Post External Business Transactions
Figure 1: Processes in the Merge Scenario
Figure 1 provides a rough illustration of the processes that take place in the merge scenario. First, the system reads the business transactions from the Source Data Layer (SDL) (1). "External business transaction" is the umbrella term given to an initialization and operational business transaction. The system processes the original business transactions first, and then the reversal business transactions. The system reads only those business transactions that are relevant for Accounting. The time stamp can be used as an additional selection criterion. It provides the technical time of generation (system date and time) in the SDL. When the system reads the business transactions, it converts (2) them from the SDL format to the Accounting format.
Then, the system transfers to Accounting (3) the business transactions that were read from the SDL and reformatted. In Accounting, the system posts the accounting documents for the specified accounting system. Items from the operative business transaction that are to be processed in financial position management are posted to clearing figures in financial position management. The accounting documents are stored in the following journals (4):
General Journal (GJ)
Costs and Revenues (C&R)
Financial Position (FP)
The system logs the accounting document in accordance with its items. Logging a posting item for an external business transaction for the financial position triggers the registration function. The registration function generates financial positions and records the fact that business transactions have to be processed for them. The financial position balances are calculated on the basis of the financial positions.
The descriptive characteristics of the financial position that are not provided with the business transaction can be determined the first time an external business transaction is posted for a financial position.
Prerequisites
You have completed generation.
A financial reporting preprocess is required before you post external business transactions.
"External business transaction" is a superordinate term used for an initializing and operational business transaction. Note that you are not permitted to post operational business transactions before you post initialization business transactions. It is important to note that the value date of a purchase cannot be earlier than the initialization date.
Activities
From the SAP Easy Access Menu
, choose 
Bank Analyzer
Analytics
Accounting: Merge Scenario
Balance Analyzer
Automatic Processing
Processing Independent of Period
Accounting Functions
Post External Business Transactions
.
If you want to post business transactions that could not be posted in an earlier run, due to incorrect Customizing settings or generation problems, for example, on the SAP Easy Access
screen choose Bank Analyzer
Analytics
Accounting: Merge Scenario
Balance Analyzer
Automatic Processing
Processing Independent of Period
Accounting Functions
Restart External Business Transactions
.
Select the program run date using input help. This is the date of the last run in which the business transactions either could not be posted or were not posted completely.
If several runs took place on the same date, enter the sequence number of the program run in which the business transactions could not be posted.
If you leave the
Sequential Number of Program Run
field empty, the system automatically uses the last run for the specified legal entity. This allows you to schedule the restart of the business transaction posting in advance, that is, without knowing the sequence number.
Example
1. Initial Position
2. Posting External Business Transactions
External business transactions are posted initially to a position clearing account. The position clearing account is cleared later when secondary business transactions are updated.