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Chapter 5 ■ Creating a General Ledger (G/L)
G/L accounts are a fundamental configuration in SAP ERP, so you will be creating several G/L accounts
during the course of this book. As part of this exercise, follow the steps in the preceding section to create an
account for Administration Cost Accounting using the data in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1. Administration Cost Accounting
Field
Input
G/L Account
Company Code
Account Group
P&L Statement Acct
Short Text
G/L Acct Long Text
Tax Category
Field Status Group
■■Note
Appendix A contains the others G/L accounts that you will need later during your configuration. Go to
Appendix A – Chapter 5 now to create the following accounts for this exercise:
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Water supplies
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Electricity
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Gas
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Sale Revenue – Domestic
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Sales Revenue – Foreign
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Share Capital
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Retained Earnings
Display G/L Accounts
Finally, let’s look at the G/L accounts you have created so far in this activity. To do so, go to the Display
G/L Account Centrally screen by following this menu path: SAP Easy Access: Accounting ➤ Financial
Accounting ➤ General Ledger ➤ Master Records ➤ G/L Accounts ➤ Individual Processing ➤ Centrally.
Or you can use the transaction code FS00.
Leave the G/L Account field blank and enter your company code in the Company Code field. Click the
Search button next to the G/L Account field. It’s circled in red in Figure 5-10.
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