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Before it is possible to use the warranty interface, it must be installed in the VEGA Retail parameters together with other entries.
This form is displayed if you click on Manufacturer systems (Module) and MB. Mercedes-Benz (Company) > Menu-Utilities > Mercedes-Benz-Parameters and select the option Service > + Vega warranty postings-parameters > [no. Company name] in the Project parameters. The warranty posting parameters are defined here.
Fields:
Warranty-claims at creating standard posted as paid: If selected, warranty claims are posted as paid in advance. Therefore only claim differences are posted.
This post-as-paid parameter when set is immediately valid for all the warranty-parameters within the same company. Only per (POS) company it can be decided how to post the warranty-reimbursements. Or post the payments and possible write-offs or only post the claimed-differences the write-offs only.
Note: When using an external accounting-package, then via the AOI Open Accounts Interface, these claim-differences can be extracted and exported by indicating this by the AOI-parameters.
Note: Because of the impact of this post-as-paid parameter, the system will ask for confirmation when this is switched to yes. When this is confirmed the flag post-as-paid to be switched on, the necessary files if not yet created will be created.
Note: For each posting of the regarding warranty claims a record in the file: MB.MS.vegar is created. This file is created automatically, if the parameter “Warranty-claims at creating standard posted as paid” is activated.
Fields:
Warranty type: Enter the warranty type for warranty-reimbursements.
SL-warranty-account: Enter the SL account for warranty-reimbursements.
Tab:
Fields:
NL-Company: Enter the NL-Company number for the following NL accounts
NL-warranty suspense account: Enter the NL-warranty suspense account number
NL-account for write-off labour: Enter the NL-account number for write-off labour
NL-account for write-off parts: Enter the NL-account number for write-off parts
NL-account for write-off sundry: Enter the NL-account number for write-off sundries
Handling-adjustment account: Enter the NL-account number for handling adjustment
VAT adjustment account: Enter the account number for VAT adjustment
Warranty VAT code: Enter the VAT code for warranty
Post VAT when not claimed: Select to post the VAT if not claimed
Write payments received: Select to write received payments (payrc)
Contra account total write-off when claim is posted as paid: The total of the write-offs is posted on the specified contra account.
Fields:
PL Company: Enter the PL company for the following values
Raise credit note in PL: Select to create credit notes in PL accounts
Raise credit note in SL: Select to create credit notes in SL accounts
PL/SL account: Enter the account number for SL/PL
PL/SL suspense account: Enter the suspense account for PL/SL
PL/SL VAT account: Enter the VAT account for SL/PL
PL/SL VAT group: Enter the VAT group for SL/PL
PL/SL branch (source): Enter the source branch for SL/PL
Numbering from NL-docnm: Select to use the numbering from NL-docnm
Journal-type from NL-docnm: Enter the journal type from NL-docnm
Fields:
Post unknown received credits in NL: Select to post unknown received credits in NL accounts
Post unknown received credits in SL: Select to post unknown received credits in SL accounts
When unknown claim credits posted in NL
NL account: Enter the account for unknown claim credits in NL
Post incl. the write-offs: Select to make postings incl. write-offs
Fields:
Max. % for automatic write-off: Enter the maximum write-off amount in percent.
Max. amount for automatic write-off: Enter the maximum write-off amount (total) of the claim
Note: If the calculated write-off amount is exceeding the parametered values, no write-off postings are made and the claim remains open due to the open credit.
Note: if both fields are not filled (both fields contain value 0 (zero), no automatic write-off postings are performed. This means all claims have to be done manually. If the fields only contain niners, no check is done on the maximum value (no limit).