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Configuration: Define a Valuation Grouping Code ...................................................2 13.1.Configuration: Define Account Category ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Configuration: Define Automatic Account Postings................................................9

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Configuration:

Define a Valuation Grouping Code

Practice Exercise
Scenario
The company now requires that some raw material may have to post to finished goods G/L account. As such, you are requested to make the necessary settings in the system. In this exercise, we will go and view the current configuration to ensure the same valuation grouping code has been assigned consistently across the valuation areas in your company code. The valuation grouping code will be the link between the valuation area and the automatic account assignments (how accounts posted at are determined)

Instructions

1. Access the Acct Determination for Val. Areas: Overview screen.

Path: SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > IMG > Materials Management > Valuation and Account Assignment> Account Determination> Account Determination Without Wizard > Group Together Valuation Areas Transaction Code: OMWD

2. Check that your valuation area is assigned to the correct valuation grouping. In our case, ensure that plant (valuation area) 1000 is assigned to group 0001.

3. Click the Exit icon

Easy Access screen.

or press Shift+F3 a few times until you return to the SAP

You have completed the Define a Valuation Grouping Code configuration.

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13.1.

Configuration: Define Account Category

Practice Exercise
Scenario
You now create a new valuation class to be assigned to the raw material type.

Instructions

1. Access the Account Category Reference/ Valuation Classes screen.

Path: SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > IMG > Materials Management > Valuation and Account Assignment> Account Determination> Account Determination Without Wizard > Define Valuation Classes Transaction Code: OMSK

2. Click Account Category reference

icon.

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The account categories are shown. These Account Categories will be used later to group the Valuation Classes.

3. Click the Back

icon.

4. Click Material type/account category reference

icon

Find out which account category reference is assigned to the material type you created

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Material type : ROXX (where XX is your student number)

5. Click the Back

icon.

6. Click Valuation class

icon

7. Now you want to create a new valuation class. Click on

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Enter the following values: Valuation Class: ZZXX (where XX is your student number) Description: Raw Material Val Class XX (where XX is your student number) Account category reference: 0001

8. Click on Save 9. Click the Back 10.

icon. icon.

Click the Exit icon Easy Access screen.

or press Shift+F3 a few times until you return to the SAP

11.

Access the Change Material screen.

Path: SAP Standard Menu > Logistics > Materials Management > Material Master > Material > Change > Immediately Transaction Code: MM02

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12.

Click Continue

icon or press Enter.

13.Choose the Accounting view.

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14.Enter the plant 1000.

15.Place your cursor in the valuation class field and click F4. You should see your newly created valuation class.

16.

Click the Exit icon Easy Access screen.

or press Shift+F3 a few times until you return to the SAP

You have completed the Define Account Category Reference/ Valuation Classes Configuration.

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Configuration: Define Automatic Account Postings Practice Exercise

Scenario Instructions
Now you assign the GL account for finished goods to the new valuation class.

1. Access the Automatic Posting screen.

Path: SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > IMG > Materials Management > Valuation and Account Assignment> Account Determination> Account Determination Without Wizard > Configure Automatic Postings Transaction Code: OMWB

2. Click Account Assignment

icon.

Displayed is a list of all the Automatic Posting procedures which may be triggered off within MM.

3. Double click the Transactn: BSX Inventory Posting

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4. Enter in the Chart of accounts field = INT (if has not been defaulted in)

5. Click the Enter

icon.

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Enter the following field: Valuation modification: 0001 Valuation class: *use the previously created data* Account: 792000

6. Click on the save

icon. icon to review.

7. Click the Posting Keys

The Posting keys are the keys used in the Financial Posting i.e. In the above screen shot we see that a Debit and Credit Inventory Posting would use 89 and 99 respectively.

8. Click the Rules

icon to review.

The Automatic Posting Rules screen show the factors in which the account number assignment depends.

9. Click the Back

icon until you reach the Automatic Posting screen.

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10.Open a separate session to change material valuation class assignment through MM02 (Accounting View). Check that you can assign the new valuation class you have created to the material.

11.

When material has been changed, go back to account icon

assignment configuration and click Simulation

12.Enter the following:

Plant = 1000 Material = *Material you created/changed*

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 Valuation type: *if necessary*

Movement type = 101 GR goods receipt 13.

Click the Account assignment icon.

A display message may or may not appear: Below is an example.

*The message above highlights to the user that the automatic account postings have found a error with the accounts 379998/9 as they have not been setup for Company code 1000. You can ignore this for now.

14.

Click the Enter

icon.

15.

Click the Exit icon or press Shift+F3 a few times until you return to the SAP Easy Access screen.

You have completed the Define Automatic Account Posting Configuration.

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