In SAP, assignment of company code to a credit control area is an important configuration step, as it ensures that the credit management is applicable for all the assigned company code, and for managing the better credit risk management and smooth business process.
Importance of Assigning company code to credit control area in SAP
By assigning the company code to credit control enables in
- Centralized credit management across the multiple company codes
- Customized risk assessment with different credit policies for different organizational units
- Integration of Financial accounting (SAP FI) with Sales & Distribution (SAP SD) module.
Prerequisites to assign company code credit control area in SAP
How to Assign Company Code to credit control Area
- One credit control area can be assigned to one or more company codes, but one company code is applicable to use only one credit control area in the SAP system.
- You can assign company codes to the credit-control area in SAP using T-code OB38
Refer below step by step configuration steps to assign company code to the credit-control area in SAP.
Steps for Assign company code to credit control area
After creating credit control, the next step is to assign company code to the credit control area.
IMG Menu Path :- SPRO > Implementation Guide > Enterprise Structure > Assignment > Financial Accounting > Assign company code to credit Control Area.
Step 1:– Enter T-Code SPRO in the Command field and press enter
Step 2:– Click on SAP Reference IMG ( short cut key F5 )
Step 3:- Follow the menu path for Assigning Company Code to Credit Control Area
Step 4:– In next screen click on the Position icon update the company code and press enter
Step 5:- In the next screen, update the credit-control code in the CCAr field and
Step 6:– After updating the credit-control code click on the save icon
Thus company code was successfully assigned to the credit-control area.
Continue to refer SAP FICO Tutorial for complete learning series.