SAP General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)

General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL) is a document provided by SAP AG. This SAP FI article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Finance and Controlling (FICO) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP FI article explains the Financial accounting component General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL) and its purpose to maintaining external accounts by recording all business transactions in software systems which ensures company's data accurate and complete. Moreover you will learn the features of SAP FI GL, its sub ledgers, real time evaluation and reporting, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP FI GL article.
  • General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)
  • Cost of Sales Accounting
  • Functional area
  • Activating Cost of Sales Accounting
  • Deriving the Functional Area
  • Reconciliation of Controlling and Financial Accounting
  • Creating a Profit and Loss Statement with Cost of Sales Accounting
  • G/L Account Master Records
  • Environment: G/L Account Master Records
  • Chart of Accounts List
  • G/L Master Record in the Chart of Accounts
  • G/L Account Master Records in the Company Code
  • Assigning Authorizations
  • Automatic Postings
  • Functions for Editing G/L Account Master Records
  • Search Function: G/L Account Master Records
  • Special Features in P&L Statement Accounts
  • Sample Account And Data Transfer Rules
  • Account Balances and Line Items
  • G/L Account Balances
  • Line Item Display
  • Posting (FI)
  • Document
  • Posting Key
  • Processing Posted Data
  • Updating Entered Data
  • Automatic Postings
  • What Can You Do Before Posting a Document?
  • Screen Layout
  • Reference Methods for Posting
  • Posting Documents in Foreign Currency
  • Cross-Company Code Transactions
  • Posting Business Transactions in General Ledger Accounting
  • Entering Business Transactions in General Ledger Accounting
  • Entering G/L Account Line Items (General Ledger)
  • Posting Documents in General Ledger Accounting
  • Cross-Company Code G/L Account Posting
  • Clearing
  • Clearing Functions in the General Ledger
  • Clearing Functions in Accounts Payable
  • Clearing Functions in Accounts Receivable
  • The Clearing Program
  • Clearing Transactions
  • The Clearing Process
  • Payment Differences
  • Automatic Posting for Clearing Transactions
  • Bank Sub accounts
  • Specifications for Processing Open Items
  • Cross-Company Code Clearing
  • Clearing Open Items in Foreign Currency
  • Clearing Open Items with a Future Posting Date: Example
  • Outgoing Payments with Printed Forms
  • Clearing Accounts
  • Resetting Clearing
  • Reversal
  • Negative Postings
  • Reversing Documents
  • Internal Correspondence
  • Internal Documents
  • Requesting Internal Documents
  • Editing Correspondence Requests
  • Printing Correspondence
  • Chart of Accounts and Account List
  • Account Statement
  • Listing Programs for Evaluations
  • Balance Interest Calculation
  • Introduction to Interest Calculation
  • Interest Calculation: Fields in the Master Record
  • Specifications Stored Under the Interest Indicator
  • Determining the Interest Calculation Period
  • Interest Calculation
  • Information System
  • Forms
  • Characteristic
  • Key Figures
  • Variable
  • Constants
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Key Figure Reports
  • Enhancements
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