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General Ledger

Accounting

Welcome All
Welcome and thank you for coming to the SAP ECC General
Ledger Accounting course.
There are three levels of coursework:
1) Overview & Navigation
2) Process Overview Training
3) Role-based Training
This is a Level 3 course. It is intended to give you a frame
of reference and the practical skills for the activities you
will be involved in when SAP is in place. We realize your
time is valuable and we have kept that in mind when
creating this course.
Again, we thank you for your time and cooperation.
Success is only possible with your involvement.

General Ledger Accounting

Content
Course Content
Course Objectives
Prerequisites and Roles

General Ledger Accounting

Course Content
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 2 General Ledger Journal Entries
Unit 3 General Ledger Reporting

General Ledger Accounting

Course Objectives
Describe the organizational structures and objects of
General Ledger Accounting in SAP ECC
Execute standard and other journal-entry
transactions
Display general ledger documents and report general
ledger data

General Ledger Accounting

Prerequisites and Roles


Prerequisites
General Accounting Knowledge
SAP Basic Navigation
Finance Process Overview

Roles
General Ledger Accountants

General Ledger Accounting

Unit 1 Overview

General Ledger Accounting

Unit Learning Objectives


At the end of this unit you should be able to:
Explain the difference between Financial Accounting
(FI) and Controlling (CO) modules of SAP
Describe the management of the Chart of Accounts
with the FI Module
Define general ledger accounts and account types
Display the Chart of Accounts and General Ledger
master records
Describe the methods
and process flows for
postings to general
ledger accounts

General Ledger Accounting

Topic Overview

Comparison of FI and CO Modules


FI and the Chart of Accounts
General Ledger Accounts and Account Types
Displaying General Ledger Account Master
Records

General Ledger Accounting

Accounting External and Internal

FI module
External Acctg.

BALANCE SHEET
INCOME STATEMENT
RETAINED EARNINGS
LIQUIDITY CALCULATION

CO module
Internal Acctg.

COST CENTER REPORTS


PROFIT MARGIN
PROFITABILITY REPORTS

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Financial Accounting (FI) Module


Designed for automated financial management and
external reporting using a defined Chart of Accounts
Changes to Chart of Accounts affect all applications
and all transactions posted immediately after those
changes are made
Change documents are created for the audit trail when
changes are made to the Chart of Accounts

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Display Chart of Accounts (S_ALR_87012326)


Display part or all of the Chart of Accounts by
entering selection criteria

Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection

Always
Always
1000
1000

Option
Option
Enter
Enter one
one or
or
more
codes
more codes

Other
Other
options
options

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Topic Postings
Sources of Postings
Postings in Reconciliation and Sub-ledger
Accounts

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Sources of Postings for General Ledger Accounts


G/L accounts receive posting from three sources:
Automatic postings from MM, SD, AA, CO modules
Interface postings via batch feed from non-SAP
applications (i.e. legacy data transfers)
Manual postings entered by end-users:
Journal entries with SAP transactions

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Postings to the General Ledger


Automatic postings

Materials
Materials
Management
Management

Sales
Salesand
and
Distribution
Distribution

Interface postings
Batch feeds
from
external systems

Asset
Asset
Management
Management

Uploads
from
MS Excel

FI
FI -- GL
GL

Journal postings
Controlling
Controlling

SAP
manual-entry
transactions

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Reconciliation and Sub-Ledger Accounts


Trade
Trade
TradeAccounts
Accounts
TradeAccounts
Accounts
Receivable
Payable
Receivable
Payable
General
Ledger
#1200000
#2000000
General Ledger
#1200000
#2000000
Reconciliation
Reconciliation
$10,000
$14,000

Accounts
Accounts
Automatic
Postings
Automatic
Postings
postings
occur
here
postings
occur
here

Millennium
MillenniumShoes
Shoes
Customer#
100386
Customer# 100386
$14,000

Active
ActiveSales
SalesCo
CoInc
Inc
Vendor#
100052
Vendor# 100052

Sub-Ledger
Sub-Ledger
Accounts
Accounts

$10,000

Postings
Postings
occur
occur here
here
Sales
Sales
Order
Order
Document
Document

