SAP ABAP Data Element /EACC/ACCR_METH_TYPE (Accrual Category)
Hierarchy
SEM-BW (Software Component) SEM-BW: Strategic Enterprise Management
   FIN-BAC-AE (Application Component) Accounting Engine
     /EACC/ACCRUAL (Package) Delimitation
Basic Data
Data Element /EACC/ACCR_METH_TYPE
Short Description Accrual Category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type /EACC/ACCR_METH_TYPE    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 10    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Accl Cat. 
Medium 15 Accrual Cat. 
Long 20 Accrual Category 
Heading 20 Accrual Category 
Documentation

Definition

At present, the only accrual category available is linear time-based distribution. With linear time-based distribution, the amount to be accrued is distributed evenly through the accrual period.

Use

Dependencies

Example

1,000 EUR is to be distributed over 10 months. The accrual start date is 1 January. The accrual period is 10 months. Each month is defined as having 30 days, the year as having 360 days.

From January through to October, 100 EUR per month is shown as either revenue or expense.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20041006 
SAP Release Created in 10B