Symptom
The Account Balance for G/L Account AAA (of account type Opening or closing - balance sheet) displayed in General Ledger - General Ledger Accounts work center view is not matching with the G/L Accounts - Line Items report -> key figure Balance Company Currency for the same G/L Account and accounting period.
AAA means the G/L Account ID.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the General Ledger - General Ledger Accounts work center view.
- Check the balance for G/L Account AAA for respective Company, Set of Books and current accounting period: notice that the balance is zero.
- Now run the G/L Accounts - Line Items report for same combination of Company, Set of Books and G/L Account and enter Accounting Period/Year as Current Fiscal Year.
- Enter key figures Debit Amount Company Currency, Credit Amount Company Currency and Balance Company Currency.
- Notice that there's a difference between Debit Amount and Credit Amount, which ends up in a Balance in Company Currency.
Here you expected Balance Company Currency to be zero.
Cause
Only Balance Carryforward step 1 - Carry forward accounts has been executed for referred company and set of books.
Resolution
Execute Balance Carryforward step 2 - Calculate and carry forward profit/loss for referred company and set of books.
Afterwards the Balance Company Currency in G/L Accounts - Line Items report should be cleared for G/L Account AAA.
See Also
Help Document: Balance Carryforward
Keywords
G/L Accounts - Line Items; account balance; Opening or closing - balance sheet; Balance Company Currency; bcf; balance carryforward , KBA , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , How To