Hierarchy
DMIS (Software Component) DMIS 2011_1⤷
CA-GTF-BS (Application Component) Business Application Support⤷
CNV_20100 (Package) CNCC: Chart of accounts conversion 
Attribute
| Message class |  |
CNV_20100 | |
| Short Description |  |
Messageclass for chart of account conversion | |
| Message Number |  |
512 | |
| Documentation status | Space: object requires documentation |
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| Authorization check Error Message | |||
| Changed On |  |
20141030 |
Message Text
Help Document
Diagnosis
During the chart of accounts conversion, the system tries to merge accounts into the new account () that have different item categories. As a consequence, the assignment of the item category in the Customizing settings for document splitting changes.
System Response
The system already contains transaction data that was posted based on the old settings ( with line type ). The change can be implemented either by reassignment or by a change or by activating or deactivating the indicator for overwriting.
Note that the change to the Customizing settings takes effect from the conversion date and applies exclusively to newly posted documents. Existing documents are not converted accordingly.
When new documents are posted, a change to the item category assignment may lead to different and possibly incorrect splitting results or posting items in the G/L view of the FI documents. This may in turn result in incorrect segment reporting for the related accounts.
In some cases, you may get an error message when trying to enter documents that were posted before the change. For some document items, it is no longer possible to obtain necessary account assignment information due to missing Customizing settings. This happens particularly if the check for required entry fields is active for one or more splitting characteristics in the system. In these cases, an incorrect change to the item category may result in a system downtime.
In addition, documents that were posted before and after the change, respectively, may not be comparable due to different splitting results.
In general, the problems may occur in the following situations:
- If a change to the item category results in a change to usage in the active set of rules for document splitting. The following cases may be relevant:
- Usage as item category of the leading item
- Usage in the fixed value (processing category 0)
- Usage as item category specified (processing category 1)
- Usage as base item category
- Usage in splitting based on current account balance (processing category 2)
- If a change to the item category leads to the account being excluded from a business transaction variant.
Example
If you use standard splitting methods with the standard set of rules, changes to the item category may be critical, for example, in the following cases:
Business transaction 1000 (payment): Item category 04000 (cash account) is changed to 01000 (balance sheet account):
- Usage of the account changes from "item category to be processed" to "basis item category". Result: This account is no longer posted to by document splitting.
- Usage of the account changes "item category of the leading item". Result: When cross-company code payments take place, the system cannot determine the company code for the leading item, and it is no longer possible to use the account assignments at cross-company code level.
- The business transaction variant needs to have at least one item with item category 04000. Result: If there are no other line items with category 04000 (cash account), the document cannot be posted.
Procedure
Make sure that the new assignment of the item category () and the combination of the accounts to be merged are correct. Check any existing Customizing settings in the system as well as stored splitting rules with regard to the new item category assignment and make any required changes. In addition, an extensive test of all existing business processes must take place.
Procedure for System Administration
History
| Last changed on/by | |
20141030 | SAP |
| SAP Release Created in |
