some points on coa

[Former Member]

Hi,

Few points to clarify.

1) when a company has operating coa, local gaap coa and group coa then it is saying this company is using parallel accounting?

2) operating coa is also called leading ledger?

3) local gaap and group coa is called non leading ledger?

4) "Defining non leading ledger is optional for which u can assign depending upon the requirement different currency and fiscal year variant."

where to do the configuration?

5) "When u are posting to the company code, system will post for all ledgers assigned to the company code. (leading and non leading)"

Where to see this happens? Where the configuration?

6)"If u want to make posting only to a particular ledger for gaap requirement u can make posting only to that ledger either leading or non leading ledger"

Where to do the configuration?

thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Few points to clarify.

1) when a company has operating coa, local gaap coa and group coa then it is saying this company is using parallel accounting?

We talk about parallel accounting only when either the Currency or fiscal year variant is different from the leading ledger. U assign local gap CoA which is called country CoA and group CoA are assigned to the operational CoA. By way of different FSV version u extract the values. This has nothing to do with parallel accounting.

2) operating coa is also called leading ledger? U can also call it if u want.

3) local gaap and group coa is called non leading ledger?

Need not be. The values are stored in the same ledger so in the same tables. The relation ship is by way of mapping between Operational chart and country chart and between Operational chart and group chart.

4) "Defining non leading ledger is optional for which u can assign depending upon the requirement different currency and fiscal year variant."

where to do the configuration?

U do this config in IMG- FI global settings new-ledgers- ledger-define and activate non leading ledger- (mention the ledger here)- u will reach non leading screen, Here u define the currency and fiscal year variant.

before u define the currency u need to define parallel currency elsewhere in the system.

5) "When u are posting to the company code, system will post for all ledgers assigned to the company code. (leading and non leading)"

Where to see this happens? Where the configuration?

U cannot see this to happen. By default it will psot to all ledgers defined for the company code. if u want to see the posting entries in the ledgers However u can see the entries at the table level. The entries are stored in tables FAGLFLEXT and

FAGLFLEXA. U can choose ur ledger and the company code and see ur entries here.

6)"If u want to make posting only to a particular ledger for gaap requirement u can make posting only to that ledger either leading or non leading ledger"

Where to do the configuration?

U can do that. It is at the transaction level , There is no configuration involved here.

More info on COA and Ledger pl read the following link

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/2d/830e405c538f5ce10000000a155106/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/2d/830e405c538f5ce10000000a155106/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/e5/078d0b4acd11d182b90000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi hassan,

really appreciate your reply. point given.

now i only clear that parrallel and my question are different.

1) what is FSV and also no such tables in 4.6c

2）i just curious to know how to post to operating gl account, group and country specific. anywhere to do the config?

3) how do we know when need to post to operating, group or country?

thanks

[Former Member]

hi hassan,

really appreciate your reply. point given. I am not really concenred abt this.

now i only clear that parrallel and my question are different.

1) what is FSV- Field status variant

2）i just curious to know how to post to operating gl account, group and country specific. anywhere to do the config?

U assign the country chart of accounts and group chart of accounts to the operating chart of account at the company code segement. Once u make this assignment system will do the psoting.

SPEND SOME TIME IN READING SAP ONLINE HELP DOCUMENT.

3) how do we know when need to post to operating, group or country?

Pl see answer above.

thanks