SAP Fico Tutorials guide you on how to define field status variant and field status group in sap.
Define Field Status Variant (FSV) in SAP
- Standard SAP system delivers the FSV, and you can copy the standard FSV and make the changes per organizational requirements.
- In the SAP system, field status will have 3 options, i.e., Suppressed, Required Entry, and Optional Entry.
- When field status is suppressed – then the field will be in hidden
- When field status is required – you need to enter the details in that particular field. The system doesn’t allow you to proceed further without entering the details in that field.
- When field status is optional, you can enter the details or leave that field as blank.
Field Status Group
The field status group specifies which fields are ready for input, which are required entry fields, and which are hidden when entering documents.
Description and Configuration values of Field Status Group
| FStGroup | Text |
| G001 | General (with text, assignment) |
| G003 | Material consumption accounts |
| G004 | Cost accounts |
| G005 | Bank accounts (obligatory value date) |
| G006 | Material accounts |
| G007 | Asset accts (w/o accumulated depreciation) |
| G008 | Assets area clearing accounts |
| G009 | Bank accounts (obligatory due date) |
| G011 | Clearing accounts (with settlement per.) |
| G012 | Receivables/payables clearing |
| G013 | General (obligatory text) |
| G014 | MM adjustment accounts |
| G017 | Freight/customs provisions/clearing (MM) |
| G018 | Scrapping (MM) |
| G019 | Other Receivables/Payables |
| G023 | Plant maintenance accounts |
| G025 | Inventory adjustment accounts |
| G026 | Accounts for down payments made |
| G029 | Revenue accounts |
| G030 | Change in stock accounts |
| G031 | Accounts for down payments received |
| G032 | Bank accounts (obligat. value/due dates) |
| G033 | Cost accounts for external services |
| G036 | Revenue accts (with cost center, PA) |
| G039 | Accts for pmnts on acct made for assets |
| G040 | Personnel clearing accounts |
| G041 | Tax office clearing accounts |
| G045 | Goods/invoice received clearing accounts |
| G049 | Manufacturing costs accounts |
| G050 | Central control clearing accounts |
| G052 | Accounts for fixed asset retirement |
| G056 | Amortization accounts |
| G059 | Inventory accounting material stock acct |
| G062 | Investment support accounts |
| G064 | Other cost accounts (obligatory text) |
| G067 | Reconciliation accounts |
| G068 | Reconciliation accts (payables – Austria) |
| G069 | Cost accounts (travel expenses) |
| G070 | Clearing accounts (travel expenses) |
| G071 | Reconciliation accts ( KIDNO /Foreign payment) |
Steps to Define Field Status Variant
Step 1:-
Enter T-Code SPRO in the Command Field of the SAP Easy Access Menu Screen and press Enter key on the Keyboard
Step 2:– In next screen, click on Click SAP Reference IMG Icon
Step 3:-
Implementation Guide for R/3 Customizing –> Finance Accounting –> Finance Accounting Global Settings –> Documents –> Line Item –> Controls –> Define Field status variants
Step 4:– In the Next screen, block 001, Field status variant
Step 5:- After selecting the 0001, field status variant, click on a copy as an icon ( short cut key F6). In the next screen, update required a new Field Status variant Code and Updated Field status variant Name
Step 6:- After updating the Field Status variant and Field Status Name, press Enter key on the Keyboard. Select copy all button
Step 7:– We get a message number of dependent entries copied as 41
Step 8:- Enter and select the save button 
or CTRL + S
We successfully configured the Field Status variant in SAP.