RightAngle ConfigurationSetting Up New Business Associate in RightAngle
Commercial Liquids Application Support
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RightAngle ConfigurationSetting Up New Business Associate in RightAngle
Commercial Liquids Application Support
6/21/2012
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Setting Up New Business Associate in RightAngle
Contents
Setting Up New Business Associate in RightAngle ........................................................................................ 2
Definition of the Business Associate types in RightAngle ............................................................................. 3
Overview of Business Associate Configuration ................................................................................................. 4
Main Tab ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Attributes .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Attribute Setup Details from the FICO Documentation - LONDON ........................................................... 7
Define the Relationship ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Setting up Offices ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Additional Detail From FICO Interface Documentation ............................................................................... 12
Setting up the Invoice ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Setup Remittance for Intradivisional Business Associates ......................................................................... 17
Setup the Portfolio and Strategy for the New Business Associate........................................................... 17
Setup the Vendor in Vendor Master Maintenance ......................................................................................... 21
Updating Customer Master Maintenance .......................................................................................................... 24
Setup Contract Printing ............................................................................................................................................. 25
Setup Account Code Maintenance ......................................................................................................................... 26
Setup Invoice Type Maintenance .......................................................................................................................... 28
Setup SAP Code Crossreference ............................................................................................................................. 29
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DEFINITION OF THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATE TYPES IN RIGHTANGLE
In general, when two or more legal entities engage in a transaction (buying or selling
goods/services) they are known as counterparties to that transaction. This terminology changes as
transactions are entered into systems. For instance in SAP, the term business partner describes
this relationship.
Within SolArc’s RightAngle the buyer and seller of goods are known as business associates. In
RightAngle business associates come in two basic flavors internal and external.
INTERNAL BA
A business associate that is part of the primary business associate's corporation. It can be a
division of the company, child company, etc. As a general rule of the P&L of the units role up to the
same parent company, they are Internal BA’s to each other. Internal business associates are defined
with a BA Type of Intercorporate or Intradivisional on the Business Associate Maintenance
window.
• Intercorporate - A business associate that is part of the primary business associate's
corporation (a division, child company, or parent company) but is not doing business in
SolArc RightAngle.
• Intradivisional - A business associate that is part of the primary business associate's
corporation (a division, child company, or parent company), and is also doing business in
SolArc RightAngle.
EXTERNAL BA
In RightAngle, any company that is not a child of the parent company is an external business
associate. External business associates are defined with a BA Type of External or Affiliate on the
Business Associate Maintenance window. All SolArc RightAngle functions are available for external
BAs.
There are no hard-coded differences between Affiliate BAs and External BAs, so SolArc RightAngle
does not treat them differently. However, each SolArc RightAngle installation may elect to perform
some actions differently for affiliates. For example, transactions with an affiliate BA (e.g., joint
venture) may be account-coded differently than other BAs. (Openlink, 2004)
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OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATE CONFIGURATION
Whenever a new external or internal BA is created in RightAngle, the relationship it has with
existing internal and external BA’s has to be defined. The configuration needed to establish the
relationship between the entities include deals, commodities, modes of transportation, and
banking information that will be used by the new entity. The types of reports, contracts, and
invoices that will be needed must also be taken into consideration before the configuration can be
completed. These tasks will have to be performed for each Business Associate with whom the new
entity will transact with.
MAIN TAB
1. Select “New” in Business Associate Maintenance
2. Enter the name of the new BA. The abbreviation will fill in automatically. The abbreviation
name will be seen on most reports and should be easily recognizable.
1. Set the “Class of Trade” to
2. Use the drop-down to select the parent company.
3. Select the business type, i.e. Interdivisional, External, Intercorporate, and Affilliate.
1. Add comments indicating the updates being made.
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Select “New” in Business Associate Maintenance/Main.
Enter the name of the new BA. The abbreviation will fill in automatically. The abbreviation
name will be seen on most reports and should be easily recognizable.
Set the “Class of Trade” to other.
to select the parent company.
Select the business type, i.e. Interdivisional, External, Intercorporate, and Affilliate.
