Document Reconciliation (SAP Library - FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable)

Document Reconciliation

Use

You use the document reconciliation to reconcile posting documents in different company codes within a company. This is necessary to correct posting differences resulting from posting errors or different posting times.

Prerequisites

The documents to be reconciled must have been entered in one client in the same SAP System.

Features

Document reconciliation provides the following functions:

An efficient method of finding documents that have caused differences
Extended search functions for documents
Automatic assignment of documents
Manual assignment of documents using drag & drop
Assignment of uniform reference numbers for outgoing and incoming documents

This is particularly useful if you use the Financial Accounting and Sales and Distribution components.

Support for communication with accounting clerks
Maintenance of personal settings for document reconciliation in the following areas: Document display, document search, document assignment

You can carry out this maintenance from the Financial Accounting menu: Choose Accounting → Financial accounting → Accounts receivable/Accounts payable → Periodic processing → Closing → Check/count → Reconcile affiliated companies. From the document reconciliation menu, choose Settings → Personal settings.

Maintenance of global default values for document assignment for several users.

To do this, carry out the activity Define Default Values for Document Assignment for All Users in the Implementation Guide for Financial Accounting.

Activities

Carry out the document reconciliation according to the procedure described in Carrying Out Document Reconciliation