SAP ABAP Data Element VORGTYP_LO (Activity Category (Posting Area))
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FINSERV (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension Financial Services
   ⤷ FS-CML (Application Component) Loans Management
     ⤷ FVVD (Package) Treasury Loans
Basic Data
Data Element VORGTYP_LO
Short Description Activity Category (Posting Area)  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type VORGTYP_LO    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 4    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 4    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Default Component name    
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Activ.Cat. 
Medium 15 Activity Cat. 
Long 20 Activity Cat. 
Heading 11 Activ. Cat. 
Documentation

Definition

The activity category is a key field in the flow types for controlling the posting functions.

You must assign the correct activity category to the flow type, choosing from the fixed values available. You should not use activity categories that have the text "not supported" at the end. These activity categories have only been included to complete the list. At present, the corresponding business transactions are not supported by SAP.

The names of the fixed values indicate how the activity categories should be assigned to the flow types. The terms "debit" and "credit" relate to receivables and payables. Flow types for foreign currency valuation are an exception - in this case the terms "debit" and "credit" relate to the balance sheet account.

Examples

A) LOANS GIVEN

Flow type    Activity category

Disbursement    0010 Disbursement: Debit

Discount    0015 Debit position

Incoming payment (repayment)    0033 Incoming payments

Overpayment    0025 Overpayment: Credit

Interest write-down    0003 Write-down: Credit

B) LOANS TAKEN

Flow type    Activity category

Disbursement    0009 Disbursement: Credit

Discount withheld    0012 Withholding: Debit

Disbursement increase    0037 Reduce disbursement: Debit

Repayment    0016 Credit position

Balance sheet transfer - outflow    0044 Balance sheet transfer: Debit

You can find more examples in the Customizing settings delivered with the system.

IMPORTANT:

The flow categories

0015 Debit position
0016 Credit position

should ONLY be used for the original postings for payables and receivables, in other words postings made for the first time, such as interest, repayments or other charges.

The following derived postings (postprocessed postings) need to be explained in more detail:

  1. 0006 Reduced credit balance on G/L account (IPP):
    2. You use flow types with this activity category to when you postprocess incoming payments for G/L accounts managed on an open item basis. An example of this would be posting payments from a rejection account to the account where the payment is to be applied.
    Example: Reduction of G/L account (debit)
  2. 0023 Other postings: Debit
    0024 Other postings: Credit
    3. This activity category is used for currency swap postings and adjusting capital amounts and balances when you convert the contract currency to the euro.
    It is also applied to flows that are only used for account determination
    Example: Reversal account for incoming payments
  3. 0041 Transfer to G/L account: Credit (IPP)
    4. You assign this activity category to flow types that are used to transfer credit items to G/L accounts as part of incoming payment postprocessing.
    Example: Post overpayment to revenue
    By contrast, the corresponding transfer posting for debit items must be made using the waiver or write-off functions. In this case, you assign the special activity categories "Waiver: Credit" and "Write-down: Credit" to the corresponding flow types.
  4. 0042 Transfer value date: Debit
    5. Flow types with this activity category are used when you transfer payments using the function "Reverse paid debit position".
    Example: Transfer interest from reversal of paid debit position
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020219 
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