SAP SD examples
These SD examples follow order-to-cash, sales order, delivery, billing, showing sales and distribution as an integrated flow that ends in revenue.
The worked SD example runs order to cash: VA01 creates a sales order with pricing and availability checks, VL01N creates the delivery and posts goods issue, reducing MM stock and posting cost of goods sold, and VF01 bills it, posting revenue and the receivable in FI. Watching each document's postings shows why pricing, availability and account determination matter.
- Watch out: Goods issue not posted, sale incomplete.
The order-to-cash transactions
- VA01 / VA02 / VA03: create/change/display sales order.
- VL01N: create outbound delivery (pick, goods issue).
- VF01: create billing document (invoice).
- VA05 / VF05: order / billing lists.
A worked example
Create a sales order (VA01) with pricing and availability checks, create the delivery (VL01N) and post goods issue, reducing MM stock and posting cost of goods sold, then bill it (VF01), posting revenue and the customer receivable in FI. Watch each document and its FI postings.
What it teaches
The example makes SD-MM-FI integration concrete: how an order becomes a delivery (inventory out) and an invoice (revenue in). Reproducing it shows why pricing, availability and account determination all matter.
Common pitfalls
- Goods issue not posted, sale incomplete.
- Pricing/account-determination errors at billing.
- Ignoring availability/credit checks.