Running the Clearing Program in SAP FICO

To execute the clearing program from the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, or Accounts Receivable menu:

1. Choose Periodic processing
® Automatic clearing.

In the General Ledger menu, you can choose to clear General G/L accounts or the GR/IR clearing account.

The screen to enter the parameters for clearing open items appears.

2. Specify the accounts you want the to clear and select the lists you want the program to generate.

To have the program actually clear any open items and update the database, make certain that the Test run indicator is not selected. The test run mode is the default mode.

3. Choose Program
® Execute or Execute in background.

The system lists the results of the clearing procedure.