How to Create Credit Control Area in SAP ECC

How to Create Credit Control Area in SAP ECC.

Credit control Area:  It is an organizational unit for specifying and controlling customer credit limits. If we are trying to post a transaction with more than the specified amount in the Cred Control Area, it just gives us a yellow alert (still we can post transactions because it is just an alert).

Table of Contents:

1. Create Credit Control Area – OB45
2. Assign Credit control area to Company code – OB38
3. Maintain credit limit at customer level – FD32

1. Create Credit Control Area in T code: OB45

SPRO Path – SAP Reference IMG -> Enterprise structure -> Definition -> Financial Accounting – Define Credit Control Area – Click on Execute.

Click on New Entries.

Give Credit control area and Currency.

Click on save.

Customizing request popup will come, select your request and click on continue.

Now just click on back button, click position, give CCA and press enter.

Give Description

Click on save again.

2. Assign Credit control area to Company code in T code: OB38

Click on Position, give company code and click on continue.

Give Credit control area

Click on save.

Customizing request popup will come, select your request and click on continue.

3. Maintain credit limit at customer level: FD32

Steps – Give customer – give Credit Control Area – select Central data – hit enter.

Give maximum credit limits in Total, individual amount fields and Currency

Configuration has been done, now go for transaction posting (end user will post).

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