Setting the Posting Date (SAP Library - SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (FIN-FSCM))

Setting the Posting Date

In this section you increase the date on which the postings are executed in the system. This must always be done daily, even if no other balancing tasks are performed. For information on the sequence for setting the dates, refer to : Process Flow of End of Day Processing.

The user can set two posting dates:

Posting date of payment transactions:

The date used as posting date for all postings of internally and externally initiated payment transactions (you can individually control the value date in payment transactions). Standing orders are also generated with this date. You set this date to the following day by executing a posting cut-off.

You have the following options for this:

You can set the posting cut-off manually. To do this, choose Periodic tasks ® Posting date ® Payment transactions or Balancing and specify the next posting date for each bank area.

You can have the posting cut-off executed automatically by the system at a fixed time. You find the settings for this in the Implementation Guide (IMG) by choosing Basic settings ® Bank area ® Define bank area.

Posting date for the balancing postings:

The postings generated by the system as part of cash concentration and account balancing are posted with this balancing date.

To set this date, proceed as follows:

Choose Periodic tasks ® Posting date ® Balancing and specify the bank area. The posting date for the balancing postings is then set to the current posting date for payment transactions.

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Both these posting dates can also be set in batch mode. For this, under Periodic tasks ® Posting date ® Payment transactions batch or Balancing batch, reports are stored that can be included in jobs accordingly.