Additional Account Assignments for Insurance
Definition
The additional account assignments for insurance(AAAI) contain freely definable account assignment fields that you can use to transfer insurance-specific information to the G/L and any predefined special ledgers, in addition to the standard SAP account assignments.
In the standard delivery, the
VLXX_MWTOT
structure contains proposals for fields that are based on statutory reporting for the German Insurance Supervisory Authority. These fields are automatically available when posting a document, if you do not make any changes to the delivered AAAI.
Use
The additional account assignments are required in many countries to generate legally required reports in the area of statutory reporting for insurance.
The defined AAAI fields are available for the document and can be entered directly when posting a document in the Collections/Disbursements subledger, and when posting to the FI G/L.
To enter the additional account assignments in Collections/Disbursements, select the
FS-CD Fields
tab page when posting in the display for line items.If you enter a document directly in the
Financial Accounting
component, choose the
More
button with Quick InfoAll Account Assignments
in the display for line items, and then choose theIns. Acct Ass.
button in theAccount Assignment Block
screen.
Integration
Storing Account Assignment Information
In the Implementation Guide, you can define how the information from the AAAI fields is to be stored.
Enhanced AAAI Storage
If you use the enhanced AAAI storage, the system stores the data from the AAAI fields in a specific table and you can use as many characters (and fields) as you want. The
KONTL
field only stores a GUID, which refers to this table.You activate the type of storage in the Implementation Guide for Collections/Disbursements, under
Basic Functions
Activation of Basic Functions
. You can find more information about prerequisites and activities there.You can use event
V900
to control decoding and encoding of data.Storage in
KONTL
fieldIf you do not activate the enhanced AAAI storage, the system stores the data in the
KONTL
field. In this field, you can store up to 50 characters.
Settings for Fields and Display
The additional account assignments for insurance freely definable. You can replace the delivered AAAI with your own structure, and define the distribution of the individual account assignments to business partner and G/L. All fields that you have defined are then available when posting.
You can find the necessary settings in the Implementation Guide for Collections/Disbursements, under
Basic Functions
Additional Account Assignments for Insurance
Customer-Specific Additional Account Assignments for Insurance
.
Caution
You need to make a one-time definition of the account assignment fields and the type of storage, before posting documents for the first time. Subsequent changes can lead to inconsistencies in the account assignment information, and it may be that the system cannot process the data correctly.
Transfer to Special Ledger
You can copy the additional account assignments for insurance to a customer-specific defined special ledger, and evaluate them there. Transfer to the special ledger takes place when transferring documents from the Collections/Disbursements subledger to the G/L. This ledger can also be used as a "copy template” for external information systems. You can use these evaluations as the basis for reports to the national supervisory authorities.
Usage for Account Determination
You can use the additional account assignments for insurance for account determination, for expense/revenue accounts in the G/L. It is then no longer necessary to encrypt the information required for statutory reporting in the G/L accounts. You can find the settings in the Implementation Guide, under
Basic Functions
Postings and Documents
Document
Define Account Assignments for Automatic Postings
Automatic G/L Account Determination
Define Accounts for Revenue/Expenses
.