SAP Note 10356 - Deleting bank directory SAPF023/SAPF061

Symptom

Customer is not sure of the difference between SAPF023 and SAPF061.

Reason and Prerequisites

Two new functionality were added to the functions for managing bank master data in Release 2.1:

- Clean up bank master data for one banking country (SAPF023)
ALL banks in one banking country are completely deleted.
A prerequisite for this is that no company code has been active yet
in this banking country. Therefore, only use this function during
the test phase. You can reach this function via the Customizing
menu for FI:
Tools -> Production start -> Delete banks

- Archiving and deleting banks that have a delete flag (SAPF061)
A prerequisite for this report is that the banks have been flagged
for deletion. This function is intended for use in production.
To activate it, select the menu items:
Accounting -> Financial accounting -> G/L accounting
Periodic tasks -> Archiving -> Banks

Note for Releases 6.20 and higher (Software component SAP_ABA)

In Release 6.20, program SAPF061 was replaced by FI_BANKS_WRI. Program FI_BANKS_WRI can be started directly, but we recommend you to use Transaction SARA (archiving object FI_BANKS) for archiving the bank master data.

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Key word: Deleting banks