SAP Financial Accounting (SAP FI) Practice Exam

Which of the following is a method for controlling the status of fields at the line item level of a transaction?

1. Posting key

2. Transaction type

3. Account group

4. Field status variant

The correct answer is: Posting key

The correct answer pertains to the posting key, which is essential in SAP Financial Accounting as it determines how the system will capture line item entries in a transaction. Posting keys define the type of transaction being performed (debit or credit) and also control specific status aspects of the fields in the line item. Each posting key has its own settings that dictate whether certain fields are optional, required, or suppressed during data entry, thereby controlling what information is needed for a complete and valid transaction. While other options also play roles in the overall operational framework of SAP, they do not specifically regulate the field status at the line item level in the same way. For instance, the transaction type governs the nature and flow of transactions but does not directly impose controls on field statuses. Similarly, account groups deal with the organization and classification of accounts rather than the field attributes on a transactional basis. Field status variants organize field status groups for different types of accounts but are a higher-level concept and do not manage field status at the granular line item level directly as the posting key does.