergent Invoicing section.

b) Select the All Items radio button.

The provider contract from the table above has one contract item. Your provider
contract from exercise two has two contract items, if you did the change in exercise
three.

5. Write down the billing plan number:__________

a) Go to the Items: General Data section.
In the Billing Plan field, you see the number of the assigned billing plan.

6. In Variant configuration of the product, check the service level agreement and the variant
condition of the provider contract item.
a) Go to the Items: Account Assignment section.

b) In the Product Information section, find the Product field with BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV.

c) Right next to the field, choose the Configuration button to reach the screen with variant
configuration characteristics.

d) Go back.

7. Check if discounts are assigned to the provider contract.

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a) Go to the Items: Account Assignment section.

Result
There are no entries in the Discount/Charges section. No discounts are assigned to the
provider contract.

8. Find the group of technical resource IDs assigned to the provider contract item.
a) Go to the Items: Assigned IDs section. Find the following customer ID: IP 333.456.##.

Task 2:
Analyze billing plan items.

1. In the Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Manage Billing Plan tile. Select your billing
plan. Analyze billing plan items according to the following aspects:

2. Check how many billing plan items your billing plan has.
Result
The billing plan has two items.

3. Check the price of the items.

Result
The first item has a price of 1.000 EUR. The second item has a price of 3.000 EUR.

4. Check the cycle of the billing plan item.

Result
The cycle is as follows: 0001 monthly, at the end of the month

Task 3:
Request billing plan items.
Create two billable items in your billing plan for February by running the request billing plan
items for your billing plan process.

1. In the Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Request Billing Plan Items section.
a) Maintain the following information:
Field Label Value

Request Date 28.02.2021

Contract Accounts CA##
Further Selections
Billing Plan Your Billing Plan number

Choose Save.
Choose Program → Execute.

Task 4:
Check whether two billable items, for a basic fee and an additional gold service level
agreement, are created for the billing plan.

1. In the Manage Billing Plans and Rating section, select the Manage Billing Plans tile. Input
your Billing Plan number and click Go. Double click your Billing Plan.
a) Select the Request History tab. Find your successful request history with two billable
items.

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Exercise 8
Execute the Rating Process for CPU and
Bandwidth Usage

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Perform the Rating Process for Consumption Items for CPU and Bandwidth Usage
● Analyze Created Billable Items during the Rating Process

Business Example
You are a rating expert in your company and you have implemented the new tariff model for
the new cloud selection service. To check if the designed price models are working correctly,
you perform rating checks for the first provider contract.
For your new provider contract starting on 01.02.2021, the assigned usage for CPU and
bandwith has already been uploaded to SAP Convergent Invoicing consumption item
management.
The price model requires a calculation of the total usage quantity before rating. CPU usage is
rated daily, while bandwith usage is rated once, at the end of the month. Rating is triggered by
SAP Convergent Invoicing with two different rating groups for both usages. Rating is done in
SAP Convergent Charging, and billable items are sent to SAP Convergent Invoicing for billing
and invoicing.
To check if the process is working as planned, you do it before you schedule mass runs for the
next month.

Table 4:
Group number Business Partner Contract Account Provider Contract

00 BP00 CA00 2030

01 BP01 CA01 2031

02 BP02 CA02 2032

03 BP03 CA03 2033

04 BP04 CA04 2034

05 BP05 CA05 2035

06 BP06 CA06 2036

07 BP07 CA07 2037

08 BP08 CA07 2038

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09 BP09 CA09 2039

10 BP10 CA10 2040

11 BP11 CA11 2041

12 BP12 CA12 2042

13 BP13 CA13 2043

14 BP14 CA14 2044

15 BP15 CA15 2045

16 BP16 CA16 2046

17 BP17 CA17 2047

18 BP18 CA18 2048

19 BP19 CA19 2049

20 BP20 CA20 2050

21 BP21 CA21 2051

The price model is for the cloud service BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV product in the cloud
selection service, with the gold service level agreement.

