SAP FI (Financial Accounting) Hints and Tips

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Useful SAP FI hints and tips to help those supporting the SAP Financial Accounting modules.

Table of Contents

General Ledger
FI Validations
Functional Areas

Company Code/Business Area
Add a new company code to the existing system
Changing Company Code
Business Area
Substitution of business area
Creating accounts in another company code

FI Period
OB52 - Opening and closing the period for posting
Check whether FI period opened or not
FB02   FB03 - Change/Display Financial Accounting documents
Define Number Range and Document Types
FBL3 - Display G/L Account Line items
Maintains fields for G/L account in line items level
Fast entry screens
Posting keys Configuration
Intercompany Postings
Tolerance posting for users posting accounting documents
Automatic account determination
Tax Automatic Account Assignment
Copy G/L Accounts Master records from one client to another
FS10 - Account Display Balances
Account Group
Retained Earnings Accounts

Balance Sheet
Additional Financial Statement Version
Balance Sheet and P&L Statement at Plant Level

Tax
Tax Procedures

Message Control
Message Control for Warnings or Error

 
Customer/Vendor
Define more than one reconciliation account for one customer or vendor

Uploading Data
Uploading Accounting Entries and Clearing Open items