SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3532753 - Inability to Assign Cost Center as Mandatory for G/L Accounts Type "Revenues or gains - REVGAN"

Symptom

The system does not allow the assignment of the Cost Center as mandatory for the G/L Accounts type "Revenues or gains - REVGAN".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Business Configuration Work Center > Overview view.
  2. Search for the "Mandatory Account Assignments" activity and open it.
  3. Click Edit Mandatory Account Assignment for G/L Accounts.
  4. Select the desired Chart of account 
  5. Click Add Row.
  6. Enter the desired G/L Account. Notice that the Cost Center is not available to be selected in the Account Assignment type field.

Cause

The system behavior is such that it does not allow the selection of the Cost Center as mandatory for G/L Accounts with type "Revenues or gains - REVGAN". This is because the postings for this type are done with sales reference.

Resolution

The system behavior is as designed. Currently, it is not possible to select the Cost Center as mandatory for G/L Accounts with type "Revenues or gains - REVGAN" as the postings for this type are done with sales reference.

Keywords

G/L Accounts, Revenues or gains - REVGAN, Cost Center, Mandatory Account Assignments, DIFFER,  , KBA , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions