Regarding alternative account

Dear All,
My client wants to clear alternative account of a G/L account (Recon account for Asset). For which G/L account's balance must be zero. Can any one please suggest me how to clear balance of recon G/L account.
Thanks in Advance!
Regards,
Nidhi

Hi Sanjeev,
I tried tcode ABF1, but system gives below error
Account 2110000 in company code EIB cannot be directly posted to
Message no. F5354
Diagnosis
Account "2110000" in company code "EIB" is marked as a reconciliation account for account type "A" and cannot therefore be directly posted to.
System Response
Error
Procedure
Select a different account.
As respective GL account is recon account, system doesn't allow any direct posting to it.
Regards,
Nidhi

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It's regarding the field "alternative account no." in FS00 (table SKB1-ALTKT) and it's about the design of the SAP system regarding this feature (alternative chart of account).
We've one company code (Belgium) in the system which uses alternative account numbers for a country specific local chart of accounts. The country specific chart of accounts BE01 is assigned to this company code in OBY6 besides the operative chart of accounts. The company code is in production for some years so there are many postings up to now. So far so good. Now, they have found an error in the assignment from alternative account to operative account. As a result, they want us to evaluate the option to change the alternative account number for this account in the transaction FS00.
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Now to the strange part (for me): Why does SAP record this alternative account no. for each document line item in the BSEG table in the field BSEG-LOKKT? This is also what the message FH 165 is about. For me, this does not really make sense, but I'm sure that I miss a detail somewhere.
I mean, you know for example that the alternative account A belongs to the operative account B (via FS00 / SKB1-ALTKT). Therefore, why do you need to write this account to every single line item in BSEG? Why doesn't SAP just substitute the operative account no. with the alternative account no. in all relevant reports (RFBILA00, balance display S_ALR_87012277...).
The background of my question is now: If I zero out the balance and change the alternative account number in FS00, then all postings up to now won't be changed automatically. So for all postings up to now, the old alternative account no. remains in the BSEG table. For all new postings, the new alternative account no will be in the BSEG table. So from my understanding, there will be an inconsistency in the database if I change the alternative account no.
In order to evaluate whether I can change the alternative account no. without risking inconsistencies, I would now need to know how this field (BSEG-LOKKT) is used in the SAP system. Is it used in any special reports or for what purpose is it in the BSEG table? What about the balance table GLT0? Is there also a special balance table for the alternative account no. in the system or how are the balances (e.g. for RFBILA00) calculated for the alternative chart of accounts?
I would be very glad for any help as I am really at the end with my SAP knowledge on this point.
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hi Peter,
I believe the system is perfectly designed in this case
Let's say you have G/L account A in Operative CoA, which is linked to account 1 in Alternative CoA. Than the local law changes and you have to link account A to account 2 from 01.01.2008. The system works perfectly: All the items which were posted earlier are still shown on Alternative account 1 (according to local law for last year), while the new items will be shown on account 2 (according to local law for the new year).
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