Add comments indicating the updates being made.
Enter the name of the new BA. The abbreviation will fill in automatically. The abbreviation
Select the business type, i.e. Interdivisional, External, Intercorporate, and Affilliate.
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ATTRIBUTES
Note: The attributes used will vary based on what is needed.
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ATTRIBUTE SETUP DETAILS FROM THE FICO DOCUMENTATION - LONDON
The following GSAP attributes are required in RightAngle to enable the FICO interface and
epayables interfaces to work.
When a bank account is setup, 3 fields are used
� SAP Vendor = This relates to the Vendor Number attribute on a Counterparty. In essence
this is the ID for the Counterparty.
� SAP Bank Account = this is the account number
� SAP Partner Bank Types = this represents the currency type of the bank i.e. USD
The Example below shows all the bank accounts that are setup for Vendor 66174.
If you look in BA maintenance, search for BA :
Then click on attributes, and you can see the GSAP_Vendor number is 66174. This is the link
between the BA and the Bank account.
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This means that all of the bank accounts will appear in the bank account drop down box in the fico
interface report.
If you go back to the fico interface report and look for a payable invoice with counter party BP oil
intl ltd - you can see all the available bank accounts for this counterparty.
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Going back to the SAP Maintenance Screen, look on the attributes tab
Currently there are no attributes to select for bank accounts.
This is where we would like an Attribute ‘ LOC Account’ with a Yes / No option.
A new rule using this new attribute would work like this to control and restrict posting to LOC
counterparties:
IF Transaction type =
� zAsia - Purchase – Sing
� AND Purchase L/C = 'I'
� THEN
o IF selected bank accounts LOC attribute = ‘N’ or Null
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� Then
Display message and block transaction “This is an LOC counterparty. The bank account selected is
not an LOC account. Please select an LOC account or request an LOC account to be setup via
support.”
Else Allow posting
Else Allow posting
DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP
Note: Select save often.
SETTING UP OFFICES
On the office tab, right-click and select “Add Office”
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Note: Be sure to set the status to “Active” for the office.
Also Note: The abbreviation in this case has been changed to the SAP Vendor number for the
External BA. It is used by the FICO interface to match the vendor in SAP.
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ADDITIONAL DETAIL FROM FICO INTERFACE DOCUMENTATION
The Vendor Bank Information will be stored as an Office for the External BA, using the Office Remit-
To Address. The Bank Name will be stored in the Building Name, and will include the SAP Vendor
Nbr in parenthesis. The SAP Vendor Number will also be stored in the Office Abbreviation.
The SAP Vendor’s Bank Information will be stored in the Remit-To Address of the Office. The
“Electronic” box should be checked.
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The Bank Name will be stored in the first line (Bank). If the Vendor has a SWIFT code the SWIFT
code will be stored in the second line (ABA Number). Otherwise, the Routing Number (SAP Bank
Key) will be stored in this line.
The last 4 characters of the account, preceded by 3 dots, will be stored in the third line (Account
Number). See example below.
How the data is displayed when the user clicks the “Remit-To” dropdown in the “Payable Invoice”
screen.
Notes:
RA automatically creates a Location of type “Office” when a new Office is created. A location must have
a unique (1) Location Abbreviation + Abbreviation Extension + Location Type and (2) Location Name
+ Name Extension.
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The office Building Name and Abbreviation are stored in the Location Name and Abbreviation,
respectively. Including the SAP Vendor in the Office Building Name and storing it in the Abbreviation
will meet the unique data requirements.
STEPS TO ADD/UPDATE VENDOR BANK INFORMATION.
1. Check if an Office exists for the External BA, using the SAP Vendor Nbr and comparing it the
Office Location’s abbreviation. Create it if not found.
2. Set the Office Location Name to the SAP Bank Name plus the SAP Vendor Number in
parenthesis. Location Name allows 50 characters. Store as many characters of the Bank
Name as possible, making sure the SAP Vendor Name is stored completely at the end of the
Location Name string. Set the Office status to “Active”.
3. Create a Remit-To Address if the Office does not have one. The Electronic checkbox must be
checked.
