Define Account Determination
IMG- FSCM – Treasury & Risk Management- Transaction manager – General Settings-Accounting- Link to Other Accounting Components
Here we link the GL accounts to Account assignment reference. This activity covers many tasks which are explained as below.
Define Account Symbols
Account Symbols represent GL Accounts. SAP has defined several standard account symbols. Can add new ones if required.
| Business Definition | Account Symbols | SAP Definition |
| Short Term Investment | 1 | Position |
| Cash | 3 | Bank Clearing |
| Interest Receivable | 5.1.2 | Acc. Receivable Interest |
| Interest Income | 4.1.1 | Interest Gain |
| Unrealized FX Gain | 4.9.4.2 | Increase FX |
| Unrealized FX Loss | 4.9.3.2 | Decrease FX |
| Realized FX Gain | 4.9.2.1 | Realized Gain FX |
| Realized FX Loss | 4.9.1.1 | Realized Loss FX |
Define Posting Specs
It links Account symbols defined in earlier step with Posting type (Balance Sheet, Profit/Loss) and Debit or Credit accounting entry. For our configuration below posting specs are required.
| Posting Spec | Description | Debit Symbol | Credit Symbol |
| 11100 | Investment Increase | 1 | 3 |
| 13900 | Interest Accrual | 5.1.2 | 4.1.1 |
| 15700 | Balance Sheet Revaluation (loss) | 4.9.3.2 | 1 |
| 15300 | Balance Sheet Revaluation (gain) | 1 | 4.9.4.2 |
| 15400 | Reset FX Gain | 4.9.4.2 | 1 |
| 15800 | Reset FX Loss | 1 | 4.9.3.2 |
| 11200 | Investment Decrease | 3 | 1 |
| 11210 | Interest Receipt | 3 | 5.1.2 |
| 12300 | Realized FX Gain | 1 | 4.9.2.1 |
| 12400 | Realized FX Loss | 4.9.1.1 | 1 |
| 15430 | Move FX gain from unrealized to realized | 4.9.4.2 | 4.9.2.1 |
| 15730 | Move FX loss from unrealized to realized | 4.9.1.1 | 4.9.3.2 |
Assign Update Types to Posting Specs
Assign Update Type to Posting specs defined in last step.
Assignment of GL Accounts to Account Symbols
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