SAP FICO ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Financial Accounting Configuration

Enterprise Structure Configuration Settings
Enterprise Structure:- The SAP Financial Accounting enterprise structure is an organizational structure
that represents an enterprise structure in SAP. Enterprise Structure is the key building block to the entire
organization.
Below are the Steps of Enterprise Structure Settings and configuration 
1. Define Company
2. Define Company Code
3. Assign Company Code to Company
4. Define Business Area
5. Define Functional Area
6. Define Credit Control Area
7. Assign Company Code to Credit Control Area

Step 1:- Define Company

SAP Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Definition –> Financial Accounting –>
Define Company
Transaction Code:- OX15

 Step 2:-  Define Company Code

 SAP Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Definition –> Financial Accounting –> Edit,
Copy, Delete, Check Company Code

Step 3:- Assign Company Code to Company

Sap Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Assignment –> Financial Accounting –>
Assign Company Code to Company
Transaction Code:- OX16
 Step 4:- Define Business Area
 SAP Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Definition –> Financial Accounting –
> Define Business Area
Transaction Code :- OX03

 Step 5 :- Define Functional Area

 SAP Menu Path :– SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Definition –> Financial Accounting –
> Define Functional Area

 Step 6:- Define Credit Control Area

 SAP Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Definition –> Financial Accounting –
> Define Credit Control Area
Transaction Code:- OB45

 Step 7:- Assign Company Code to Credit Control Area

Sap Menu Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Enterprise Structure –> Assignment –> Financial Accounting –
> Assign Company Code to Credit Control Area
 
Financial Accounting Global Settings Configuration Steps  
 Step 1:- Define Fiscal year
 Step 2:-  Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year Variant
 Step 3:- Define variant for the opening Posting period
 Step 4:-  Define Variant for the open and close posting period
 Step 5:-  Assign Variant to Company code
 Step 6:- Define Field status variant
 Step 7:-  Assign Company code to Field Status Variants
 Step 8:- Define Posting Keys
 Step 9:- Define Document types
 Step 10:- Define Document Number Range
 Step 11:- Define Tolerance group for Users
 
Step 1:- Define Fiscal year
SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –> Fiscal
Year –> Maintain Fiscal year variant
Transaction Code:- OB29

 Step 2:- Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year Variant

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –> Fiscal
Year –> Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year variant
Transaction Code:- OB37
  

Step 3 :- Define variants for opening Posting period

SAP Path :– SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Posting Period –> Define variants for opening Posting period
Transaction Code :- OBBO

 Step 4 :- Define Variant for open and close posting periods
SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Posting Period –> open and close posting periods
Transaction Code :- OB52

 Step 5 :- Assign Variants to Company code

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Posting Period –> Assign Variants to Company code
Transaction Code:- OBBP

 Step 6:- Define Field status variants

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Line Item –> Controls –> Define Field status variants 
Transaction Code :- OBC4

Step 7 :- Assign Company code to Field Status Variants 

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Line Item –> Controls –>   Assign Company code to Field Status Variants
Transaction Code :- OBC5
 
Step 8 :- Define Posting Keys
SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Line Item –> Controls –>   Define Posting Keys
Transaction Code:- OB41

 Step 9:- Define Document types

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Document Header –> Define Document types
Transaction Code :- OBA7
 
Step 10 :- Define Document Number Range
SAP Path :– SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Document Header –>Document Number Range –> Define Document Number Range
Transaction Code:- OBA7

Step 11:- Define Tolerance group for Users

SAP Path :- SPRO –> IMG –> Financial Accounting –> Financial Accounting Global Settings –>
Documents –> Line Item –> Controls –>   Define Tolerance group for Users
Transaction Code:- OBA4
 
General Ledger Accounting Configuration Steps
General Ledger Accounting:- General ledger accounting is the complete record of all business
transactions. 

GL Accounting Configuration Steps:-

 Step-1:- Define Chart of Accounts
 Step-2:-Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts
 Step 3:- Define Account Groups
 Step 4:- Define Retained Earning Account
 Step 5:- Creation of GL Master Records
 Step 6:- Define Tolerance Group for GL Account
Step 1:- Define Chart of Accounts
SAP Path :- SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> GL Accounts –>
Master Data–> Preparations –> Edit Chart of Accounts list
Transaction Code :- OB13

Step-2 :-Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts

SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> GL Accounts –> Master Data–>
Preparations –> Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts
Transaction Code :- OB62
Step 3 :- Define Account Groups
SAP Path :- SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> GL Accounts –>
Master Data–> Preparations –> Define Account Groups
Transaction Code:- OBD4

Step 4:- Define Retained Earnings Account 

SAP Path :- SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> GL Accounts –>
Master Data–> Preparations –> Define Retained Earnings Account 
Transaction Code:- OB53

Step 5:- Creation of GL Master Records

SAP Path :- SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> GL Accounts –>
Master Data–> Preparations –> GL Account Creation and Processing –> Edit G/L Account 
Transaction Code:-  FS00
Step 6:- Define Tolerance Group for GL Account
SAP Path :- SPRO -> IMG –> Financial accounting –> General ledger Accounting –> Business
transactions –> Open Item Clearing –> Clearing Differences –> Define Tolerance Groups for GL
Accounts
Transaction Code:- OBA0