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2828821 - G/L Account shows that it has the Account Group setting of SAKO(General Balance Sheet Account), errors are being generated that suggest that it is a Reconciliation Account

Symptom

  • Unable to amend GL Account to Open Item Managed Account as it generates error stating that it is a Reconciliation Account.
  • Posting to GL Account generates error stating that it is a Reconciliation Account.
  • G/L Account Master Data showing Account Group SAKO G/L Accounts (General)

Environment

  • Financial Accounting (FI)
  • SAP S/4HANA Finance
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

In app Manage G/L Account Master Data:

  1. On filter bar select View : "Chart of Accounts View"
  2. Click on the G/L Account to display G/L account master data.
  3. Under tab General> Basic Information > Control > Account Group : SAKO(G/L Accounts(general).
  4. Press back button.
  5. In app Manage G/L Account Master Data, change view to "Company code view".
  6. Click the G/L account.
  7. In EDIT mode : Goto tab "Company code data".
  8. In company code assignment. Select checkbox "Open Item Management" and save.
  9. You get error as "Open item management is not defined for reconciliation accounts".

In app Post General Journal Entries:

  1. Try to do general ledger posting.
  2. You get error as "Account is marked as a reconciliation account and cannot therefore be directly posted to".

Cause

G/L account was having a ABST (Recon. account AP/AR), then it was changed to account group SAKO, but during the change process the field value for 'Recon. Account for Account Type' was not removed.

Resolution

Perform below steps:

  1. In app Manage G/L Account master data.
  2. Search for G/L account.
  3. Click on the G/L account.
  4. In edit mode change the account group to ABST.
  5. Under tab "Company Code Data" > Company code assignment.
  6. Click the company code. It takes you to Company code assignment page.
  7. Under Control data tab, Removed the fild value for 'Recon. Account for Account Type'.
  8. Press OK.
  9. In G/L account master data change the account group to SAKO.
  10. Save.

Keywords

FI-GL-GL-N, Recon. Account for Account Type, SAKO, ABST, ERROR Posting to Reconciliation account. , KBA , FI-GL-GL-N , Master Data , FI-FIO-GL , Fiori UI for General Ledger Accounting , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1908