Credit Management

Credit Management is one very important feature of SAP in the AR Cycle.

Basically against the Customers - Credit Limits are set and based on the Limit several things can be performed like Blocking Delivery.

Customer Credit Limits are set against Credit Control Area. Credit Control Area is assigned to Company Code (1: n Relationship). The SPRO node is as below –


Some Important Transactions
F.31 – Customer Credit Overview
FD32 – Customer Credit Management


Some Important Tables
KNKK - Customer master credit management: Control area data
KNKA - Customer master credit management: Central data


Some Important Notes on Credit Management in SD Cycle

Assignment of Sales Area to Credit Control Area:

Sometimes for example - you will find your sales Order is blocked for Delivery due to Credit Limit Check. These kinds of things are controlled by certain configurations.

Please go through the below set of Transactions (Configurations) to control aspects mentioned above.

OVAK - Define Credit Limit Check by sales Document Type
OVAD - Define Credit Limit Check by Delivery Order

VKM1 - Blocked SD Documents
VKM2 - Released SD Documents
VKM3 - Releasing Credit Block in Sales Order
VKM4 - Releasing Credit Block in Sales Order / Delivery Order
VKM5 - Releasing Credit Block in Delivery Order



Some Important SAP Credit Management Programs

RFDKLI10 - Customers with Missing Credit Data
RFDKLI20 - Reset Credit Limit for Customers