Monday, March 26, 2012

SAP FI - GL Account Clearing

GL Account Clearing Methods

There are three methods to clear Accounts with Open Items management in SAP.

1.Posting with Clearing.
Emter document line item and select line item to be cleared. System creates offsetting postings for the items to be cleared.

2. GL Account Clearing.
Select open items that balance to zeros for a GL Account.
System marks these items as cleared with corresponding document reference in assignment field.

3. Automatic Clearing
Program uses pre-defined grouping criteria for open items of GL, Vendor, Customer. If the balance of grouped items equals zero in local, foreign and parallel currency (if available) then items are markes as cleared.