[9632] in SAPr3-news
Re: SAP R/3and ACH Payments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Turnbull)
Thu Jan 21 07:18:06 1999
To: sapr3-news@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:06:46 +0100
From: "Simon Turnbull" <simont.turnbull@uk.origin-it.com>
it's the same problem for any payment transmission medium
i would guess there are three solutions -
1.
you will need to use the SAP authorisation objects for external file
handling to restrict users to change the file
there is a valid reason for changing the file - here in the UK i allow
users to change the file - because if the payment manager says don't pay him
and the file has been produced and but not gone then it is easier to edit
the file using the transmission software (which keeps an audit log) then
cancel the transaction in SAP
the alternative way to do this is to reverse the whole of the payment file
just for one transaction (doesn't look good on the payables statements)
just for info before i transmit the payables file - it is checked by three
individual signatories against the sap output (just to make sure nobody has
messed with it)
2.
use the provided user exits in the payment program to copy the file to a
transmission directory then delete it from the original directory
3.
have a daemon (if you are using unix) that picks up the file and transmits
it then deletes it after transmission - you can run this every ten minutes
or so
Vince Perna wrote in message ...
>Does anyone have experieince in using ACH transactions to pay vendors from
>within SAP/R3?
>
>Our organization is in the early phases of implementing ACH payments for
>selected vendors from within an SAP/R3 ver 3.1g environment.
>
>To do this a ACH transaction file is created by the SAP application and
>saved to a network directory from where it is then transmitted to the bank.
>While it sits on the directory it can be edited by a number of idividuals
>creating a risk that the file will be altered and unauthorized payments
>executed.
>
>I've tried to ristrict access to the file through resrictive directory
>permissions but found that the SAP application would not function properly.
>
>Does any one have any similar experieince? Any suggested solutions?
>
>Can SAP be configured to transmit the file directly without first being
>saved to a network directory?
>
>