Counter for free CPU: 10.000

Price for additional usage: 0,035 Euro/CPU hours

Counter for free bandwith usage: 1.200

Price for additional usage: 4 Euro

Task 1: Check Consumption Items for CPU Usage for your Provider Contract

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing Plan and Rating section, select the Display
Consumption Items tile.

2. Go to consumption item monitor and select rateable consumption items for your provider
contract from the table above assigned to your group number.

3. Check how many consumption items for your provider contract are rateable.

4. Check the consumption dates.

Result
The consumption item dates are as follows:

● 03.02.2021

● 04.02.2021

● 05.02.2021

5. Check the rating from dates.

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Result
The rating from dates are as follows:

● 03.02.2021

● 04.02.2021

● 28.03.2021

6. Check which consumption item class the consumption items are assigned to.
Result
The consumption items are assigned to the consumption item classes HRB4 CPU and
RAM and HRB5.

7. Check the consumer ID.

Result
The consumer ID is IP 333.456.## (## is your group number).

8. Check the service IDs.

Result
The service IDs are BANDWIDTH and CPU.

Task 2: Execute the Rating Process for CPU Usage

CPU usage should be rated on your new provider contract for February.

1. Check whether the process is working as planned for CPU usage.

2. Repeat the rating process for bandwidth usage.

3. In the consumption item monitor, check that you have consumption items related to your
business partner and provider contract that are rated.

4. Check how many billable items were created during the rating process.
Result
Nine billable items were created during the rating process.

5. Check the rating result against the price model.

Result
The first X billable items are free of charge, because of the counter volume of 10.000 free
CPU hours. The remaining usage has a price of 0,035 Euro/CPU hours.

Result
All consumption items are rated after the rating process. In SAP Convergent Invoicing, the
consumption items are updated with a status of Rated.

Hint:
In the training landscape, upload of billable items takes some time.

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Solution 8
Execute the Rating Process for CPU and
Bandwidth Usage

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Perform the Rating Process for Consumption Items for CPU and Bandwidth Usage
● Analyze Created Billable Items during the Rating Process

Business Example
You are a rating expert in your company and you have implemented the new tariff model for
the new cloud selection service. To check if the designed price models are working correctly,
you perform rating checks for the first provider contract.
For your new provider contract starting on 01.02.2021, the assigned usage for CPU and
bandwith has already been uploaded to SAP Convergent Invoicing consumption item
management.
The price model requires a calculation of the total usage quantity before rating. CPU usage is
rated daily, while bandwith usage is rated once, at the end of the month. Rating is triggered by
SAP Convergent Invoicing with two different rating groups for both usages. Rating is done in
SAP Convergent Charging, and billable items are sent to SAP Convergent Invoicing for billing
and invoicing.
To check if the process is working as planned, you do it before you schedule mass runs for the
next month.

Table 4:
Group number Business Partner Contract Account Provider Contract

00 BP00 CA00 2030

01 BP01 CA01 2031

02 BP02 CA02 2032

03 BP03 CA03 2033

04 BP04 CA04 2034

05 BP05 CA05 2035

06 BP06 CA06 2036

07 BP07 CA07 2037

08 BP08 CA07 2038

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09 BP09 CA09 2039

10 BP10 CA10 2040

11 BP11 CA11 2041

12 BP12 CA12 2042

13 BP13 CA13 2043

14 BP14 CA14 2044

15 BP15 CA15 2045

16 BP16 CA16 2046

17 BP17 CA17 2047

18 BP18 CA18 2048

19 BP19 CA19 2049

20 BP20 CA20 2050

21 BP21 CA21 2051

The price model is for the cloud service BSU_CLOUD_SEL_SERV product in the cloud
selection service, with the gold service level agreement.

Counter for free CPU: 10.000

Price for additional usage: 0,035 Euro/CPU hours

Counter for free bandwith usage: 1.200

Price for additional usage: 4 Euro

Task 1: Check Consumption Items for CPU Usage for your Provider Contract

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing Plan and Rating section, select the Display
Consumption Items tile.

