In SAP, the assignment of company code to fields status variant is an important configuration for managing the fields in the SAP Financial Accounting documents. The field status variant in SAP allows to define which fields are mandatory, required, optional and hidden during the document postings. So by assigning the company code field status variant, it ensure the all the required fields with details are maintained to meet the accounting policies.
What is Field Status Variant?
The field status variant in SAP is a group of field status group that controls the fields during the document entry. The field status group is assigned to a General ledger accounts. Based on the field status group that assigned to a G/L account, the system check the fields as per the fields allowed in the field status group.
After defining field status variants and field status groups, next step is assignment of company code to field status variant. In this activity you can assign company code to field status variants in which you want to work with identical field status groups.
The assignment of company code to Field Status Variant enables the integration between company code and field status variants in SAP S4 Hana system.
How to Assign company code to Field Status Variants in SAP S/4 Hana
You can assign company code to field status variant by executing transaction code OBC5 or menu path.
- SAP IMG Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Financial Accounting Global Settings > Ledgers > Fields > Assign Company Code to Field Status Variants.
- Transaction code: OBC5
Step 1: Execute transaction code “OBC5” in SAP command field for assignment of company code to field status variant in SAP Hana
Step 2: In the next screen, Change view “Assign Company Code -> Field Status Variants screen, click on position button and entire the company code key in the field.
Step 3: Now enter the field status variant key ADAR for the company code AD01 and then click Save button.
Successfully we have assigned company code to field status variant in SAP S/4Hana system.
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