This illustration shows the various screens that are displayed when posting and clearing items.

The process of clearing open items includes:

• Selecting a clearing transaction

• Posting the clearing document

The system generates a clearing document that consists of:

• A document header

• Line items you entered

• Line items the system generated for clearing the selected and activated items

• Other line items generated automatically, for example, cash discounts, tax adjustments, or gains/losses from exchange rate differences

The system enters the clearing date and clearing document number in the open items to be cleared, as well as in the line items it creates to clear the open items.

After you enter a document header and select a clearing transaction, you can carry out these steps in any order. You can alternate between these screens.