SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3372285 - Post Journal Entries to a specific ledger with API Journal Entry - Post or API Journal Entry by Ledger - S/4Hana Cloud

Symptom

It is required to post Journal Entries to a specific ledger with Journal Entry - Post (Synchronous) / Journal Entry - Post (Asynchronous) or Journal Entry by Ledger API.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Cause

It is not possible to post Journal Entries to only specific ledger with  Journal Entry - Post (Synchronous) / Journal Entry - Post (Asynchronous) or Journal Entry by Ledger API.
There is even no Ledger element in SOAP API.

Resolution

Workaround:

A Ledger Group can be created which only includes the specific ledger. (for example, 0L Ledger Group just includes 0L Ledger).

Then the Journal Entry can be posted to this specific ledger (for example: 0L) with API Journal Entry by Ledger - Post.

See Also

SAP Blog Posts:

Guidelines for API Journal Entry – Post
Guidelines for Journal Entry by Ledger – Post (Asynchronous)

SAP Help Portal:

Journal Entry - Post (Synchronous)

Journal Entry - Post (Asynchronous)

Journal Entry by Ledger - Post (Asynchronous)

Keywords

journal entry post api, API, journal entry - post, journal entry by ledger, journal entry by ledger API, specific ledger , KBA , AC-INT-2CL , Accounting Interface (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions