Accrual/Deferral Postings (Accrual
Engine) 
Use
The Accrual Engine in Lease Accounting enables you to post accruals/deferrals in General Ledger Accounting automatically.
After classification has taken place, the Lease Accounting Engine forwards the data required for the accrual/deferral postings to the Accrual Engine.
Integration
The Accrual Engine is integrated with the Lease Accounting Engine and Financial Accounting. The Lease Accounting Engine supplies the Accrual Engine with the data it needs to post accruals/deferrals. These accrual/deferral postings are automatically transferred to Financial Accounting.
Prerequisites
You have configured the following settings in Customizing:
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1.
Settings
that define the data that the Lease Accounting Engine transfers to the Accrual
Engine:
Financial
Accounting ® Lease Accounting
® Specifications for Controlling
Processing ® Integration to Accrual Postings
® Specifications for Accrual
Postings
2.
Settings within the Accrual
Engine:
Financial Accounting
® Lease Accounting
® Specifications for Controlling Processing
® Integration to Accrual Postings
® Accrual/Deferral Postings
® Basic Settings
® Accrual Calculation
® Accrual/Deferral Posting
If the Accrual Engine settings mentioned under point two above are not sufficient to cover your requirements for accrual/deferral postings, you can configure additional Accrual Engine settings by choosing Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting Global Settings ® Accrual Engine.
Features
The accrual engine supports two types of process:
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1.
Creation of master
data in the Accrual Engine by transferring data from the Lease Accounting
Engine. This master data is stored in the form of 
accrual objects in
the Accrual Engine.
The Lease Accounting Engine processes a lease. When doing so, it evaluates the settings for controlling processing. This evaluation indicates that accruals/deferrals have to be posted. As a result, the Accrual Engine creates an accrual object for the lease.
All of the postings made by the Accrual Engine are based on the data stored in the accrual objects.
2. Carrying out accrual/deferral postings. The following accrual/deferral postings are possible:
¡ Accrual/deferral postings when accrual objects are created or changed.
In Customizing for the Accrual Engine, you have configured the accrual type in such a way that an opening posting is made when an accrual object is created.
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Periodic accrual
postings:
These are carried out during a periodic accrual run.
Activities
You have to start the periodic accrual run manually, for example, as part of your period-end closing activities. To do so, choose the following from the SAP Easy Access menu:
Financial Accounting ® Lease Accounting ® Accruals/Deferrals
® Accrual Engine: Start Periodic Postings
The following activities are also available:
Reversing a Periodic Accrual Run
Reconciliation of Accrual Engine with Financial Accounting
Transferring Accrual Engine Documents to Financial Accounting