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Object documentationCounters

 

A business object in Account Management (FS-AM) that is normally used to enter the number of posting items for each account. Derivation rules determine which posting items are counted for each account. Counters can measure in whole numbers only. The reading increases by 1 for each posted item that is relevant for counters and decreases by 1 for reversed items.

Account Management contains the following different counter categories:

  • (Internal) Payment transaction counter

  • External counter

  • Business transaction counter

You specify the counters in Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM), under Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Counters End of the navigation path.

 

Counters are used, for example, for the following:

  • Condition determination in the account settlement (for example, number of posted items per calculation period)

  • Collecting information on an account for posting control purposes (for example, the number of days on which an account is overdrawn)

  • Statistical evaluations.

Structure

The structure definition of the Counter object is split into attributes and methods. Attributes represent the basic content characteristics of an object. Methods represent the different ways of processing an object.

Attributes

  • Account

  • Counters

  • Time Stamp (Date and Time)

  • Counter Reading

  • Amount

  • Currency

Methods

In Account Management (FS-AM), you can use one of the following channels to process objects:

  • Dialog

  • Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)

  • Direct Input (DI)

The following overview shows which methods (and the channel) you can call up for the account balance:

Method

Channel

Dialog

BAPI

DI

Display counter reading

x

Read meter reading

x

Change Counter Reading

x

Transfer counter reading

x
Dialog

You can call up the following transactions in dialog mode:

Transaction Code

Short Description

BCA_CN_KFG, tab page Counter Readings

Displaying Counters
Business Application Programming Interface

You can call up the following methods using the BAPI Explorer:

Method

Short Description

CounterAM.UpdateMultiple

BAPI: Change counter

CounterAM.ChangeMultiple

BAPI: Change payment transaction counters and transaction counters

CounterAM.GetDetail

BAPI: Read counter
Direct Input

Direct input structures are predefined for transferring starting balances:

  • Transfer Category: 76 (Data transfer of counter)

  • Receiver Structure: BCA_STR_COUNTER_DI_IN (Data transfer of counter)

  • Sender Structure: BCA_STR_COUNTER_DI_EX (Data transfer of counter)

Enterprise Services

You can use Enterprise Services of the following business objects:

  • Bank Account

  • Bank Combined Settlement

For more information, see SAP Help Portal at Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/ Next navigation step SOA Next navigation step SAP for Industries Next navigation step SAP for Banking Next navigation step Enterprise Services for banking services from SAP End of the navigation path.

Integration

Archiving

You can specify whether counters are archived or deleted physically from the database once a certain period of time has expired. You define this period of time for each bank posting area and prenote type in the Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Item Management Next navigation step Counter Next navigation step Archiving Next navigation step Define Markdown for Counter End of the navigation path.

On the SAP Easy Access screen, you can display archived counters. Choose Start of the navigation path Account Management Next navigation step Archiving Next navigation step Data Display Next navigation step Counter (Archiving Object COUNTER) End of the navigation path.

For more information about archiving, see Data Archiving in Account Management (FS-AM) in SAP Library.