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Chapter 4 ■ Defining Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts and Employees
In this activity, you will be looking at the two steps involved in customizing tolerance groups for
G/L accounts. You will learn how to customize default tolerance groups for G/L accounts and how to assign
a group to the tolerance groups you defined for your G/L accounts.
The two tolerance groups defined in the configuration of tolerance for groups are as follows:
• Default Tolerance Group. This is a G/L tolerance without a tolerance group. You
define this by leaving the Tolgroup blank (this is a default tolerance group and it is
valid for all G/L tolerance groups in the system).
• Tolerance Group. As opposed to default tolerance groups, this is a G/L tolerance
with a tolerance group. Here, you assign a specific tolerance group to the G/L
tolerance. Unlike the G/L tolerance without a tolerance group, this tolerance group is
valid only for the specified G/L tolerance groups. For example, if accounting clerks in
group A are assigned to certain G/L tolerances, the system will not allow accounting
clerks in group B to post to these G/L accounts during document entry.
Go to the screen where you will first define the default tolerance group by following this menu path:
IMG: Financial Accounting (New) ➤ General Ledger Accounting (New) ➤ Business Transactions ➤ Open
Item Clearing ➤ Clearing Differences ➤ Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts. You can also use the
transaction code OBA0.
The Change View “Tolerances for Groups of G/L Accounts in Local Currency”: Overview screen
appears (Figure 4-2).
Figure 4-2. Here is where you define tolerance groups for G/L accounts
A list of existing tolerance groups is displayed on the screen. To create a default tolerance group, click
on the top-left side of the screen. The New Entries: Details of Added Entries screen is displayed
(Figure 4-3). This screen is where you specify tolerances for groups of G/L accounts.
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