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Customer Line Items

Contents
Overview
Displaying the Entry Screen
Entering the Fields
Executing the Report
Reading Line Item Information
Printing the Report

Overview

The Customer Line Item Display report shows open and cleared line items (debits and credits) so that you can keep track of customer invoices and payments. This is the same line item information that is displayed in the Customer Account Balance report.

Note

You can only display account information for sponsored research customers belonging to the SPON (sponsored research) account group.

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Displaying the Entry Screen

Use the following navigation path from the SAP User Menu screen or type in the transaction code from any screen:

Navigation Path:

- User Menu
- Role ZMIT
-
Reports
- Research Reports

- Customer Reports
- Customer Line Items

Transaction Code :

/nfbl5

Result: The "Customer Line Item Display" screen is displayed. Scroll down to see the entire entry screen.

screen capture:  Customer Line Item Display entry

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Entering the Fields

Type in or select one or more of the fields listed in the following table. Remember, more precisely defined reports generally take less time to run.
In some fields, you can use the Matchcode Matchcode button (Mac) (PC: Matchcode button (PC)) search function to find the data you want. (See Getting Started: Matchcodes.) Many fields offer Multiple Selections Multiple Selection button for entering nonconsecutive numbers or multiple ranges of data. (See Reporting Fundamentals: Selection Options for Setting Report Parameters.)

Field Name

Description

Customer account

The customer number is assigned to each sponsor for billing purposes. Type in the customer number or select one from the SPON account group. To find the SPON account group:

1. Click on the Matchcode button in the Customer field. The Restrict Value Range box appears.

2. Type Spon in the Account Group field. (The tab should be K: Customers per account group. If it is not, change it.)

3. Click the Enter button Enter button at the bottom. A list of customers belonging to the Spon group is displayed.

4. Double-click to select one.

Company Code

Leave at CUR.
Line item selection

Select status of the line items:

Open, cleared, or all items. Open items are unpaid invoices. Cleared items are credits.

Select date:

If you do not specify a date for the selected status, then all items will be displayed for that category.

Open at key date: All items posted up to and including the specified key date and open for this period.

Clearing date: Last posting date of all documents involved in clearing.

Posting date: Date document was submitted by the originator

Type
Select the type of line item to be displayed on the report.
Line layout

Select different fields and layout for the report. (The default setting is recommended.)

To select a layout:

1. Click on the Matchcode button.

2. Double-click on a displayed layout .

Maximum number of items
Limits the number of line items displayed on the report. Zero means no restriction.

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Executing the Report

Click the Execute button Execute button.

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Reading Line Item Information

See Research Reports: Customer Account Balances: Finding Line Information for an explanation of the fields on the default layout.

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Printing the Report

Click the Print button Print button on the Toolbar to print the line items listed.

Result: The "Customer Line Item Display" screen appears, similar to the "Print Screen List" screen. For instructions, see Reports: Reporting Fundamentals: Printing Reports.

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