3169465 - Special G/L Indicator & not working in Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests App

When creating new down payment requests with a target special G/L indicator for eg: F, below error appears in app "Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests".
"Special G/L indicator F is not defined for down payments"

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Create a down payment request in "Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests" app.
2. Enter target special G/L indicator as F and try to post. 

1. When using app "Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests", enter the target down payment G/L indicator whose type is A (Down Payment). It will generate a down payment request line item first, which has special G/L indicator F.
   
   
2. F is the special G/L indicator for noted items posted through the "Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests" app and the type of target special G/L indicator is A. When posting a down payment request, the line item will have the special G/L indicator F. After paying the down payment request, the generated line item will have the target special G/L indicator.
   
   
3. For special G/L indicators of type Z (Other Special G/L Transactions), use "Post Outgoing Payments" or "Clear Outgoing Payments" apps for suppliers/Customers to post a line item with the special G/L indicators. In the 'Post on Account' tab, the special G/L indicator can be entered manually.
   
   In app Post Outgoing Payments/Post Incoming Payments/ you can use a special G/L indicator with the type 'Other' to post on account.
   Examples special G/L Indicators include  H, G.
   
   Other special G/L transaction classes such as Down Payment/Down Payment Request or Bill of Exchange/Bill request are not supported. 
   
   
     
4. A supplier invoice can be posted with special G/L indicators of type Z by providing the Special G/L Indicator in the header data.
   
   
   
   

Note: The above points hold same for customer scenario as well. The "Manage Customer Down Payment Requests" app is used to post customer down payments. For other special G/L indicators, use the "Post Incoming Payments" and "Clear Incoming Payments" apps for Customers.

*** Note also that some fields are missing when posting with some special G/L indicator  ****

The reason for this is the system will call different screen for different special G/L indicator.

For SGL Ind A, screen SAPMF05A 0304 will be called, for SGL Ind Z, screen SAPMF05A 0303 will be called, for normal items, screen SAPMF05A 0301 will be called.

On screen SAPMF05A 0303 an 0301, the fields such as Cost center (KOSTL), Order (AUFNR), WBS-element (PROJK), Sales document (VBEL2),  Profit center (PRCTR) do not exist.

In documents with 'normal' line items, the offsetting account is generally a G/l account which is assigned to a sales order, CO order, WBS-element Profitability Segment, cost center, etc. from this account assignment the profit center is derived.

For down payments, the offsetting G/L account has no account assignments, because it is a bank account. That's why fields such as Profit Center (PRCTR), Cost Center (KOSTL) are on down payment screen 0304, but not on screens 0301 (item w/o special G/L) and 0303 (item for others special G/L indicators).

This is the standard standard design. 

To define alternative reconciliation accounts for special G/L transactions, check settings Automatic Account Determination (SSCUI 100297).

2761212 - Create or Change Special G/L Indicator in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

SAP Help Portal documentation: Manage Supplier Down Payment Requests

SAP Help Portal documentation: Manage Customer Down Payment Requests

3452778 Post from one Down Payment SGI to a different Down Payment SGI

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