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Open in SAP for MeStart here: twelve notes to bookmark first
SAP Notes are where SAP publishes corrections, but also where its developers write the explanations that never reached SAP Help. If you open only twelve notes this year, open these: each one either explains a whole topic or is the entry point SAP keeps up to date.
Each number opens the note in SAP for Me. You need an S-user to read most of them.
- 2332030Collective
S/4HANA conversion
Conversion of accounting to SAP S/4HANA
The central note for the finance conversion, with SAP's conversion guide attached.
- 2270333Collective
S/4HANA conversion
S4TWL - Data Model Changes in FIN
What happened to BSEG, the index tables and the totals tables when ACDOCA arrived.
- 2344012Configuration
General ledger
Currencies in Universal Journal
The reference for currency types in ACDOCA: which currencies a ledger carries and what can still change later.
- 36353Configuration
General ledger
AC interface: Summarizing FI documents
The base note for FI summarization: the first answer to the 999-line limit (message F5 727).
- 2185026Tip
Cost and profit centers
Compatibility views COSP, COSS, COEP, COVP: How do you optimize their use?
How to read CO totals and line items on SAP HANA without slowing your custom reports down.
- 2208321FAQ
Asset accounting
FAQ for legacy data transfer in SAP_FIN 720 and subsequent releases
The main questions and answers for loading legacy assets: mid-year transfers, assets under construction, transfer dates.
- 2368280FAQ
Asset accounting
FAQ in a S/4HANA implementation in Asset Accounting
The questions Asset Accounting customers ask most in S/4HANA projects.
- 2713963FAQ
S/4HANA conversion
FAQ: CVI - Customer and Vendor Integration for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA
First stop for customer and vendor to business partner questions in a brownfield conversion.
- 2176823FAQ
Profitability analysis
FAQ on CO-PA issues in S/4 HANA Finance (SFIN)
The questions that come up most with CO-PA on the Universal Journal.
- 3306727Collective
Product costing and ML
Central KBA for Material Ledger in S/4HANA
SAP's entry page for Material Ledger topics in S/4HANA.
- 308008FAQ
Invoice verification and GR/IR
FAQ: Posting logic: GR/IR clearing account
The GR/IR posting logic at goods receipt and invoice receipt. Required reading for every FICO consultant.
- 3561376Collective
Brazil
Tax Reform Leading SAP Note
The entry point SAP keeps updating for every CBS, IBS and IS note of the tax reform.
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The FAQ shelf
Notes in the FAQ category are written and kept up to date by the SAP teams that own the code. They answer the questions support hears most, often with examples and settings you will not find anywhere else. These are the FAQ notes and KBAs a FICO consultant should have at hand, including the logistics ones that end up in the general ledger.
Tip: read an FAQ note from top to bottom once, before the project starts. The question you will have in month three is usually already in it.
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3AP, AR, banks and tax
2Asset accounting
4Product costing and ML
2Profitability analysis
4Logistics with FI impact
11- 395043FAQ: Posting invoices using Transaction MIRO
- 308008FAQ: Posting logic: GR/IR clearing account
- 10757FAQ: MR11, clear GR/IR clearing account
- 395973FAQ: MIRO, MR1M - Common questions for topic: taxes
- 514938FAQ: Tax and cash discount base, cash discount
- 396051FAQ: Parking in the logistics invoice verification
- 394370FAQ: Invoice release - frequently asked questions
- 82820FAQ: MR02 - Payment block and blocking reasons
- 518485FAQ: Valuation of goods movements
- 496082FAQ: Account assignment in purchasing
- 459509FAQ: Commitments in purchasing
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165 notes
| Note | Title and why it matters | Kind | Type | Area | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1070629 | FAQs: New general ledger migrationStill the best questions and answers on new G/L: migration scenarios, document splitting and consistency checks. | FAQ | Note | General ledger | ECC |
| 545137 | FAQ Interface - summarizationWhat the accounting interface can summarize, and what you lose when it does. | FAQ | Note | General ledger | Both |
| 3523400 | Overview of the compatibility view topic in the context of SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA)Hub for slow or wrong results on FAGLFLEXT, COSP, COSS and the other compatibility views. | Collective | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2344012 | Currencies in Universal JournalThe reference for currency types in ACDOCA: which currencies a ledger carries and what can still change later. | Configuration | Note | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3357286 | Additional local currency of company code with currency type of 20 in S/4 HANA systemWhether the controlling area currency (type 20) can be an extra company code currency. | Configuration | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3191636 | Universal Parallel Accounting (SAP S/4HANA 2022): Scope InformationWhat Universal Parallel Accounting covers from release 2022, and its restrictions, Asset Accounting included. | Configuration | Note | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3530183 | Assigning Accounting Principles to Ledgers and Company Codes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition: Details on Configuration in General Ledger Accounting and Asset AccountingHow accounting principles, ledgers and depreciation areas fit together. Written for the public cloud. | Configuration | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2403232 | Extending the Universal Journal with Customer fieldsThe supported ways to add your own fields to ACDOCA. | Configuration | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 36353 | AC interface: Summarizing FI documentsThe base note for FI summarization: the first answer to the 999-line limit (message F5 727). | Configuration | Note | General ledger | Both |
| 1353827 | AC interface: Document split in FI for goods movementsSplits one large goods movement into several FI documents to get past 999 lines. | Configuration | Note | General ledger | Both |
| 1497092 | AC interface: Posting split in FI for incoming invoicesThe same posting split for large supplier invoices in MIRO. | Configuration | Note | General ledger | Both |
| 1670486 | AC interface: Posting split in FI for outgoing invoicesThe same posting split for large billing documents released from SD. | Configuration | Note | General ledger | Both |