Vendor
Vendor
Invoice
Invoice
Document
Document

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Topic Master Records

General Ledger Master Records


Chart of Account and Company Code Data
General Ledger Master Record Displays
Customer and Vendor (Sub-ledger) Master
Record Displays

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G/L Accounts Master Records


Each G/L account has a master record that defines
and controls entries into it and its management
This master record must be created at the Chart of
Accounts (COA) level, then updated with transaction
FS00
Creation of G/L Accounts will be strictly controlled
G/L Accounts are created at one central location

G/L Account Groups:


Range of G/L accounts that represent
a financial statement Line
Determine the type of data that are
collected in accounts master records

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Chart of Account and Company Code Data


G/L master records contain two types of data so that
company codes that share a Chart of Accounts can
use the same G/L accounts:
Chart of Accounts data, such as the account number,
that is the same for all company codes
Company code data, such as the currency or prevailing
taxes, that can differ from one company code to the
next

Display reconciliation account


master records:
Chart of Accounts data only
Company Code data only
Both or centrally

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General Ledger Master Record Display (FS00)


...for
...for tabs
tabs

Click...
Click...

Enter
Enter

Chart of Accounts data


Company Code data

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Sub-Ledger Account Displays


Display customer and vendor master records with
transactions FD03 and FK03 (respectively)

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Display G/L Account Centrally
(FS00)
Demonstration of Display Vendor (FD03)
Exercise 01, Task 01: Display company code data for
a G/L account
Exercise 01, Task 02: Display a customers master
record

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Unit 1 Summary
Explain the differences between Financial Accounting
(FI) and Controlling (CO) modules of SAP
Describe the management of the Chart of Accounts
with the FI Module
Define general ledger accounts and account types
Display the Chart of Accounts and General Ledger
master records
Describe the methods and process
flows for postings to general ledger
accounts

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Unit 2 Journal Entries

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Unit Learning Objectives


At the end of this unit you should be able to:
Post, park, change, display and reverse general
ledger account documents, including accruals,
recurring entries and cross-company transactions
Display general ledger account balances and other
sorts of account data
Clear general ledger accounts

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Topic Introduction to General Ledger Transactions

Design of the Journal Entry Screens


Editing Options
Document Types
Journal Entry Transactions

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Journal Entry Screens


The Enter G/L Account Document (FB50) transaction
screen represents the general layout and operation
of SAP journal-entry screens
Note: General ledger accounts are also organized
into field status groups:
Accounts in different field status groups may have
slightly different sets of fields on their screens
Fields can be variably granted statuses of:
Optional: data entry is discretionary
Mandatory: data entry is required
Suppressed: field is hidden

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Journal Entry Screens: General Layout

Header
Header
Balance
Balance

Accounting
Accounting
spreadsheet
spreadsheet
(line-item
(line-item table)
table)

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Journal Entry Screens: Header

Doc
Doc type
type

Balance
Balance status
status
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Document Types
Document type codes are
used to identify the type of
business transaction that
is being posted
Document type is defined
for every posting to G/L
accounts

Customers
Customers

Vendors
Vendors

GL
GL

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Document Types for Posted Journal Entries


Business
BusinessProcess
Process

Vendor
Vendor Invoice
Invoice

Document
DocumentType
Type

KR

Accounting
AccountingDoc.
Doc.

Name:
Amount:
Type: KR

# 18000001

Customer
Customer Payment
Payment

DZ

Name:
Amount:
Type: DZ

# 51000001

G/L
G/L Journal
Journal Entry
Entry

SA

Name:
Amount:
Type: SA

# 1000701

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Journal Entry Screens: Line-Item Table

Must
Must use
use scroll
scroll bar
bar or
or
arrows
arrows to
to see
see all
all fields
fields

Select
Select
line
line item
item

Display
Display
line
line item
item

Select/
Select/
deselect
deselect

Delete
Delete or
or
add
add rows
rows

Copy
Copy lines
lines
and
and fields
fields

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Sort
Sort up
up
or
down
or down

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Application Toolbar

Navigation
Navigation
frame
frame
control
control

Change
Change
company
company
code
code

Test
Test run
run
of
of entry
entry

Park
Park
document
document

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Set
Set up
up
screen
screen
defaults
defaults

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Editing Options

Save
Save
selections
selections

Select
Select any
any options
options

Recommended
Recommended

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Journal Entry Transactions: Five Steps

4.
4. Test
Test
3.
3. Confirm
Confirm balance
balance
of
of credits,
credits, debits
debits

1.
1. Enter
Enter
header
header data
data

2.
2. Enter
Enter credit
credit
and
and debit
debit data
data
5.
5. Post/park
Post/park and
and
note
note messages
messages

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Journal Entry Transactions: System Messages


One of three possible messages appears when you
post or park a G/L account document:
Informational: that the document was posted or parked
and a document number assigned
Warning: that something should be checked or
maintained, although you can still post or park
Error: that something is really wrong, and you cant
post or park until you fix it

Want to know more? Double-click the message line.

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Account Assignment Templates


Enter the header, account and cost object data for a
often-executed transaction, then save as a template that
can be recalled at any time

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Selecting an Account Assignment Template


Click
Click to
to
display
display tree
tree

Double-click
Double-click
template
template

Template
Template data
data
are
populated
are populated

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Enter G/L Account Document
(FB50), including editing options and template
Exercise 02, Task 01: Create an account template

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Topic Standard Journal Entry Transactions


Post, park, change and display general
ledger account documents
Reverse posted documents
Display general ledger account balances

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Post or Park a G/L Account Document (1)


Post and park with the Enter G/L Account Document
(FB50) transaction:
Set up for automatic document type SA
One-screen entry of all data

Step 1: Enter document date and any reference or


header text, and confirm (or change) company code

Change
Change
Co
Co Code
Code

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Post or Park a G/L Account Document (2)


Step 2: Enter balanced credit and debit data
Step 3: Confirm that all entries are balanced

Balanced
Balanced

Line
Line item
item
complete
complete

Enter
Enter aa line,
line, press
press
Enter
Enter to
to confirm
confirm

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Post or Park a G/L Account Document (3)


Step 4: Simulate and verify (optional)

1.
1. Click...
Click...

3...and
3...and return
return

2...review...
2...review...

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Post or Park a G/L Account Document (4)


Step 5: Post or park (and note document number)
Step 6: Check and respond (if needed) to message
Post
Post or
or
park
park

Document
Document
number
number

Company
Company
code
code

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Enter G/L Account Document
(FB50) with posting and parking
Exercise 02, Task 02: Post (2) and park (2) general
ledger account documents

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Post a Parked G/L Account Document: FBV0


Once parked, an account document can be recalled
and posted with the Post Parked Document (FBV0)
transaction

Click
Click to
to
continue*
continue*

Input
Input

*Dont press the Enter key: that calls up a document list

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Transaction FBV0: Completion


Completing the transaction

2.
2. Simulate
Simulate
3.
3. Post
Post
1.
1. Edit
Edit

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Post Parked Document (FBV0)
Exercise 02, Task 03: Post one (1) parked document

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Change a G/L Account Document: FB02


Change an account document with the Change
Document (FB02) transaction

Click
Click to
to
continue*
continue*
Enter
Enter
data
data

*Dont press the Enter key: that calls up a document list

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Transaction FB02: Completion


Edit the document, then park or post
Parked documents: change nearly all data
Posted documents: change only text, assignment data

Park
Park
Post
Post

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Display a G/L Account Document: FB03


Display an account document in the same way with the
Display Document (FB03) transaction

ReadReadonly
only

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Reverse a Document
To change a posted G/L account document:
Reverse it with transaction FB08, creating a counterbalancing reversal document
Re-enter it with FB50

Post
Post

Input
Input
Always
Always 11

New
New doc
doc
number
number

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Change Document (FB02) for
parked document, still parked when completed
Exercise 02, Task 04: Change a parked document
Exercise 02, Task 05: Reverse a posted document

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Topic Other Journal Entry Transactions


Recurring Entries
Accruals and Deferrals

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Recurring Entries (1)


