Hi everybody,
I have a question regarding the asset periodic posting (ASKB). I will now explain in a few steps what I did in our system so that you can completely understand the whole situation.
Initial situation:
Seven depreciation areas are used in the asset accounting of our SAP system: 01 (real time), 15, 20, 60, 62, 65 and 66 (all other periodically)
Steps:
- I posted an acquisition with a certain amount (Y) on an asset. The transaction type (Z01) used for it is limited to depreciation areas 01, 15 and 66.
- I checked my asset in the asset explorer and I could see that everything went well. The acquisition amount for this asset was booked only in the depreciation areas 01, 15 and 66.
- I tried to perform a periodic asset posting (ASKB) and following error occurred during the posting run: AU133 Account “Capital difference/Non-Operating expense” could not be found for area 15, 20, 60, 62 and 65.
- After analyzing the error I could see that the system expects “Contra account: Acquisition value” for all depreciation areas (01, 15, 20, 60, 62, 65 and 66) although transaction type was limited to certain depreciation areas (see 2.). When providing an “Contra account: Acquisition value” for all depreciation areas the error doesn’t appear anymore. The posting done by ASKB on the G/L accounts is (for the depreciation area 15,20,60,62,65)
- Debit “Contra account: Acquisition value” Amount Y
- Credit “Contra account: Acquisition value” Amount Y
My question:
Why does the system expect a “Contra account: Acquisition value” in the account determination for those depreciation areas, which are not considered by the transaction type Z01 (in this case 15,20, 60, 62 and 65)? Is this a technical solution to ensure a correct illustration of the transactions in the general ledger?