| 3363087 | Gain or loss account determination for open item valuation in FAGL_FCVWhich exchange gain and loss accounts FAGL_FCV picks for open items. | Configuration | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2699107 | Summarization in New G/LWhy new G/L cannot summarize on fields that are totals or document splitting characteristics. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2810442 | Substitutions and Document SplittingWhy a substitution can work against document splitting, and where to put the logic instead. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2442923 | BADI ACTIVATE_CC_SPLIT - Partner assignments on company code clearing linesA little-known BAdI that controls partner assignments on intercompany clearing lines. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 3363404 | Recommendations to perform balance carryforward in Fiori environmentSAP's advice for the year-end balance carryforward in S/4HANA. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2921271 | FAGLGVTR: indicator XINIT - Reset Balance CarryforwardWhat the reset flag in FAGLGVTR does, and when to use it. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 3018485 | FAGL_FCV: valuate all foreign currency open items on GR/IR accountValuing foreign currency GR/IR open items at period end. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3736373 | Regrouping logic for F.19(G/L: Goods/Invoice Received Clearing)The logic behind GR/IR regrouping at period end. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2050268 | MR11/F.13: GR/IR clearing process - SAP ERP & SAP S/4HANAWho does what in the GR/IR clean-up: MR11 write-offs and F.13 automatic clearing. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2389231 | OB52 | Change logs cannot be found | Open and Close Posting PeriodsWhere to find out who opened or closed a posting period. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2154297 | How to set period for Reconciliation account in T-code OB52Why OB52 entries for reconciliation accounts seem to have no effect. | Tip | KBA | General ledger | ECC |
| 2481827 | Error F5 727 ("Maximum number of items in FI reached")The general case: why an FI document stops at 999 lines, and the two ways around it. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | ECC |
| 2344521 | F5 727- after migration Simple Finance or S/4HANAThe 999-line error showing up after the move to S/4HANA. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3074610 | FINS_SIS_CUST305 Document splitting for company code &1 can't be activatedThe blocker you hit when adding document splitting to a live S/4HANA system. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3366212 | Subsequent implementation of parallel ledger - error FINS_FI_SIF218Adding a parallel ledger after go-live, and the error that stops it. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 3057269 | No foreign currency balances are carried forwardA year-end surprise: transaction currency balances missing after the carryforward. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2443070 | FAGL_FCV: Exchange rate derived is different with setting in T-code OB08Why valuation used a rate you did not expect: rate type, quotation and translation ratios. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 3751865 | Error message no. SG105 occurs in FAGL_FC_TRANSA missing exchange rate or rate type in currency translation. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 3387623 | Extended open item management and GR/IR processes: error messages in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public EditionThe errors that show up when GR/IR runs with extended open item management. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2453336 | Balance errors F5702, F5703, M8285 and RW033 when creating invoices – SAP ERP & S/4HANABalance errors on supplier invoices, typically with tax on foreign currency invoices. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2478919 | MRRL/MIRO: Error F5702 Balance in transaction currency - SAP ERP & S/4HANAF5 702 in MIRO and evaluated receipt settlement on account-assigned purchase order items. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 1952409 | VF02 - Field Business Area is a required field for G/L account - F5808A field status clash when releasing a billing document to FI. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | ECC |
| 2979963 | FBCJ: Error F5808 with CO assignment fields.The cash journal asks for a field the G/L account marks as optional. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2795509 | F5394 - An entry in field & is not permitted for account &A field suppressed by the field status of the account or the posting key. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | Both |
| 2793263 | Executing SE16 or SE16N Transaction Against S/4HANA Compatibility View Runs Long or Leads to Composite Out-of-Memory (OOM)Why SE16N on BSIS, COEP or another compatibility view runs forever, and what to do about it. | Error fix | KBA | General ledger | S/4 |
| 2408083 | FAQ: Data Model of S/4HANA Finance data migrationHow ECC tables map into ACDOCA during the finance data migration. | FAQ | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2713963 | FAQ: CVI - Customer and Vendor Integration for system conversion to SAP S/4HANAFirst stop for customer and vendor to business partner questions in a brownfield conversion. | FAQ | KBA | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2689405 | FAQ: SAP S/4HANA Performance Best Practices - Collective NoteWhere to start when reports, closing jobs or postings get slow on S/4HANA. | FAQ | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2332030 | Conversion of accounting to SAP S/4HANAThe central note for the finance conversion, with SAP's conversion guide attached. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2270333 | S4TWL - Data Model Changes in FINWhat happened to BSEG, the index tables and the totals tables when ACDOCA arrived. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2742613 | S4TWL - Replaced Transaction Codes and Programs in FINThe official list of finance transactions and reports replaced in S/4HANA. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2313884 | Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA (as XLS)The simplification list as a spreadsheet: filter it for Finance and you have your impact list. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2182725 | Delivery of the S/4H System Conversion Pre-ChecksEntry point for the conversion pre-checks, the finance ones included. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2344034 | SAP S/4HANA Automation for Master Data MigrationUmbrella note for the business partner migration tools. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2175053 | Trouble-Shooting Note for House Bank Account MigrationCentral troubleshooting for the house bank account migration. | Collective | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2399707 | Simplification Item CheckThe framework that runs the simplification item checks before a conversion. | Configuration | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2913617 | SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANASets up the Readiness Check, the first report every conversion project reads. | Configuration | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2162297 | Check Configuration Before Migrating House Bank AccountsThe checklist before house bank accounts move to Bank Account Management. | Configuration | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 1946054 | SAP Simple Finance, on-premise edition: Transaction codes and programs - Comparison to EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0The old-to-new map of finance transactions and reports from the first Simple Finance release. | Tip | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2714344 | Financial data migration to SAP S/4HANA: Most frequent Error Messages – Information and RecommendationsFor each common migration error: the check behind it, the root cause and what to do. | Tip | KBA | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2741967 | How to plan and execute the financial data migration during conversion of SAP ERP solution to SAP S/4HANAPlanning the migration runs and clearing their errors before go-live. | Tip | KBA | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2522155 | Company Code Specific Conversion to S/4HANA: InformationConverting only some company codes is an SAP service, not a standard option. | Tip | Note | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 1623677 | BP_CVI: Check report for checking CVI CustomizingA report that checks business partner and CVI settings before the load. | Tip | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2832085 | New Central Cockpit for Customer Vendor Integration (CVI) to Business PartnerThe guided cockpit for the business partner conversion. | Tip | Note | S/4HANA conversion | ECC → S/4 |