Recurring entries are used to automatically execute
transactions that occur on a regular periodic basis
Fewer manual transactions are performed

Transactions are typically for:


Vendor invoices for regularly-supplied material/service
Journal entries for the same dollar amount, account
and Cost Center, posted on a regular basis, such as
Rent
Amortization of Prepaid

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Recurring Entries (2)


Three steps in the process:
1. Create Recurring Document (FBD1) creates documents
that defines:

Posting frequency and duration


Document type (SA for G/L account documents)
Dollar value and responsible cost collector (cost center)
General ledger account codes

2. Post Recurring Document (F-14) posts one or more


recurring documents on regular basis (e.g., monthly):
Defines the settlement period, the date of their next
posting in the general ledger

3. Batch Posting (SM35) completes the posting of the


recurring entry documents
Should be run in background
Automated, not done by the typical end user

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Step 1. Create Recurring Entry (FBD1): Header Data

Enter
Enter

Enter
Enter

G/L
G/L acct
acct
document
document

PK
PK 40
40 =
=
Debit
entry
Debit entry

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Create Recurring Entry: Add G/L Account Item (1)

Enter
Enter
Enter
Enter

PK
PK 50
50 =
=
Credit
Credit entry
entry

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Create Recurring Entry: Add G/L Account Item (2)

Enter
Enter

Enter
Enter

Post
Post and
and
make
make note
note

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Step 2. Post Recurring Entry Document (F.14)

Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection
Enter
Enter one
one or
or
more
more docs
docs
G/L
G/L acct
acct
document
document

NOTE:
Date
Date of
of
next
next posting
posting
Execute,
Execute,
then
then note
note

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Step 3. Batch
processing is
scheduled and
done background
automatically.

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Create Recurring Entry (FBD1)
Demonstration of Post Recurring Entry Document
(F.14)
Exercise 02, Task 07: Create and post a recurring
document

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Create Accrual Document (FBS1): Header Data


Enter header, reversal date and first line item on
Header Data screen, then press Enter

Complete
Complete
header
header
Date
Date for
for
reversal
reversal

PK
PK 50
50 =
=
Credit
Credit entry
entry

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Create Accrual Document: Add G/L account item


(1)
Add dollar value and second line item on Add G/L
account item screen, then press Enter

Value
Value

40
40 =
= Debit
Debit
entry
entry

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Create Accrual Document: Add G/L account item


(2)
Add dollar value and cost center on next Add G/L
account item screen, post, note document number

Enter
Enter

Enter
Enter

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of Enter Accrual/Deferral Document
(FBS1)
Exercise 02, Task 08: Create an accrual document

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Reverse Accrual Documents (F.81): Initial Screen


Enter selection criteria to display list of accrual docs
Execute in Test Run mode and as a background job

Execute
Execute

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Reverse Accrual Documents: Output

Double-click
Double-click
to
to display
display

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Reverse Accrual Documents: Completion


Click Reverse Documents to reverse all documents

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Unit 2 - Summary
You are now able to:
Post, park, change, display and reverse general
ledger account documents, including accruals,
recurring entries and cross-company transactions
Display general ledger account balances and other
sorts of account data

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Unit 3 General Ledger


Reporting

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Unit Learning Objectives


At the end of this unit you should be able to:
Set-up and execute some commonly used general
ledger reports

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Topic Introduction to General Ledger Reports


Commonly Used General Ledger Reports
Reporting in SAP
Initial Screens and Report Outputs

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Commonly Used General Ledger Reports

Report

Purpose

G/L Account Balance Display


FAGLB03

Display summary of debit and credit entries to an account, with


selection criteria for cost and profit centers
Drill down to detailed entry records

G/L Line Item Display


FBL3N

Display summary of open, cleared or both line items for one or


more accounts
Drill down to detailed entry records for items

Chart of Accounts Report*


S_ALR_87012326

Display names and codes of accounts


Drill down to master records of accounts

G/L Master Data Accounts List


S_ALR_87012328

Display master data for one or more accounts

Trial Balance
S_ALR_87012301

Display general ledger debits and credits for all selected


companies for a given period

*Demonstrated in Unit 1

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Reporting in SAP
Most reports are run by request on an ad hoc basis
Initial screens of most reporting transactions are
flexible in defining the objectives of the report

