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This article is based on Mr. Yang Yongqing, Decision’s chief financial expert, who has 24 years of rich experience in the field of SAP ERP, and combines the common misunderstandings he found in the implementation of ERP projects to publish corresponding research insights and suggestions to protect your SAP financial implementation and delivery.
 

[Problem Description]

When entering a voucher for supplier prepaid accounts (Special General Ledger A), the screen does not display: Base Date:
When entering a voucher for the supplier's note payable (Special General Ledger W), the screen displays: Base Date:
What is the reason for this and what configuration affects it?
 

[Problem analysis]

1. Check the account field status group
The field status group of the above accounting accounts is the same (field status group 1002), both are allowed: the base date must be entered.
2. Check the account field status group
The above posting codes are all 29, and the posting code field status allows: base date input.
3. Further tracking program discovery
The system groups the base date field as 014, and there is special processing logic in the program: As above: Line 2187, when it is special general ledger A, and the reconciliation account =D customer, and the debit and credit direction is S debit, the screen return value = 0 allows display and editing; Summary:

1. Special general ledgers are divided into three categories. When processing business, each has a corresponding screen, and the screen field grouping is also different:
Special General Ledger Classes
● Down payments
---> Program: SAPMF05A Screen 304
■ Down payment request
■ Down payment

● Bill of exchange
---> Program: SAPMF05A Screen 320
■ Bill of exchange payment request
■ Bill of exchange
■ Check/Bill of exchange
● Other transactions
---> Program: SAPMF05A Screen 303
■ Individual value adjustments
■ Guarantee of payment
■ Interest
■ User-defined

Note: For the special general ledger business processing screen, the corresponding configuration table of the system is T019
Note: The voucher entry program is SAPMF05A, and the voucher display is SAPMF05L
For the prepayment/prepayment special general ledger, Only the customer prepayment debit is opened by default, and the base date is filled in.
When the base date needs to be filled in for other businesses, the T042 table or view: V_T042 needs to be configured, that is, the special general ledger indicator is included in the automatic payment range, and the base date is allowed to be entered on the screen.

2. Therefore, in the special general ledger business, the system directly uses the payment base date BSEG-ZFBDT as the due date, that is, the special general ledger does not manage payment terms, payment days, etc. Because: there is no payment terms field on the screen of program SAPMF05A 303, 304, and 320, it is impossible to release this field through configuration.
The payment base date has this field on all transaction screens. The system only defaults to customer-prepayment credit, and does not display the base date; supplier-prepayment debit, and does not display the base date. If you must display the base date, please continue to check the steps.
3. Configuration of including special general ledger indicator in automatic payment scope
Transaction code SM30 View V_T042

Menu path IMG -> Financial Accounting (New) -> Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable -> Business Transactions -> Payments -> Automatic Payments -> Payment Method/Bank Selection for Payment Procedures -> Set Company Code for All Payment Transactions

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