2. Go to consumption item monitor and select rateable consumption items for your provider
contract from the table above assigned to your group number.
a) Choose Adapt Filters.

b) Choose Field Contract.

c) In the Contract field, enter the provider contract from the table above.

3. Check how many consumption items for your provider contract are rateable.
a) In the consumption item monitor, check that you have 15 consumption items related to
your business partner and provider contract that are unrated.

4. Check the consumption dates.

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Result
The consumption item dates are as follows:

● 03.02.2021

● 04.02.2021

● 05.02.2021

5. Check the rating from dates.

Result
The rating from dates are as follows:

● 03.02.2021

● 04.02.2021

● 28.03.2021

6. Check which consumption item class the consumption items are assigned to.
Result
The consumption items are assigned to the consumption item classes HRB4 CPU and
RAM and HRB5.

7. Check the consumer ID.

Result
The consumer ID is IP 333.456.## (## is your group number).

8. Check the service IDs.

Result
The service IDs are BANDWIDTH and CPU.

Task 2: Execute the Rating Process for CPU Usage

CPU usage should be rated on your new provider contract for February.

1. Check whether the process is working as planned for CPU usage.

a) In the Consumpt. Item Class field, select HT CPU and RAM Usage.

b) Select the six consumption items and choose Rate.

c) Read the rating protocol. All entries in the log should be green. All selected
consumption items have been processed.

2. Repeat the rating process for bandwidth usage.

a) In the Consumpt. Item Class field, select HT BANDWIDTH.

b) Select the nine consumption items and choose Rate.

c) Read the rating protocol. All nine consumption items have successfully been rated.

3. In the consumption item monitor, check that you have consumption items related to your
business partner and provider contract that are rated.

4. Check how many billable items were created during the rating process.
Result
Nine billable items were created during the rating process.

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5. Check the rating result against the price model.

Result
The first X billable items are free of charge, because of the counter volume of 10.000 free
CPU hours. The remaining usage has a price of 0,035 Euro/CPU hours.

Result
All consumption items are rated after the rating process. In SAP Convergent Invoicing, the
consumption items are updated with a status of Rated.

Hint:
In the training landscape, upload of billable items takes some time.

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Exercise 9
Execute the Billing Process

Exercise Objectives:
● Analyze Due Billable Items
● Execute the Billing Process and Create Billing Documents
● Understand Defined Aggregation from Billable Items to Billing Document Items
● Run Discount Billing
● Create Billing Documents as Input for the Invoicing Process

Business Example:
You are an invoicing expert in your company. It is your responsibility to check if the billable
items for the new provider contract and new cloud selection service product are complete for
a billing and invoicing run at the end of February.
Check the following aspects before billing:
● Are the one-time charges from Subscription Order Management (SOM) available?
● Is the monthly subscriptions fee for the cloud selection service available?
● Are usages for CPU and Bandwidth available?

Table 5:
Group Number BP Contract Account

00 BP00 CA00

01 BP01 CA01

02 BP02 CA02

03 BP03 CA03

04 BP04 CA04

05 BP05 CA05

06 BP06 CA06

07 BP07 CA07

08 BP08 CA08

09 BP09 CA09

10 BP10 CA10

11 BP11 CA11

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Group Number BP Contract Account

12 BP12 CA12

13 BP13 CA13

14 BP14 CA14

15 BP15 CA15

16 BP16 CA16

17 BP17 CA17

18 BP18 CA18

19 BP19 CA19

20 BP20 CA20

21 BP21 CA21

Task 1: Check Billable Items for Contract Account

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section. Open the Display Billable
Items tile to analyze billable items.
Field Value

Status Billable
Master Data Contract Account (see table above CA##)

Additional master data is as follows:

Contract Optional: your provider contract number

(see the table in exercise two)
Optional: Bill Starting From 28.02.2021

Task 2: Create Billing Documents for your Contract Account

1. Create billing documents for your contract account with the following parameters:
In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Execute Billing -
Business Partner tile.

