The following Customizing settings have to be made for down payment processing: ettings for the billing plan ! To activate the billing plan function, maintain the materials, for which you wish to process down payments, with item category group """# $milestone billing%& This gives the item type TA' via item type determination& The item type TA' calls up the billing plan function& (ou need to implement the following activities in the billing plan for down payments: )aintain deadline category ! This determines the billing rule $percentage or value down payment% for the down payment re*uest& The system assigns billing type +A, $payment re*uest% defined in the standard system with billing category P& $+or the billing type +A, there is the cancellation billing document type +A in the standard system%& )aintain the deadline proposal ! -se the down payments that are due for the proposed deadlines& )aintaining a Pricing Procedure with the Condition Type A,./: 0n the standard system the condition type A,./ is delivered for the down payment value already provided but which has not yet been calculated& (ou must include this condition type in the relevant pricing procedure before output ta1& 2nter condition 3 $item with pricing% and the calculation formula 45 $down payment clearing value must not be bigger than the item value% for the condition type A,./& 6efore the condition A,./ you can create a subtotal with the base value calculation formula 3 $net value%& 0f the condition A,./ is changed manually, you can get information on the original system proposal from the subtotal& )aintain the printing indicator ! The pricing procedure can not be mar7ed as a transaction! specific pricing procedure $field pec&proc&% The condition type A,./ has the calculation type 6 $fi1ed amount% and the condition category 2 $down payment re*uest 8 clearing%& )aintaining the 6illing Document ! 0n the standard system there is the billing type +A, $down payment re*uest% and the billing type +A for canceling & The down payment is controlled using the billing category P of the billing type& A billing type becomes a down payment re*uest when the billing category P is assigned& (ou have to maintain bloc7ing reason "3 $complete confirmation missing% for the billing documents and assign it to billing type +A,& Copying control ! Copying re*uirement 3" must be entered in copying control at item level for the down payment re*uest& 0n the standard system the order type TA for copying control is set up according to the billing type +A, for the item category TA'& Copying re*uirement 39 must be entered in copying control at item level for down payment clearing& 0n the standard system the order type TA for copying control is set up according to the billing type +3 for the item category TA'& +inancial Accounting settings ! A prere*uisite for down payment processing is that the account is assigned to the underlying sales document& To do this, change the field status settings in Customizing as follows: et reconciliation accounts $transaction '6:/% ! +or the ;received down payments< and ;down payment re*uests< from the =8> accounts you have selected, you should assign the field status definition ="9?& )aintain accounting configuration $transaction '6:6% ! +or the down payments $posting 7ey A@, in the standard system% and the output ta1 clearing $posting 7ey )AA in the standard system%, you must maintain the posting 7ey& (ou must also carry out a =8> account number assignment for the ta1 account& )aintain the posting 7ey $transaction '64?% ! +or posting 7ey ?B, set the sales order as an optional field CCC )aintain the field status definition $transaction '6?4% ! +or field status variant """?, field status group ="9?, set the sales order as an optional field CCC Assign the company code to the field status variants $transaction '6C#% /eward points if u useful Cheers, =ovind&