Describing the Order Distribution Infrastructure

After submitting your Subscription Contract, you need to check the Document Distribution – Order Fulfillment.

In this Order Distribution Overview (ODI) overview, you see the different ODI steps with Schemas assigned to the Subscription Order and Subscription Contract. The results of the steps in the outcome are marked below. While submitting a Subscription Order, a one off BIT is send to the Convergent Invoicing (CI). The Subscription Contract ODI triggers a contract in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) and Convergent Charging (SAP CC).

This table shows the ODI Schemas, Step Types, and Categories. All information is located within the Customizing of the Order Distribution.

Further details:

Document Distribution Step Category

The document distribution step category is a general categorization of distribution step types. It's used to group a bundle of single distribution steps that must be processed together at a certain status of the document, for example, contract activation.

Document Distribution Step Type

A document distribution step type defines a single distribution step within the document distribution. The distribution step type should describe a single distribution function, for example, sending a notification message to one external system.

Document Distribution Schema

The document distribution schema bundles several distribution step types into document distribution schema steps. Each distribution step within a schema can have an individual description (which is visualized in the end user UI) and is linked to a distribution step type. It is possible to define the same distribution step type multiple times within a schema using different distribution step IDs.

This table shows the ODI Schemas, step types, and categories. All information is located within the Customizing of the Order Distribution.

In the Subscription Contract, the Fulfillment Status of the contract is shown. It shows up the Order Distribution (ODI) steps that must proceed for the contract creation. Over the Fulfillment Monitor, detailed step information is located. The navigation takes place over the fulfillment status.

Settings for document distribution can be done in IMG Service → Transactions → Settings for Subscription Transactions → Document Distribution.

Detailed explanations for the single elements of document distribution can be found in the IMG documentation and the F1 helps of the single fields.

The IMG entry, Execute Report for Open and Scheduled Document Distribution Steps, points to the report that can be used to trigger asynchronous Order Distribution Infrastructure (ODI) steps.

Early Distribution

For a subscription contract with a future activation date, the distribution of the contract is typically executed only on the activation date. In certain cases, it may be required that the contract be distributed at the time of creation itself, such as when revenue accounting and reporting is involved. This can be reached by an early distribution scenario.

Directly After Creation

• Step PCER (Call Message for Early Distribution) of category P0 is executed.

  Create only a Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) provider contract, no Convergent Charging (CC) provider contract.

• Step PCWA (Wait for Activation) of category P0 is scheduled.

  Default setting is scheduled date = contract activation date (ISTCONTSRTTS).

On Contract Activation Date

• Step PCWA (Wait for activation) of category P0 is processed by the batch report CRM_ISX_MSG_START_PLANNED, which results in the start of processing of category P1 steps.
• Step PCEA (Call FICA message contract activation) of category P1 is executed; update FI-CA provider contract and create CC provider contract.

Use Customizing to set up for the early distribution.