In SAP S/4HANA, Asset Accounting is fully integrated with the General Ledger through the Universal Journal (table ACDOCA). A core design principle is the "one document principle," where a single business transaction generates a single financial document. An integrated asset acquisition, which includes both the vendor invoice and the asset capitalization, is treated as one business transaction. Therefore, the system posts only one document. This single document contains all necessary line items, including the vendor line and the asset line(s) for the specific depreciation areas linked to the single, relevant accounting principle.

A. 4: This is incorrect. It suggests separate documents for the vendor and each of the three accounting principles, which contradicts the integrated nature of the Universal Journal in SAP S/4HANA.

B. 3: This is incorrect. The system does not generate a separate document for each accounting principle. All valuation-specific information is contained within the line items of a single document.

D. 2: This is incorrect. This might imply a separate operational document and an asset document, a concept from older SAP ERP systems that has been superseded by real-time integration in S/4HANA.

1. SAP S/4HANA 2023 Help Portal - Asset Accounting (FI-AA): "In Asset Accounting

the system posts all acquisition and retirement transactions immediately to the G/L accounts. The separate posting transactions that were used previously in the periodic processing in Asset Accounting are now obsolete... This is made possible by the new technical approach of Asset Accounting

which is integrated with the universal journal." This confirms the creation of a single

integrated journal entry.

Source: SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA 2023

"Asset Accounting (FI-AA)"

Section: "Integration with the General Ledger".

2. SAP S/4HANA 2023 Help Portal - Universal Journal Entry: "The universal journal entry contains the full detail of a business transaction... For each business transaction

a single journal entry is written to the universal journal." This directly supports the "one document principle" for a single transaction like an integrated acquisition.

Source: SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA 2023

"Universal Journal Entry"

Section: "Structure of the Universal Journal Entry".

3. SAP Learning Hub Course S4F22 (Asset Accounting in SAP S/4HANA): Unit 2

Lesson "Integration with the General Ledger". The course material explicitly states that due to the real-time integration

transactions like acquisitions post a single document to the Universal Journal

which contains all G/L and asset-specific information

including data for parallel ledgers/valuations.

Source: SAP Learning Hub

Course S4F22

Unit 2. (Note: Access to SAP Learning Hub is required).