Open Item Management:FI General Ledger Account Master Data

For accounts where you may want to check whether a group of postings balances to zero, you should use open item management. Select the open item management field in the master record of the account.

For a GR/IR clearing account, you want be able to check whether corresponding invoices were received for the goods received for a purchase order. For this account, open item management should be designated in the master record.

For accounts with open item management, it is ensured that the open items always stay available, as you can only archive documents if all line items are cleared.

If you subsequently define open item management for a G/L account, this entry only applies to the items which are posted afterwards. At the date of the change, the account must display a zero balance.
Also, when canceling this marking, the balance must be zero. You should therefore clear the remaining open items before making the change in the master record.