vocabulary: name: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Vocabulary description: >- Domain vocabulary for SAP Sales and Distribution module covering order-to-cash processes, logistics, billing, and customer management concepts in SAP S/4HANA. Terms align with SAP OData service naming conventions and the SD module's functional scope. version: "1.0.0" created: "2026-05-02" modified: "2026-05-02" domains: - name: Order Management description: Concepts related to sales document creation and lifecycle management terms: - term: Sales Order abbreviation: SO definition: >- A document that records a customer's request to purchase goods or services. In SAP SD, represented by the A_SalesOrder entity with document types such as OR (standard order). related: [Sales Quotation, Sales Contract, Sales Inquiry] sap-field: SalesOrder sap-entity: A_SalesOrder - term: Sales Order Type definition: >- Categorizes the type of sales transaction (e.g., OR=Standard Order, CS=Cash Sale, RO=Rush Order). Determines document flow and processing rules. sap-field: SalesOrderType - term: Sales Organization definition: >- An organizational unit responsible for the sale of certain products or services. Determines pricing, output, and legal entity for a sale. sap-field: SalesOrganization - term: Distribution Channel definition: >- The means through which products or services are delivered to customers (e.g., 10=Direct Sales, 20=Retail). Combined with Sales Organization determines pricing and master data. sap-field: DistributionChannel - term: Sold-to Party definition: >- The customer who places the order and is contractually responsible for payment. One of four standard partner functions in SAP SD. related: [Ship-to Party, Bill-to Party, Payer] sap-field: SoldToParty - term: Sales Quotation definition: >- A non-binding offer provided to a customer specifying products, prices, and terms. Can be converted to a sales order upon acceptance. sap-entity: A_SalesQuotation - term: Sales Contract definition: >- A long-term agreement with a customer defining terms for future deliveries. Types include quantity contracts and value contracts. sap-entity: A_SalesContract - term: Sales Inquiry definition: >- A pre-sales document recording a customer's interest in products or services before a formal quotation is issued. sap-entity: A_SalesInquiry - term: Sales Scheduling Agreement definition: >- A long-term purchasing arrangement with schedule lines defining delivery dates and quantities for recurring customer deliveries. sap-entity: A_SalesSchedulingAgreement - name: Logistics and Delivery description: Concepts related to physical goods movement and delivery processing terms: - term: Outbound Delivery definition: >- A document created to initiate the shipping process for goods to a customer. Triggers picking, packing, and goods issue operations. sap-entity: A_OutbDeliveryHeader - term: Inbound Delivery definition: >- A document used to manage the receipt of goods at a warehouse, typically in connection with customer returns processing. sap-entity: A_InbDeliveryHeader - term: Goods Issue definition: >- The posting that confirms goods have left the warehouse/company and initiates billing. Reduces inventory and triggers FI posting. sap-operation: PostGoodsIssue - term: Goods Receipt definition: >- The posting confirming goods have been received at a warehouse, used in returns and inbound delivery scenarios. sap-operation: PostGoodsReceipt - term: Ship-to Party definition: >- The customer location where goods are physically delivered. May differ from the sold-to party. sap-field: ShipToParty - term: Customer Returns Delivery definition: >- An inbound delivery created to process goods returned by customers. Linked to a customer return order. sap-entity: A_CustomerReturnDeliveryHeader - name: Billing and Finance description: Concepts related to invoicing, credit/debit notes, and financial settlement terms: - term: Billing Document definition: >- A document generated after goods issue or service confirmation to invoice the customer. Types include F2 (Invoice), G2 (Credit Memo), L2 (Debit Memo). Creates an FI accounting document. sap-entity: A_BillingDocument - term: Credit Memo Request definition: >- A sales document requesting a credit memo to reduce the amount owed by a customer. Requires approval workflow in some configurations. sap-entity: A_CreditMemoRequest - term: Debit Memo Request definition: >- A sales document requesting a debit memo to increase the amount owed by a customer for additional charges. sap-entity: A_DebitMemoRequest - term: Payer definition: >- The business partner responsible for paying the invoice. Receives billing documents and remittance communications. sap-field: PayerParty - term: Bill-to Party definition: >- The business partner who receives the invoice. May differ from the payer in cases where a consolidating entity handles payments. sap-field: BillToParty - name: Pricing description: Concepts related to price determination and condition management terms: - term: Condition Record definition: >- A master data record that stores a specific price, discount, surcharge, or tax rate for a defined set of conditions. Forms the basis of SAP's condition technique for pricing. sap-entity: A_SlsPricingConditionRecord - term: Condition Type definition: >- Classifies the nature of a pricing condition (e.g., PR00=Base Price, K007=Customer Discount, MWST=Tax). Determines calculation logic. sap-field: ConditionType - term: Pricing Procedure definition: >- A sequence of condition types applied during price determination to calculate the final price for a sales document. - term: Net Amount definition: >- The total price after all discounts and surcharges but before tax. Stored as a string in SAP OData APIs. sap-field: TotalNetAmount - name: Customer and Credit Management description: Concepts related to business partner and credit risk management terms: - term: Business Partner definition: >- The central master data object in SAP S/4HANA representing customers, vendors, or contact persons. Replaces the older Customer (KNA1) model. sap-entity: A_BusinessPartner - term: Credit Control Area definition: >- An organizational unit defining the area within which credit limits are monitored and credit exposure is calculated. sap-field: CreditControlArea - term: Credit Limit definition: >- The maximum credit exposure allowed for a customer within a credit control area. Orders exceeding this limit trigger credit checks. sap-entity: A_CreditMgmtAccountMemo - term: Credit Exposure definition: >- The total outstanding open orders, deliveries, and receivables for a customer used to assess credit risk. - term: Customer Material Info Record definition: >- A record linking a customer's own part number and description to the internal material number. Used to automatically populate material fields when customers order using their own references. sap-entity: A_CustomerMaterial - name: OData Technical Concepts description: Technical conventions used in SAP OData API implementation terms: - term: Deep Insert definition: >- An OData operation that creates a parent entity along with its associated child entities in a single POST request. Used extensively in SAP SD for creating sales orders with items in one call. - term: Navigation Property definition: >- An OData concept linking related entities. In SAP SD, used to expand related data (e.g., to_Item, to_Partner) on sales documents. - term: Entity Set definition: >- A named collection of OData entities. SAP uses the prefix convention A_ for application entities (e.g., A_SalesOrder, A_BillingDocument). - term: CSRF Token definition: >- Cross-Site Request Forgery token required for write operations (POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE) in SAP OData APIs. Obtained via a GET/HEAD request with x-csrf-token=fetch header. technical: true - term: OData Filter definition: >- Query parameter ($filter) enabling server-side filtering of entity sets. Supports operators: eq, ne, lt, le, gt, ge, and, or, not. technical: true