Profit Center in Vendor Line Item

[Former Member]

Hi

We have implemented SAP ECC6 - EHP4 and activated Document spliting and Profit Center field is mandatory.

Now we need to debit a Vendor and Credit another vendor ( new line item), when we try to post the document

we are getting error "balance in profit center", whereas we are not able to enter the Profit center during document entry.

Can we get help on this please.

Regards

Chandrasekaran A

[former_member2342 · Accepted solution]

Dear

Since Vendors/Customers are created at Client level you cannot enter profit center against them in the t.codes you mentioned. But you can make use of one clearing GL where against that GL you can give profit center.

Vendor1 Dr xxx

Clearing GL Cr xxx

Clearing GL Dr xxx

Vendor2 Cr xxx

Now the debit and credit in Clearing GL would be zero. Now you have transfer posting from one vendor to another vendor.

Regds

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

This is drawback of document splitting functionality. as if we make profit center default or via subtitution, the prime purpose of this functionality expires because system will always make a "specific " profit center as default (it will not inherit profit center from other line item), and if other line items carry different profit center, it will generate "zero line item balancing" which is never justified.

Anyhow, i believe SAP developers should focus in this area.

[ravichandran_iyer · Accepted solution]

It is not a drawback, but the best way of handling it. When you explicitly define a PC, you dont expect a system to derive it from some other. If it doesnot balance with zero balancing, your PC balance sheets will never tally which is not right. Because that way you defeat the very purpose of internal reporting at that level.

Ravi.

[Former Member]

Hi Ravi

Thanks for the response, we had already made the "Profit Center" field as optional both in PK and GL Account Field Status.

We have tried with F-02, FB01, F-43. PK being used is 21 & 31.

Regards

Chandrasekaran A

[Former Member]

Hi,

Profit Center field is not available for input in vendor line items.

There are other options available:-

1. To assign a default profit center to the vendor reconciliation account in (SPRO> Financial Accounting (New)> General Ledger Accounting (New) > Master Data > Profit Center > Assign Default Profit Center to Accounts)

Or

2. To create a substitution in OBBH for populating profit center in vendor line item.

Or.

3. If 1 and 2 does not meet your need, to use a BAPI BAPI_ACC_DOCUMENT_POST to posting the vendor documents via a custom program.

Regards,

Gaurav

[Former Member]

Hello,

Profit Center field needs to be derrived from other field such as business place, because its not available for input in Vendor or customr line items.

Regards

Tushar

[ravichandran_iyer]

Hi,

You did not tell which TCode you are using for this posting. If you are using JV code like F-02 and if you dont see profit center field, then probably it is suppressed. Check the field status for the PK or GL and change it to optional so that you can enter PC while posting the transaction.

If not, please let me know the TCode and I'll suggest accordingly. If you had enabled zero balancing, this would have balanced automatically.

Ravi.