| 2845343 | Difference in the General Ledger balances (opening/closing balance) after the SFIN migrationWhen opening or closing balances do not tie after the migration. | Error fix | KBA | S/4HANA conversion | S/4 |
| 2530138 | S/4Hana Cash Management : Central KBA for data setup in S/4HANA cash Management and FAQCentral page for building One Exposure data, with answers on which old liquidity transactions are gone. | FAQ | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 2580031 | S/4 Hana Cash and Liquidity Management: FAQ: Liquidity item assignment into one Exposure( FQM_FLOW )How liquidity items reach One Exposure, with the follow-up correction notes. | FAQ | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 2270400 | S4TWL – Cash Management – GeneralWhat changed in Cash Management and bank accounts in S/4HANA. | Collective | Note | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 524520 | PMW - Information on Payment Medium WorkbenchThe basic Payment Medium Workbench reference: formats, format variants and note to payee. | Collective | Note | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2542411 | Multiple Paying Company Codes in F110Setting up sending and paying company codes in FBZP for central payments. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2490594 | Grouping of items during automatic payment run does not happen as expectedGrouping keys and customer and vendor offsetting in the payment run. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 3387801 | How to Configure Separate Payment Medium Files Using Payment Medium Workbench (PMW)Splitting payment files by business criteria with the PMW level of detail. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2003506 | Customizing for Dunning printout with InterestPutting interest on dunning notices. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2427515 | F150: Dunning charges for application FI-FIHow dunning charges get posted. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2195256 | How to exclude line item for Extended Withholding taxA little-known way to exclude single items from extended withholding tax. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2706489 | Replacement of credit master data fields (table KNKK, KNKA, T024B, T024P and T691B) in SAP Credit Management (FSCM) - Part 1Where the classic credit management fields went in SAP Credit Management. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2760814 | Deactivate / Activate SAP Credit ManagementSwitching SAP Credit Management on, and what cannot be switched off in S/4HANA. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2761313 | Maintain Credit Checks for SAP Credit Management (FSCM)Where the OVA8 credit checks went once SAP Credit Management is active. | Configuration | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2798234 | F110: How to schedule payment runs sequentially?Chaining payment runs so they don't lock each other. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2536671 | Steps to perform a partial payment with F110How to pay part of an invoice through the payment run. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 1767769 | F110: Difference in system behavior with and without "Do not consider item text" (T042E-XNOTX) flagA little-known FBZP flag that changes how items are grouped into payments. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2933686 | Creation of payment media for payments from financial accounting: overview of possible alternativesCompares the ways to create payment media from FI: classic print programs and the Payment Medium Workbench. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2747325 | Information about the usage of transaction DMEEX for DMEE treesWhen to use DMEE or DMEEX, and what to watch when moving trees between them. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2405414 | F150: Dunning by e-mail: introductory text / Mailtext (using a PDF form)The e-mail body text for dunning letters sent as PDF. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 1551206 | How to: Withholding tax (WT) functionalityOverview of classic and extended withholding tax, and the changeover between them. | Tip | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | ECC |
| 3775445 | F110 Payment Run Fails with FZ659 and FZ608 ErrorsReading the payment run exception list: bank determination and payment methods. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2827983 | Error in F110 - FZ765 : Bank details & / & / &: IBAN is not validIBAN validity, and why it pushes items to the exception list. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2671294 | No Valid Payment Method FoundThe classic payment method exception, in its public cloud version. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 2471036 | FF_5 : Note to payee information is not copied completely from tag 61MT940 note to payee text cut short, which weakens the matching of open items. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 3760236 | Bank Statement Monitor (F6388) Fiori app shows no data or incomplete bank statementsA common go-live question about the Bank Statement Monitor app. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 2463516 | Error FCLM_BAM_MAINT057 - Unable to configure Bank Account ManagementThe Bank Account Management setup error on new S/4HANA systems. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | S/4 |
| 1469906 | FF805 Tax Statement Item missing for Tax CodeA billing document released to FI without its tax line. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2003668 | Error message FF713 is issued when posting document due to blank percentage rate of tax codeA tax code with no rate in FTXP, and the error it causes. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2891150 | Error FF731 although tax code definition is correctFF 731 on direct postings to tax accounts, when the tax code looks right. | Error fix | KBA | AP, AR, banks and tax | Both |
| 2368280 | FAQ in a S/4HANA implementation in Asset AccountingThe questions Asset Accounting customers ask most in S/4HANA projects. | FAQ | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2208321 | FAQ for legacy data transfer in SAP_FIN 720 and subsequent releasesThe main questions and answers for loading legacy assets: mid-year transfers, assets under construction, transfer dates. | FAQ | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 540785 | FAQ note: Reporting of Asset AccountingWhy asset reports show what they show: the asset history sheet, AW01N and report selections. | FAQ | Note | Asset accounting | ECC |
| 544703 | FAQ Mass change/Mass retirementRules and pitfalls of mass changes and mass retirements. | FAQ | Note | Asset accounting | ECC |
