Use

When procuring external services, you specify via the account assignment category the account assignment objects (for example, cost center, sales order, project etc.) to which postings are to be made. These objects are then debited at the time of service acceptance. Account assignments are specified for services at the service line and value limit levels.

Prerequisites

In purchasing documents, you maintain the account assignment category at item level. In the service entry sheet you maintain it at header level. The account assignment categories correspond to those used in the procurement of materials.

For more information, refer to the Purchasing component (MM-PUR) under Account Assignment .

Features

Account Assignment Category 'U' (Unknown)

If, when the services are procured, you do not yet know which accounts are to be debited, you can use the account assignment category 'U' up until the time of Entry of Services Performed in the service entry sheet.

Single and Multiple Account Assignment

To maintain account assignments, branch to the account assignment screen by clicking .

You can specify single or multiple account assignments for both the service line and the value limit.

In the case of multiple account assignment, you can apportion the costs among several account assignment objects on either a quantity basis (for service lines only) or as percentages.

For more information on single versus multiple account assignment, see Specifying Account Assignments for Services .

Account Assignment Distribution

In a set of service specifications, you can display the complete account assignment distribution for the specifications by choosing  Goto Acct. assgt. (total) . The account assignments of the individual service lines or value limits are aggregated, that is to say, summarized to form account assignment items with identical auxiliary and principal assignments for the document. The value of the account assignment items is shown as a percentage and as an absolute amount.

"Repeat Account Assignment" Function

If you wish to enter several service lines with the same account assignment data, choose Repeat acc. ass. on. The system will then suggest the account assignment for each successive service line.

Click Auto repeat acc. ass. , to have the system insert the chosen account assignment automatically against the relevant service lines. You can also overwrite already-maintained account assignment data with this function.

For more information, see Specifying Account Assignments for Services .

Maintenance of Auxiliary Account Assignments in Service Specifications

The most frequently used account assignment fields are directly available to you in the service specifications. Depending on the account assignment category, you can maintain the following account assignment fields in the service line:

If the G/L account determination facility is active, it is thus sufficient to maintain the account assignment field in a set of service specifications. You no longer need to branch to the account assignment detail screen to maintain the relevant data.

You make the settings for G/L account determination in Customizing for Valuation and Account Assignment in Materials Management (MM) under Account Determination .