The chart of accounts is nothing but list of gl accounts used by the company. There are three types of chart of accounts. 1 Operative chart of accounts 2 country specific chart of accounts3 group chart of accounts. Generally we use the chart of accounts to process the regular business transactions is the Operative chart of accounts. We can post in this chart of accounts only. The remaining chart of accounts is used for different business scenario. As per the request of the client we can define other chart of accounts. The customization path is as under
Spro>img>financial accounting>general ledger accounting>GL accounts>>master records> preparations>edit chart of accounts list: TC OB13
Select new entries button to create new chart of accounts.
- Give: chart of accounts code: 2006
- Give description of chart of accounts.
- Give the language in which you want to maintain the chart of accounts.
Give the length of gl account number you want to use in your company code. The maximum length of gl account number in sap is 10 digits. (With in that we can give any number) By default the integration with controlling: manually only and save the data Note: do not select the Blocked check box: The appearance of the screen after giving the details will be as under.
In case of group company concept define one chart of account as group chart of accounts and give the group chart of accounts name while defining the operative chart of accounts.
After definition of the chart of accounts we have to assign this chart of accounts to our company code.
- Path: same as above: TC OB62.
- Click on position button.
- Give company code
- Give chart of accounts and save the data
