2771303 - Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger Derived in Journal Entry Voucher

• In Fine Tuning you have maintained a Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger.
• The reporting Principle of the used Set of Books is set to Funct of exp, profit ctr/seg.
• The Default Profit Center For Subledger Without Subledger is automatically derived in a Journal Entry Voucher Posting to the Miscellaneous Ledger (For example: You need to manually correct a value on an Account of type DIFFER - Differences).
• As you are creating a posting manually you expect no profit center to be derived.
• If no Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger is maintained, then there is no Profit Center validation check triggered for the same posting. Instead, the posting is generated without Profit Center assignments. 

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Verify that the Reporting Principle of the used Set of Books is set to Funct of exp, profit ctr/seg:

1. In the Business Configuration work center find the Set of Books activity (either via Overview or through the Implementation Project's activity list, in the Integrate and Extend phase) and open it.
2. In the new screen you can view the Reporting Principle assigned to Set of Books XYZ in the respective table column (XYZ represents the Set of Books ID). Verify that Funct of exp, profit ctr/seg is maintained here. 

Double-Check the Default Profit Center For Subledger Without Subledger:

1. In the Business Configuration work center find the Profit Center Derivation activity (either via Overview or through the Implementation Project's activity list, in the Fine Tune phase) and open it.
2. Select the Edit Default Profit Center link.
3. You identify Profit Center ABC maintained for Subledger Without Subledger (ABC represents the ID of the Default Profit Center for the Subledger Without Subledger). 

Create your manual Journal Entry Voucher Posting:

1. In the General Ledger work center go to the Journal Entries - Journal Entry Vouchers view. 
2. Press New - Journal Entry Voucher.
3. Choose Set of Books XYZ.
4. Select Journal Entry Type 00047- Manual Posting - Journal Entry Voucher and Screen Variant 601- Journal Entry Voucher.
5. In the Line Items table enter the G/L Accounts relevant for postings to the miscellaneous ledger (for example of type DIFFER) for which you need to post a manual correction and enter the amounts. 
6. Do not maintain a profit center.
7. Press Simulate to preview the posting. 
8. You notice that Profit Center ABC got derived.

If you now remove the Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger in Fine Tuning, the same Journal Entry Voucher can be simulated/posted without profit center assignments. There is no profit center valuation check triggered, as this would happen for an Over/-Underpayment Difference posting. 

 You need to keep the Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger maintained in Fine Tuning but you do not want the profit center automatically derived in Journal Entry Voucher postings.

In Journal Entry Vouchers G/L Accounts are maintained manually. If these Accounts are associated with the Miscellaneous ledger there will be no profit center valuation check triggered.

This means:

• If a Default Profit Center for the Subledger Without Subledger, the Miscellaneous Ledger, is maintained, it will be automatically derived.
• If no Default Profit Center for the Subledger Without Subledger is maintained, no profit center will be derived.

If you have a Default Profit Center for Subledger Without Subledger maintained in Fine Tuning but do not want a profit center derived from manual Journal Entry Voucher postings you can block the automatic profit center derivation:

1. In the Journal Entry Voucher select the posting line, relevant for the miscellaneous ledger, for which no profit center shall be derived.
2. Navigate to the Change Assignments section.
3. Maintain a check in the Change Profit Center/Segment box. A warning appears notifying you that the 'Profit center/ Segment will not be determined automatically'. 
4. Repeat these steps for all respective posting lines. 
5. Do not maintain a profit center but press Simulate/Post.

This time no profit center is derived automatically for the posting line.

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