SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3058814 - Substitution in Segment field is not working for CO Journal entries

Symptom

You have defined substitution for segment, substitution works for FI posting, but for CO journal entries, the segment is not substituted, it gets derived from profit center master data.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Define segment substitution in app Custom Fields and Logic.
  2. Post CO related posting.
  3. Check the segment in generated posting.

Cause

In Cloud environment, it is standard behavior that the segment from profit center master data has higher priority than substitution for cost and revenue postings.  

Resolution

It is by design that the segment is not substituted for cost and revenue postings.

Keywords

segment, substitution, profit center, CO posting, CO journal entries, CATS, cost and revenue postings. , KBA , FI-SL-VSR , Validation, Substitution and Rules , FI-SL-VSR-2CL , Validation, Substitution and Rules (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions