automatic account determination

[Former Member]

Hi All,

can anybody tell me what is the purpose of using automatic acount determination.

how it works in SAP.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Account Determination

Use

When you post an invoice, the system updates various accounts in Financial Accounting. It determines automatically which amounts have to be posted to which accounts.

Account assignment is based partly on your entries when you enter an invoice, partly on information stored in the system and partly on the system settings.

Prerequisites

The system administration must define and configure the accounts in the chart of accounts when implementing the ERP system in your company.

Features

· Your entries provide the following information:

¡ Which vendor account must be posted to?

¡ Which amounts must be posted?

· The material master record provides the following information:

¡ Which valuation class does the material belong to?

¡ Which type of price control is required for the material?

¡ Which account must be posted to for the material?

¡ Is the stock available smaller than the quantity invoiced?

· Posted documents provide the following information:

¡ What is the purchase order price?

¡ Has a goods receipt been posted for the purchase order?

· The system settings provide the following information:

¡ Is the invoice posted as a net or a gross amount?

¡ Which G/L accounts must be posted to?

Regards

Aasif

[Former Member]

Hi

Please go through these link, this will give the step by step procedure.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/90/7155967935d1118b3f0060b03ca329/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/38/72369adc56d11195100060b03c6b76/frameset.htm,here go to account determination and click on account determination without wizard.

Hope it wud answer ur question

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Aasif

[Former Member]

Hi Avi

Whenever system posts any material document for a material code, system creates an accounting document in background. System never prompts for GL accounts for posting.

System will determine these accounts automatically. This is achieved using the setting from automatic account determination.

Regards

Rajesh

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[Former Member]

Hi

As we know that value of stock is Inventory, as when we increase or decrease the stock account (finance) needs to updated, that is the reason we need to pass the information to FI for that we use Posting key i.e Transcation event key. When ever a transcation happens ( increase or decrease) respective key will pass information and respective GL account is updated. keys are BSX, BSV, GBB , PRD etc...

With regards

Bhargava

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[former_member227232]

Automatic Account Determination

This is perhaps the part that causes the most heartache for the FI & MM Configurer. For some reason, although it is an integration area, the FI team always ends up with responsibility for it. To do a good job you need a reasonable understanding of :

the business processes in the source modules

the FI account postings that they should be generating (what sort of account should be debited or credited etc)

the organisation structure and its relationships between the source modules

the reporting requirements that are expected from the General Ledger or Profit Centre Accounting

your chart of accounts

Use T.code OBYC

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Vengat

[Former Member]

To track the values of material used, where moved, where consumed we r going for account determination.

If suppose we consumed material for a cost center then sap system must show from where this material consumed & where consumed.

In sap for every movement of material some standard event keys are given. on the basis of mat movements these keys post respective GL account