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Changing Account Group

Former Member

‎06-22-2009 1:50 AM

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We have a GL account with an account group of "Balance Sheet Account". We already posted transactions to the main/sub that uses the GL account.

My question is, what are the issues that we will encounter if I change the account group to "P&L statement account"?

Additional info:

1) We don't use SAP FI. Our Financial system runs on a different software.

2) I tested the change in our QA system and it did not generate any error or warning when I saved the change.

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Former Member

‎06-22-2009 4:45 AM

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Change to the Account Group

You may have to make changes to the account group if fields do not have the required status. After you have installed the system, you may want to introduce an additional application. You have suppressed the fields relevant to this application in the master records. However, these are now required fields so you define them as such.

You may make the following modifications:

Entering a different account group in the chart of accounts.

Changing the field status definition for the account group.

Changing the number interval for the account group.

If you enter a different account group in the chart of accounts, it will contain a different field status definition or a different number interval. Please note:

If you change the field status definitions for an account group , these changes take effect when you display or change the master records that were created with this account group. The current definition always applies.

Situations may arise that require the maintenance of all master records using the corresponding account group. This is the case if you change the status of a field group from an optional to a required field or if you insert suppressed fields.

If you suppress fields at a later date, the field contents remain. However, the field is no longer displayed when you maintain the master record. The field contents continue to take effect.

You can change the number interval of an account group at a later date. The system only checks whether the specified account number lies in the number interval of the account group when you enter a master record in the chart of accounts. If you have chosen a number interval that is too small, you can increase it as necessary.

You may only delete an account group from the system if no master record refers to this account group. Otherwise, you cannot display or change the master record.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/en/c7/a88abf43dd11d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

Regards,

Prajakta