Change P&L account to Balance sheet account

[Former Member]

Dear All ,

We have created an account as P&L account and posted some documents .Now ,we realized that it it is wrong and has to be a balance sheet account. When i want to change it from P&L to Balance sheet with using FSP0 , i got the below error message ;

Change to balance sheet control in spite of postings

Message no. FH601

Is there any way to chanhe it to Balance Sheet or an OSS note ?

Thanks in advance ,

Best Regards

Dash

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dash,

I'm sorry but it is not possible to change the P&L of BS indicator once the account has collected movements as that information it is transfered to BSEG table.

Nevertheless you can try moving FH601 message from Error to Warning. This can be done on tx. SM30 for V_T100C or tx. OBA5, if you select application area FH and create a new entry for error message number 601 where for Dialog and BI the system will display a W "Warning". I would recommend you to make the account balance zero before, and post the balance after this change in the error message type has taken part as on BSEG table those movements have been collected as P&L and hence they are supposed to be transferred to the account defined on OB53 for P&L clearing account.

I hope this information helps. Regards,

Rushid

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Rushid ,

Thanks for your response . Is there any OSS notes about this your recommendation ?

Thanks

Dash

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi,

If you determine during a fiscal year that you mistakenly designated a G/L account as a P&L account instead of a balance sheet account, you will need to change its master record. You will then have to rerun program SAPF011 to correct the balances of the G/L accounts carried forward.

i hope this will help u.

regards,

shashi kanth

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Change balance sheet control in spite of account balance

Message no. FH602

Diagnosis

You have changed the G/L account from a "balance sheet account" to a "P&L account" or conversely.

The balance of the account is, however, not zero.

Procedure

Check your entries.

If the G/L account was already posted in the previous year, execute the balance carryforward again for the current fiscal year. (program SAPF011).

Note

You cannot execute the balance carryforward again for fiscal years that have already endedn, as this would also change the balance sheet / general ledger account for these fiscal years.

Technical Note

The phrase "Balance carryforward for fiscal year X" means that you start the balance carryforward program and set te 'carryforward to fiscal year' parameter to 'X'.

Effects on Customizing

You can define when this system message is to be issued in accordance with your requirements.

You do this in Customizing as follows: Cross-Application Components -> Bank Directory -> Change Message Control.

The application area and message number can be taken from the technical documentation.

regards,

shashi kanth

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello ,

I need an OSS note to apply this solution that is changing the messahe type to Warning .

Is there any OSS notes for this recommendation ?

Thanks

Dash

[reddyvijaybabu · Accepted solution]

Is it Possible to Change an Existing B/S GL A/C to the P&L Type?

Technically, you will be able to change all the fields, except the account number, of a GL account in the Chart of Accounts area. However, in this particular instance when you change the ‘GL account type’ from ‘B/S’ to ‘P&L,’ make sure that you again run the ‘balance carry-forward’ program after saving the changes so that the system corrects the account balances suitably.

[former_member512834 · Accepted solution]

I changed the account type from P&L to B/s but the program still doesn't pick up the balances.

I did executed the program (SAPF011) and there is no balance to carry forward. We are on new GL and is there a solution to this? the posting are made for FY 2014 in the FY 2016.

[shivappriya_as]

Hi,

I don't thnk you can change account type for an account.

Thanks and Regards

Shivappriya

[iklovski]

Hi,

Why won't you create a new account and use it instead? It would be better...

Regards,

Eli

[Former Member]

Our financial man does not want to create a new one . Is there another way to change it ?

Thanks

Dash

[Former Member]

Hi,

reverse all your documents and try to change the settings on account again.

Regards,

Miroslav