Automatic Account Determination per company code for Foreign Currency Valuation SAP /4hana Public Cl

[RM97]

Hi SAP Experts,

I’ve received a request from my customer to modify the configuration of the Profit and Loss accounts associated with the G/L accounts used in Automatic Account Determination for Foreign Currency Valuation.

While I’ve used the app before, I’m unsure how to interpret their request. Specifically, they’re asking to update the G/L accounts for a particular company code and align the configuration with that of another company code. However, from my experience, the Automatic Account Determination app doesn’t prompt for a company code, which makes me question whether this level of granularity is even possible within the app.

Could anyone clarify if it’s feasible to configure Automatic Account Determination at the company code level? Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

[HenrikeGrtecke]

Hello, thank you for your question. It has been forwarded to the experts. Kind regards, Henrike

[Jeremy_Deo · Accepted solution]

Hello dear user,

And thank you for asking your question in the SAP Community blog.

You're absolutely right to question this your understanding aligns with how Automatic Account Determination works in SAP S/4HANA Cloud (and in ECC or private cloud as well).

Automatic Account Determination for Foreign Currency Valuation is not configured at the company code level.
Instead, it's generally configured at the chart of accounts (CoA) level or valuation area level, which typically corresponds to the CoA used by one or more company codes.

Here’s a few details on how it works :

In the Manage Automatic Account Determination app (or configuration step), the system uses:

• Transaction Key (e.g., KDF, KDB, etc. for exchange rate differences)
• Chart of Accounts
• And sometimes valuation modifiers (like valuation area or valuation method, depending on scope)

So, when you define which G/L accounts should be posted to for foreign currency valuation differences, you define them per CoA, not per company code.

I hope this will help.

Best regards,

Jeremy

[RM97 · Accepted solution]

Thank you Jeremy 🙂