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- SAP FI - Overview
- SAP FI - Submodules
- SAP FI - Company Basics
- SAP FI - Define Business Area
- SAP FI - Define Functional Area
- SAP FI - Define Credit Control
- SAP FI - General Ledger
- SAP FI - COA Group
- SAP FI - Retained Earnings Account
- SAP FI - G/L Account
- SAP FI - Block G/L Account
- SAP FI - Deleting G/L Accounts
- SAP FI - Financial Statement Version
- SAP FI - Journal Entry Posting
- SAP FI - Fiscal Year Variant
- SAP FI - Posting Period Variant
- SAP FI - Field Status Variant
- SAP FI - Field Status Group
- SAP FI - Define Posting Keys
- SAP FI - Define Document Type
- SAP FI - Document Number Ranges
- SAP FI - Post with Reference
- SAP FI - Hold a G/L Document Posting
- SAP FI - Park a G/L Document Posting
- SAP FI - G/L Reporting
- SAP FI - Accounts Receivable
- SAP FI - Customer Master Data
- SAP FI - Block a Customer
- SAP FI - Delete a Customer
- SAP FI - Customer Account Group
- SAP FI - One-Time Customer Master
- SAP FI - Post a Sales Invoice
- SAP FI - Document Reversal
- SAP FI - Sales Returns
- SAP FI - Post Incoming Payment
- SAP FI - Foreign Currency Invoice
- SAP FI - Incoming Partial Payments
- SAP FI - Reset AR Cleared Items
- SAP FI - Credit Control
- SAP FI - Accounts Payable
- SAP FI - Create a Vendor
- SAP FI - Create Vendor Acct Group
- SAP FI - Display Changed Fields
- SAP FI - Block a Vendor
- SAP FI - Delete a Vendor
- SAP FI - One-Time Vendor
- SAP FI - Post Purchase Invoice
- SAP FI - Purchases Returns
- Post Outgoing Vendor Payment
- SAP FI - Foreign Currency Invoice
- Withholding Tax in vendor invoice
- SAP FI - Outgoing Partial Payments
- SAP FI - Reset AP Cleared Items
- SAP FI - Automatic Payment Run
- SAP FI - Posting Rounding Differences
- SAP FI - Month End Closing
- SAP FI - Dunning
- SAP FI - Exchange Rates
- SAP FI - Tables in Module
- SAP FI - AR Invoice Processes
- SAP FI - AR Account Analysis
- SAP FI - AR Reporting
- SAP FI - AA Overview
- SAP FI - AA Asset Explorer
- SAP FI - Cash Management
- SAP CO - Overview
- SAP CO - Submodules
- SAP CO - Cost Center
- SAP CO - Create Cost Center
- SAP CO – Post to a Cost Center
- SAP CO - Internal Orders
- SAP CO - Settlement of IO
- SAP CO - Profit Center
- SAP CO - Postings to Profit Center
- Profit Center Standard Hierarchy
- Assigning Cost to Profit Centers
- Assigning Materials to Profit Center
- SAP CO - Tables in Module
- SAP CO - Product Costing
- SAP CO - Profitability Analysis
- SAP CO - Planning Methods
- SAP FI - Integration
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SAP FI - General Ledger
The General Ledger is used to record all the business transactions in a software system.
SAP FI – Chart of Accounts
The FI chart of accounts represents the list of GL accounts that are used to meet the daily needs and the operating country’s legal requirement in a company. The master chart of accounts must be assigned to each company code.
Chart of accounts (COA) can be divided into the following types −
Operating Chart of Accounts − It contains all the General Ledger accounts that are used to meet the daily needs in a company. The operating chart of accounts has to be assigned to a company code.
Country Chart of Accounts − It contains a list of all General Ledger accounts that are required to meet the operating country’s legal requirements. You can also assign a company chart of account to the company code.
Chart of Accounts Group − This COA group contains a list of all the G/L accounts that are used by the entire company.
How to create a new Chart of Accounts?
You can create a new Chart of Accounts by using the T-code OB 13 or by going to Finance Accounting → G/L accounts.
Type the T-code OB13 in SAP Easy Access and it will take you to the following screen −
![Create a New Chart](/sap_fico/images/create_new_chart.jpg)
This window can also be opened by following the path −
T-code SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Financial Accounting → General Ledger Accounting → G/L accounts → master data → Preparations → Edit Chart of Account Lists → Execute → New Entries to create a new charts of account.
![New Entries Create Charts](/sap_fico/images/new_entries_create_chart.jpg)
You can choose Controlling Integration as manual creation of cost elements or automatic creation of cost elements. (Recommended to use manual creation).
![Edit Chart](/sap_fico/images/edit_chart.jpg)
Group Chart of Accounts is used for report consolidation. Uncheck the Blocked checkbox under the status tab and click the Save option.
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