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Chapter 9 ■ Defining the House Bank
Update the following fields:
Posting Rule: Enter the posting rule for your check deposits that you defined
in Step 3.
Posting Area: Specify the posting area for your check deposits. For example,
1 - Bank accounting for posting transactions that affect the general ledger only or
2 - Subledger Accounting for posting transactions to the subledger.
Posting Key: The standard posting keys in SAP ERP are 40 – Debit Posting and
50 – Credit Posting. The posting key you specify here will determine whether, for
example, incoming checks are posted to the debit or credit side of the general
ledger account or subledgers.
Account Symbol: Enter your check deposit account symbol. The specification
made here groups together similar business transactions.
Document Type: Determines document storage in the system and the account
types to be posted. For example, document type DZ is for customer payments.
A document type can be found using the Search function in the document type field.
Posting Type: Allows you to specify how postings should be treated by the
system. For example, when you click the Search icon in the Posting Type field,
the standard list of posting type is displayed, as shown in Figure 9-28.
Figure 9-28. A list of standard posting types supplied by SAP
■■Note
sap comes with predefined standard posting rules that you can copy and modify. You can also create
your own posting rules from scratch. Standard posting rules can be found on the Change View: “Define Posting
Rules”: Overview screen.
After updating the New Entries: Details of Added Entries screen, click the Enter button on the top-left
side of the screen to confirm. Save your posting rules.
Now you can create and assign business transactions, which will assign your account symbol for
check deposits.
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