SAP ABAP Data Element FE_READ_GL (Flag: Read the account balances from the General Ledger)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FIN (Software Component) EA-FIN
   ⤷ FI (Application Component) Financial Accounting
     ⤷ FERC (Package) IS-U/FERC: Regulatory Reporting
Basic Data
Data Element FE_READ_GL
Short Description Flag: Read the account balances from the General Ledger  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type XFELD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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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 0   
Medium 0   
Long 40 Read the account balances from the G/L 
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

You have two options to read the regulatory or natural account balances:

  1. Field is not marked

    Balances are created by reading the drill down tables.

  2. Field is marked

    Balances are created by reading the General Ledger database.

Use

Generally you should get the same results for both methods but the standard option for reading the data from the drill down table has a much better performance.

  • For regulatory accounts you can compare both methods to identify manual adjustments which have not been posted by the regulatory module.
  • For natural accounts you will only get differences if you use clearing objects. The virtual clearing cost elements will be only listed when you read the drill down tables.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20030704 
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