SAP R/3
Database

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Initial Screens of Reporting Transactions


Enter one or more selection criteria that define the
objects to be listed in the report:
Enter one code or a range of codes directly on the
initial screens
Enter multiple codes or ranges of codes on multiple
selection screens

Number of selection criteria controls the length and


precision of the report:
Less selection criteria yields a long, broad report
More selection criteria yields a short, precision report

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Example of Selection Criteria


Chart of Accounts Report (S_ALR_87012326)
Limit
Limit to
to
select
select G/L
G/L
accounts?
accounts?

Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection

Always
Always
1000
1000
Other
Other
possible
possible
limitations
limitations

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Multiple Selection Screens


Enter multiple codes and multiple ranges of codes

Click
Click

Enter
Enter
multiple
multiple
values
values

Enter
Enter
multiple
multiple
ranges
ranges

Exclude
Exclude
multiple
multiple
values
values

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Exclude
Exclude
multiple
multiple
ranges
ranges

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Report Output Format


Most reports are displayed in a line-item format
One line (or one set of lines) presents summary data
on one object that meets the selection criteria
Example: Output of the
Chart of Accounts Report
(S_ALR_87012326)

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Report Output Drill-Down


Double-click a line item to drill down to its detailed records

DoubleDoubleclick
click

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Topic General Ledger Reports


General Ledger Account Balance Display
(FAGLB03)
General Ledger Line-Item Display (FBL3N)
General Ledger Master Data Account Lists
(S_ALR_87012328)
Trial Balance (S_ALR_87012301)

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G/L Account Balance Display (FAGLB03) Initial Screen


Example: Account 6160000, Company Code 1011
and 1012, for fiscal year 2006

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G/L Account Balance Display: Output

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G/L Account Balance Display: Drill-down 1

Double-click...
Double-click...

...for
...for aa linelineitem
item report
report

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G/L Account Balance Display: Drill-down 2

Double-click...
Double-click...

...for
...for journal
journal
entry
entry display
display

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G/L Account Balance Display: Controlling Aspects (1)


Can be set up to report account balances for specific
cost and profit centers only

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G/L Account Balance Display: Controlling Aspects (2)

All
All profit
profit
centers
centers

One
One profit
profit
center
center

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of G/L Account Balance Display
(FAGLB03)
Exercise 03, Task 01: Display G/L account balances
and financial documents for a cost center

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G/L Line Item Display (FBL3N): Initial Screen


Enter
Enter one
one or
or
more
more accounts
accounts
Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection
Enter
Enter one
one or
or
more
more Co
Co Codes
Codes

Select
Select linelineitem
item type
type

Dates
Dates are
are
optional
optional

Other
Other
options
options

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G/L Line Item Display (FBL3N): Output


Display,
Display, change
change
or
or mass
mass change
change

Selection
Selection
boxes
boxes

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G/L Line Item Display (FBL3N): Drill-down

DoubleDoubleclick
click

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Demonstrations and Exercises


Demonstration of G/L Line Item Display (FBL3N)
Exercise 03, Task 02: Display line-item reports and
financial documents for a G/L account

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G/L Master Data Account Lists (S_ALR_87012328)


Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection

Enter
Enter one
one or
or more
more
G/L
G/L account
account codes
codes

Always
Always
1000
1000

Other
Other
options
options

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G/L Master Data Account Lists: Output

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Trial Balance (S_ALR_87012301)

Dynamic
Dynamic
Selection
Selection
Enter
Enter one
one or
or more
more
G/L
account
G/L account or
or
company
codes
company codes

Other
Other
options
options

Other
Other
options
options

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Trial Balance Output

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Unit 3 - Summary
You are now able to:
Set-up and execute some commonly used general
ledger reports

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Course Summary
You are now able to:
Describe the organizational structures and objects
of General Ledger Accounting in SAP ECC
Execute standard and other journal-entry
transactions
Display general ledger documents
and report general ledger data

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