The deference between Document types for Entry view and document type for General Ledger view is
Document Types for Entry View
In this activity, you define your document types. Document types are used to differentiate the business transactions and to manage how document are stored.
Document Types for General Ledger View
You define for non-leading ledgers the document types for the documents in the General Ledger view. At the same time, you assign for each document type a number range to be applied in the assignment of document numbers
- You do not need to make these settings for your leading ledger because, in the case of this ledger, the document number in the entry view always corresponds to the document number in the general ledger view.
- You only have to make these settings for any non-leading ledgers that have a fiscal year variant that differs in at least one company code from the fiscal year variant of the leading ledger in this company code. In this case, the document number in the entry viewdoes not correspond to the document number in the general ledger view and you have to define a separate document type with document number assignment for the general ledger view. For all non-leading ledgers that, in the company code to which the postings are made, have a fiscal year variant corresponding to the fiscal year variant of the leading ledger in this company code, the document number in the entry view always corresponds to the document number in the general ledger view.
Note:
The need to define a document type for documents in the general ledger view depends only on whether the fiscal year variant of the non-leading ledger in the company code (to which the postings are made) differs from the fiscal year variant of the leading ledger in this company code.