Hint:
Only if you create the following documents in the past for February, you will
be able to run dunning process. Otherwise the invoice in not due for dunning.

Enter the following parameters:

Field Value

Billing Process YNAL

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Field Value

Billing Subprocess Leave empty

Billing Date 28.02.2021
Business Partner BP##
Contract Account Your contract account from table. CA##
(## your group number)

2. Check how many billing documents are created.

Result
Four billing documents are created as follows:

● A billing document for one-offs

● A billing document for CPU usage

● A billing document for bandwidth usage

● A billing document for billing plan items

3. Write down the billing document numbers for further exercises: ________________

Task 3: Check Billable Items for Contract Account

1. Check whether the billable item work list for your contract account is empty now.

Result
Find your 12 billable items have status billed now.

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Solution 9
Execute the Billing Process

Exercise Objectives:
● Analyze Due Billable Items
● Execute the Billing Process and Create Billing Documents
● Understand Defined Aggregation from Billable Items to Billing Document Items
● Run Discount Billing
● Create Billing Documents as Input for the Invoicing Process

Business Example:
You are an invoicing expert in your company. It is your responsibility to check if the billable
items for the new provider contract and new cloud selection service product are complete for
a billing and invoicing run at the end of February.
Check the following aspects before billing:
● Are the one-time charges from Subscription Order Management (SOM) available?
● Is the monthly subscriptions fee for the cloud selection service available?
● Are usages for CPU and Bandwidth available?

Table 5:
Group Number BP Contract Account

00 BP00 CA00

01 BP01 CA01

02 BP02 CA02

03 BP03 CA03

04 BP04 CA04

05 BP05 CA05

06 BP06 CA06

07 BP07 CA07

08 BP08 CA08

09 BP09 CA09

10 BP10 CA10

11 BP11 CA11

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Group Number BP Contract Account

12 BP12 CA12

13 BP13 CA13

14 BP14 CA14

15 BP15 CA15

16 BP16 CA16

17 BP17 CA17

18 BP18 CA18

19 BP19 CA19

20 BP20 CA20

21 BP21 CA21

Task 1: Check Billable Items for Contract Account

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section. Open the Display Billable
Items tile to analyze billable items.
Field Value

Status Billable
Master Data Contract Account (see table above CA##)

Additional master data is as follows:

Contract Optional: your provider contract number

(see the table in exercise two)
Optional: Bill Starting From 28.02.2021

a) Click on Go.

b) Find the following Billable Items (BITs) assigned to your Bittype:

Bittype

H101 Activation Fee 1 BIT

H211 CPU Usage 6 BITs
H230 MRC Recurring Rate 2 BITs
H240 Bandwidth Usage 3 BITs

Task 2: Create Billing Documents for your Contract Account

1. Create billing documents for your contract account with the following parameters:

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In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Execute Billing -
Business Partner tile.

Hint:
Only if you create the following documents in the past for February, you will
be able to run dunning process. Otherwise the invoice in not due for dunning.

Enter the following parameters:

Field Value

Billing Process YNAL

Billing Subprocess Leave empty
Billing Date 28.02.2021
Business Partner BP##
Contract Account Your contract account from table. CA##
(## your group number)

a) Choose all 12 billable items and save the suggested selection.

b) Create billing units and save the suggested units.

c) Set parameters for billing units and execute billing.

d) Repeat substeps a-c four times.

2. Check how many billing documents are created.

Result
Four billing documents are created as follows:

● A billing document for one-offs

● A billing document for CPU usage

● A billing document for bandwidth usage

● A billing document for billing plan items

3. Write down the billing document numbers for further exercises: ________________

Task 3: Check Billable Items for Contract Account

1. Check whether the billable item work list for your contract account is empty now.
a) In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicingsection, select the Display
Billable items tile. Access the app to check billable items.

b) On the Analysis - Billable Items: Status screen, enter the following selection:
Field Value
Status Billable
Business Partner BP##

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Contract Account CA##

Result
Find your 12 billable items have status billed now.

