Customizing for Manual Accruals 

Use

Before you can use the functions in Manual Accruals, you have to make extensive Customizing settings. You can tailor certain functions to meet your individual requirements. For example, you can add your own fields or parameters.

The Customizing settings are in Customizing for Financial Accounting, under General Ledger Accounting → Business Transactions → Manual Accruals.

Features

The following Customizing settings are mandatory settings. This means that, to use the functions of Manual Accruals, you must make these Customizing settings:

·        You need to have assigned the company codes in which you want to calculate and post accruals. You can find the settings under Basic Settings → Assign Company Codes.

·        You have defined your accrual object categories. You make this setting under Basic Settings →Technical Settings → Accrual Objects → Accrual Object Categories→ Define Accrual Object Categories.

·        You have defined the number range interval for accrual objects. You make this setting under Basic Settings →Technical Settings → Accrual Objects → Define Number Ranges for Accrual Objects.

·        You have defined and assigned your accounting principle(s). You can find the settings under Basic Settings → Accounting Principles.

·        You have defined your accrual types. You can find the settings under Basic Settings → Define Accrual Types.

·        You have defined your accrual methods, that is, your calculation rules. You can find the setting under Accrual Calculation → Accrual Methods.

For each combination of accounting principle and accrual type, you can define a standard accrual method. The system proposes this standard accrual method when you create an accrual object. You make this setting under Accrual Calculation →Define Standard Settings for Accrual Calculation.

·        You have defined posting control and account determination. You can find the settings under Accrual Posting.

If you use your own parameters, you need to have defined and assigned them. You make the setting under Basic Settings → Technical Settings → Define Customer Settings for Components.