Carry Forward Receivables/Payables Balances (F.

07)

Purpose
Use this procedure to carry forward the customer and vendor balances to the new fiscal
year.

Trigger
Perform this procedure at year-end per the closing schedule when it is time for year-end
close to carry forward the receivables and payables.

Prerequisites
None

Menu Path
Use the following menu path to begin this transaction:
 Select Accounting Financial Accounting General Ledger Periodic
Processing Closing Carry Forward Balance Carry Forward to go to the
Carry Forward Receivables/Payables screen.

Transaction Code
F.07

Helpful Hints
 The R/O/C column in the field description tables below defines whether the field is
required (R), optional (O), or conditional (C).
 On certain screens you may have to scroll to view some data entry fields.
Procedure

1. Start the transaction using the menu path or transaction code.

Carry Forward Receivables/Payables

2. As required, complete the following fields:

Field Name R/O/C Description

Company code R Organizational unit within Financial Accounting

Enter: UC
Carryforward to fiscal R 4-digit year date of the new fiscal year
year Example: 2006
3. Select to the left of Select customers.

4. As required, complete the following fields:

Field Name R/O/C Description

Customer R SAP code that identifies a customer; A customer is a

business partner who orders goods and services.
Example: 0
to (range) R End of range in sequence
Example: 9999999999

The 0 to 9999... range is suggested in order

to capture all customers. At UC it probably is
not necessary to break the customer range
into groups to process because the
population is so small.

5. Select to the left of Select vendors.

6. As required, complete/review the following fields:

Field Name R/O/C Description

Vendor R Business partner that provides materials or services

Example: 0
to (range) R End of range in sequence
Example: ZZZZZZZZZZ

The 0 to ZZZZ... range is suggested in order to

capture all vendors, both numeric and
alphabetic. At UC it probably is not necessary to
break the vendor range into groups to process
because the population is so small.

7. Perform one of the following:

If You Want To Then

Perform a test run to check for processing

errors Select to the left of Test run.

It is CRITICAL to first do a test run to

find out if there are any errors.

Process the balance carryforward

Deselect to the left of Test run.
 If You Want To Then

8. Select to the left of Detail log.

Generates a log of all of the accounts that are processed in the run.

9. Click .
Carry Forward Receivables/PayaFor the Year XXXX Test Run

The system displays the message, "Carry Forward Receivables/Payables for the
Year XXXX Test Run Statistics" and displays the lists of all the accounts are
displayed on the screen if the test run is successful. A warning message will
appear in red if there are corrections to be made.

10. Review the displayed information.

11. Click .

12. Perform one of the following:

 You Want To Go To
Process the balance carryforward in production Step 7
Exit the transaction Step 13

13. You have completed this transaction.

14. Click until you return to the SAP Easy Access screen.

Result
You have successfully carried forward the receivables and payables for the current fiscal
year to the new fiscal year.