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Exercise 10
Execute the Invoicing Process

Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Analyze Invoicing Orders as an Input for the Invoicing Process
● Execute the Invoicing Process and Create an Invoicing Document
● View a Print Preview of an Invoicing Document
● Check Open Items on the Contract Account

Note:
The exercise, Execute the Billing Process, is a prerequisite for this exercise.

Business Example:
You are an invoicing expert in your company. It is your responsibility to check whether the
first invoice for the new provider contract and the new cloud selection service product are
complete for the invoicing run at the end of February.
Check the following aspects during invoicing:
● Are the one-time fees included in the first invoice?
● Is the tax calculated?

Task 1: Check Invoicing Orders for your Contract Account

Analyze what kind of invoicing orders, with the source document category INVBI for Billing
Documents, are due for your customer.

1. Check how many invoicing orders are available for invoicing.

In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Display Invoicing
Requests tile.

2. Check how many invoicing orders are available for invoicing.

Result
There are four billing documents created in the exercise, Execute the Billing Process.

Task 2: Create Invoicing Documents for your Contract Account

1. Create invoicing documents for your contract account with the following parameters:
Invoicing Process YN
Document Date 28.02.2021
Posting Date 28.02.2021

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Contract Account Your contract account CA## (## your

group number)
Reconciliation Key Suggested

Write down the reconciliation key for a later exercise : ___________________

In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Execute
Invoicing - Business Partner tile.

Hint:
Be aware that the dunning process in the following exercise will not be
possible if you do not post the invoice to the past.

● Are the one-time fees included in the first invoice?

● Is the tax calculation okay?

● How many FI-CA posting documents were created during the invoicing process?

2. Check whether one-time fees are included in the first invoice.

Result
Yes, one-time fees are included in the invoice. In Display Invoicing Document, see the item
Type YH1OC.

3. Check whether the tax calculation is okay. In the Display Invoicing Document see the Item
Type TAXITEM.
Result
Yes, it is calculated in the invoicing item with the item type: 0TAXITEM.

4. Check how many FI-CA posting documents were created during invoicing process.

Task 3: View a Print Preview of your Invoicing Documents

1. To view a print simulation in your invoicing document, press Preview.

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Solution 10
Execute the Invoicing Process

Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Analyze Invoicing Orders as an Input for the Invoicing Process
● Execute the Invoicing Process and Create an Invoicing Document
● View a Print Preview of an Invoicing Document
● Check Open Items on the Contract Account

Note:
The exercise, Execute the Billing Process, is a prerequisite for this exercise.

Business Example:
You are an invoicing expert in your company. It is your responsibility to check whether the
first invoice for the new provider contract and the new cloud selection service product are
complete for the invoicing run at the end of February.
Check the following aspects during invoicing:
● Are the one-time fees included in the first invoice?
● Is the tax calculated?

Task 1: Check Invoicing Orders for your Contract Account

Analyze what kind of invoicing orders, with the source document category INVBI for Billing
Documents, are due for your customer.

1. Check how many invoicing orders are available for invoicing.

In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Display Invoicing
Requests tile.
a) Enter your Business Partner BP## and click Go.

b) Find 4 Billing documents with Source Document Type INVBI.

2. Check how many invoicing orders are available for invoicing.

Result
There are four billing documents created in the exercise, Execute the Billing Process.

Task 2: Create Invoicing Documents for your Contract Account

1. Create invoicing documents for your contract account with the following parameters:
Invoicing Process YN

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Document Date 28.02.2021

Posting Date 28.02.2021
Contract Account Your contract account CA## (## your
group number)
Reconciliation Key Suggested

Write down the reconciliation key for a later exercise : ___________________

In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the Billing and Invoicing section, select the Execute
Invoicing - Business Partner tile.

