Using Transaction ABST2

[ab_ab]

Dear Experts,

I would solicit thoughts and suggestions from the group here on the below scenario:

We converted our assets with Key date 5/2013. The GL balances were loaded with posting date of 5/31/2013.

When I execute ABST2, some of the accounts are depicted with two lines, as below

Account Number	Document number	Posting period	Fiscal Year	1st LC Balance- General Ledger	1st LC Balance- Subledger	1st LC Delta GL/Subledger
xx	W004	0	2013	0.00	2,301,373.57	2,301,373.57
xx	W004	999	2013	2,316,904.87	15,531.30	-2,301,373.57

I understand why period 0 is showing 0 for GL and a value for FA. I also understand why 999 is showing those values. On a gross total basis, the totals in FA = total in GL, and that is good. I believe that is the reason why Document number shows a value W004.

My question is - During a mid year conversion, there would be a difference depicted in ABST2. Is there any further steps that SAP recommends we should do, or is it OK to have ABST2 reconciled on the key date.

I have gone through many SAP Notes but none seem to focus on mid year conversions.

Thank you for your help

Asheesh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Asheesh,

as far as I remember the last mid year conversion we did this behaviour is OK. We did not do any further checks.

In the upcoming fiscal year the ABST2 was without entries.

Kind Regards,

Steffen

[ab_ab · Accepted solution]

Thank You Hermann. I think the same, but was looking for some one who had seen this before to weigh in

Thanks

Asheesh

[former_member182098]

For a recent client, we did mid year conversion, however, there are some W004 entries, however, when put pivotal table of ABST2 entries by GL account wise it is zero. We referred SAP notes, which states, those W004 can be ignored. As long as the overall balance per GL account is zero, then nothing need to worry about W004 entries. They can be ignored.

Regards,

Ravi

[ab_ab]

Ravi,

It's the same for us. At a pivot level FI-AA and GL match, and I have also probably seen the Note which talks about W004. But if I remember correctly, in the end it also said that SAP recommends that ABST2 is always reconciled, and it did not talk about mid year conversions in particular. And therefore I thought of checking it out with the experience of this forum.

Thank you very much for your help

Asheesh

[former_member182098]

Hi Asheesh,

If your document number contains W004 and the totals are netting off to zero, you can ignore those items, as they are not really the errors. You do not need to anything. This what SAP Notes also states.

Usually, you will end up with W004 errors when you do conversion during the year. However, when you goes to next year, they will disappear and your ABST2 report will be a clean slate.

Regards,

Ravi

[former_member351125]

ABST2 basically informs you the current variance between ledger and sub-ledger. For depreciation account, basically the difference you can see in ABST2 can be found in "Accumulated depreciation PY" (previous year) in AHS (Asset History Sheet).

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

Jhero

[ab_ab]

Thanks Jay. But the mismatch I have is in the APC account and not accl. depreciation. I say 'mismatch' but it's not really a mismatch if I look at the GL balances on 5/31/2013 and the Asset value as on 5/31/2013. I am not sure if ABST2 should show no mismatch in case of mid year conversions, or is it OK to leave it the way it is. Looking for the group to share their experiences, or if they have any encountered any issues in case it is left this way

Thanks

Asheesh