SAP FI examples
These FI examples illustrate financial accounting in action, posting documents, running the payment program, and the configuration behind automatic postings, connecting FI concepts to real steps.
The worked FI example takes a vendor invoice to payment: post it with FB60, or through MM invoice verification in MIRO, review the open item in FBL1N, then run F110, which selects due items, creates the payment, clears the item and posts to the bank clearing account. FB50, FB70 and FBL5N cover journals and customers.
- FB50: post a G/L document.
- F110: run the automatic payment program.
- Watch out: Ignoring account determination behind automatic postings.
Key FI transactions
- FB50: post a G/L document.
- FB60 / FB70: post a vendor / customer invoice.
- F110: run the automatic payment program.
- FS10N / FBL1N/FBL5N: display balances / line items.
A worked example: vendor invoice to payment
Post a vendor invoice (FB60 or via MM MIRO), review the open item (FBL1N), then run the payment program (F110) which selects due items, creates the payment, and clears the open item, posting to the bank clearing account. This exercises AP, bank accounting and the G/L together.
Configuration behind it
Automatic postings (e.g. from a goods receipt) rely on account determination configuration. Examples of "posting failed" usually trace to this, so understanding how a transaction picks its G/L accounts is a key FI skill.
Common pitfalls
- Ignoring account determination behind automatic postings.
- Not checking open items before/after payment.
- Wrong document type/posting date.