Hint:
Be aware that the dunning process in the following exercise will not be
possible if you do not post the invoice to the past.

● Are the one-time fees included in the first invoice?

● Is the tax calculation okay?

● How many FI-CA posting documents were created during the invoicing process?

a) Select source documents and save the suggested selection.

b) Create invoicing units and save the suggested units.

c) Set parameters for invoicing units and run invoicing.

d) Choose Save.

2. Check whether one-time fees are included in the first invoice.

Result
Yes, one-time fees are included in the invoice. In Display Invoicing Document, see the item
Type YH1OC.

3. Check whether the tax calculation is okay. In the Display Invoicing Document see the Item
Type TAXITEM.
Result
Yes, it is calculated in the invoicing item with the item type: 0TAXITEM.

4. Check how many FI-CA posting documents were created during invoicing process.
a) Go to the Posting Documents tab.
Result
One posting document is created for the invoicing document.

Task 3: View a Print Preview of your Invoicing Documents

1. To view a print simulation in your invoicing document, press Preview.

a) To check the assigned billable items and assigned consumption items, go to pages 2
and 3 of the print preview.

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Exercise 11
Execute Dunning for your Contract Account

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Create a Mass Run for a Dunning Proposal and a Dunning Activity Run
● Check Mass Activity Logs for the Dunning Process

Note:
Dependency Information
To execute this exercise, you need an invoice that is overdue. The invoice created
in Unit 5 exercises 7-10 was created with an invoiced date of 28.02.2021. The open
items are due to 05.03.2021.

Business Example:
You are working as a contract accounting agent. Your customer fails to meet the payment
obligations.
The February invoice has not been paid up to now.
Execute the dunning proposal run and the dunning activity run using the new dunning
procedure 01 Dunning Procedure for Private Customer, which is already assigned to your
contract account CA##.
The dunning procedure is customized to create a dunning notice as a reminder for the
customer. You will find this on the Business Partner Financial Overview in section Dunning
Notices (Dunning Procedure).

Execute the Dunning Proposal Run

Execute the dunning proposal run and the following dunning activity run for your business
partner for today. Use the additional logs and dunning history to determine whether the
dunning run was executed correctly.

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial Overview
section, select the Dunning Proposal Run tile.

2. Execute the dunning proposal run.

Field Name Value

Date ID Today’s date

RUN ID DUP## (## = your group number)

Company Code 1010

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Field Name Value

General Selections BP##

Dunning parameters are as follows:

Date of Issue Today’s date

Other Activities Start current run check off

Hint:
"Start current run" processes dunning proposal and dunning activity run in
one mass run.

Go to the Logs tab:

Problem Class Additional Information

Press Save. Get Message Parameters for run Date XXX DUP## saved.

3. Schedule the dunning proposal run and the dunning activity run immediately.

4. Locate and start the Business Partner Financial Overview Fiori app using the Business
Partner Accounts tile group for navigation. Display the Business Partner Financial details
of your customer number.

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Solution 11
Execute Dunning for your Contract Account

Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
● Create a Mass Run for a Dunning Proposal and a Dunning Activity Run
● Check Mass Activity Logs for the Dunning Process

Note:
Dependency Information
To execute this exercise, you need an invoice that is overdue. The invoice created
in Unit 5 exercises 7-10 was created with an invoiced date of 28.02.2021. The open
items are due to 05.03.2021.

Business Example:
You are working as a contract accounting agent. Your customer fails to meet the payment
obligations.
The February invoice has not been paid up to now.
Execute the dunning proposal run and the dunning activity run using the new dunning
procedure 01 Dunning Procedure for Private Customer, which is already assigned to your
contract account CA##.
The dunning procedure is customized to create a dunning notice as a reminder for the
customer. You will find this on the Business Partner Financial Overview in section Dunning
Notices (Dunning Procedure).

