Classify accounts for document splitting

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am facing a lot of trouble in deciding which accounts to put under which item category.

My problem is, there is item category for Balance Sheet accounts and also for assets, customer, vendor etc... which in the end are again balance sheet accounts.

Is there a rule or guideline I can follow for completing this task effectively. The client has only 300 gl accounts.

Thanks and Regards,

Sailesh Sinha

[Former Member]

Hi,

You should classify the balance sheet accounts by their reconciliation account type. For example, whichever account(s) you have classified as your Accounts Payable reconciliation account, this should be classifed in document splitting as an A/P account. The same goes for A/R and Assets. For cash accounts, classify the GL accounts you have tied to bank accounts.

[viswanatha_reddy]

Hi,

Each business transaction that is entered is analyzed during the document splitting procedure. In this analysis, the system determines for each line item whether it is an item that remains unchanged or an item that should be split.

In order that document splitting recognizes how the individual document items are to be handled, you need to classify them. You do this by assigning them to an item category. The item category is determined by the account number. In this IMG activity, you need to assign the following accounts in the system:

Revenue account

Expense account

Bank account/cash account

Balance sheet account

The classification of all other accounts is known to the system, so you do not have to enter them here. You can enter an account interval since the system recognizes SAP-specific classifications and does not allow SAP settings to be overwritten by your own settings.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/EN/87/3da04028f40160e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Regards

Viswa