Documentation about Chart of Accounts (Group, Operative, Country-spec.)

Hello,
I need a documentation (a graphic will be very fine) of the relationship/usage of the three platforms of chart of accounts.
Group chart of accounts
Operative chart of accounts
Local (country-specific) chart of accouts
At "help.sap.com" i just could find a written one, but as i have to use it in a presentation, a picture/graphic will be much better.
Thanks in advance,
Sepp Mayer

Hi
If you find any documentation please forward to me. my email id is [email protected]
Regards
Uday

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Chart of Accounts
Definition
This is a list of all G/L accounts used by one or several company codes.
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Structure
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Operating chart of accounts
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Group chart of accounts
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Country-specific chart of accounts
The country-specific chart of accounts contains the G/L accounts needed to meet the country's legal requirements. This allows you to provide statements for the country's legal requirements.
The assigning of an country-specific chart of accounts to a company code is optional.
Integration
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The SAP name for alternate chart of accounts is 'Country Chart of Accounts
Chart of Accounts According to Country Legislation
The country chart of accounts represents the account structure prescribed under national regulations.
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the chart of accounts are three types
1.operating chart of accounts
2.Country chart of accounts
3.group chart of accounts
Charts of accounts can have three different functions in the system:
Operating chart of accounts
The operating chart of accounts contains the G/L accounts that you use for posting in your company code during daily activities. Financial Accounting and Controlling both use this chart of accounts.
You have to assign an operating chart of accounts to a company code.
Group chart of accounts
The group chart of accounts contains the G/L accounts that are used by the entire corporate group. This allows the company to provide reports for the entire corporate group.
The assigning of an corporate group chart of accounts to a company code is optional.
Country-specific chart of accounts
The country-specific chart of accounts contains the G/L accounts needed to meet the country's legal requirements. This allows you to provide statements for the country's legal requirements.
The assigning of an country-specific chart of accounts to a company code is optional.
Use
You can enter a group account number as additional information in the G/L accounts of the chart of accounts you are using. The system checks whether the group account number exists in the corporate chart of accounts.
Example
If the structure of the chart of accounts is predetermined by national legal requirements, you can define a corporate chart of accounts. All accounts receive a group account number which is the same for all accounts of that particular type in various different charts of accounts.
For consolidation purposes, you can define the balance sheet and P+L by using group account numbers, i.e. they do not need to be defined differently per country.
path - spro -img - financial accounting - general ledger accounting - master data - g/l accounts - preparation - Edit chart of accoun list ( OB13 )
t.code ob13 matain chart of accounts under u will matain Group chart of accounts
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