SAP Accounting Consulting

Symptom
You process a file in ECS Direct Input where some amounts contain invalid values. The system, however, recognizes them as zero values because they contain only comma (,) or dot (.) which for themselves are valid for amount fields, but occur more than one time in the amount field and follow [...]

Symptom
You process ECS Direct Input with an ECS environment where the indicator ‘LE Rate Type’ is set (= legal entity dependent rate type). The file contains transactions in a currency which is the same as the local currency of the company code. The line items carry amounts in transaction currency only triggering [...]

Symptom
You start ECS Direct Input with a file carrying invalid amounts where all characters are valid but partly occur more than the allowed number of occurrences (for example ‘50–0′ where ‘-’ is a valid debit/credit sign but occurs two times). In this case, the system translates the amount just taking into [...]

Symptom
After the transport of configuration changes in IMG activity ‘Define auto correction strategies’, the programs of the stratgies’ steps are not automatically generated or only generated in client 000 of the target systems although the post-import methods have been executed successfully in every client.
Other terms
G/L enhancements, GLENH, Suspense Accounting, Error Correction, ECS, [...]

Symptom
Corrections in the ECS workplace carried out for the field Project Account Assignment (PROJK) do not update the correction values of the ECS item and are not transferred into the FI document (correction document).
Other terms
G/L enhancements, GLENH, Error Correction, Suspense Accounting, ECS, ECS workplace, Project Account Assignment, PROJK, PS_PSP_PNR, Correction Document
Reason and [...]

Symptom
The performance of the mass correction function in the ECS workplace can significantly enhanced by the changes provided by this note.
Other terms
G/L enhancements, GLENH, Error Correction, Suspense Accounting, ECS workplace, Mass Correction, Mass Correct, Performance
Reason and Prerequisites
Performance improvement
Solution
Implement this note

Symptom
The original Batch-Input file contains line items for an intercompany posting with the field Project Account Assignment (PROJK) filled correctly. Based on this file, ECS Direct Input creates FI documents and ECS Items (Soft and Hard Errors). For the ECS items, the field PROJK is not filled with the field value [...]

Symptom
The Reverse Posting Run transaction (ECS mass reverse) does not start. The message ‘Ext. run ID &1 (version &2) not used; unable to reverse the run’ appears. The reason was a termination of the original Direct Input run with errors resulting in the run’s administration data not being updated on the database.
Other [...]

Symptom
The function ‘Post Accounting Documents with Auto Correction’ (ECS Direct Input) cancels with a run time error in case it has to post monthly average balances and the number range object GL_LOCAL has no number ranges or is otherwise undefined.
Other terms
G/L enhancements, GLENH, Error Correction, Suspense Accounting, ECS, Auto Correction, Number range [...]

Symptom
When the function ‘Post Accounting Documents with Auto Correction’ (ECS Direct Input) is executed as a job in backgrund and one of the created child jobs terminates, the main job ends successfully without terminating with an error message
Other terms
G/L enhancements, GLENH, Error Correction, Suspense Accounting, ECS Direct Input, Child Job, Run time [...]