Maintaining Commitment Items 
Prerequisites
If you want to make changes to existing commitment items in an FM area, you should take note of the following prerequisites:
· You cannot make further changes to the header data (key, fiscal year, FM area) or change the Directly postable or Not directly postable indicators for a commitment item.
· If budget has already been distributed to the commitment item or actuals/commitments values have been posted, you cannot change the Financial transaction, the Superior commitment item in the standard variant, the Commitment item category or the Statistical commt item indicator.
Procedure
1. Choose Accounting ® Public Sector Management ® Funds Management ® Master Data ® Commitment Item ® Individual Processing
2.
Enter the relevant FM area in the
Enter
FM area dialog box, then choose
.
You only need
to enter the FM area when you call up the transaction for the first time. The
next time you call it up, the FM area you selected is automatically defaulted.
If you want to change the FM area, choose 
FM area.
3.
Enter the header data
(alphanumeric code, fiscal year) and choose the relevant maintenance activity
, 
or
.
4. Enter the required data on the tab page or make the required changes.
You cannot change to a different tab page until you have made the necessary obligatory entries on the Basic Data tab page.
5.
Choose 
.
You can create commitment items more effectively by choosing Maintaining the Standard Hierarchy.
If you want to make changes to more than one commitment item, choose Mass Maintenance of Commitment Items.
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