4. Update the Address: store the SAP Bank Name (AddrssBankName), SAP Routing/SWIFT
number (AddrssLne1) and the last 4 characters of the SAP Bank Account, prefixed with 3
periods (AddrssLne2).
5. Store a blank string in the Address Country (AddrssCntry) if possible; otherwise, store the
value “United States”.
Also, add the following step in the Vendor update process: If a Vendor is marked as deleted, set the
status of the related Office to Inactive.
SAP BANK DATA
Table LFBK has the list of banks associated with the SAP Vendor.
LIFNR – Vendor Nbr
BANKS – Country Code
BANKL – Bank Key
BANKN – Bank Account Number
BVTYP – Partner Bank Type
The table BNKA has the Bank Master data. Use the BANKS and BANKL columns to get the SWIFT
code.
BANKS – Country Code – Part of primary key
BANKL – Bank Key – Part of primary key
BANKA – Bank Name
SWIFT – SWIFT code
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Example below, using SAP transaction S_ALR_87010036.
SETTING UP THE INVOICE
Note: before the contact can be selected, a user has to be associated with the new BA in Contact and
User Maintenance.
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SETUP REMITTANCE FOR INTRADIVISIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
The remittance information for the external business associate is setup under the office tab. For
Intradivisional business associates the remittance screen is used.
SETUP THE PORTFOLIO AND STRATEGY FOR THE NEW BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
CREATE THE PORTFOLIOS
This section takes place in Strategy Configuration
For this example the Portfolio, “COP Equity Crude –AMCR” is located under the “Americas Crude”
portfolio. Portfolios can be added by right-clicking the Americas Crude portfolio and selecting add.
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CREATE STRATEGY
This is created for each of the portfolios as above.
SETUP THE VENDOR IN VENDOR MASTER MAINTENANCE
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Note: This was created by the system after the attributes were populated when the BA was created.
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UPDATING CUSTOMER MASTER MAINTENANCE
Note: This was created by the system after the attributes were populated when the BA was created.
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SETUP CONTRACT PRINTING
After the business associate has been setup
and properly extended to SAP via either the
attributes added to the business associate
or directly entered into the Customer
Maintenance and Vendor Maintenance
modules, the contract has to be configured
for printing.
Open the RightAngle setup module
Document Generation Maintenance. It can
be found in the tree by:
Tools and Setup Modules � Reference Data
� Document Generation Maintenance
In this module expand “Contract Printing”
and “Legal Text”. Right-click and edit the “Legal Text”. The document type setup screen will
appear.
Select “Edit Expression” for the template(s) that will be used by the new business associate. Enter
the BA ID number for the new BA. This can be obtained by looking at the database table
BusinessAssociate
Enter the internal company id in the format, [Internal Company] = xxxx.
Be sure to perform this action for all deal types that will be used with the
SETUP ACCOUNT CODE MAINTENANCE
TRANSACTION TYPE
A transaction type is a user-defined label which identifies an accounting transaction. A transaction
type must be set up before it can be assigned to a transaction group.
TRANSACTION GROUP
A transaction group is used to group transaction types for further processing, such as reporting and
invoicing.
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Be sure to perform this action for all deal types that will be used with the new business associate.
AINTENANCE
defined label which identifies an accounting transaction. A transaction
must be set up before it can be assigned to a transaction group.
A transaction group is used to group transaction types for further processing, such as reporting and
new business associate.
defined label which identifies an accounting transaction. A transaction
A transaction group is used to group transaction types for further processing, such as reporting and
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TRANSACTION AND TYPE AND GROUP CONSIDERATIONS
The provision used must be associated with a transaction type used by the new Business Associate
or it will fail to account code.
The new Business Associate has to be setup in Account Code Maintenance to ensure it is associated
with the appropriate transaction group.
This has to be done for the sale, purchase, and any secondary cost.
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SETUP INVOICE TYPE MAINTENANCE
Note: This should be done for all of the invoice types.
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SETUP SAP CODE CROSSREFERENCE
Note: Ensure the translation between SAP and RightAngle is setup appropriately.
