In this activity you create document types for customer, vendor and general ledger business transactions in Financial Accounting. Document types differentiate business transactions and control document filing.
You specify a number range for each document type. Document numbers are chosen from this number range. You can use one number range for several document types.
Document types are valid for all clients. You specify a number range key for each document type. You create the desired number range intervals for each number range key based on the company code. This means that you can specify intervals of different sizes for the same number range.
You defined a document type for incoming invoices. In company code 0001 there are a lot of invoices to be posted. Thus you create a large number interval for the number range in this company code. In another company code there are only a few incoming invoices that need to be posted. For this company code you can define a small number interval for the same number range.
If a document type is not used in a company code, do not store a number interval for that company code.
To use the net method of posting documents, you need a net document type (for example, KN). In this document type, you have to set the "Net document type" indicator found under the "Control" area. You can define a common document type (for example, AB) and a common number range for clearing open items in accounts receivable, payable and G/L acccounts.
For automatic posting transactions (for example, transfer postings with clearing), you have to define a clearing document type (for example, AB). If you do not want to use the standard setting AB for the clearing document type, you can delete it and define your own. Under the document type properties, you can assign an individual reverse document type to each document type. For document types with external number ranges, you have to define an individual reverse document type because the system can make automatic reverse entries only in document types that have internal number assignment.
The preset document types cover business transactions