Report FS Item debit and credit separated

Question

Dear Gurus,
In FI Financial Statement Variant is usual to separate debit and credit balance in diferent nodes for some accounts. This is done because debit is taken as asset and credit as liability.
I'm triying to do this in FS Item Hierarchy, but unable. Consolidation database stores total account balance (debit + credit), and query shows the same information. I tried with the sign in the FS item definition, but it changes in both nodes.
Any clues on how to do this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Manuel.

Answer 1

Hello Manuel,
Thanks for your detailed information. Now it's more understandable what you meant.
OK. Here we go.
There are 2 characteristics in SEM-BCS which may change the sign of the incoming during data load amounts : MovementType and FS item itself. Debit sign represent plus and credit sign u2013 minus. The signs may act together: if the data load method usage of both signs is set up, then the resulting amount is determined as following:
Resulting amount = Incoming amount * SignOfItem * SignOfMoveType.
Certainly, itu2019s possible to use a sign only one of the characteristics or not to use at all.
Again, it is related only to the uploaded information. And the sign of the turnover should be determined by the supplying system, since itu2019s clear that on the asset account might be credit activities, and for example, on a liability account u2013 debit activity.
The system expects the internal presentation of amounts in the database as conforming the accounting logic (with small numbers of exceptions):
Assets in B/S and Expenses in I/S as positive and
Equity and liabilities in B/S and Revenues in I/S u2013 negative.
The external presentation of  reports depend completely on:
1.     hierarchies built on FS items (if used in queries)
2.     structure of queries.
Theoretically, I may construct a BEx query where all positive amounts will be in one column and all negatives u2013 in another one.
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> As a workaround, I think that the following will do (if possible): 0BCS_C50 infocube has only total balance for each account. The solution would be to show total balance in assets if credit balance or show total balance in liabilities if debit balance.
Then, if to remember about internal presentation of the amounts in the B/S, it's easier to apply the following logic:
Negative amounts on the assets accounts is to be reclassified to liabilities and
Positive amounts on the liabilities accounts  is to be reclassified to assets.
Reclasses in SEM-BCS may do such a job.