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12.document Splitting Configuration
12.document Splitting Configuration
USE:
Document splitting helps in drawing financial statements at various dimensions like profit centre,
business area etc. on real time basis.
For example: the balance sheet can be drawn at business area level, which may be one of the
requirement management
Passive splitting: Used especially during the clearing transactions (for example payment
transaction)
Zero balancing splitting: Ensures not only the document is zero balanced but also balanced for
the characteristics as well.
First steps in configuring in document splitting is to assign the item categories to the G/L
accounts for chart of accounts
Instead of assigning item categories by individual accounts, it is recommended that you
use a range of accounts
Note that the splitting rules are defined for item categories and item categories are
predefined in the system
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To define G/L account groups
Transaction code SPRO SAP reference IMG Financial accounting (NEW)General ledger
accounting new Business transactionsDocument splittingClassify document types for
Document splitting
We can assign Transaction and variant to document types in this step
The combination of transaction and variant determine the splitting method to be used in
document splitting process. The transaction and variant also identifies the type of accounts
allowed in the document during document splitting
Define zero-balance clearing account
For account assignment objects SAP have a zero balance setting, the system checks
whether the balance of the account assignment object is zero after document splitting
If this is not the case the system generates additional clearing items hence in this activity
we have to create a clearing account for these additional clearing items
Account group
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Transaction code SPRO SAP reference IMG Financial accounting (NEW)General ledger
accounting new Business transactionsDocument splittingDefine Zero-balance Clearing
Account
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Document splitting characteristics for GL accounting
Define the characteristics for which the document splitting rules apply
Additionally
IMG
Zero balance: If this indicator is set the system checks during document splitting. Whether the
invoice is balance to zero at the activate characteristics
If it is not”zero” system generates additional clearing line item to active zero balance
Mandatory field: If the Indicator is set the characteristics must be available for each line item of
the account documents.
Using this field the business can generates complete financial statement. If characteristic is
missing against any line item system generates error message
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Define Document Splitting characteristics for controlling
The additional characteristics in this are not relevant for general ledger accounting. Instead, they
are relevant for other application components (such as sub components in controlling) that used
documents transferred from general ledger accounting.
IMG
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Select company code and double click on deactivation per company code
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