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Chapter 9 ■ Defining the House Bank
Step 4: Define Posting Rules
To go to the screen where you will define posting rules for your electronic bank statement, double-click the
folder. This is the fourth item on the list of displayed nodes. The Define Posting Rules
Overview screen comes up. Click the
button to go to the screen (Figure 9-10) where you specify the
definitions of the posting rules. Figure 9-10 defines posting rules for incoming checks.
Figure 9-10. Global settings for an electronic bank statement—Define Posting Rules for Check-In
Update the following fields:
Posting Rule: Enter the keys for posting rules that you defined in Step 3 in the
Posting Rule fields. Posting rules are used by the system to determine which G/L
accounts and subledgers to post transactions to. For example, the key S003 was
created for incoming checks.
Posting Area: The SAP ERP system comes with two standard values for the
posting area (1-Bank Accounting and 2–Subledger Accounting). The posting
area allows the system to post to either of the specified areas based on your
specification.
Posting Key: Enter the appropriate posting key in this field. Posting key allows
the system to determine whether a line item should be treated as debit or credit
and the account type to post transactions to. It also controls the field status for
document entry.
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