Account Assignment SAP Purchase Orders

Definition

Specification of the objects (e.g. cost center, sales order, project) that are charged in the case of a purchase order for a material that is intended for direct usage or consumption.

Use

You can specify one account assignment for an item, or several ( Specifying Single Account Assignment or Specifying Multiple Account Assignment respectively).

Multiple account assignment allows you to apportion the cost of a material covered by a PO among your own cost center and several others, for example.
You specify which account assignment object is to be charged via the account assignment category.

Account Assignment Category

The account assignment category determines:

• The nature of the account assignment (cost center, sales order, and so on)
• Which accounts are to be charged when the incoming invoice or goods receipt is posted
• Which account assignment data you must provide

Account Assignment Categories

Description	Required account assignment data
Asset	Main asset number and sub-number
Order	Order and G/L account number
Production order	Production order number
Cost center	Cost center and G/L account number
Sales order	Sales order and G/L account number
Individual customer requirement	Sales order and G/L account number
Project	Project and G/L account number
Unknown	None

You can change the account assignment category after entering the item provided that field selection has been set up accordingly in Customizing.

Automatic Account Determination

The system attempts to suggest a specific G/L account for a given preliminary account assignment. The number of the G/L account to be charged can be automatically suggested by the system provided that automatic account determination has been defined for the chart of accounts of the relevant company code.

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