Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM⤷
SV-ASA-ML (Application Component) Master Lists⤷
BCUC (Package) Customizing R/3 General Table Settings
IMG Activity
| ID | SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 | Edit, Copy, Delete, Check Company Code |
| Transaction Code | S_ALR_87007537 | IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 |
| Created on | 19981222 | |
| Customizing Attributes | SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 | Define, copy, delete, check company code |
| Customizing Activity | SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 | Define, copy, delete, check company code |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 |
In this activity you create your company codes. The company code is an organizational unit used in accounting. It is used to structure the business organization from a financial accounting perspective.
We recommend that you copy a company code from an existing company code. This has the advantage that you also copy the existing company code-specific parameters. If necessary, you can then change certain data in the relevant application. This is much less time-consuming than creating a new company code. See "Recommendations" for more details about copying a company code.
If you do not wish to copy an existing company code, you can create a new company code and make all the settings yourself. You define your company codes by specifying the following information:
- Company code key
You can select a four-character alpha-numeric key as the company code key. This key identifies the company code and must be entered when posting business transactions or creating company code-specific master data, for example.
- Company code name
- Address data
The address data is necessary for correspondence and is printed on reports, such as the advance return for tax on sales/purchases.
- Country currency
Your accounts must be managed in the national currency. This currency is also known as the local currency or the company code currency. Amounts that are posted in foreign currency are translated into local currency.
- Country key
The country key specifies which country is to be seen as the home country; all other countries are interpreted as "abroad". This is significant for business and payment transactions because different forms are used for foreign payment transactions. This setting also enables you to use different address formatting for foreign correspondence.
- Language key
The system uses the language key to determine text automatically in the language of the relevant country. This is necessary when creating checks, for example.
You do not specify the functional characteristic of the company code until configuring the relevant application.
You can set up several company codes per client to manage the accounts of independent organizations simultaneously. At least one company code must be set up in each client.
To take full advantage of SAP system integration, you must link company codes to the organizational units of other applications. If, for example, you specify a CO account assignment (for example, cost center or internal order) when entering a document in FI, then the system must determine a controlling area to transfer this data to CO. You must specify how the system is to determine the appropriate controlling area.
The system derives the controlling area from the company code if you assign it directly to a company code. You can also assign several company codes to one controlling area.
Standard settings
Company code 0001 has already been created in clients 000 and 001 for the country DE (Germany). All country-specific information ("parameters") is preset in this company code, such as the payment methods, tax calculation procedures, and chart of accounts typical for this country.
If you want to create a company code for the USA and its legal requirements, you must first of all run the country installation program in client 001. The country of company code 0001 is then set to "US" and all country-specific parameters related to it are set to the USA. For more information, see the Set Up Clients activity under "Basic Functions" in the Customizing menu.
Recommendation
You should keep the preset company code number 0001 if you only require one company code. This keeps to a minimum the number of tables you need to set up.
You can copy a company code using a special Customizing function. Company code-specific specifications are copied to your new company code. The target company code must not yet be defined, it is defined automatically during the copying procedure.
SAP recommends the following procedure when creating company codes:
- Create the company code using the function "Copy Company Code".
- Enter special company code data with the function "Edit Company Code Data".
You can also use the function "Edit Company Code Data" to create a company code. However, in this instance, the company code "global data" is not copied. If you create a company code using the "Copy" function, most of the "global data" is also copied.
Further notes
You should create a company code according to tax law, commercial law, and other financial accounting criteria. As a rule, a company code in the SAP system represents a legally independent company. The company code can also represent a legally dependent operating unit based abroad if there are external reporting requirements for this operating unit, which can also be in the relevant local currency.
For segment reporting according to Anglo-American accounting practices, you need to represent the regions in which the company has significant dealings. This reporting data can be generated entirely on the basis of company codes.
For processing company codes, there are extended functions that you can access with the function call "administer" or "Copy, delete, check company code". The entry in the company code table is processed in these functions as well as all dependent Customizing and system tables in which the plant is a key.
For more information on the extended functions, see Copy/Delete/Check/Process Project IMG.
In addition to these functions, there is also the "Replace" function. You use this function if you want to change a company code key. This is only possible if no postings have been made in the company code that is to be replaced. You should therefore only use this function for newly-created company codes.
Activities
- Create your company codes based on the reference (company code 0001) delivered with the standard system. SAP recommends using the function "Copy Company Code" to create your company codes.
- Go to the activity "Edit Company Code Data" and change the name, description, address, and currency. Maintain the company code data that has not been copied.
- Use the project IMG view to postprocess data that is changed automatically. You can also carry out postprocessing at a later stage since the system keeps the generated project view.
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 202 | Establish Company Structure |
| 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 | SIMG_CFMENUSAPCOX02 | 0 | HLA0009999 | Application Components |
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 |
| V_T001 | V - View | EC01 | ECOP | Copy, delete, check company code | ||
| V_T001 | V - View | SM30 | 9999999999 | Edit Company Code Data |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20020109 |
| SAP Release Created in |
