# OpenText Vendor Invoice Management with SAP S/4HANA and ECC

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## Short answer

OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) is an SAP Solution Extension, built in ABAP and embedded in SAP. It automates receipt, OCR capture, exception workflow and posting of supplier invoices and other inbound documents, using OpenText Capture or Core Capture for SAP for the OCR step. It runs on ECC and S/4HANA.

## Erp

SAP S/4HANA (also ECC)

## Erp Key

sap-s4hana

## On Prem

true

## Product

OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) for SAP Solutions

## Vendor

OpenText

## Category

AP automation

## Integration

**Method:** Embedded ABAP solution extension

**Detail:** VIM lives inside your SAP system as ABAP objects and uses standard SAP invoice posting, such as parked documents and logistics invoice verification, plus its own workflow and dashboards. Because it is embedded rather than external, it uses SAP authorizations and monitoring directly. Upgrades to SAP usually mean a matching VIM version, so check the compatibility matrix.

**Method:** OpenText Capture or Core Capture for SAP

**Detail:** Scanned or emailed invoices are processed by the OCR component, which extracts fields and hands the data and image to VIM. Document storage commonly uses OpenText Archive and Document Access, which links invoices to SAP documents.

## Data Flows

**From:** Supplier invoice (paper, email, EDI)

**To:** OpenText Capture

**Data:** Invoice image and extracted fields

**Trigger:** Receipt in mailroom or mailbox

**From:** Capture

**To:** VIM in SAP

**Data:** Header and line data with image link

**Trigger:** Capture completion

**From:** VIM

**To:** SAP purchasing

**Data:** PO, receipt and tolerance check

**Trigger:** VIM validation

**From:** VIM workflow

**To:** AP clerk or approver

**Data:** Exception task

**Trigger:** Mismatch or missing data

**From:** VIM

**To:** SAP FI/MM

**Data:** Parked or posted invoice document

**Trigger:** Approval or auto-post rule

## Setup

### Check the VIM version for your release

**Detail:** Match VIM and Capture versions to your ECC or S/4HANA release and support package.

### Install and activate

**Detail:** Import the VIM packages through normal transports and activate required business functions.

### Configure document types and processes

**Detail:** Define invoice types such as PO-based and non-PO, and the process options for each.

### Set up Capture

**Detail:** Configure OCR profiles, mailbox or scan channels and the export to SAP.

### Define exceptions and roles

**Detail:** Map each exception reason to an owner role and a work item.

### Build approval and coding

**Detail:** Configure non-PO coding and approval paths by amount and cost center.

### Test with real invoices

**Detail:** Run historical invoices, including credit memos and multi-PO invoices.

### Plan reporting

**Detail:** Set up dashboards for cycle time, exception volume and touchless rate.

## Pitfalls

- Heavy custom ABAP in the existing invoice process that conflicts with VIM's standard flow.
- OCR trained on a few suppliers and failing on unusual layouts.
- Exception reasons too coarse, so all items go to one overloaded queue.
- Workflow user mapping outdated after staff changes, leaving tasks unclaimed.
- Archive link configuration errors so invoice images do not open from SAP documents.
- Version mismatches after an SAP upgrade.

## Ai Layer

### Exception queue prioritization

**Description:** A private assistant reading VIM work items and SAP data can group stuck invoices by root cause and flag the ones near a discount deadline.

### Root cause by supplier

**Description:** Show which suppliers produce the most price or quantity mismatches and propose PO or contract corrections for review.

### Questions in plain language

**Description:** Let AP leads ask how many invoices are older than a set number of days per exception reason, read only.

## Alternatives

- SAP's own invoice capture and Ariba Invoicing, if you prefer first-party SAP products.
- Esker or Serrala, which suit teams wanting a different capture approach or embedded SAP workflow.
- Standard SAP logistics invoice verification with manual entry, enough for low invoice volumes.

## Faq

### Is VIM only for ECC?

**Answer:** OpenText lists VIM for SAP solutions across SAP ERP and S/4HANA. Check the product compatibility documentation for your specific release before planning, since VIM versions track SAP releases.

### Is VIM embedded or external?

**Answer:** It is an SAP Solution Extension built in ABAP and embedded in SAP. The OCR step uses OpenText Capture or Core Capture for SAP, which handles image processing and extraction before handing data to VIM.

### Does it work on-premise?

**Answer:** VIM runs inside your SAP system, so it fits on-premise landscapes. Check which Capture components are deployed on-premise or in cloud, because that determines where invoice images are processed.

## Source

https://www.opentext.com/ja-jp/products/vendor-invoice-management-for-sap-solutions

## Search terms

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