Change payment terms and payment method vendor invoice

[sorayazilio]

Dear All,

when we post a supplier invoice and we change the payment terms, the payment method does not change automatically even if in customizing are linked. Is it a SAP standard behaviour?

Thanks and Kind Regards.

Gloria

[Ernesto_Cepeda]

Hi Soraya,

It is the standard behavior. Please find the behavior in the following link to Manage Supplier Invoices, part of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition help.

Attaching a screenshot here for documentation purposes (please always refer to the link since the content is updated frequently):

The underlying reason lies in the initial stages of invoice creation. During this phase, essential details such as payment terms and payment method are automatically filled using the master data extracted from the Supplier/Vendor master record. However, this process offers flexibility, allowing you to make changes directly on the invoice. This feature could be useful in scenarios where specific negotiations relating to that specific invoice are taking place, hence necessitating changes.

Therefore, if you captured invoices in the past and then the master record gets updated (e.g. re-negotiation of payment terms) you don’t want to impact the previous captured invoices. As part of the regular process whoever is maintaining those fields in the supplier/vendor master should consider reviewing the open items and modify the relevant fields if needed.

I hope this helps.

Ernesto Cepeda