So we are back, as promised in the last post, here we will go through the majorly used transactions in MM-FI Integration. Once again just for your information, Transaction Code: OBYC

We will look through the following information for some important Transactions in MM-FI Integration
a) Transaction Key, 
b) G/L Account Type 
c) Explanation

This is first part of the series of posts discussing the FI-MM Integration where automatic determination of G/L accounts (for Material Management) is maintained in the system.

Definition

When we speak about SAP, we must also talk about integration as we all are familiar with the integrated nature of SAP. Hence, today we will discuss about the integration of Material Management (MM) with Finance (FI) module.

Definition

Document Type is a key that distinguishes the business transactions to be posted. The document type determines where the document is stored and specifies the account types to be posted.

Document Types are codes created in SAP to differentiate transactions into categorise. They help us in many places not just to identify the transaction but to control them through various settings available under configuration.