Balance Carried Forward to the General Ledger 

Use

You now check the number ranges in the open periods to be posted in the general ledger.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the General Ledger node, choose Environment ® Current Settings ® Open and Close Posting Periods

    Transactioncode

    S_ALR_87003642

    You now see a time interval for periods 1-12, up to and including 2000. According to this, all periods for 2000 are open for posting.

    You now extend this time interval to the fiscal year 2004.

  2. Choose .
  3. Choose Edit ® Change field contents.
  4. In the dialog box, select To fiscal year (period 1), then choose .
  5. In the dialog box enter the following data:
    6.

    Field

    Data

    With value

    2004

  6. Choose Replace.
  7. Choose .

    8. If the Prompt for Customizing Request dialog box appears, choose . Enter a description, then choose . Confirm your entries with .

  8. Choose until the overview tree appears.
  9. Call up the transaction as follows:
    10.

    Menu Path

    From the General Ledger node, choose Periodic Processing ® Closing ® Carrying Forward ® Balance Carry Forward.

    Transaction Code

    F.16

    This balance carry forward ensures that the balances of the relevant accounts are available as beginning balances in the next fiscal year 2000.

  10. Enter the following data:
    11.

    Field

    Europe

    Great Britain

    North America

    Ledger

    00

    00

    00

    Company code

    1000

    2000

    3000

    Carry forward to fiscal year

    2001

    2001

    2001

    Test run

    Select

    Select

    Select

  11. Choose Program ® Execute in background.

    12. If a warning message appears, choose .

    If the Background Print Parameters dialog box appears, enter the number of your printer, then choose .

    If the Start Time dialog box appears, choose Immediate, then choose .

  12. Choose System ® Services ® Jobs ® Job overview.
  13. Choose Execute.
  14. To check whether your job is ready, choose .
  15. If your job has been executed without errors, repeat steps 12-15 the update run (deselect test run). You should now repeat this procedure for all of the company codes in which you wish to work in the following fiscal year.
  16. Choose until the overview tree appears.