| 2270388 | S4TWL - Asset AccountingThe simplification item for Asset Accounting: what new Asset Accounting changes and what a conversion must prepare. | Collective | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2220152 | Ledger approach and Asset Accounting (new): Alternative fiscal year variant for parallel valuationRunning a parallel ledger with a different fiscal year variant in new Asset Accounting. | Configuration | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2331123 | Prerequisite customizing required for legacy asset takeover in Simple Finance (sFIN)The settings needed before the first legacy asset upload. | Configuration | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 965032 | Differences between old and new depreciation calculationWhy values change after the switch to the new depreciation engine, the one S/4HANA uses. | Tip | Note | Asset accounting | ECC |
| 2450680 | Reversal of depreciation posting (report RAPOST2000) is not possibleWhy a depreciation run cannot be reversed, and what to do instead. | Tip | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2235848 | General steps for mid-year legacy asset transfer in S/4HANA FinanceStep by step for a go-live in the middle of the fiscal year. | Tip | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2252940 | ABLDT/BAPI_FIXEDASSET_OVRTAKE_CREATE: Transfer of open items for assets under constructionHow to migrate assets under construction managed with line items. | Tip | Note | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 1534331 | RAPOST2000 - 'Planned depreciation' in AW01N for subsequent posting or depreciation change in same periodPlanned versus posted depreciation after a change in the same period. | Tip | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 2579444 | Depreciation Calculation when the Useful Life is less than 1 yearHow period factors work for very short useful lives. | Tip | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 2996678 | Some areas are not processed during depreciation posting(AFAB) run though they do not have errorWhy an error in one depreciation area stops the others in the depreciation run. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 2958964 | F5201 - AFAB error posting period is not openThe depreciation run uses the posting period variant of a non-leading ledger. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2437875 | Error message GLT2201 during depreciation runA depreciation posting line without a profit center. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 2605512 | GLT2201 "Balancing field & in line item & not filled" in Asset Accounting: customizing checkA customizing checklist for document splitting errors in asset postings. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 3078166 | AJAB : Error FAA_CMP030A common blocker in the Asset Accounting year-end closing. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 1991589 | Error AAPO107 during AuC Settlement to Final AssetA missing depreciation area when settling an asset under construction. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 1594183 | In transaction AIBU unexpected error: AU133 - "Account X could not be found for area YZ" is raisedAn account determination gap when transferring an asset under construction. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 3765018 | FAA_POST031 occurs in T-code FB01 when posting asset acquisitionErrors when posting an integrated asset acquisition through FB01. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2602897 | Error ACC_AA081 in "Check Prerequisites for Activating Asset Accounting (New)" when activating FI-AA NEWA blocker when activating new Asset Accounting. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | ECC → S/4 |
| 3002785 | Migration Precheck: Error AC264 and ACC_AA116Common failures of the Asset Accounting migration pre-check. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | ECC → S/4 |
| 2778936 | Company code not defined in Asset Accounting Error AA821Missing company code settings in Asset Accounting after the migration. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2666889 | Error FAA_POST216 during Legacy Data Transfer (AS91 / ABLDT)A common error in mid-year legacy uploads. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2516966 | Legacy Data: Error AC187 for takeover date mismatch in AS91The transfer date does not match the last closed fiscal year. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | Both |
| 2866041 | Error AA377: Posting not possible in company code (legacy data transfer) in productive systemPostings blocked because the legacy transfer status was never set to complete. | Error fix | KBA | Asset accounting | S/4 |
| 2270404 | S4TWL - Technical Changes in ControllingCO line items and totals now live in ACDOCA; COEP, COSP and COSS answer through views. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2270419 | S4TWL - Cost ElementsCost elements are G/L accounts in S/4HANA: maintained in FS00, with KA01 and KA02 gone. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2270407 | S4TWL - Profit and Loss Planning and Profit Center PlanningWhat became of classic P&L and profit center planning, and the move to plan data in ACDOCP. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 3572033 | S4TWL - EC-PCA Actual deprecationClassic profit center actuals are deprecated: profit center reporting comes from the Universal Journal. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2349297 | S4TWL - Reporting/Analytics in ControllingReport Painter and drilldown reports versus the new CDS-based analytics. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2270408 | S4TWL - Activity-Based CostingWhich activity-based costing variants are still supported. | Collective | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2185026 | Compatibility views COSP, COSS, COEP, COVP: How do you optimize their use?How to read CO totals and line items on SAP HANA without slowing your custom reports down. | Tip | Note | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2131290 | Poor performance in allocation runTuning slow assessment and distribution cycles at month-end. | Tip | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 1734931 | Error message GA733 - The segment contains no receivers is given in allocation run like transaction KSU5The most common assessment and distribution cycle error. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 2479131 | Error message KD302 happens in KSPI or KSIIA cost splitting error when activity price calculation runs over several periods. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 3730714 | Plan Activity not filled in KP26 after SAC retraction when unexpected VMSL data exists in ACDOCPWhen retracting plans from SAP Analytics Cloud breaks plan activity and price calculation. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2996269 | After Reactivation of classical Profit Center Accounting, integrated posting does not work, such as T-code: KP06.A pitfall when reactivating classic profit center accounting and planning in S/4HANA. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | S/4 |
| 2441910 | F.13 - KI 235 Account && requires an assignment to a CO objectKI 235 in automatic clearing, GR/IR included. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 1732825 | Error KI235: Account requires an assignment to COKI 235 in depreciation, asset postings and settlement when no CO object is derived. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 2202855 | Error KI235 when running KO88KI 235 when an order is settled to a G/L account. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | ECC |
