SAP Field status group

March 8, 2009 by mySAP
Filed under: General Ledger Module

Field status group in SAP determines the screen layout (which fields are mandatory/optional/suppressed) when the account is used in any transaction.

Since not all GL accounts require the same information to be displayed for any business transactions, screen layouts are the screens that users will see with selected fields available for use. Different GL accounts may need a certain field that another set of accounts requires. So configuration of field status groups determines which fields are populated for which accounts.

Fields can be difined the following status:
• Optional entry – you can enter data in the field but can leave it blank
• Mandatory entry – you must enter data in the field
• Suppressed – the field will not appear on the screen

There are 2 dependencies for field status group.

1. The field status when you create a document also depends on the posting key
2. The field status groups available are those grouped together in a field status variant and assigned to your company code

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