Intercompany Sales: Mapping Rules

This topic provides a list of values inserted into the UI elements of an AP document created from an AR document. After the creation of a new AP document, the relation between the AR document and the AP document is saved to the database.

Table 1. Mapping Rules for the Creation of AP Documents

This table shows the UI elements for an AP document on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) or Generate Intercompany Documents (AP503500) form and the values from the corresponding AR document. The AR document may be on the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form.
UI Element Value
Summary area
Type
  • Bill if the AR document's type is Invoice
  • Credit Adj. if the AR document's type is Debit Memo.
  • Debit Adj. if the AR document's type is Credit Memo.
Date The value from the Date box on the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form.
Post Period
  • If the AP document was generated on the Generate Intercompany Documents (AP503500) form, this is the value specified in the Post Period box on the Invoices and Memos form. If this setting has not been specified, the post period is calculated as the period from the calendar of the AP document's originating branch that corresponds to the AR document's Post Period in the master calendar.
  • If the AP document was generated on the Invoices and Memos form, the post period is calculated as the period from the calendar of the AP document's originating branch that corresponds to the AR document's Post Period in the master calendar. If the period does not exist in the calendar of the AP document's originating branch, the value is empty. If the period is Inactive or Locked, the system displays an error message. If posting to closed periods is allowed for the user, an AP document is created with a warning in the Post Period box on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form. If posting to closed periods is not allowed, the AP document is not created.
Vendor Ref The reference number of the AR document specified in the Reference Number box on the Invoices and Memos form.
Vendor The originating branch of the AR document.
Location The vendor's default location.
Currency The currency of the AR document.
Currency Rate Type The currency rate type of the AR document.
Currency Exchange Rate The exchange rate of the AR document.
Terms The credit terms of the AR document.
Due Date The due date of the AR document.
Cash Discount Date The cash discount date of the AR document.
Pay by Line check box The state of the Pay by Line check box on the Vendors (AP301000) form for the vendor.
Description The description of the AR document.
Discount Total
  • If the Vendor Discounts feature has been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, an automatically calculated value based on the values on the Discount Details tab on the Bills and Adjustments form.
  • If the Vendor Discount feature has been disabled:
    • If the Customer Discounts feature has been enabled, the sum of the Discount Amount values of all lines on the Discount Details tab on the Invoices and Memos form.
    • If the Customer Discounts feature has been disabled, the Discount Total of the AR document.
Amount The value of the Amount box on the Invoices and Memos form.
Cash Discount If the AP document's amount is the same as the AR document's amount, the value of the Cash Discount box of the Invoices and Memos form. Otherwise, this value is calculated based on the credit terms of the AR document.
Financial tab
Branch The customer specified in the Customer box of the Invoices and Memos form.
Vendor Tax Zone The tax zone specified for the vendor location in the Tax Zone box on the Purchase Settings tab of the Vendors (AP303000) form.
Tax Calculation Mode The tax calculation mode specified in the Tax Calculation Mode box on the Financial tab of the Invoices and Memos form.
Details tab
Branch The customer specified in the Customer box of the Invoices and Memos form.
Inventory ID The Inventory ID of the AR document line.
Transaction Description The Transaction Description of the AR document line.
Quantity The Quantity of the AR document line.
UOM The UOM of the AR document line.
Unit Cost The Unit Cost of the AR document line.
Ext. Cost The Ext. Cost of the AR document line.
Account

One of the following, depending on the value of the Use Intercompany Expense Account From box on the Accounts Payable Preferences (AP101000) form:

  • If Vendor Location is selected, the expense account specified in the Expense Account box on the GL Accounts tab of the Vendor Locations (AP303010) form for the customer location selected for this AR document.
  • If Inventory Item is selected, the expense account specified in the Expense Account box on the GL Accounts tab of the Non-Stock Items (IN202000) form for a non-stock item specified in the AR document line.
Project If the Copy Project Information to AP Document check box has been selected on the Generate Intercompany Documents form or you clicked Yes in the confirmation message on the Invoices and Memos form, the Project of the AR document. Otherwise, the non-project code specified on the Projects Preferences (PM101000) form (X by default) is inserted.
Project Task If the Copy Project Information to AP Document check box has been selected on the Generate Intercompany Documents form or you clicked Yes in the confirmation message on the Invoices and Memos form, the Project Task of the AR document. Otherwise, the value is empty.
Cost Code If the Copy Project Information to AP Document check box has been selected on the Generate Intercompany Documents form or you clicked Yes in the confirmation message on the Invoices and Memos form, the Cost Code of the AR document. Otherwise, the value is empty.
Discount Amount The Discount Amount of the AR document line.
Discount Percent The Discount Percent of the AR document line.
Manual Discount check box Selected.
Deferral Code Empty. Because deferral codes cannot be used simultaneously in AR and AP documents, if at least one deferral code is specified in at least one line of the related AR document, the system displays a warning that deferral codes cannot be copied.
Tax Category The Tax Category of the AR document line.
Discounts tab
Note: Lines are created if the Vendor Discounts feature has been enabled. If the Customer Discounts feature has been enabled, each discount line in the AP document corresponds to a discount line of the AR document and contains the following column values.
Manual Discount check box Selected.
Discount Amount The Discount Amount of the AR document’s discount line.
Description The Description of the AR document's discount line.
If the Customer Discounts feature has been disabled, one discount line is created in the AP document with the following column values.
Manual Discount check box Selected.
Discount Amount The Discount Total of the AR document.