What is the outcome of an automatic payment run? There are 3 correct answers to this question.

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Options

• AFinancial accounting document
• BApproval process initiated
• COpen item in vendor's account
• DData prepared for printing
• ECleared item in vendor's account

• A
  93% (25)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)

Explanation

Running an automatic payment run in SAP (transaction F110) produces three key outputs: a financial accounting document (A) is posted to record the payment, the open vendor items are cleared (E) - meaning the open liability is settled and no longer outstanding - and payment data is prepared for printing (D), such as payment advice notes or check forms sent to the print spool.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Approval process initiated): The payment run itself executes payments; any approval workflow would occur before the run during the payment proposal stage, not as an outcome of the run itself.
• C (Open item in vendor's account): This is the opposite of what happens - open items are cleared, not created, when payment is made.

Memory tip: Think of the payment run as "Post, Print, Close" - it Posts an FI document, Prints payment media, and Closes (clears) the open item. If something sounds like it creates work (approval) or leaves work unfinished (open item), it's not an outcome of a completed payment run.

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