Execute the Dunning Proposal Run

Execute the dunning proposal run and the following dunning activity run for your business
partner for today. Use the additional logs and dunning history to determine whether the
dunning run was executed correctly.

1. In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial Overview
section, select the Dunning Proposal Run tile.

2. Execute the dunning proposal run.

Field Name Value

Date ID Today’s date

RUN ID DUP## (## = your group number)

Company Code 1010

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Field Name Value

General Selections BP##

Dunning parameters are as follows:

Date of Issue Today’s date

Other Activities Start current run check off

Hint:
"Start current run" processes dunning proposal and dunning activity run in
one mass run.

Go to the Logs tab:

Problem Class Additional Information

Press Save. Get Message Parameters for run Date XXX DUP## saved.

3. Schedule the dunning proposal run and the dunning activity run immediately.
a) ClickSchedule Program Run.Save to save your parameter settings.

b) To schedule the dunning proposal run.

c) In the Schedule Job dialog box, choose Background – Start Immediate.

d) Choose the Logs tab to check whether your proposal run has been completed
successfully.

e) Choose Application Log to view the details for the dunning run. The entry in the Total
column provides all of the necessary information.

f) To return to the dunning proposal, choosing Back.

g) To display additional details, choose Menu → Environment → Dunning History. Enter

your business customer and find the dunning history for contract account CA##.

4. Locate and start the Business Partner Financial Overview Fiori app using the Business
Partner Accounts tile group for navigation. Display the Business Partner Financial details
of your customer number.
a) Click on the Business Partner Accounts tile group in the upper part of the screen.

b) To start the app, click on the Business Partner Financial Overview tile.

c) Expand the header section, if required.

d) Enter Enter your Business Partner in the Business Partner selection field in the tile
header section and press Go.

e) Go to tab Dunning Notice (Dunning Procedure) find Dunning Level 1: Payment

Reminder (01)

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Exercise 12
Perform Segment Reporting in the General
Ledger

Business Example
At day-end closing, the totals records stored in contract accounts receivable and payable are
transferred to general ledger accounting.

Transfer to General Ledger (G/L) Accounting

1. In Exercise 10 Task 2 Step 1. you have created a reconciliation key. Find this key.

2. Display the total records for the reconciliation key from step 1 using the SAP Fiori app.
Close this reconciliation key for any further postings afterwards. Which status is assigned
to the reconciliation key?

3. In the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial Overview section, select the Transfer
of FI-CA Totals to General Ledger tile to transfer the reconciliation key content to the
General Ledger.
Field Value

Reconciliation Key The reconciliation key that you

noted in task 1 of this exercise

Test Run Not selected (Delete 1)

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Solution 12
Perform Segment Reporting in the General
Ledger

Business Example
At day-end closing, the totals records stored in contract accounts receivable and payable are
transferred to general ledger accounting.

Transfer to General Ledger (G/L) Accounting

1. In Exercise 10 Task 2 Step 1. you have created a reconciliation key. Find this key.

2. Display the total records for the reconciliation key from step 1 using the SAP Fiori app.
Close this reconciliation key for any further postings afterwards. Which status is assigned
to the reconciliation key?
a) In the SAP Fiori Launchpad, in the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial
Overview section, select the Display Reconciliation Key tile.

b) Enter the reconciliation key and choose Enter.

c) Choose Goto → Totals Records. Choose Back.

d) In the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial Overview section, select the Delete
and Close Reconciliation Key tile.

e) Enter your reconciliation key and choose Execute.

3. In the FI-CA Collection, Reconciliation and Financial Overview section, select the Transfer
of FI-CA Totals to General Ledger tile to transfer the reconciliation key content to the
General Ledger.
Field Value

Reconciliation Key The reconciliation key that you

noted in task 1 of this exercise

Test Run Not selected (Delete 1)

a) Enter the data according the table.

b) Click on Execute.

c) Choose Refresh until the status displayed is as follows: Transfer Complete.

d) Choose Back twice.

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