Data Structure for Customer Fields 

Definition

Specifies how the set of tables in new General Ledger Accounting is changed when customer fields are added.

Structure

When you create a customer field, the SAP standard tables and structures are enhanced. This occurs by means of customer includes in the standard tables. One exception is table BSEG, where the fields are appended to the table.

Always use the IMG activity Edit Coding Block to add customer fields. Never enter them directly in table BSEG.

Using this IMG activity ensures that the field is added to all relevant tables and structures when the "light" mode is used. It is not sufficient to append the fields just to table BSEG, for example. Moreover, when you use the IMG activity, the system automatically generates the necessary table entries in the control tables.

When a customer field is added to the coding block, the structures CI_COBL and CI_COBL_BI (for batch input) are created or enhanced. Table BSEG, as a cluster table, is enhanced directly. Using the customer include ensures that the customer field is automatically included in other important tables. You thereby also ensure that the prerequisites for storing customer information at the document level are fulfilled.

For reporting, however, it is both necessary and logical to add the customer field (or even just selected customer fields) to the totals table in new General Ledger Accounting. If you work with your own totals table, note that you should always use the standard totals table FAGLFLEXT for the leading ledger. You can add customer fields to the totals table using the customer include CI_FAGLFLEX04. As a result of the field being added to the totals table, the system can generate reports without having to read what could sometimes be a large number of documents. This significantly increases the speed with which reports for closing and other purposes can be processed. For information about how to add a customer field to the totals table, see Customizing Customer Fields.

Since customer fields may also be relevant for document splitting, they are also included in document splitting information (mainly in table FAGL_SPLINFO). The information relevant for document splitting is also made available by means of the CI_COBL structure.

In the standard system, the secondary indices in Financial Accounting (BSIS, BSAS) do not contain the customer fields. This is because they are generally not required there. For example, the system achieves G/L account line item display, and thereby the maximum selection of all possible fields, using the separate structure FAGLPOSE, which also includes the structure CI_COBL.