SAP comes delivered with a number of Document Types in SAP, which are used for various postings.

Document type helps to differentiate an accounting transaction and makes easy to identify the transaction document, and is used to control the entire transaction determining account types a particular document type can post to. For example, the type AB allows you to post to all the accounts, whereas type DZ allows you to post only the customer payments. Every document type is assigned to a number rang

Different document types are used for different transactions throughout the system. The document type controls many things including the types of accounts that can be posted to, the number range assigned to it, required document header fields. SAP comes delivered with some standard document types. Generally Used Document Types SA GL Document KR Vendor Invoice KN Vendor Invoice Net KA Vendor Document DA Customer Document DR Customer Invoice AA Asset Accounting Doc AF Depreciation Postings AB Accounting Document (generally used for clearing or reversing) RE Vendor Invoice (Thru Logistics Invoice Verification) WA Goods Issue WE Goods Receipt ZA Payment Document

In this activity you can define and edit field status variants and groups. You group several field status groups together in one field status variant. You assign the field status variants to a company code .You must define a field status group in the company code-specific area of each G/L account. The field status group determines which fields are ready for input, which are required entry fields, and which are hidden during document entry. Bear in mind that additional account assignments (i.e. cost centers or orders) are only possible if data can be entered in the corresponding fields. Field status variant 0001 is entered for company code 0001 in the standard SAP software. Field status groups are already defined for this variant