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Chart of Account (COA)

Chart of Accounts(COA) is a list of all General Ledger accounts used by one or several company codes. The chart of accounts contains the account number, account name and the information that controls an account functions and a General Ledger account is created in a company code.

Fiscal Year Variant

Fiscal year is a period of twelve months for a company. The company can regularly creates financial statements and checks inventories in the fiscal year. The fiscal year in SAP is defined as a Fiscal Year Variant. Fiscal year variant contains the number of posting periods and number of special periods in a fiscal year.

Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year Variant

After configuration of Fiscal Year Variant, it needs to be assigned to company code. The link between the Fiscal Year Variant and Company code is established through Assignment. The Fiscal Year Variant is taken from the company code when company code assigned to a Fiscal year Variant. Either one or more company codes can be assigned to Fiscal Year Variant.