Changing the Line Layout (SAP Library - FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable)

Changing the Line Layout

Use

You use the line layout to define the line item fields that appear in the line item display, the order that they appear in, and the column heading. You can define several variants for the line layout and change the displayed variant from the line item display.

For more information, see Line Layout Variants

Prerequisites

The SAP standard system contains variants for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger Accounting. You can change them or create your own.

To change a line layout variant, or define a new one, proceed as follows in Customizing for Financial Accounting: General Ledger Accounting/Accounts Receivable and Payable → G/L Accounts/Customer Accounts/Vendor Accounts → Line Items → Display Line Items (without ALV) → Define Line Layout.

Features

You have the following options for changing the line layout:

You can select the line layout on the initial screen for the line item display. Select a line layout variant by double-clicking it.

The line items are then displayed according to the line layout variant requested.

You can change the line layout that you selected on the initial screen in the line item list. To do this, select Line layout...

Select the required standard variant with a double-click. You can also select a line layout variant from the special variants. To do this, select This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Special variants...

You can temporarily add an additional field to the line layout. See Adding Additional Fields