SAP ECC 6.0: New GL Configuration Steps
1. Define Field Status Variants
Use
In this activity you create a field status variant with the corresponding field status
groups
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global
Settings (New) > Ledgers > Fields > Define Field Status Variants
2. Assign Company Code to Field Status Variants
Use
In this activity you assign the company code to the field status variant.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Fields > Assign Company Code to Field Status
Variants
3. Define Currencies of Leading Ledger
Use
In this IMG activity, you specify the currencies to be applied in the leading ledger.
You can make the following settings for each company code:
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The local currency (as company code currency) is specified in the company code settings.
You can define one or two additional local currencies that you store per company code
parallel to the first local currency.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Ledger > Define Currencies of Leading Ledger
4. Assign scenarios and customer fields to ledgers
Use
In this activity, you assign the following to your ledgers:
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Scenarios: determines what fields in a ledger are updated when it receives posting from
other application
components.
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Custom Fields: you can add custom fields (that you have already defined) to the ledger.
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Versions: this enables you to make general version settings for the ledger that depend on
the fiscal year.
In the versions, you specify whether actual data is recorded,
whether manual planning is allowed, and
whether planning integration with
Controlling is activated.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Ledger > Assign scenarios and customer fields
to ledgers
Scenario for General
Ledger Accounting
FIN_PCA
FIN_SEGM
Long Text
Profit Centre
Update
Segmentation
5. Assign Posting PeriodsVariants to Company Code
Use
In this activity, you make the specification that is necessary to be able to work in several company
codes
with the same variant for open posting periods.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Fiscal Year and Posting Periods > Posting
Periods > Assign Variants to Company Code
6. Define Accounting Principles
Use
In this activity, you define your accounting principles.
Then you can assign the desired ledger group to the accounting principles.
For performance reasons, you can combine several different accounting principles in one entry;
for example, you create one accounting principle for IAS/US-GAAP.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (New) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Parallel Accounting > Define Accounting
Principles
Accounting Principles
HGB
Name
Local GAAP Germany
7. Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups
Use
In this IMG activity, you assign the desired ledger group to your accounting principles.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting(New) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Parallel Accounting > Assign Accounting
Principle to Ledger Groups
Accounting Principles
Target Ledger Group
HGB
0L
8. Assign Variants for Real-Time Integration to Company Codes
Use
In this IMG activity, you assign the variants to one or more company codes in which you have
combined
customizing settings for the real-time integration of Controlling with
Financial Accounting.
If you assign no variant to a company code, no real-time integration is activated for that company
code.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting(New) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Ledgers > Real-Time Integration of Controlling with
Financial Accounting > Assign Variants for Real-Time Integration
to Company Codes
9. Define Foreign VAT Registration Numbers
Use
In this activity, you define the VAT registration number which you received in another
EC member state
for every company code which has its
headquarter in an EC country and maintains business
transactions
with other EC member states.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Global Parameters for Company Code > Tax > VAT
Registration Numbers (VAT Reg. No.) > Define Foreign VAT
Registration Numbers
10. Define Document Number Ranges for Entry View
Use
Only one document number interval can be defined for each document type in a company code.
The document number intervals in a company code must not overlap.
In this activity you define the number ranges which are to be used for the document types.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Document > Document Number Ranges > Documents in
Entry View > Define Document Number Ranges for Entry View
11. Define Document Number Ranges for General Ledger View
Use
Only one document number interval can be defined for each document type in a company code.
The document number intervals in a company code must not overlap.
In this activity you define the number ranges which are to be used for the document types.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Document > Document Number Ranges > Documents in
General Ledger View > Define Document Number Ranges for
General Ledger View
12. Define Document Types for Entry View
Use
In this IMG activity, you have to define for your leading ledger the document types for
the documents. You do this in the entry view and assign at the same time a number
range interval to the document types.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Document > Document Types > Define Document Types
for Entry View
13. Change Message Control for Document Processing
Use
In this activity, you can configure the appearance of system messages according to
requirements.
IMG Menu
Work Area
F5
F2
F2
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Financial Accounting Global Settings
(New) > Document > Default Values > Change Message Control for
Document Processing
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14. Classify Document Types for Document Splitting
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Batch Input
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Every business transaction that is entered is analyzed during the document splitting
process. In this process, the system determines which splitting rule is applied to the
document. In order that the system can determine the splitting rule, you have to
assign a business transaction variant to each document type.
