Finance & Controlling
What is Journal Entry (JE)?
An accounting document that records a balanced posting of debits and credits to ledger accounts.
In SAP, every FI posting creates a document with a header and line items, identified by company code, document number, and fiscal year. Manual entries use FB50 or the Fiori Post General Journal Entries app. Reversals use FB08 or the corresponding Fiori app rather than deletion.
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General Ledger
The complete record of all financial transactions of a company, organized by GL account.
Document Type
A configuration key that classifies documents, such as FI document types SA or KR, or sales order types such as OR.
Universal Journal
The single S/4HANA line-item table (ACDOCA) that stores General Ledger, controlling, asset, and material-ledger postings together.
Parked Document
An incomplete FI document saved without updating balances, to be completed and posted later.
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