| 1932931 | During settlement error GLT2201 appearsSettlement fails because the profit center balancing field stays empty. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 1961700 | Error message F5727 in transactions KO88, CO88 or CJ88A settlement document that would go over 999 lines. | Error fix | KBA | Cost and profit centers | Both |
| 532932 | FAQ: Valuation logic with active material ledgerHow valuation works when the Material Ledger is active, which in S/4HANA it always is. | FAQ | Note | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 713111 | FAQ: pricing in CK11/CK11NHow price strategies and valuation variants pick prices in a cost estimate. | FAQ | Note | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 2267834 | S4TWL - Material Ledger Obligatory for Material ValuationThe Material Ledger is mandatory in S/4HANA: what that means for currencies and valuation. | Collective | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2352383 | S4TWL - Conversion to S/4HANA Material Ledger and Actual CostingThe main conversion note for the Material Ledger and actual costing. | Collective | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2349294 | S4TWL - Reference and Simulation CostingWhere reference and simulation costing stand in S/4HANA. | Collective | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 3306727 | Central KBA for Material Ledger in S/4HANASAP's entry page for Material Ledger topics in S/4HANA. | Collective | KBA | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2784741 | Material Ledger with Actual Costing in S/4HANA 1809: Important NotesThe corrections to have in place for actual costing on the 1809 data model. | Collective | KBA | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2354768 | Technical Changes in Material Ledger with Actual CostingThe new actual costing data model and what changed in CKMLCP. | Tip | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2332591 | Technical Changes in Material LedgerMaterial Ledger table changes in S/4HANA, without actual costing. | Tip | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2433733 | ML Helpdesk tool in S/4HANAA helpdesk report for analysing Material Ledger data and inconsistencies. | Tip | Note | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2558888 | S/4HANA: Post Closing logic in Material Ledger / New Actual CostingWhat the post-closing step of CKMLCP posts, and how to reconcile it with FI. | Tip | KBA | Product costing and ML | S/4 |
| 2315915 | Configurable and configured materials in costing: CK40N, CK11N and VA01Costing configurable materials, and the errors that come with it. | Tip | KBA | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 3786842 | KKS1: Performance issues and order selection behavior in Variance CalculationWhich orders KKS1 selects, why some count as not relevant, and how to speed it up. | Tip | KBA | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 2570819 | WIP Settlement: Posting period, G/L posting & Settlement periodHow the posting period of a WIP settlement is set, and how CO ties to the G/L. | Tip | KBA | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 2429700 | COMLWIPDISP: Comparison with FBL3N and FAGLB03Reconciling WIP revaluation in actual costing with G/L balances. | Tip | KBA | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 1523233 | [VIDEO] Errors C+805, C+712, C+715, CKMLMV008, CKMLVNB050 and CKMLWIP050 in transaction CKMLCPThe most common CKMLCP step and period status errors in one place. | Error fix | KBA | Product costing and ML | Both |
| 1519056 | [VIDEO] Error F5727 in CKMLCP Post closing stepThe post-closing step going over the 999-line FI limit. | Error fix | KBA | Product costing and ML | ECC |
| 2176823 | FAQ on CO-PA issues in S/4 HANA Finance (SFIN)The questions that come up most with CO-PA on the Universal Journal. | FAQ | Profitability analysis | S/4 | |
| 2667649 | FAQ on CO-PA issues in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public EditionThe same kind of FAQ for margin analysis in the public cloud. | FAQ | Profitability analysis | S/4 | |
| 2635566 | FAQ on Combined Profitability Analysis (cPA)Running account-based and costing-based CO-PA side by side. | FAQ | Note | Profitability analysis | S/4 |
| 2971387 | FAQ on COPA top down distributionTop-down distribution questions: negative values, background runs, posting dates. | FAQ | KBA | Profitability analysis | Both |
| 2349278 | S4TWL - Profitability AnalysisAccount-based versus costing-based CO-PA in S/4HANA, and the split of cost of goods sold. | Collective | Note | Profitability analysis | S/4 |
| 3320010 | S4TWL - Profitability Segment Number Change of TypeThe profitability segment number changes type: check custom code and interfaces. | Collective | Note | Profitability analysis | S/4 |
| 2344093 | cPA: Combined profitability analysis – implementation guideThe setup guide for combined CO-PA. | Configuration | Note | Profitability analysis | S/4 |
| 2455487 | Settlement of variances to CO-PA: AnalysisReconciling production variances settled to CO-PA with FI. | Tip | KBA | Profitability analysis | Both |
| 3561376 | Tax Reform Leading SAP NoteThe entry point SAP keeps updating for every CBS, IBS and IS note of the tax reform. | Collective | Note | Brazil | Both |
| 3694434 | Tax Reform: Enablement of Tax Situation Code for CBS and IBS Tax Rate Determination for Materials ManagementThe tax situation code (CST) for CBS and IBS in purchasing. | Configuration | Note | Brazil | Both |
| 3706182 | Tax Reform: Extensibility for CBS and IBS Tax Situation Determination in Materials ManagementA BAdI for your own CBS and IBS tax situation logic on incoming documents. | Configuration | Note | Brazil | Both |
| 3777327 | Future Delivery: Debit Note Configuration for CBS/IBS (Brazil Tax Reform)Debit note settings for future delivery under CBS and IBS. | Configuration | KBA | Brazil | Both |
| 3765493 | Field "Internal Tax Situation for CBS and IBS" not being determined when creating the Nota Fiscal via MIGOEmpty CBS and IBS fields on notas fiscais created from goods movements. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | Both |
| 3775689 | Tax situation for CBS/IBS message disappears after tax law change in J1B2NNota fiscal writer behavior when the tax law changes on an outgoing nota fiscal. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | Both |
| 3784942 | Missing Portuguese short descriptions for new Tax Reform fields in J_1BNFLIN and J_1BNFDOC tablesNew tax reform fields showing without Portuguese labels. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | Both |
| 2946953 | Error FF 704 (Tax code in procedure is invalid) during the creation of an Invoice document in transaction code MIROTax code and tax procedure mismatch in MIRO with the Brazilian localization. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | Both |
| 2465793 | FF718 Error - Tax Jurisdiction Code Does Not ExistA tax code not set up for the state's jurisdiction code. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | ECC |
| 1650880 | Error 8B 355 when trying to cancel an Invoice document in transaction code MR8MAn invoice reversal blocked by its nota fiscal. | Error fix | KBA | Brazil | Both |
No note on this page matches. Try a transaction code or a table name, or search SAP for Me with the tips further down.
Numbers and titles are as SAP publishes them, checked in October 2026; the summaries are ours. SAP updates notes and sometimes renames them, so read the version in SAP for Me before you act on one. Release shows where a note is mostly used: check its validity in the note itself.
