Position Indicator 

Definition

The position indicator determines the position management and valuation parameters for a class at company code and securities account level.

It includes the account assignment reference (which you use to determine the G/L account in which the relevant position is managed in Financial Accounting), the valuation class, the exchange for the valuation as well as several other entry fields, such as balance sheet indicators, intercorporate privilege indicators (yes/no) and information which takes the particular requirements of insurance companies into account.

See also:

Valuation

Use

The position indicator determines how valuation is performed for a class at company code and securities account level.

If portfolio valuation is not activated, you can use the position indicator to manage the valuation parameters for a class if they differ from the Customizing settings for the company code and/or the product type.

Here, you can also maintain data (account assignment reference, valuation parameters) either for the company code position or, more importantly, for the securities account position.

The exchange selected in the position indicator is called up when you value the security. The system chooses the price from the price table that is valid at the exchange defined.

If you perform valuation at securities account group level, you assign the position of the class in the securities account to a securities account group in the securities account position indicator.

Overview:

Structure

The position indicator comprises two areas: entries for the company code position and entries for the securities account position.

You can call up the respective valuation parameters.

In the area for the securities account position, you find additional information about the securities account (depository bank, beneficiary, blocking type, BAV stock indicator).

Integration

You can either enter position indicators manually or you can let the system determine them automatically when you purchase the security. If you want the system to determine the position indicator automatically, you have to define the following default values in Customizing:

1. Default values for determining the account assignment reference automatically.

You define these in Customizing for Securities by choosing Control Automatic Determination of Account Assignment Reference.

2. Define valuation parameters for the company code and/or per product type.

You define a valuation class for the company code in Customizing for Securities by choosing Assign Company Code. You can define a valuation class per product type by choosing Maintain Accounting/Cash Mgmt Data.

You can change the valuation parameters for the company code provided that there are no planned records or actual records for the class in the company code.

You can change the valuation parameters for the securities account provided that neither planned records nor actual records exist in the company code for the class and for the securities account.

If you want to change the valuation parameters, even if the above requirements are not met, you have the following option:

Create a new securities account, maintain the valuation parameters in the position indicator according to your requirements, and perform a securities account transfer. The change you make to the valuation parameters is effective for the position of the securities account transfer as of the key date of the transfer.

You are not allowed to change the valuation parameters for positions that already exist.

See also:

Editing position indicators