

If the new invoice is suspected to be a duplicate of any existing invoice, an exception is triggered. The validated metadata is used to check whether the new invoice has been entered already. If validation fails, an exception is triggered. The metadata or index data are validated against the SAP database.

Core Functions are the technical foundation of VIM: SAP screens, functions, workflow templates, web pages, etc.Įach VIM workflow process has the same basic steps. These basic steps are 'validate metadata', 'check duplicates', 'apply business rules', and 'post for payment' in short. In conjunction with other Open Text products such as Livelink ECM – Archive Server it is possible to realize comprehensive solutions.

To this end, VIM is delivered with a so-called Baseline Configuration, a set of pre-defined configurations that work out of the box. It enables the flexible configuration of a company's payment workflow. Understanding VIMĪs VIM is basically a scenario, its function may best be described as a problem solution. Automate the capture of paper invoices by using OCR to extract invoice data. Similar to Invoice Approval but with Web interface. Java based Approval Portal infrastructure running on SAP Web Application Server. Overlook the invoices in progress in a unified dashboard. Handle the exceptions that arise after an SAP invoice is created.

VIM stands for SAP Invoice Management by Open Text and is a packaged business solution.
