Example: Assigning Commitment Items to G/L Accounts

For the assignment of G/L accounts to commitment items, it is not the business character of the G/L account which is the deciding factor, but rather its position in the process of a revenue or expenditure:

Accounts that create a revenue or expenditure functionally must be linked to a commitment item with the control financial transaction 30 /item category 2 (revenues) or financial transaction 30 /commitment item 3 (expenditures). This is the only way the system can recognize whether it is revenue or expenditure. This means that materials and asset accounts create expenditures and require this controlling.

Bank and cash accounts display a balance. A commitment item with financial transaction 90 and item category 2 or 3 must be assigned to these accounts. Check and bank clearing accounts should be outsorted using financial transaction 90 . With certain prerequisites you can also outsort the check and bank clearing accounts with financial transaction 80. For more information on this, see Update Financial Transaction 80 for Bank and Check Clearing .

Reconciliation accounts for customers and vendors create the status ‘invoice’ and require a commitment item with the financial transaction 60 . A differentiation according to revenues and expenditures is not relevant for the system, but ensures that the assignment is clearly arranged.

Sample assignment G/L-Commitment item/Controlling parameters