Account Assignment Reference Transfer

Use

An account assignment reference is assigned to each position. You can use transaction Execute Account Assignment Reference Transfer to transfer positions with their book value from one account assignment reference to another, that is, a transfer of the financial positions to the G/L accounts. To use this transaction, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Treasury and Risk Management Next navigation step Transaction Manager Money Market/Foreign Exchange/Derivatives/Securities/Debt Management Accounting Account Assignment Reference Transfer End of the navigation path .

Caution Caution

You can only perform the function once for each key date.

End of the caution.

Prerequisites

Customizing

You have defined update types in the Transaction Manager and assigned the usage Account Assignment Reference Transfer (9007). To do this, in Customizing for the Transaction Manager , choose General Settings Accounting Account Assignment Reference Transfer Update Types Define Update Types and Assign Usages .
You have assigned these update types to the Position ( Book Value ) account symbols in Customizing by choosing Transaction Manager General Settings Accounting Account Assignment Reference Transfer Update Types Assign Update Types for Account Assignment Reference Transfer.
You have defined account determination for the update types in Customizing for the Transaction Manager by choosing General Settings Accounting Link to Other Accounting Components Define Account Determination .

Other Prerequisites

The account assignment reference transfer must be the first posting-relevant business transaction for the position to be transferred as of the posting date of the account assignment reference transfer.
For the positions to be transferred, you should ensure that no position-changing business transactions exist in status scheduled before the posting date of the transfer.

Features

Selection

In the General Selections area, you select the positions for which you wish to carry out an account assignment reference transfer.

Make sure to transfer all the selected positions to the same New Account Assignment Reference .

Enter the transfer parameter Posting Date (key date on which the posting is to occur) and the New Account Assignment Reference .

Recommendation

We recommend that you first carry out the account assignment reference transfer as a test run. To do this, set the Test Run indicator.

End of the recommendation.

Output

Once you have made your selections, a list of the positions to be transferred is displayed. After you have checked the positions to be transferred, select Execute Transfer . The general ledger transfer of the positions is performed and a posting log is output. You can branch from the posting log to the error log for the posting log . Once you carry out the account assignment reference transfer, the system sets a posting block. This means that no postings with a key date earlier than the posting date of the account assignment reference transfer can be posted to the position.

Reversing the Account Assignment Reference Transfer

If you need to reverse the account assignment reference transfer after the transfer has been updated, you can use the transaction Reversal of Account Assignment Reference Transfer .

The system lists the selected positions. If it is unable to find an account assignment reference, however, then neither the posting date nor the old account assignment reference are displayed for the position. This position is then not taken into account as part of the reversal. Once the account assignment reference transfer has been reversed, the system displays a posting log from which you can branch to an error log.