Use
Using the FI-AA component, you can automatically update all relevant transactions to the general ledger. These include all accounting transactions that are posted to assets, and all changes to asset values that are automatically calculated by the system (particularly depreciation). This update takes place immediately online for one depreciation area, or as part of periodic processing for all other depreciation areas. (refer to
Updating Values in the Depreciation Area ).Features
When you post with account assignment to an asset, the system determines the G/L account that is posted, based on four things: the chart of accounts valid in the company code, the depreciation area that is to be posted, the account allocation key, and the transaction type.
Account Determination
Chart of Accounts
The chart of accounts contains all accounts in the general ledger. In Financial Accounting, exactly one chart of accounts is assigned to every company code. This assignment is also binding for Asset Accounting
Account Determination Key
You enter the account determination key in the general master data for the asset class. The account determination key defines the reconciliation accounts in Financial Accounting that should be posted during asset transactions. This definition is effective for each chart of accounts and for each depreciation area that is defined as an automatic posting area in the respective chart of depreciation. The chart of depreciation itself is not the key criterion for account determination. This fact is important for company codes that have different charts of depreciation, but use the same chart of accounts. It is not possible to specify reconciliation accounts that are chart-of-depreciation-specific for these company codes.
You have to enter an account determination key in every asset class. Doing so guarantees that the account assignment will be the same for all assets in the given asset class. SAP provides account determination keys for the standard charts of depreciation and standard charts of accounts.
You can obtain more information on the meaning of accounts in an account determination key by using the online F1 help for the reconciliation accounts in the definition of an account determination.
Automatic Posting Area
When you define depreciation areas, you determine whether the values of the area should be automatically entered in the general ledger (see
Characteristics of a Depreciation Area). For every area that is defined for automatic posting, you can specify its own accounts in an account determination key.It is not possible to make specifications for account assignment for areas that do not have an automatic posting indicator in their area definition.
Transaction Type
The transaction type identifies the type of business transaction. Using the transaction type, the system posts the transaction to the appropriate accounts of the given account determination (refer to
Transaction Types ).
You can use a customer enhancement to set up your own controls for account determination that are dependent on the transaction type (see
Customer Enhancements (Customer Exits)).