Assign GL accounts to the product categories

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

We are on 4.0, and classic scenario.

We are facing a problem regarding finding the relevant G/L account on behalf of a product category in SRM.

Example:

For product category 10101500, the user should have the possibility for assigning G/L account:

29000000

29000001

29000002

In our system a user creates a shopping cart. The user choose a product category, 10101500, on behalf of this product category, the user should have the possibility for choosing the different G/L accounts, 29000000, 29000001 or 29000002. When the user has the different G/L accounts on screen, the user can choose the relevant one into the shopping cart. Are there any experts who have worked with this kind of issue?

Best regards Kim

[laurent_burtaire]

Hello KIm,

As explained by Michael, you can select your GL account using a search-help. So, effectively, it is a standard process...

Nevertheless, i don't understand this functionnality because how can requesters know on which GL account they have to assign their product category ?

For me, this is a Controlling information: purchasers don't care about it.

That's why i think SC creators should not be able to select GL account because it is certain you will have some wrong accouting assignments !

Regards.

Laurent.

[Former Member]

Hi Kim,

Do you mean that you want to limit the selection based on product category to (for example) these three or a certain short list of possible options, rather than what you see when you do a general F4 search on G/L account?

If so, perhaps you can arrange with a developer friend to look at BADI BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY and method GET_ACCASSC. If I understand you correctly it might be possible for a category (X) to only show selection options limited to certain GL accounts. This would probably also require a custom table to store the valid combinations (imposing a maintenance requirement).

Cheers,

MC

[laurent_burtaire]

Hello Kim,

Process you are describing is not standard.

If you look at following path in SPRO:

SAP Implementation Guide -> Supplier Relationship Management -> SRM Server -> Cross-Application Basic Settings -> Account Assignment -> Define G/L Account for Product Categoriey and Account Assignment Category

you will see that G/L Account number is assigned to one product category ID with one system source (for product category) and one account assignment category.

So, the only way to be able to select different G/L account number for same product category is to give for each G/L account a different account assignment category.

Nevertheless, this has to be checked to know:

1- if it can work technically in SRM,

2- but especially if Controlling functional team agrees.

An alternative solution would be to use BAdI BBP_DETERMINE_ACCT: instead of giving choice to user to select himself G/L account, determine directly G/L value according to functional rule(s) given by Controlling team.

Regards.

Laurent.