Title
Create obligatory benefit request

Purpose
This report lets you create an obligatory benefit request in the Benefit Request infotype (0718) for a number of employees.

• If the request created is of the processing mode
A or B, you need to enter in another two fields:Request amount and Currency. The currency is defaulted tothe MOLGA setting in your system.

• If the request created is of the processing mode
P or Q, you need to input data in the Deductionpoints field; the system will get a number from the customizingsetting for this request option as the default value. Check themaintenance view V_T74_BPS12 and set the value to cater for yourrequirement.
For the request category Gift (GI) and Medical examination (ME), you may enter detailed information; however for the otherrequest categories, detailed information does not make sense. Forexample, the detailed information for request category Education fee(EF) varies with each individual employee's requirement.
We recommend you to use this report only for the request categoryGift (GI) and Medical examination (ME). For the otherrequest categories rather than Gift (GI) and Medicalexamination (ME) which are BDC-allowed, system only provides thegeneral information.

Prerequisites
Before you run this report, you should maintain the indicator in themaintenance view V_T74_BPS07 to identify whether the request type isallowed to be created by the batch input (BDC).

Features

Activities
To run the report, you
Choose the personnel numbers.
Choose the benefit area.
Choose the benefit request type and option that you want to create.
Choose the date when you prefer to pay for the request.
Choose a request status for the request you created and press Enter. If you leave the field empty, system will determine the requeststatus by checking the account balance "Negative balance" or "Positivebalance" and the setting in the maintenance view V_T74_BPS11automatically.
For the request category Gift (GI) or Medical examination (ME), you canfurther enter detailed information like the delivery address for a giftetc.
Choose the checkbox Test run. If you want to update theBenefit Request infotype (0718) record, leave the checkboxblank.
Execute the report. A list by your selection criteria appears.
Double click the traffic light for each record, you will get furtherinformation. For example, for the record with red light, you will knowthe reason why the error happens by double clicking the red light.


• A record with red light indicates it did not pass some kinds of check,
thus it can not be created into the Benefit Request infotype(0718). These records can only be displayed.

• A record with yellow light is ready to be created into the Benefit
Request infotype (0718) since it has passed a series of check likethe eligibility check.
For these records that are ready to be created into the BenefitRequest infotype (0718), you can change the data in the followingfields:
Preferred pay date
Request amount
Currency
Deduction points
Reimbursement amount
Deduction amount
Purchase points
Excess amount
Excess points
Number of gifts (only for the request category Gift)
Request status
Examination date (only for the request category Medical examination)
Choose the records that you want to create into the infotype and clickthe Update button in the application toolbar.

• If the record has been executed successfully, its row will be changed
into green color. Then it can only be displayed. Suppose you choose itand click Update button in the application toolbar, systemignores this record since it has been run successfully.

• If a record can not be updated, its light will be changed into red. The
system will provide the reason why the record fails to be created.Adjust the value of the record with red light correctly and run itagain.