Specifications in the Chart of FI G/L Accounts List

First enter the chart of accounts key and its name in the chart of accounts list. Then make the following specifications for the chart of accounts:

• Maintenance language

You maintain (that is, create and change) the chart of accounts in what is known as the maintenance language. You display it, however, in the logon language.

• Alternative languages

You translate the chart of accounts into other languages in order to be able to display the account name in the appropriate logon language when displaying master data and posting. If the chart of accounts has not been translated into the appropriate logon language, the account name appears in the maintenance language.

• Block indicator

With a block indicator, you can block a chart of accounts so that G/L account master records cannot be created. This is useful if you create your chart of accounts from a central location and want to prevent accounts from being created in the meantime in the company codes. You can use the block indicator to determine centrally when master records can be created for the chart of accounts.

• Length of the G/L account number

In the system, you can use account numbers of up to ten characters. If you do not need the entire length, you should specify in the chart of accounts list how many characters your account numbers have. This allows the system to suppress any leading zeros.

The assigned numbers should not contain a mixture of alphanumeric and numeric characters and should all have the same length. This is especially important if you want to order particular accounts hierarchically, such as your bank accounts.

Purely numeric account numbers are padded from the left with zeros by the system:
while alphanumeric account numbers appear left-justified:
1234.100 ® 1234.10000
1131DB ® 1131DB0000