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Function documentation Transaction Manager and New General Ledger  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You use the general ledger to portray parallel accounting. You can make postings in ledger for each valuation area and accounting principle.

Prerequisites

·        You have completed the Customizing of the valuation areas in the Transaction Manager under General Settings  Accounting Organization  Define Valuation Areas.

·        You have activated general ledger accounting.
For more information, see Activating General Ledger Accounting.

·        You have made the required settings for parallel accounting with parallel ledgers.
For more information, see Parallel Accounting in Treasury and Risk Management

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Note

If you use customer accounting from the Transaction Manager (TR-TM), you will need to make additional settings. For more information, see Making Settings for Parallel Ledgers.

Activities

If you want to use parallel ledgers, you make the following settings:

·        Assign accounting principles to the corresponding valuation areas. In Customizing, choose Transaction Manager General Settings Accounting Organization Assign Accounting Codes and Valuation Areas.

·        Assign the accounting principle to a ledger group. In Customizing, choose Financial Accounting (New) Financial Accounting Global Settings (New) Ledgers Parallel Accounting Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups.

 

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