Stop depreciation – Asset Shutdown

You would like SAP to stop calculating periodic depreciation from a certain period or a specified period for certain assets.  Then you should use the functionality of Asset Shutdown.

You should identify the depreciation key where you want asset shutdown activated and then tick the asset shutdown on the asset master data with the time interval.

Alternative reconciliation account for customer invoices

When the SD / FI billing happens in SAP, the debtors line item in the accounting document gets the reconciliation account from the customer master. Sometimes, due to nature of transaction e.g. sale of fixed asset to the customer, you may want to post the debtor line to a different reconciliation account than in the customer master, you can use the SAP functionality of alternative reconciliation account.

(So there is no need to create two customer master for the same customer with two different reconciliation account.)

 

Hitler implements SAP funny video

Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian epic war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945.

One scene in the film, in which Hitler launches into a furious tirade upon finally realizing that the war is truly lost, has become a staple of internet videos. In these videos, the original audio of Ganz's voice is retained, but new subtitles are added so that he now seems to be reacting instead to some setback in present-day politics, sports, popular culture, or everyday life.

Change alternative reconciliation account for MIRO

Sometime the finance managers require trade creditors to be posted to different GL account instead of GLon the vendor master. Different reconciliation account is to classify the vendor balance for regular purchase and fixed assets.

How to modify customizing objects in production

The client does not permit any changes to Customizing objects. E.g.  Finance closing cockpit (CLOCOC) or Create Assessment cycle. Your user want these objects to be maintained directly in the production rather than transporting the changes from DEV. See SAP note 327351.

How to switch GL account to open managed new GL

How to switch GL account to open managed in a company code. For more details refer SAP note 1356457.

Steps:

Preliminary checks:

  • Transaction FSS0. See whether the GL is open item managed
  • Run FAGLL03 – Display/Change Items (New) for the GL XXXX in company code XXX. Select line item selection – All items. This is to determine the date when the first document was posted (say 04-Aug-11).

Handy Quirks and transactions in SAP

Sometimes, you need the names of programs, transactions or table quickly  to troubleshoot or design a solution. Then you should have list of handy stuff. I have listed transactions and will be updating this post constantly.

SAP Best Baseline Packages

SAP Baseline packages are the best starting point to any SAP implementation. You do not have reference materials to start your blueprint, then you should use the base line package and SAP All-in-one Fast start.

Payment Terms in SAP FI

Many FI consultants know how to configure the payment terms but some miss out on transporting the payment term description that appears on SD invoice. Sometimes payment terms are configured by SD consultants as well.

Things to remember:

How to delete Bank Statement in SAP

Sometimes your user has created the bank statement and wanted it to be deleted since it has not processed or some values are entered wrongly. The table that stores bank statement identifier details is FEBKO.