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Deriving the Functional Area (SAP Library - General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL) (New))
The functional area is derived for both objects involved in the allocation.
In the following cases, no functional area is derived:
Prerequisites
To enable the system to derive the functional area for a posting, cost of sales accounting must be active for the
company code in which the posting is performed. For more information, see Activating Cost of Sales Accounting.
Features
The system derives the functional area during document entry based on the information in the coding block. The
functional area appears on the entry screen.
It is derived as follows:
. . .
If you cannot enter a functional area in the master data of an object such as business process or real
estate objects.
If you want to define exceptions where the system should not derive the functional area from the object.
If you remove the indicator Determine Functional Area on Entry Screen in Customizing (Financial
Accounting (New) Financial Accounting Global Settings (New) Tools Customer Enhancements
Enhance Determination of Functional Area), the system does not derive the functional area until you
have saved the document. Consequently, it is only visible once you have saved. The system derives the
functional area via substitution for the component Financial Accounting, event 0005.
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