SAP ABAP IMG Activity ACC_ACCOUNT (Edit Chart of Accounts)
Hierarchy
☛ FINBASIS (Software Component) Fin. Basis
   ⤷ FIN-FB (Application Component) Financials Basis
     ⤷ FINB_CUSTOMIZING (Package) Customizing Entities
IMG Activity
ID ACC_ACCOUNT Edit Chart of Accounts  
Transaction Code S_SE3_50000018   (empty) 
Created on 20020618    
Customizing Attributes ACC_ACCOUNT   Edit Chart of Accounts 
Customizing Activity ACC_ACCOUNT_OB   Edit Chart of Accounts 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name ACC_ACCOUNT_DC    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define your chart of accounts.

The chart of accounts is a list of all general ledger accounts that are used simulataneously by one or more legal entities and in various accounting systems. Several general ledger accounts can be grouped together under account groups, such as bank accounts or balance sheet accounts.

In this IMG activity, you define the following objects for your chart of accounts:

  • Your chart of accounts
  • Your account groups
  • The individual general ledger accounts for your chart of accounts

Requirements

Standard settings

Activities

  1. Choose New Entries.
  2. In the Chart of Accounts field, enter a key of up to four characters for your chart of accounts. In the short, medium and long text fields, you can enter descriptive texts of various lengths for your chart of accounts.
  3. Save the chart of accounts and choose Back.
  4. In the overview screen, select your chart of accounts and, in the navigation tree, choose Account Group by double-clicking on it.
  5. Choose New Entries.
  6. In the Account Group field, enter a key for your account group and make the following settings.
    • Choose the Account Type (balance sheet account or P&L account) and the Flow Direction.
    • In the Journal field, you can enter a journal for the accounting documents.
  7. Save your account groups and choose Back.
  8. In the navigation tree, choose Chart of Accounts by double-clicking on it.
  9. In the overview screen, select your chart of accounts and, in the navigation tree, choose G/L Account by double-clicking on it.
  10. Choose New Entries.
  11. In the G/L Account field, enter a number for your general ledger account and make the following settings:
    • Enter the account group under which you want to create the general ledger account.
    • In the short, medium and long text fields, you can enter descriptive texts of various lengths for your general ledger account.
  12. Save your general ledger account.

    To create another general ledger account, choose New Entries.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VC_ACCACCOUNT C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20021001 
SAP Release Created in 1.0B