SAP ERP SD Billing: VF04 - billing due list What is the difference between billing date

FKDAT and V_FKDAT in the ALV list?

Posted by Tobias Dolgener Dec 20, 2013
If you execute transaction VF04 to process the billing due list and create invoices, an ALV list is shown. Here
appearantly the column with "Billing Date" is shown twice.
Checking the field's technical characteristics, it can be seen that the first column shows FKDAT, whereas the
second one V_FKDAT:

What is here the difference?

The first column with the billing date FKDAT shows this date, which the system would use as default billing
date, if no other entries are made by the user. In delivery related billing this is usually the post goods issue
date, in order related invoicing the billing date entered in the sales order.

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SAP ERP SD Billing: VF04 - billing due list - What is the difference between billing date FKDAT and V_FKDAT
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Now comparing this FKDAT billing date column with the second one of V_FKDAT, then the dates mostly are
identical.
However if you enter at the start of transaction VF04 on the default tab a billing date:

Then in the ALV list, for V_FKDAT this default date is shown, whereas FKDAT remains the same:

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Another functionality of V_FKDAT is that always the oldest billing date is shown in case of several items in the
same sales order, which have different billing dates:

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Then in VF04 the ALV list without entering a default billing date looks like this:

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Tobias Dolgener in response to Srinu S on page 4

Jan 7, 2014 11:05 AM
Thanks! I will do so...

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Srinu S
Jan 7, 2014 10:17 AM
Thank you Tobias for sharing the useful document. Please keep sharing
Srinu.
Tobias Dolgener in response to Pradeep Mani on page 5
Jan 7, 2014 9:26 AM
Thanks!
Pradeep Mani
Jan 7, 2014 5:04 AM
Informative..
Tobias Dolgener in response to Phani Prasad on page 5
Jan 6, 2014 10:29 AM
Hi Phani Prasad,
thank you very much for you positive feed-back!
Best regards,
Tobias
Phani Prasad
Jan 4, 2014 6:47 AM
Nice Info.

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