SAP ABAP IMG Activity SOAAD_META (Define Set of Rules for Extended Account Determination)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FIN (Software Component) EA-FIN
   ⤷ FI-GL-GL-SOA (Application Component) Provisions for Awards
     ⤷ FI-SOA (Package) Stock Option Accounting
IMG Activity
ID SOAAD_META Define Set of Rules for Extended Account Determination  
Transaction Code S_ALN_01000835   (empty) 
Created on 20020130    
Customizing Attributes ACC_GL_SOA_K_K_A_204   Stock Opt. Acc.: Optional Activtity, Critical, 204 
Customizing Activity SOAADMETA01   Define Set of Rules 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name FIGL_SOA_ADMETA_DC    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define a set of rules for account determination. In contrast to simple account determination, extendend account determination provides you with account symbols and characteristic combinations during definition of the set of rules.

Account determination is called up when Accrual Engine documents are passed on to Accounting, meaning that account determination occurs automatically with every posting (opening entry, periodic accrual posting or closing entry).

To ensure error-free account determination, the following information must be defined:

  • Document type
  • Start account (such as accrual account)
  • Target account (such as P&L account)

With a set of rules, you define the dependencies between the source fields and the target fields from which the document type and the accounts are to be derived. You have to define a set of rules before you can define the values for it (such as document type, accounts).

A set of rules is made up of a series of individual rules. When creating the individual rules, you have the following options:

  • You can define rules that build on one another. Here, you must create the rules in the order in which you want the system to work through them.
  • You can define parallel rules. Here, you must remove the flag Post error message if no value found from the Properties tab when defining the individual rules.

As source fields, you can use standard fields and component-specific fields:

Standard fields

ACCRULE    Accounting principle (RLV)

ACRTYPE    Accrual type

CHOACC    Chart of accounts

Customer-Specific Fields

You can use the customer-specific fields that you defined in IMG activity Define Customer Settings for Components as source fields.

Requirements

To be able to use account symbols and characteristic combinations when defining your set of rules, you must have already defined these. You can find the IMG activities under:

Define Account Symbols

Standard settings

Activities

To create a set of rules for account determination, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter your application component.
  2. Choose Create Step.

    The Accrual Engine - Account Determination: Rule Definition screen appears.

  3. In the Derivation Rule field, you can enter a text for your rule.
  4. In the Definition tab, choose the required source and target fields.
  5. In the Condition tab, you can enter a condition for linking source and target fields.
  6. In the Properties tab, you can make extra settings for your rule. If you set the Entries Can Be Maintained with Validity Date flag, your settings for the set of rules are time-dependent.
  7. Save your rule.

You can call up IMG activity Define Account Determination directly by entering the values for your rules. To do so, choose Maintain Rule Entries.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional 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
SOAADMETA01 T - Individual transaction object SOAADMETA01  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020504 
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