SAP ABAP IMG Activity KONTENFINDUNG (Define Account Determination)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FINSERV (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension Financial Services
   ⤷ FIN-FSCM-TRM-TM (Application Component) Transaction Manager
     ⤷ FTR_GENERAL (Package) CFM TM: Application Basis / Global Objects
IMG Activity
ID KONTENFINDUNG Define Account Determination  
Transaction Code S_KP6_83000009   (empty) 
Created on 19990902    
Customizing Attributes KONTENFINDUNG   Define Account Determination 
Customizing Activity KONTENFINDUNG   Define Account Determination 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name KONTENFINDUNG    

In this IMG activity you define the account determination settings for the flows in the parallel valuation areas. The account determination settings define the accounts to be used when the flows are posted to Financial Accounting.

Note:

The system only posts flows in the parallel valuation areas if an update type is set as relevant to posting under Indicate Update Types as Relevant to Posting and posting specifications have been defined for the corresponding update types in this IMG activity.

You can define different account determination settings for an update type, depending on the valuation area. You could, for example, assign different posting specifications to an update type in valuation area 002 than for the same update type in valuation area 003. Alternatively, you could use the same posting specifications, but assign different G/L accounts to a particular account symbol for each valuation area.

Process flow

  1. In the step Definition of Account Symbols you define abstract account symbols.
  2. In the step Definition of Posting Specifications you define different sets of posting specifications (debit and credit postings) using the account symbols.
  3. In the step Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specs you assign the relevant posting specifications to the individual update types for all valuation areas.

    If you assign a set of posting specifications to an update type in this step, these postings specifications are applied for this update type in all the valuation areas. If you want to assign a different set of posting specifications for a particular valuation area, you can do so in the next step (Valuation Areas -> Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specs).

  4. In the step Valuation Areas -> Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specs you can assign different posting specifications to the update types for individual valuation areas.
  5. In the step Assignment of G/L Accounts to Account Symbols you define G/L accounts for each account symbol. You can make the G/L account assignment dependent on the following criteria:
    1. Valuation area
    2. Account assignment reference
    3. Currency

Requirements

  • You have defined the chart of accounts and all the required accounts in Financial Accounting.
  • You have created account assignment references in the IMG activity Define Account Assignment References.

Example

This example illustrates the procedure for the update type SE1000 (security) Purchase:

  1. Definition of the account symbols 1 Position and 3 Bank clearing.

Symbol    Text    Posting category

1    Position (book value)    Pos. posting (book value) in PC

3    Bank clearing    Bank posting in payment currency

  1. Definition of the posting specifications 00001 Position to Bank clearing
    1. Document type: SA = G/L account document
    2. Debit posting:
      3. Posting key: 40 (debit posting)
      Account symbol: 1
      Credit posting:
      Posting key: 50 (credit posting)
      Account symbol: 3
  2. In the step Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specs, the update type SE1000 is assigned to the posting specification 00001.
  3. In the step Assignment of G/L Accounts to Account Symbols, the FI G/L accounts are then defined for the account symbols 1 Position and 3 Bank clearing.

Account symbol    Account assignment ref.    G/L account

1 Position (book val.)    10001 Fixed-term deposit rec.    113113 Fixed-term dep.rec.

1 Position (book val.)    10002 Fixed-term deposit pay.    113114 Fixed-term dep.pay.

1 Position (book val.)    10003 Deposit at notice rec.    113115 Deposit at notice rec.

1 Position (book val.)    10004 Deposit at notice pay.    113116 Deposit at notice pay.

1 Position (book val.)    10005 Commercial Paper rec.    113117 Commercial Paper rec.

1 Position (book val.)    10006 Commercial Paper pay.    113118 Commercial Paper pay.

1 Position (book val.)    20000 Forex clearing    194100 Forex clearing

1 Position (book val.)    30000 Derivatives    133000 Other securities

1 Position (book val.)    40001 Loans (term >= 1Y)    46020 Other loans rem.term > 1Y

1 Position (book val.)    40002 Loans (term < 1Y)    46000 Other loans

1 Position (book val.)    40003 Loans taken (term < 1Y)    62110 Loans from fin. inst. < 1Y

1 Position (book val.)    40004 Loans taken (term 1-5Y)    62120 Loans from fin. inst. 1-5Y

1 Position (book val.)    40005 Loans taken (term > 5Y)    62130 Loans from fin. inst. > 5Y

1 Position (book val.)    40006 Loans given    46020 Other loans rem.term > 1Y

1 Position (book val.)    40007 Loans taken    60500 Loans

1 Position (book val.)    50001 Stocks    45020 Stocks

1 Position (book val.)    50002 Investment shares    45000 Fixed assets: Securities

1 Position (book val.)    50003 Bonds    45010 Bonds

1 Position (book val.)    50004 Shareholdings/warrants    133000 Other securities

1 Position (book val.)    REF_GATT Default for class prod.     133000 Other securities

1 Position (book val.)    REF_LO Default for loans    46020 Other loans rem. > 1Y

1 Position (book val.)    REF_OTC Default for OTC trans.    133000 Other securities

3 Bank clearing        +++++++++5

Activities

When you call up the Customizing activity for making the account determination settings you first have to select the relevant chart of accounts.

Definition of Account Symbols

Create an account symbol. You can also enter a text for information purposes. Assign a posting category. The posting category determines the type the posting and the posting currency (semantics of the account symbol). At present, the system only uses the posting category to check the currency. When update type is posted to an account symbol, the system reads the posting category for the account symbol. On the basis of the posting category, it then searches the flow details for the amount in the corresponding currency and makes the posting. If the required details are not available for the flow (for example, the amount in payment currency), the flow is not posted and an error message is displayed. The posting category will become more significant in future releases.

The following posting categories are available:

  • Position posting (book value) in position currency
  • Bank posting in payment currency
  • Profit-related posting in position currency
  • Profit-related posting in payment currency
  • Other G/L posting in position currency
  • Other G/L posting in payment currency
  • Currency swap between position currency/payment currency

    Note

    Create one account symbol with the posting category Currency swap. This account symbol does not appear in any posting specifications, but is used for currency swap postings.

Definition of Posting Specifications

  1. Specify the posting specifications.
  2. Enter an ID for the document type.

    You should usually use the document type SA G/L account document.(you create the document types in Customizing for Financial Accounting in the IMG activity Define Document Types.)

  3. Define the following for both the debit and credit posting:
    • A posting key
    • A defined account symbol

Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specifications

Define the corresponding update types for each set of posting specifications.

Valuation Areas: Assignment of Update Types to Posting Specifications

In this step you can assign different update types for individual valuation areas.

  1. Choose a valuation area.
  2. Choose the update types you want to post differently in the selected valuation area and assign the posting specifications to be used.

Assignment of G/L Accounts to Account Symbols

Assign a G/L account to each account symbol. You use the account symbol "position" to assign the G/L accounts to the various account assignment references. You can make generic entries for all valuation areas, account assignment references and currencies, or entries for specific valuation areas, account assignment references and/or currencies.

If you combine the entries, you may theoretically have several valid entries (for example, one entry with the matching account assignment reference and one with the matching currency). In such cases, the system prioritizes the entries as follows:

  1. Valuation area
  2. Account assignment reference
  3. Currency

(In the above example, this would mean that the entry with the matching account assignment re

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 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG KONTENFINDUNG 0 KFM0000011 O HLA0100101  
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
TRACX_ACC_DETER C - View cluster SM34  
History
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