Convergent Billing, a key component of SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (BRIM), is designed to consolidate charges from various sources into a single, unified invoice for a customer. Its core strength lies in its ability to process billable items originating from both internal SAP components, such as Sales and Distribution (SD) documents, and external, non-SAP systems. This allows a business to present a consolidated bill for different products and services (e.g., a subscription from a third-party system and a physical product sale from SD) on one invoice, simplifying the billing process and improving the customer experience.

Billing due for sales documents • Billing due for deliveries: Combining these items is a standard capability within the core SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) billing functionality and does not specifically require Convergent Billing.

Billing due for sales orders • Billing due for return orders: This is also a standard feature of SD billing, which can consolidate multiple billing due list items, including debits and credits, into a single invoice.

Billing due for sales documents • Billing due for purchase orders: A purchase order is an external document from a procurement process and is not typically combined with a sales document in a customer-facing invoice.

1. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA

Convergent Invoicing: The process overview states

"Convergent Invoicing allows you to create invoices that contain billing information from SAP systems and non-SAP systems." This directly supports the combination of internal and external billing data. (See section: Convergent Invoicing -> Business Scenarios in Convergent Invoicing).

2. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA

Integration with Sales and Distribution (SD): This document details the standard integration where billing documents from SD are transferred to Convergent Invoicing as billable items. It states

"You can transfer billing documents from Sales and Distribution (SD) to Convergent Invoicing." This confirms SD documents as a source. (See section: Convergent Invoicing -> Integration -> Integration with Sales and Distribution (SD)).

3. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA

Transfer of Billable Items: This section explains how external systems provide data. "External systems (such as a rating system) transfer billing information to the SAP system using an interface." This confirms the capability to process billing information from non-SAP systems. (See section: Convergent Invoicing -> The Billing Process in Detail -> Transfer of Billable Items).