197-2018 ‘Account Category Reference (ACR) - Granetather of Automatic Account Determination Process | SAP Blogs x & Account Category Reference (ACR) — Grandfather of Automatic Account Determination Process October 31,2013 | 8,003 Views | 3 Former Member G+ sha Ff share W tweet jn share197-2018 ‘Account Category Reference (ACR) - Granetather of Automatic Account Determination Process | SAP Blogs {This is my 2"4 blog in SCN and 15 biog in SAP ERP — Logistics Materials Management (SAP MM) Forum. | do realise and strongly believe now, there is another part of SCN world rather than answering the threadithreads where | ‘expressed in my SCN 1" blog ‘Me, Myself, SDN and now SDN is SCN @10Years' http://scn.sap.com/communitylabout/blog/2013/10/07ime-myself-sdn-and-now- ‘sdin-is-scn-10years for “SCN and Me- Blog Competition® http://scn.sap.comidocs/DOC-45348}, Every movement of goods is followed by movement type only and without movement type use / without help of movement type —no goods movement is possible in SAP. During goods movement of transaction posting, movement type trigger transaction event key and G/L account assignment triggers based transaction event key (OBYC) with valuation class where valuation class determines the valuation class available in material master which is used for transaction posting. For automatic account determination, the vital direct parameters involves are movement type, valuation class, chart of account, valuation area, business key (transaction key), valuation grouping code{ valuation modification or valuation modifier), account grouping code(general modification or general modifier },nature of G/L account ,posting keys and value string, Moderately understandable, only large vital factor — valuation class in material master determine G/L account on goods movement for a movement type and then, all are happy on validation inifor business process by cross checking ‘accounting entries in each case/stage. Essential regard to account category reference (which is very much responsible of having valuation class in material master), play grandparent role by being silent friend for success to automatic account determination process. ‘The account category reference (ACR) is an artificial code of four characters which allows flexibility in linking material type with valuation class. In reality, the valuation class is linked to an account category reference and account category reference linked to material type. In other term account category reference is used to simplify the assignment of permitted valuation classivaluation classes to the material type/ material types. Business Case. How to use Account Category Reference Based on requirement, business can have one material type, one account ‘category reference and one valuation class by assigning material type to account category reference and then assigning account category reference to valuation class. For example business can have one custom material type 2ROM (Raw hitpsblogssapcomy2013/10/laccount-categoryteference-acr-grandfatner-of-automati-account-daterminator-process! 22197-2018 ‘Account Category Reference (ACR) - Granetather of Automatic Account Determination Process | SAP Blogs Material) with custom account category reference (2001) and new valuation class (3005) for Raw Material(Raw material - inventory managed with quantity and va) Usage of Account Category Reference a Ga | j | i Es om Ly i a During material creation with transaction code: MMO1 with certain material type manually or by any uploading tool, only one permitted valuation class is defaulted for that material type by account category reference. So in material creation process no chance of making any mistakes by users or by any uploading tool. Business Case-2; How to use Account Category Reference Based on requirement, business can have one material type, one account category reference and multiple valuation classes by assigning material type to ‘account category reference and then assigning account category to valuation classes, For example business can have one custom material type ZROM (Raw Material) with custom account category reference (Z001) and new valuation classes i.e. (3005) for Raw Material, (3006) for Chemicals and (3007) for Filter material (all materials are inventory manage with quantity and value) Usage of Account Category Reference a co Twunon Gun x om é zou me = i i; 2 ‘007 hitpsblogssapcomy2013/10/laccount-categoryteference-acr-grandfatner-of-automati-account-daterminator-process!