Example: Document Splitting for Reposting Customers in Credit 

Use

During document splitting, specific account assignments are transferred from the original process to the subsequent process. Repostings for customers with a credit balance is an example of a subsequent process. The balances of the customers and vendors are determined by company code and account. The system splits the account assignments during posting on the basis of the determined account balance and according to the account assignments of the document splitting characteristic (such as Segment).

Prerequisites

You have specified the segment as a document splitting characteristic. You do this in the Implementation Guide under Financial Accounting (New) ® General Ledger Accounting (New) ® Document Splitting ® Define Document Splitting Characteristics for General Ledger Accounting.

 

For more information, see Making Settings for Document Splitting.

Process Flow

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       1.      Initial Situation

The following balances are assigned to the customer account per segment:

       2.      Determining Customer with Credit Balance

A total balance of 100 EUR is determined. Consequently, the customer is perceived as a vendor. The balance of this customer needs to be displayed as a payable. If you were now to post the total balance to payables, the account assignment of the segment would be lost.

       3.      Postings

To enable segment reporting, the total balance (100) is split and posted using the original balances (see 1.) and on the basis of the document splitting characteristic (segment):