To ensure that a splitting rule is used appropriately, the relevant documents have to
meet certain requirements. These requirements relate in particular to certain item
categories that either must or must not be available. This information is specified for
each business transaction variant and is checked against the current document during
posting. If the document does not meet these requirements, the system rejects the
posting.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > General Ledger Accounting (New) >
Business Transactions > Document Splitting > Classify Document
Types for Document Splitting
Document Type
DV
KZ
Transaction Type
0200
0000
Variant
0001
0001
15. Define Document Splitting Characteristics for General Ledger Accounting
Use
In this step, you specify an input tax indicator per company code.
Then the system uses this indicator when you post acquisitions that are not subject to tax.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > General ledger accounting (NEW) >
Business transactions > Document splitting > Define Document
Splitting Characteristics for General Ledger Accounting
Field
Zero Balance
SEGMENT Segment √
Partner Field
PSEGMENT
Partner Segment
Mandatory
√
16. Define Document Splitting Characteristics for Controlling
Use
In this IMG activity, you specify which additional characteristics you intend to apply for document
splitting.
The additional characteristics are not relevant for General Ledger Accounting.
Instead, they are relevant for other application components (such as subcomponents in CO) that
use documents transferred from General Ledger Accounting.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > General ledger accounting (NEW) >
Business transactions > Document splitting > Define Document
Splitting Characteristics for Controlling
Field
AUFNR Order
KOSTL Cost
Center
17. Activate Document Splitting
Use
In this IMG activity, you have to activate document splitting. The splitting method
used is the SAP standard one, which contains the splitting rules for the different
business transactions. If this splitting method does not meet your requirements, you
can first define and then select your own method in Customizing for document
splitting. You can do this choosing Extended Document Splitting > Assign Splitting
Method.
The activation then applies for the entire client. You can explicitly exclude individual
company codes from document splitting. This means, however, that you are then no
longer able to create any cross-company-code transactions containing company codes
that have divergent settings for document splitting.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > General ledger accounting (NEW)
> Business transactions > Document splitting
> Activate Document Splitting
Field name
Document Splitting
Inheritance
Standard
A/CAssgnmnt
Constant
User action and
values
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ZBP01
18. Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounting
Use
When G/L accounts are cleared, tolerance groups are used to define limits which
differences are accepted and posted automatically to predefined accounts. The
groups which are defined here are assigned in the G/L account master record.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting(NEW) > General Ledger Accounting (NEW)
> Business Transactions > Open Item Clearing > Clearing
Differences > Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounting
19. Define Posting Key for Incoming Invoices/Credit Memos
Use
When you enter incoming invoices and credit memos, the posting keys for the open
items and G/L account items are generated automatically by the system. You can not
change these keys when entering invoices and credit memos.
IMG Menu
Financial Accounting (NEW) > Accounts Receivable/Accounts
Payable > Business Transactions > Incoming Invoices/Credit
Memos > Incoming Invoices/Credit Memo – Enjoy > Define
Posting Key for Incoming Invoices/Credit Memos
Make the following entries for transaction EGX (Vendor item with special G/L
indicator):
Post. Key Debit
Posting Key Credit
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20. Set country-specific check
Use
For all countries, which maintain business relationships with your company, you have
to include rules for checking the following data.
IMG Menu
SAP Net Weaver > General Settings > Set Countries > Set
country-specific check
Country
Bank Key
Length of
Bank Key
FR
US
4
4
11
11
Checking rule
(VAT
registration
no.)
3
3
Other Data
X
X
21. Create Dummy Profit Center
Use
The dummy profit center receives postings concerning objects for which no profit
center assignment exists. This ensures that your data will be complete in Profit
Center Accounting.
To create the master record for the dummy profit center use this special transaction.
To change or display it, use the normal profit center maintenance functions.
The name of the dummy profit center is displayed in the controlling area settings for
Profit Center Accounting.
Choose the function Extras > Set controlling area first to make sure that the correct
controlling area is set.
Transaction
Code
IMG Menu
KE59
Financial Accounting (NEW) > General Ledger Accounting (NEW)
> Master Data > Profit Center > Create Dummy Profit Center