- FAQ
- Questions and answers on one topic
- Collective
- Entry points and simplification items that lead to other notes
- Configuration
- How to set something up
- Tip
- How the standard really behaves
- Error fix
- One error, its cause and its solution
The FI and CO errors people search for most
The messages that come up again and again in SAP Community and in SAP's knowledge base, in rough order of how often. For each one: what it means, where to look first, and the notes and KBAs that cover it.
01GLT2 201Balancing field & in line item & not filledGeneral ledger
What it means
Document splitting could not fill a balancing characteristic, usually profit center or segment, on one line of the document, so the posting would not balance by that characteristic and is rejected.
Where to look first
The document splitting settings for that business transaction, the field status of the G/L account, and how the profit center should have been derived for that line.
FS00OBC4OKB9
02F5 727Maximum number of items in FI reachedGeneral ledger
What it means
An FI document holds at most 999 line items. Large goods movements, supplier and customer invoices, settlements and Material Ledger closing postings can go over it.
Where to look first
Summarize in the accounting interface, or switch on the posting split for the business transaction that creates the document.
OBCY
03KI 235Account & requires an assignment to a CO objectControlling and costing
What it means
The G/L account is also a cost element, so Controlling needs a cost center, order, WBS element or profitability segment, and none was entered or derived.
Where to look first
Enter the object, or set a default account assignment. In automatic postings such as clearing, depreciation and settlement, check where the object should come from.
OKB9FS00
04F5 201Posting period & & is not openGeneral ledger
What it means
The period is closed for this account type in the posting period variant. In S/4HANA a ledger can use its own variant, so the period can be open for one ledger and closed for another.
Where to look first
OB52 for the variant of the company code, and which variant each ledger uses before you open anything.
OB52OBY6
05F5 702Balance in transaction currencyGeneral ledger
What it means
Debits and credits do not add up to zero in document currency. On supplier invoices it usually comes from tax, rounding or the translation of individual lines.
Where to look first
Simulate the document and compare it line by line; check the tax code and the exchange rate used.
MIROFB60FTXP
06F5 808Field & is a required field for G/L account & &General ledger
What it means
The field status of the G/L account, or of the posting key, makes the field mandatory, and it is empty.
Where to look first
The field status group of the account, its definition, and the field status of the posting key. The two are combined, and required wins over optional.
FS00OBC4OB41
07M7 053Posting only possible in periods & and & in company code &Logistics
What it means
The posting date is outside the current or previous Materials Management period, which is kept apart from the FI posting periods.
Where to look first
MMPV moves the materials period forward; MMRV shows the current one and whether postings to the previous period are allowed.
MMPVMMRV
Notes and KBAs
- 3750872Error Message M7053 - "Posting only possible in periods X & X in company code X" - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
08FF 704 · FF 713 · FF 731 · FF 805Tax code errorsTax and payments
What it means
The tax code, its rate or its accounts do not fit the posting: a code that is invalid in the tax procedure, a blank rate, a direct posting to a tax account, or a missing tax line.
Where to look first
The tax code and its rates, the tax accounts, and for Brazil the tax laws and the tax code settings of the localization.
FTXPOB40J1BTAX
Notes and KBAs
- 1469906FF805 Tax Statement Item missing for Tax Code
- 2003668Error message FF713 is issued when posting document due to blank percentage rate of tax code
- 2891150Error FF731 although tax code definition is correct
- 2946953Error FF 704 (Tax code in procedure is invalid) during the creation of an Invoice document in transaction code MIRO
- 2465793FF718 Error - Tax Jurisdiction Code Does Not Exist
09M8 147Account determination for entry & & & & & not possibleLogistics
What it means
Automatic account determination for inventory postings found no G/L account for that chart of accounts, transaction key and valuation class.
Where to look first
The transaction key in automatic account determination, the valuation class in the material master and the valuation grouping code.
OBYCMM03
10F110No valid payment method foundTax and payments
What it means
The payment run left items in the exception list: no payment method, bank or valid bank details for that vendor, currency or amount.
Where to look first
The exception list in the proposal log, the payment program settings, and the payment methods and bank details of the business partner.
F110FBZP
11SG 105Enter rate & / & rate type & for & in the system settingsGeneral ledger
What it means
No exchange rate exists for that currency pair, rate type and date.
Where to look first
The exchange rates, the translation ratios, and the rate type the transaction or valuation method uses.
OB08OBBS
12F5 394An entry in field & is not permitted for account &General ledger
What it means
The opposite of F5 808: the field is suppressed for the account or posting key, but a value was entered or derived.
Where to look first
The same place as F5 808: the field status group of the account and of the posting key.
FS00OBC4OB41
Notes and KBAs
- 2795509F5394 - An entry in field & is not permitted for account &
13GA 733The segment contains no receiversControlling and costing
What it means
An assessment or distribution segment found no receiver with tracing factor values for the period, so there is nothing to allocate to.
Where to look first
The receivers and the receiver tracing factor of the segment, and the statistical key figures or values it uses.
KSU2KSU5KB31N
14CKMLCPC+805 · C+712 · C+715 · CKMLMV008 · CKMLVNB050 · CKMLWIP050Controlling and costing
What it means
Steps of the actual costing run stop on period status, price determination or posting errors.
Where to look first
The log of each step in the costing run, and the material price analysis of the materials named in it.
CKMLCPCKM3
15AFAB · AJABFAA_CMP030 in AJAB · F5 201 in AFABAssets
What it means
The depreciation run skips areas or stops on a closed period, and the year-end closing refuses to close the fiscal year.
Where to look first
The depreciation run log by depreciation area, the posting periods of every ledger, and the error list of the year-end closing.
AFABAJABAJRW
Read the long text first. Double-click the message, and its long text often names the exact setting and transaction to check. Most of the KBAs above start from there.
Outside FICO
Notes from other modules worth knowing
Owned by MM, SD and PS, or by the note tools themselves. They are not FICO notes, but FICO consultants end up reading them: GR/IR, invoice verification and inventory valuation all land in the general ledger.
