Setting the Posting Date

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You can set the posting date to specify the date on which postings are made in the system.

Recommendation

We recommend that you increase the posting date daily as part of the automatic end-of-day processing.

End of the recommendation.

You can set the following different posting dates for each bank posting area:

Posting date for payment transaction
The system uses this date as the posting date default for all postings in payment transactions that are initiated internally and externally (current posting date of the payment transaction).

If you set this date to the next day in the periodic tasks, you are setting a posting cut-off. All payment transaction postings generated after the posting cut-off are posted with the new posting date, unless you overwrite this during posting.

For more information about the prerequisites that a new posting date must meet, see the documentation for data element BCA_ACTPDT_Y (posting date for payment transactions).

Note
You can use the value date individually in payment transactions, irrespective of the posting date.

End of the note.
Posting date of end-of-day processing
The postings generated by the system in the closing tasks (such as account settlement) are posted on the posting date for end-of-day processing. This date cannot be after the current posting date of the payment transaction.

Two separate posting dates means that the postings for the payment transaction can be posted on the new posting day, whereas the settlement postings are still posted on the old posting day.

For more information, see the documentation for data element BCA_ACTCDT_Y (posting date for end-of-day processing).
Earliest posting date for backdated postings
This is the earliest possible date up to which you can return postings in an already settled period.

For more information, see the documentation for data element BCA_DTE_POSTDATE_BACKPOSTING (earliest posting date for backdated postings).

Activities

On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Financial Services Next navigation step Account Management Periodic Tasks Posting Date End of the navigation path and run the report for setting the relevant posting date.

For more information about a report, choose (Program Documentation).

To display the results of a report, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Financial Services Next navigation step Account Management Logs Posting Date End of the navigation path and run the report for displaying the relevant log.

Example

Date	Time	Action
24.01.2011	14:00	A transfer goes onto an account and is posted with the posting date January 24 (posting date PT).
24.01.2011	18:00	The posting cut-off is executed and the posting date PT is set to January 25.
24.01.2011	21:00	The account holder executes an online bank transfer. The posting is entered with the posting date January 25. (Posting date PT)
25.01.2011	01:00	The account is settled. Since the settlement is from the previous day, the posting is entered with posting date January 24. (Posting date end-of-day processing)