Configuring SAP® ERP Financial and Controlling

Field Status Groups

Field status groups control the additional account assignments and other fields that can be posted at the line item level for a G/L account. It is important to remember that the field status of your account must mesh with the field status group of the posting key and/or Materials Management (MM) movement types. A common posting error occurs when a field in the G/L field status group is required and the same field in the MM movement type field status group is suppressed. It is a good idea to keep as many fields as possible optional and make only the most important fields required or suppressed. This kind of “control” will go a long way toward ensuring smooth postings in the system.

You’ll recall from Chapter 2 that field status ...