Invoice verification and GR/IR
Logistics invoice verification decides what reaches the vendor account, the GR/IR account and the tax lines. These FAQ notes from MM explain the posting logic behind it.
| Note | Title and why it matters | Kind | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 395043 | FAQ: Posting invoices using Transaction MIROHow MIRO builds the accounting document: the first stop for invoice posting questions. | FAQ | Note |
| 308008 | FAQ: Posting logic: GR/IR clearing accountThe GR/IR posting logic at goods receipt and invoice receipt. Required reading for every FICO consultant. | FAQ | Note |
| 10757 | FAQ: MR11, clear GR/IR clearing accountWriting off GR/IR differences with MR11. | FAQ | Note |
| 395973 | FAQ: MIRO, MR1M - Common questions for topic: taxesHow tax is determined and posted on supplier invoices. | FAQ | Note |
| 514938 | FAQ: Tax and cash discount base, cash discountHow tax and cash discount bases are worked out in invoice verification. | FAQ | Note |
| 396051 | FAQ: Parking in the logistics invoice verificationWhat a parked invoice does, and does not, post. | FAQ | Note |
| 394370 | FAQ: Invoice release - frequently asked questionsReleasing blocked invoices with MRBR before payment. | FAQ | Note |
| 82820 | FAQ: MR02 - Payment block and blocking reasonsWhy invoices get blocked for payment, and how tolerances decide it. | FAQ | Note |
| 3061836 | MR11 GR/IR Clearing Account determination / Account Movements - SAP ERP & SAP S/4HANAWhich accounts MR11 posts to, and why. | Tip | KBA |
| 2629944 | Errors M8147, F5846 and CKMLGRIR003 in MR11 - SAP ERP & SAP S/4HANAThe common MR11 errors, the Material Ledger one included. | Error fix | KBA |
Valuation and purchasing
How goods movements are valued, how account-assigned purchase orders reach CO, and the two MM errors every FICO consultant gets called about.
| Note | Title and why it matters | Kind | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 518485 | FAQ: Valuation of goods movementsHow each kind of goods movement is valued and which accounts it hits. | FAQ | Note |
| 496082 | FAQ: Account assignment in purchasingHow account-assigned purchase orders reach cost centers, orders, WBS elements and assets. | FAQ | Note |
| 459509 | FAQ: Commitments in purchasingHow purchase orders show up as commitments in CO and PS reports. | FAQ | Note |
| 1506200 | Determine how Moving Average Price changed - SAP ERP & SAP S/4 HANATracing a moving average price change back to the postings behind it. | Tip | KBA |
| 1852100 | Error message M8 147 Account determination for entry XXXX ___ XXXX ___ XXXX not possible with no Transaction Key - SAP ERP & SAP S/4HANAHow to find the missing OBYC entry when the message does not show the transaction key. | Error fix | KBA |
| 3750872 | Error Message M7053 - "Posting only possible in periods X & X in company code X" - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public EditionThe Materials Management period does not match the posting date. | Error fix | KBA |
Sales and projects
Billing documents that will not reach accounting, revenue recognition accounts and project settlement.
| Note | Title and why it matters | Kind | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3748034 | Error F5670 "no account is specified in item **" when releasing billing document to accountingA billing document that will not release to FI because revenue account determination is incomplete. | Error fix | KBA |
| 1696170 | Incompletion log regarding 'Unbilled Receivables account' when creating Sales Order having material relevant for Revenue RecognitionMissing unbilled receivables and deferred revenue accounts for revenue recognition. | Error fix | KBA |
| 3699902 | Error "Maintain the Settlement Rule of the Sender" in CJ88 Despite No Data to SettleCJ88 asking for settlement rules on WBS elements with nothing to settle. | Error fix | KBA |
Note tools
The notes that keep SNOTE healthy and the KBAs that explain how to search for notes. Implement the Note Assistant notes before any functional note.
| Note | Title and why it matters | Kind | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2096401 | FAQs: Performance Assistant - SAP Notes and KBAs search by PANKSSearching notes for an error message straight from SAP GUI. | FAQ | KBA |
| 1818192 | FAQ: Automated Note Search ToolA tool that suggests notes based on your system's Support Package level. | FAQ | |
| 1668882 | Note Assistant: Important notes for SAP_BASIS 730,731,740,750,751,752,753,754,755,756Implement these first, before any functional note, on SAP_BASIS 7.30 to 7.56. | Collective | Note |
| 875986 | Note Assistant: Important notes for SAP_BASIS up to 702The same for older SAP_BASIS releases. | Collective | Note |
| 3093855 | Note Assistant: Important SAP Notes for the Revamped Note AssistantCorrections for the revamped Note Assistant. | Collective | Note |
| 3051466 | Note Assistant Made Easy : Revamped Note AssistantSwitches on the revamped Note Assistant. | Configuration | Note |
| 2836302 | Automated guided steps for enabling Note Assistant for TCI and Digitally Signed SAP NotesWithout it, digitally signed notes and TCI notes will not download. | Configuration | Note |
| 2187425 | Information about SAP Note Transport based Correction Instructions (TCI)What Transport-based Correction Instructions are; large finance and localization fixes use them. | Tip | Note |
| 2543372 | How to implement Transport-based Correction Instructions (TCI)Step by step to implement a TCI note. | Tip | KBA |
| 2489679 | How to identify TCI NoteTells you whether a note needs a TCI import or plain SNOTE. | Tip | |
| 3200109 | SNOTE : Note AnalyzerChecks a whole list of notes at once: ideal for long chains such as the Brazilian tax reform. | Tip | Note |
| 2039673 | What are the differences between SAP Notes and SAP Knowledge Base Articles?SAP's own explanation of notes versus KBAs. | Tip | |
| 2081285 | How to get the best results from an SAP Knowledge Base search?SAP's tips for knowledge search, such as searching by message number. | Tip | KBA |
| 2388433 | Information about using Expert Search for SAP Notes & KBAsFiltering note searches by component, release and type. | Tip | KBA |
| 2478289 | How to set up notifications for SAP Notes and/or KBAs with Expert Search filtersAlerts for new notes on the components you follow. | Tip | |
| 2372245 | How to access the SAP Legal Change Notes application - SAP for MeFollowing legal change notes, such as the Brazilian localization ones, per system. | Tip |
Anatomy of an SAP Note
Every note follows the same template. Knowing which part to read first saves time, and two parts, Other Terms and Attachments, hold far more than their names suggest.
