Exploring the Move-In/Out Process

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explore the move in/out process.

Move-In/Out Process

You use the Move-In to execute a large number of activities that are required to create the business partner supply. You create business master data or change existing data. In particular, you allocate a contract to an installation. When you process a move-in, you can make a contract billable. You can also trigger payment requests levied at the start of supply and a welcome letter from the Move-In.

Technical and business master data are connected during a Move-In.

Move-in can be processed in CX Interaction Center and/or via the native SAP Fiori Apps Create Move-In Document and Initial Processing: Move-In/Out.

Technical master data for Move-In: Connection object, Premise, and Installation are mandatory, Device is optional.

Move-In process: Business partner and Contract account are reusable for existing customers, while a new Contract is created.

Move-In process: Business partner and Contract account are reusable for existing customers, while a new Contract is created.

Necessary Move-In steps:

  • Identify premise
  • Identify or enter customer
  • Select and, if necessary, process contract account or create new contract account
  • Create contracts

Optional Move-In steps:

  • Supplement contact data
  • Prepare and carry out move-in meter reading
  • Record results of move-in meter reading
  • Maintain rate data
  • Check whether the billing construct can be billed
  • Maintain creditworthiness manually, or display result of automatic scoring
  • Request cash security deposit
  • Create budget billing plan
  • Create welcome letter

Move-Out Process

When a customer reports a Move-Out, you can execute the Move-Out with the following steps:

  • Identify the customer
  • Enter the Move-Out date
  • Maintain the personal data (new address)
  • Create a meter reading order
    • Essential steps for Move-Out
      • Identify and choose customer and contract
      • Enter Move-Out date
      • Enter final meter reading results
    • Optional steps for Move-Out
      • Add contact data
      • Edit the customer moving out and the contract account
      • Carry out final billing immediately and print and issue final invoice
      • Create move-out confirmation
    • Executing the Move-Out the S/4HANA for Utilities will do the following for you:
      • Terminate contracts
      • Stop any budget billing collection
      • Suspend any current dunning procedure
      • Change any dunning procedures that may affect open items
      • The Move-out terminates the relationship between the business master data and the technical data, timesliced by the move-out date
      • The End Contract process initiated in CX Interaction Center and/or via the native SAP Fiori Apps generates a Move-out and terminates the relationship

Move-In/Out Business Example

A new customer reports a Move-In and the Move-Out of the previous customer. You execute the Move-In/Out with the following steps:

  • Check if the customer is an existing business partner
  • Enter the premise and the Move-In/Out date
  • Enter and check the personal data
  • Enter the meter-reading results

Move-In/Out for Premise

You can process the Move-Out or Move-In of two different business partners in one premise

Move-In/Out for Business Partner

You can process the Move-Out of a business partner from one premise and the Move-In of the same business partner to another premise.

Installation handover from Customer 1 with Contract 1 (ending 07/31/12) to Customer 2 with Contract 2 (starting 08/01/12)