field status variant and posting keys.........

[Former Member]

posing key can do all the functions of field status variant..............so what is the purpose of defining field status variant.............?

[jiteshmehta]

Posting Key- as you know is used in transaction you can see the selection in OB41

Where as Field Status Variant is made at Field Status Group, which is for creating G/L A/cs FS00, which utlimately applies to Transaction

Regards

Jitesh

[Former Member]

Hello Chakardhar,

Since the same fields for document entry are required for several G/L accounts, you define the status of fields for a group of G/L accounts.

You create the definition under a field status group. Enter the key of the group in the master record of the G/L account. Field status groups are cross-company code, that is, they do not depend on the company code but on the field status variant. In the standard system, a separate variant for field status groups exists for each company code. The name of the variant is the same as the company code. Every company code is assigned to the variant with the same name. You can work in several company codes with identical field status groups as long as these company codes are assigned to the same field status variants. You define the field status for each individual posting key.

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Rgds

Manish

[Former Member]

As we all know both posting keys and field status control the status of field while posting transaction.But there are certain fields which has to mandatory for a G/L account but we cannot make those mandatory for posting keys.Let me explain this with an example:

there is expense xxxx account FSG group G002 in which cost center mandatory.

another expense account yyyy FSG G001 in which cost center is not mandatory.

Posting key 40.Now if we don have field status how can we deal with this type of scenario.Here while posting both accounts will use posting key 40 if we mark cost center mandatory we will not be able to post to G/L a/c yyyy but it has to mandatory for G/L a/c xxxx .

To overcome such kind of issue we use field status variant

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[Former Member]

Hello

More or less both control the screen.

But, posting keys cannot be assigned to GL master record, wheras, you can assign a FS to a master record.

reg

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