Generic CustomerCreditStatus business object

The generic CustomerCreditStatus business object supports the transfer of customer credit account status information.

Purpose of the business object: This business object enables sales representatives to quickly review the credit status of a customer prior to creating a sales order, even when the order entry and order fulfillment/finance functions are being carried out from Applications. This business object can capture information about the customer's current total open-order balance and liability, including:

This business object only supports outbound processes from an ERP application. Inbound processes to a destination application might require customization.

Required files: The use of the generic CustomerCreditStatus business object requires the file BO_CustomerCreditStatus.txt, which is included when you load the crossworlds.in file.

Business object structure

The generic CustomerCreditStatus business object is hierarchical, consisting of a parent and an optional child business object.

Parent Business Object: CustomerCreditStatus The generic CustomerCreditStatus business object contains attributes that are relevant to the amount of credit available to a customer at any given time, including (among others):

The business object can be used at either the BillTo or SoldTo Customer level.

The generic CustomerCreditStatus business object optionally contains one or more instances of the CustomerCreditStatusAging child business object.

Child Business Object: CustomerCreditStatusAging This child business object is contained as the CustomerCreditStatusAging attribute of the CustomerCreditStatus business object, with a cardinality of n.

The CustomerCreditStatusAging child business contains a snapshot of the customer's current and previous balance information, by period. It can be used to establish status categories that are based on the period of time for which account balances remain past due.

Supported verbs

The generic CustomerCreditStatus business object supports the following verbs:

Examining the object

To examine a listing of the attributes of the generic CustomerCreditStatus business object and its child business object, use System Manager.

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