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SAP New GL : DOCUMENT SPLITTING Configuration

Standard Customiing Settings

In the Implementation Guide, choose Financial Accounting (New)->General Ledger Accounting(New)-> Business Transactions->ocument !plitting"

!" C#assif$ G%L A&&ounts for Do&ument S'#itting

#ou need to classi$% the indi&idual document items so that the s%stem 'nows how to handle

them" #ou do this % assigning them to an item categor%" The item categor% is determined % theaccount numer" In this IG acti&it%, %ou need to assign the appropriate accounts"

(" C#assif$ Do&ument T$'es for Do&ument S'#itting

*&er% usiness transaction that is entered is anal%+ed during the document splitting process" In

this process, the s%stem determines which splitting rule is applied to the document" To enale the

s%stem to determine the splitting rule, %ou need to assign a usiness transaction &ariant to eachdocument t%pe"

)" Define *ero+,a#an&e C#earing A&&ount

ere %ou de$ine a clearing account $or account assignment oects $or which %ou want to ha&e a

+ero alance setting when the alance is not +ero"

-" Define Do&ument S'#itting C.ara&teristi&s for Genera# Ledger A&&ounting

ere %ou speci$% to which document splitting characteristics document splitting applies, $ore.ample, pro$it center or segment" The characteristics that %ou speci$% should e maintained in at

least one o$ %our ledgers" #ou determine which characteristics are maintained in %our ledger %

assigning scenarios or customer $ields to %our ledgers" #ou also de$ine how this characteristic isto e handled % speci$%ing, $or e.ample, whether %ou want to appl% a +ero alance setting,

whether the $ield is a re/uired entr% $ield, and the appropriate partner $ield"

/" Define Do&ument S'#itting C.ara&teristi&s for Contro##ing

ere %ou speci$% which additional characteristics %ou want to appl% in document splitting" The

additional characteristics are not rele&ant $or General Ledger Accounting" Instead, the% arerele&ant $or components in 0ontrolling that use documents trans$erred $rom General Ledger

Accounting"The selected characteristics are onl% trans$erred to the speci$ied line items when the

account to which the postings are to e made can also ta'e the characteristics"

0" Define Post+Ca'ita#iation of Cas. Dis&ount to Assets

ere %ou de$ine whether the cash discount that is applied in the pa%ment o$ an asset-rele&ant

in&oice should e capitali+ed to the asset" 1hen %ou select this setting, the cash discount amount

is not posted to the cash discount account in the pa%ment document, ut instead directl% to theasset"

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1" Edit Constants for Nonassigned Pro&esses

ere %ou de$ine de$ault account assignments ($or e.ample, a de$ault segment) $or speci$ic line

items in processes $or which it is not possile to deri&e the correct account assignments at the

time when the document is posted" This is the case i$ the re/uired in$ormation is not %et a&ailalewhen the posting occurs"

2" A&ti3ate Do&ument S'#itting

In this IG acti&it%, %ou acti&ate document splitting" The splitting method used is that deli&ered

% !A2 as standard, which contains the splitting rules $or the di$$erent usiness transactions" I$

this splitting method does not meet %our re/uirements, %ou can $irst de$ine and then select %ourown method in 0ustomi+ing $or document splitting (see the ne.t step)"

Settings for Extended Document Splitting

ere %ou de$ine %our own rules $or document splitting and ma'e the necessar% settings so that

the s%stem applies the rules %ou de$ined and not the !A2 standard rules"

4" Define S'#itting Met.od

ere %ou de$ine %our own method $or document splitting" A splitting method contains the rules

go&erning how the indi&idual item categories are dealt with"

!5" Define S'#itting 6u#e

ere %ou de$ine the splitting rules $or document splitting" #ou assign one or more usiness

transaction &ariants, the account 'e% $or the +ero alance setting, and the leading item categories$or cross-compan% code transactions to a splitting method"

!!" Assign S'#itting Met.od

ere %ou assign the splitting method to e used $or document splitting a$ter acti&ation" I$ %ou

want to acti&ate %our own splitting method, replace the standard method with %our own method"

!(" Define ,usiness Transa&tion 7ariants

ere %ou can de$ine usiness transaction &ariants $or the usiness transactions in documentsplitting"