Assign the Posting Period Variants to Company Code

Assign the posting period variants to company code

Path: SPRO - Select SAP reference IMG - Financial Accounting - Financial Accounting Global Settings - Document - Posting Periods - Assign Variants to Company Code (transaction code is OBBP)

In the Sap Reference IMG activity select the menu path

Step 1) Select the position button

Step 2) Give the company code MML and press enter

Step 3) For the company code MML assign variant MML1

Step 4) Select the save button  press enter to save in the request

You have now assigned the PPV to company code.

Define Open and Close Posting Periods in SAP

Open Close Posting Periods
As per the Account type, posting periods and the year which is to be open and which is to be closed can be maintained.

Path: SPRO - Select SAP reference IMG - Financial Accounting - Financial Accounting Global Settings - Document - Posting Periods - Open and Close Posting Periods (transaction code is OB52)

In the Sap Reference IMG activity select the menu path

Step 1) Select the New Entries button


Step 2) Populate the following fields: Variant, Account Type, From period one, Year, To period, Year, From period two, Year, To period, Year

Note:
a) For Account type select + (valid for all account types like Assets, Vendors, Customers, Materials, General Ledger Accounts)
b) Leave From Account, To Account and Authorization group blank

Step 3) Select the save button press enter to save in your request

You have now defined Open and Close Posting Periods.

Define Field Status Variant and Field Status Group

Define Field Status Variant and Field Status Group
At the time of posting on screen we get around 70 fields. If we start filling up all the fields it can consume to much time in posting a document. SAP has given us a facility to make any field as Suppress, Required or Optional.
a) Suppress: This field will not be visible on screen at the time of posting.
b) Required: We have to enter value to the field, without entering value we cannot go to the next screen it is a mandatory field.
c) Optional: This field will be visible on the screen you may or may not enter a value i.e it is optional.

Path: SPRO - Select SAP reference IMG - Financial Accounting - Financial Accounting Global Settings - Document - Line Item - Controls - Define Field Status Variants (transaction code is OBC4)

 

In the Sap Reference IMG activity select the menu path



Step 1) Select Field Status Variant 1000 that is IDES Group and press the copy as button

Step 2) Change Field Status Variant (FSTV) to MML and field status name to field status variant for MML

Step 3) Press enter and select the copy all button

Step 4) We get a message number of dependent entries copied 47
Press enter

Step 5) Select the save button press enter to save in the request

Step 6) Select the Field Status Variant MML and Double click on the field status groups folder

Step 7) Double click on Field status group G001

Step 8) Double click on General data group

Step 9) Text make it required entry

Step 10) Select the next group button in the same screen.
Business Area make it required entry and press the save button

Step 11) Double click on field status group G005


Step 12) Double click on General data group. Make Text, Business Area, Value date as required entries (Same as above)

You have now configured Field status Variant.