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Function documentationWanted Special Period for Transfer Posting to General Ledger

 

When posting a document or an assignment, you can do the following:

  • Specify a special period on document header level. This is then used when transferring the posting to the general ledger

  • Specify explicitly that the document is not to be posted in any special period

Note Note

Prerequisite for this is special authorization 140 in authorization object F_KK_SOND

End of the note.

For all other transactions and automatic processes, and if you do not have the special authorization mentioned above, you can specify the special periods that the system enters in the document header by default, dependent on the posting date, in the SAP Menu under: Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Special Periods Next navigation step Specify Default Special Periods End of the navigation path.

This default special period is the same as the one proposed to a user with special authorization on the entry screen for creating a document. If you want to post a document across company codes, you can specify that the special period entered be converted to an alternative special period in specific company codes during transfer to the main ledger in the SAP Menu under: Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Special Periods Next navigation step Define New Determination for Each Company Code End of the navigation path.

Caution Caution

If the entered special period is already closed at the time of transfer to the general ledger, you can specify the special period in which the transfer is to take place in this case in the SAP Menu under: Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Special Periods Next navigation step Define Different Special Period for Transfer End of the navigation path.

End of the caution.

If the special period you want is already closed at the time of transfer to the general ledger and you have not defined another open special period in the SAP Menu under: Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Special Periods Next navigation step Define Different Special Period for Transfer End of the navigation path, you can perform the transfer posting with an alternative posting date (in the new year) under: Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Maintain Alternative Posting Date End of the navigation path.