- HeaderNumber and versionType: SAP Note or KBACategoryPriorityComponentReleased on
Symptom
What the user sees, with the exact message text. Read it first to confirm the note is about your case.
Other TermsSearch gold
Comma-separated keywords: transactions, tables, programs, message numbers. SAP's own authoring rules say it can never be empty, which is why searching for a transaction code or table name so often lands on the right note.
Reason and Prerequisites
The technical conditions: release, settings, customizing. If yours do not match, the note is not for you, however close the symptom looks.
Solution
The fix, plus what you must do by hand. In FAQ and consulting notes this is where the documentation lives: questions and answers, examples, configuration steps.
Validity, Support Packages and Correction Instructions
Which releases are affected, which Support Package already contains the fix, and the code changes SNOTE can apply. If your system is on that Support Package or later, there is nothing to implement.
AttachmentsHidden documentation
PDFs, spreadsheets and slide decks written by SAP development. Several notes on this page are worth bookmarking for their attachment alone.
References
Notes this one refers to, and notes that refer to it. A good FAQ note is a hub: follow its references and you have the whole topic.
Categories worth knowing
- FAQ
- Questions and answers on one topic, kept up to date by SAP development. The first thing to read.
- Consulting
- Explains how the standard works or how to set it up. No code, often the only real documentation of a feature.
- Customizing
- A settings change instead of a code change.
- Help for error analysis
- How to trace a problem: what to check, which tables, which reports.
- Program error · Legal change · Upgrade information
- Corrections, statutory changes and release information.
Priorities
HotNews, High, Medium, Low, and Recommendations / additional info. HotNews notes are the ones to read before every go-live and upgrade.
| SAP Note | Knowledge Base Article (KBA) | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Corrections, legal changes and official information from SAP development | Answers to how-to and error questions, written by SAP support |
| Main sections | Symptom, Other Terms, Reason and Prerequisites, Solution | Symptom, Environment, Reproducing the Issue, Cause, Resolution, See Also, Keywords |
| Code corrections | Yes, implemented with SNOTE | No: it points to notes or settings |
| Where to read it | SAP for Me, with an S-user | SAP for Me; some KBAs also have a public preview |
Search for notes like a support engineer
Most searches fail because they use the words of the problem instead of the words SAP uses in the note. These habits close the gap.
Start from the message number. Double-click the message in the status bar, open Technical Information and note the message class and number, such as F5 702. Search it both ways,
F5702andF5 702. The Performance Assistant can also search notes for a message from SAP GUI (KBA 2096401).Use SAP's words. Search with the transaction, table, program or report name. They are what authors put in Other Terms. SAP's own search tips are in KBA 2081285.
Add "FAQ" to the query. One FAQ note often answers the question you have and the next three you will have.
Filter by component. FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, CO-OM, CO-PC, CO-PA and so on, with Expert Search (KBA 2388433). System › Status shows the program; its package shows the component.
Check your Support Package first. System › Status › Component information. If the note's Support Package is already in, the fix is already there.
Implement with SNOTE, in development. Download the note, read the manual activities, let SNOTE pull in prerequisite notes, then transport like any other change.
Follow the references. Notes get replaced. The "referenced by" list usually leads to the newest version of the answer.
Let new notes come to you. Expert Search filters can send you alerts for the components you follow (KBA 2478289). FAQ notes get new versions, so reopen them before each project.
Frequently asked questions
What is an OSS note?
OSS stands for Online Service System, SAP's original support system. The name stuck: consultants still say "OSS note" for what SAP now calls an SAP Note. Notes are read in SAP for Me (me.sap.com) with an S-user ID and implemented in the system with transaction SNOTE.
What is the difference between an SAP Note and a KBA?
An SAP Note comes from SAP development: corrections, legal changes and official information, sometimes with code that SNOTE implements. A Knowledge Base Article comes from SAP support and answers a how-to or error question, with no code. SAP explains the difference in KBA 2039673.
What is an FAQ note?
A note in the FAQ category: a set of questions and answers on one topic, such as legacy asset transfer or the GR/IR posting logic, kept up to date by the SAP team that owns it. It is the fastest way to understand a topic as SAP intends it to work.
What does S4TWL mean in a note title?
It marks a simplification item: one change SAP S/4HANA makes compared with SAP ECC, such as cost elements becoming G/L accounts, with what it means for a conversion. Note 2313884 collects them in a spreadsheet, and the Readiness Check tells you which apply to your system.
How do I know whether a note is already in my system?
Download it in SNOTE: the implementation status tells you whether it can be implemented or is already contained in your Support Package level. You can also compare the Support Packages section of the note with System › Status › Component information.
Can I read SAP Notes without an S-user?
Not SAP Notes. Some KBAs are public, and many others show a preview at userapps.support.sap.com with the symptom and keywords, but not the solution. Your employer or client can request an S-user for you.
What is a TCI note?
A note delivered with Transport-based Correction Instructions: larger corrections packed as a transport instead of code changes. Note 2187425 explains them, KBA 2543372 gives the steps, and Note 2836302 prepares SNOTE for TCI and digitally signed notes.
Which notes should I implement first in SNOTE?
The Note Assistant corrections for your SAP_BASIS release, such as Note 1668882 for SAP_BASIS 7.30 to 7.56, before any functional note. They fix SNOTE itself, so the notes that follow are implemented correctly.