GENERAL LEDGER CONFIGURATION DAY 1-2

INSTRUCTIONS:
Create your own organizational units/ objects with unique ID (technical names). For easy search you may name in Alphabets and keep same/similar technical names for most of the objects. You can browse configuration done for my company code COCA in case you are not clear about any steps. STEP-1-Define your Company Menu path: IMG>Enterprise structure>Definition>Financial Accounting>Define Company T code OX15

Type "OX15" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click New Entries

button.

Enter information as above Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click on create button-

Type "Configuration changes for EBAY" in the Short description field. Click Save (Enter) button.

Click Back (F3)

button.

STEP-2-Define your Company Code Menu path: IMG> Enterprise structureDefinitionFinancial AccountingEdit./copy/delete/ check company code T code-OX02 Type "OX02" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Enter information as above Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Enter information as above Click Copy (Enter) button.

Click

(Enter)

button

Click Back (F3)

button.

STEP-3-Assign Company Code to Company Menu path: IMGEnterprise structureAssignmentFinancial AccountingAssign company code to company T code-OX16

Type "EBAYAM" in the Company column. Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click

(Enter)

button

STEP-4 : Define Business Area Menu path: IMG>Enterprise structure>Definition>Financial Accounting>Define Business Area T code-OX03 Type "/NOX03" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click New Entries

button.

Enter information as above Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click

(Enter)

button

STEP-5: Define credit control area Menu path: IMG>Enterprise structure>Definition>Financial Accounting>Define credit control area T code-OB45 Type "/NOB45" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click New Entries

button.

Type information as above Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Enter

button.

STEP-6: Assignment of company code to credit control area Menu path: IMG>Enterprise structure>Assignment>Financial Accounting>Assign company code to credit control area T code-OB38 Type /NOB38 in command field Click Enter button.

Click Position...

button.

Type "EBAY" in the Company Code field. Click Continue (Enter) button.

. Type "EBAY" in the CCAr column against co code-EBAY Type "EBAY" in the CCAr column against another co code-say-FI00 Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

STEP-7: Define chart of accounts

Menu path: IMG>Financial accounting>General ledger accounting>GL accounts>Master Records>Preparation>Edit chart of accounts list Tcode: OB13 Type "/NOB13" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click New Entries

button.

Enter information as above. Click save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Enter

button.

STEP-8 : Assignment of company code to chart of account Menu path: IMG>Financial accounting>General ledger accounting>GL accounts>Master records Preparations>assign company code to chart of account Tcode-OB62 Type "/NOB62" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click Position...

button.

Type "EBAY" in the Company Code field. Click Continue (Enter) button.

Type "EBAY" in the Chrt/Accts column. Type "CAUS" in the Cty ch/act column. Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

STEP-9: Define Accounts Group Menu path: IMG>Financial accounting>General ledger accounting>GL accounts>Master Records>Preparation>Define accounts group T code: OBD4 Type "/NOBD4" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click New entries

button.

Enter information as above. Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Enter

button.

Select row for asset group Click Field status button.

Click

field.

Click Back (F3)

button.

Click Account control

field.

Make sort key as required field by moving radio button. Click Back (F3) button.

Click Account management

field.

Make Field Status Group field as required field by moving radio button. Click Back (F3) button.

Click Save (Ctrl+S)

button.

STEP-10: Defining Retained Earning Account Menu path: IMG>Financial accounting>General Ledger Accounting>GL accounts>Master records>Preparation>Define Retained Earnings Account T code: OB53

Type "/NOB53" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Type "EBAY" in the Chart of Accounts field. Click Continue (Enter) button.

Enter information as above. Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Ignore this message by hitting<enter> twice to save. You will need to create this GL account master data later.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

STEP-11: Defining fiscal year variant

Menu path: IMG>Financial Accounting>FA Global settings>Fiscal year>Maintain Fiscal Year Variant T code: OB29 Type "/NOB29" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Select FV-V3 Click on copy icon-

Type "EB" in the FV column. Change number of special period from 4 to 2 in the No.of special periods column. Click Copy (Enter) button.

Click copy all

button.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

. Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

Select FV-EB and double click on the folder Period in the left section of the screen .

Make changes in the values in the right side screen as appropriate and save STEP 12: Assigning company code to fiscal year variant Menu path: IMG>FA >Financial Accounting Global settings>Fiscal year>Assign company code to FY variant T code-OB37 Type "/NOB37" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click Position... Press ENTER.

button.

Type "EBAY" in the Company Code field. Click Continue (Enter) button.

Type "EB" in the Fiscal Year Variant column. Save-

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

STEP-13: Define posting period variant

Menu path: IMG>FA>FA Global settings>Document>Posting period>Define variant for open posting periods T code-OBBO Type "/NOBBO" in the Command field. Click Enter button.

Click 1000

button to select the row button.

Click Copy As (F6)

Enter information as above. Click Copy (Enter) button.

Click Save (Ctrl+S)

button.

Click Copy (Enter)

button.

STEP-14: Assign company code to posting period variant Path: IMG>FA>FA Global settings>Document>Posting period>Assign variant to Company code T code-OBBP Type /NOBBP in command field Click Enter button.

Click Position...

button.

Type "EBAY" in the Company Code field. Click Continue (Enter) button.

Type "EBAY" in the Variant column against company code-EBAY Click Save (Ctrl+S) button.

Click Continue (Enter)

button.

STEP 15: Open and close posting period Menu path: IMG>FA>FA Global settings>Document>Posting period>Open and close posting period T code-OB52 Type -/NOB52 in command field Click Enter button.

Select 6 rows of variant 1000 as above. Click Copy As... (F6) button

Change the values in the fields as above. Change the values for year as of current year Save-

Click continue (Enter)

button.