SAP FICO Interview Question on GL Master

                                                   

How do you control field status of GL master records and from where do you control.

Field status of GL a/c master record is controlled by Account group (on the top of left side in obd4 we will have field status through which we control GL a/c master fields).And OBC3 is used to control the fields of transaction posting

 

What are the segments of GL master record?

GL master records control the posting of accounting transaction to G/L accounts and the processing of the posted data. The master data is created in the system before making the postings to a G/L account. G/L account master records are divided into two areas which makes company codes with the same chart of accounts can use the same G/L accounts.

(1) Chart of accounts area: the chart of accounts area contains the data that is valid for all company codes such as account number.

(2) Company code area: The company code specific area contains data that must vary from one company code to another, such as the currency in which the account may be posted.

 

What does Field status group assigned to a GL master record controls?

Field status group is set of free requirement fields. And it control the which fields are required and optional, suppress whenever document posting.