An allowance group definition serves as a template that specifies the properties and rules for a set of allowances. The primary process directly triggered by this definition is the creation of allowance instances. When a subscription contract is created in SAP Subscription Order Management (SOM) and includes a product linked to an allowance group definition, the system automatically instantiates the corresponding allowances for that specific contract. This creation process reads the definition to determine the type, validity, and quantity of allowances to be generated for the subscriber.

A. Expiration of allowances with contract cancellation: Expiration is a subsequent lifecycle event triggered by the contract cancellation process itself, not by the initial allowance group definition.

C. Change of allowances with contract change: A contract change process is the trigger for modifying allowances. The definition is used as a blueprint for the change, but it is not the trigger.

D. Activation of allowances with contract activation: Activation is a status change triggered by the contract becoming active. The allowances are typically created before this step and then activated.

1. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA

Subscription Order Management

Allowances

Allowance Creation and Activation: "When a subscription contract is created

the system creates the corresponding allowances for the contract items to which an allowance definition group is assigned. The system uses the allowance definition group as a template for creating the allowances." This statement directly confirms that the creation process is initiated based on the assignment of the definition group during contract creation.

2. SAP Learning Hub

Course SOM100 (SAP Subscription Order Management)

Unit: Allowances: The course material explains that allowance definition groups are master data used to model allowances. It details the process where

upon the creation of a subscription contract

the system generates allowance instances based on the assigned allowance definition group

linking them to the contract.