Using Field Status Definitions for Screen Layout 

You can enter field status definitions in every G/L account master record and for each posting key. You use field status definitions to design document entry screens based on account and business transaction.

In line item entry, the system links the definitions from the account to those of the posting key and uses them to create the entry screens. Thus different fields are displayed on the screens for line item entry, depending on the specified account and posting key.

The following illustrations show two screens used to enter a line item to a G/L account. The first screen displays all available fields. The second screen displays only those fields that are required to post an item to a bank account. The value date field on the second screen was defined as a required entry field in the G/L account master record, whereas the text and financial budget fields were defined as optional fields. Default values were entered in some fields. All fields for terms of payment were hidden because they are irrelevant to posting to this account.