Executing a Balance Sheet Transfer (SAP Library

Executing a Balance Sheet Transfer

Prerequisites

After the key date of the balance sheet transfer, no posted flows should exist in the securities accounts concerned. If flows do exist, you have to reverse them before you begin the balance sheet transfer, and post them again afterwards. An error message lists the flows you have to reverse.

You must have run a period-end closing on the key date of the balance sheet transfer. The period-end closing must have been carried out for all relevant securities accounts and all securities accounts which have been valued (valuation category 20 or portfolio valuation). An error message appears if there are any open flows before the key date.

In Customizing for the Securities area, you choose Assign Flow Types to Flow Category to assign flow types to all the flow categories that are required for the balance sheet transfer. See also Flow Categories for the Balance Sheet Transfer.

Procedure

Choose Accounting ® Operative Valuation Area ® Balance Sheet Transfer ® Execute.

The Securities: Balance Sheet Transfer screen appears.

Enter the company code, the ID number, the key date, and the new account assignment reference. Confirm your entries.

The various securities account positions for the ID number are displayed.

Choose Display securities account groups if appropriate.

Select the securities account positions in the securities account group(s) that you wish to transfer to the new account assignment reference.

Choose Check. The system checks if all prerequisites for carrying out the balance sheet transfer are fulfilled. If all the conditions are not met, an error log is displayed.

Post the balance sheet transfer.

The system displays the posting log.

Result

The securities account position transfer function transfers all the positions of an ID number, which were posted to a particular account assignment reference, to the new account assignment reference. It also changes the relevant securities account position indicators.