How to modify the 'Opening Date' and 'Valid From' date on House Bank Master Data in SAP S/4HANA

House Bank Account Master Data is one of the critical data that must be maintained accurately and dual control must be enabled to mitigate the risk of fraud. All the fields of the House Bank Account Master Data is now available in SAP Fiori under the App 'Manage Bank Accounts'. That means the Account ID cannot be created from SAP GUI transactions.

I came across a scenario where the user entered a wrong Valid From date and Opening date on a bank master data.

I contacted SAP through an OSS to seek a solution. SAP recommended to delete the house bank connectivity section of the bank master record, mark the account as 'Closed' and reopen the bank account in Fiori with same information again. I attempted to follow the instructions received from SAP, but the system generated an error, "Accounting Transactions exist, deletion not possible".

SAP also provided an alternative solution. They suggested me to change the field status of VALID FROM field to 'Editable' mode.

I informed the business about an alternative solution proposed by SAP through the config changes. Business approved the change and a Transport was created with the following configuration.

Visit the IMG Screen of SAP as shown below.

Select Field Group 'BAM Edit' and double-click on folder 'Define UI Field Status' on the Dialog Structure.

Enter VALID_FROM in the Object and BAM in the Field Name and Click Green Check.

The Screen looks as below. Valid from field is set as Read only

Change the Field to Editable by replacing R with C in the Field Status field.

System prompts for a new Transport Request. Capture the changes in TR and verify the field in SAP Fiori under 'Manage Bank Accounts' App. This field is now in edit mode. Make changes to the Opening Date from the main screen and Valid From date on House Bank Connectivity tab of the house bank account master data.

Thank you for reading!