FV50 Park General Ledger (GL) Account Documents (JVs) (FV50)
Purpose
When required data input is incomplete while processing GL account items, it becomes necessary to park the document before it can be posted in the system. Users also will park completed documents before notifying the central accounting office that the documents are ready for final review and posting.
Trigger
When required data input is incomplete while processing GL account items, it becomes necessary to park the document before it can be posted in the system. Users also will park completed documents before notifying the central accounting office that the documents are ready for final review and posting.
Prerequisites
None
Menu Path
Use the following menu path(s) to begin this transaction:
· Accounting à Financial Accounting à General Ledger à Document à Parked Documents à FV50 - Post/Delete: Single Screen Transaction
Transaction Code
FV50
Helpful Hints
None
Procedure
1. Start the transaction using the menu path or transaction code.
2. Complete the following field:
3. The Park G/L Account Document screen will appear.
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
4. The first step is to change your screen template to facilitate input by using
the variant in the Tree located on the left side of your screen. You will be
using Screen Variant Z_UK_1 which will modify the detail entry section to show
only UK fields and eliminates many unused columns from the SAP detail format.
For this transaction double-click on .
"Grayed-out" columns and fields
on the screen indicate information derived by the system or fields where
changes cannot be made.
5. Complete following field in the Header (the top portion of the screen):
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
6. Within the Header, complete the following fields:
7. In the G/L acct field, click on the Possible Entries icon to search for the
appropriate.
You can key in the appropriate GL
Account directly into the field, if you know the number.
8. In the G/L long text field, enter the description of the GL account or enter a partial description using wildcards (*). For example, if you were searching for printing supplies, enter *print*
General Ledger
Account (1) 6 Entries found
9. When the list of matches for the search criteria appears, double-click on the
appropriate GL Account. For this example, double-click on .
General Ledger
Account (1) 6 Entries found
In this example, all of the GL
Accounts which contain the word "print" was displayed.
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
10. Continue completing the following fields:
· D/C
· Text
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
11. On the next line, complete the following fields:
· G/L acct
· D/C
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
12. Click the Enter icon or
press Enter on your keyboard to accept the entry.
Green checkmarks appear in the
Status column. This means that the data entered on that line is valid and was
accepted by the system. It does not mean that the data is accurate, e.g.,
correct cost center or amount.
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
Use the Save icon on the Standard
Toolbar when you don't have all of the information and can not complete the
document at that time. This button will save the document for later data entry,
but it will not do any validation checking which is necessary before parking
the document.
The push buttons located on the Application
Toolbar provide the following functions:
Tree On, Tree Off - toggles access to Tree area and existing parked documents
Company Code - set to UK00
Simulate - to view your document and print screen
Save as Completed - validates data, use when ready to send paperwork to the proper department
Post - you will not "post" the document. Posting creates a financial transaction
Editing Options - user specific defaults
13. Click on the button
to view the entered values before "Save as Complete".
If the Sum does not appear in the
Amount column (the yellow row in the picture above), click on the Amount column
header
, then click
on the Display Sum icon
to check for a zero (0) total.
14. Save the document as complete by clicking on the button to generate the document number.
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
Remember to jot down the document
number displayed in the Status Bar. While you can do a search for the document
in the future, it is easier to pull up the document using the document number.
15. Re-display the document and simulate it, so that you can print it.
16.1 Select the print icon on the Simulate screen
16.2 Your printer should default in the Output Device window
16.3 Print your document
Park G/L Account
Document: Company Code UK00
17. To leave the transaction, click on the Exit icon .
18. When the Exit Editing box appears, click on the button.
19. You have completed this transaction.
You have created a GL account document (journal entry) and parked it.
Comments
Please forward any required documentation to the appropriate central accounting office, and the parked document to be reviewed and posted by the central accounting offices.