Company Code

R

Independent accounting unit; in most cases is a legal entity.  You can prepare a balance sheet and income statement for each company code.  Several company codes can be set up to manage the accounts of independent companies simultaneously.

Example:         1051

Document Number

R

The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted--manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.

Example:         9800000008

Fiscal Year

R

The fiscal year for which this transaction is relevant.  In most cases, the fiscal year corresponds to the calendar year.

Example:         2005