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 Displaying Accrual Objects and Starting Periodic Accrual Run

Procedure

  1. Access the Edit Accrual Objects transaction from the path: Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Accounting Next navigation step General Ledger Next navigation step Periodic Processing Next navigation step Accruals for Rights Management Next navigation step Revenue Recognition for License Sales. End of the navigation path

    This transaction only displays IPM objects.

Enter the key date for the accrual to be performed and enter a transaction type if required.

  1. Choose Execute .

    Result: Accrual objects are displayed in the left hand section of the screen. They are ordered by the company code/ logical system/transaction type/contract number and item number.

  2. To display an IPM accrual object, access it by double-clicking.

    Result: The accrual types are displayed in the top right hand half of the window in accordance with the standard Customizing settings (for example, an accrual type for clearing and an accrual type for revenues ). The Business Transaction Allocation (BTA) item data is displayed in the bottom right half of the screen.

    If you select a folder symbol on the left-hand section of the screen in the Key Features screen area, the system always displays the first hierarchy node and not a cumulation of all nodes that are found below this node.

    Caution Caution

    Entries are not made in the fields on the Postings tab page until the accrual has been triggered.

    End of the caution.

    Providing the relevant Customizing settings have been made, an opening posting can be made directly in FI if a value from the contract is transferred to the Accrual Engine.Amounts can be posted to the revenue account from this account.

The Start of the navigation path Accrual Object Next navigation step Change End of the navigation path menu path can be used to modify the values displayed or to specify new values.

The Check and Simulate Changes functions are used to check whether accruals can be performed using the new values.

  1. If the check is successful, trigger the accrual posting from the following path: Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Accounting Next navigation step General Ledger Next navigation step Periodic Processing Next navigation step Accruals for Rights Management Next navigation step Start Periodic Accrual Run. End of the navigation path The key date for the accrual and the execution type are mandatory entries here.Schedule the job as a periodic background job where possible.

  2. Choose Display Application Log to display the logs for the accrual postings made. Incorrect postings can be transferred to FI again once the error has been corrected using the IPMTRANSFER transaction.

  3. Goto Reversal can be used to reverse a run that has already taken place.