You can display and change the basic data for an existing accrual object.

If you want to change an accrual object, this can have the following consequences:

• If your change affects an opening entry that has already been posted, a dialog box appears in which you can enter the posting date for which the opening entry is to be reversed and the new opening entry is to be made.
• If accrual postings have already been made for the accrual object, the change has no effect on accrual postings that have already been made.

To display an accrual object category, proceed as follows:

1. In the Manual Accruals menu, choose Edit Accrual Objects.
2. On the selection screen, enter your selection parameters:

1. Enter the company code.
2. You can enter the accrual object category or a number range from which you want to display the accrual objects in the tree.
3. Enter the key date. The program then displays all accrual objects that are valid on this date.
4. You can choose a layout variant that determines how the accrual objects are displayed. You define a layout variant in Customizing for Manual Accruals under Basic Settings → Technical Settings → Accrual Objects → Define Layout for Accrual Objects.

3. Choose Execute.

4. Double-click on the accrual object you want from the tree to select it.

The basic data for the selected accrual object is displayed in the right-hand side of the screen.

If you want to change the basic data for a displayed accrual object, you have to proceed as follows:

1. Choose Display/Change.

You are now in change mode.

2. In the valid from field, enter the data from which you want the change to take effect.
3. Change the basic data as required.



You cannot change the accrual object category or the number of the accrual object.

4. Save the changes you have made to the accrual object.

You can simulate future accrual postings to the changed accrual object. The newly calculated accrual amounts are displayed on the Calculated Accruals tab page.