# SAP Document Types Reference: SA, KR, DR, WE, RE and More > Source: https://netray.co/tools/sap-document-types-reference > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer The standard SAP accounting document types with the account type they allow and where they usually come from. ## Category sap ## Erp SAP ECC and S/4HANA ## Audience - SAP FICO consultant - Financial accountant - SAP key user ## Tool **Kind:** worksheet **Mode:** reference **Columns:** #### Doc type **Key:** code **Type:** text #### Standard meaning **Key:** meaning **Type:** text #### Allowed account types **Key:** accounts **Type:** text #### Typical origin **Key:** origin **Type:** text **Rows:** **Code:** SA **Meaning:** G/L account document **Accounts:** G/L accounts (and others) **Origin:** Manual postings in FB50 or F-02 **Code:** SB **Meaning:** G/L account posting **Accounts:** G/L accounts **Origin:** Often used for clearing or reversals in some configurations **Code:** AB **Meaning:** Accounting document **Accounts:** All **Origin:** General posting, clearing and cross-module postings **Code:** AA **Meaning:** Asset posting **Accounts:** Assets, G/L **Origin:** Asset acquisitions, retirements, transfers (ABZON, F-90) **Code:** AF **Meaning:** Depreciation postings **Accounts:** Assets, G/L **Origin:** Depreciation run AFAB **Code:** KR **Meaning:** Vendor invoice **Accounts:** Vendors, G/L **Origin:** FB60 vendor invoices entered in FI **Code:** KG **Meaning:** Vendor credit memo **Accounts:** Vendors, G/L **Origin:** FB65 vendor credit memos **Code:** KZ **Meaning:** Vendor payment **Accounts:** Vendors, G/L **Origin:** Payment program F110 and manual payment F-53 **Code:** KA **Meaning:** Vendor document **Accounts:** Vendors, G/L **Origin:** General vendor posting **Code:** DR **Meaning:** Customer invoice **Accounts:** Customers, G/L **Origin:** FB70 customer invoices entered in FI **Code:** DG **Meaning:** Customer credit memo **Accounts:** Customers, G/L **Origin:** FB75 customer credit memos **Code:** DZ **Meaning:** Customer payment **Accounts:** Customers, G/L **Origin:** Incoming payment F-28 and lockbox or bank statement **Code:** DA **Meaning:** Customer document **Accounts:** Customers, G/L **Origin:** General customer posting **Code:** RV **Meaning:** Billing document transfer **Accounts:** Customers, G/L **Origin:** SD billing posted to FI (VF01) **Code:** RE **Meaning:** Invoice (gross) for MM **Accounts:** Vendors, G/L, material **Origin:** Logistics invoice verification MIRO **Code:** WE **Meaning:** Goods receipt **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** MIGO goods receipt against purchase order **Code:** WA **Meaning:** Goods issue **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** MIGO goods issue to order or cost center **Code:** WL **Meaning:** Goods issue / delivery **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** Outbound delivery goods issue (VL02N) **Code:** WI **Meaning:** Inventory document **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** Physical inventory differences **Code:** ML **Meaning:** Material ledger settlement **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** Period close with actual costing (CKMLCP) **Code:** PR **Meaning:** Price change **Accounts:** Material, G/L **Origin:** Revaluation by price change (MR21) **Code:** ZP **Meaning:** Payment posting **Accounts:** Vendors, customers, G/L **Origin:** Bank payment posting using the payment program **Notes:** Document types are configuration (OB41, table T003), so your system may differ. Names can be changed and new types added. Treat this as the delivered default and check T003 in your own client. ## Content **Intro:** A document type in SAP classifies every accounting document, controls which account types it may touch and which number range it takes. Support teams meet them in every FBL1N or FB03 screen, usually as two letters nobody explained. This reference lists the standard types with their usual origin. **Sections:** #### How to use this lookup **Body:** Type a document type, such as KZ, or a process word, such as depreciation, to filter the list. Use it when you read an FB03 or FBL3N display, when you build a report filter, or when you document which types your company uses in a design blueprint. Export the filtered list to Excel to paste into a functional spec. #### What a document type controls **Body:** In OB41 a document type sets the number range, the allowed account types (A for assets, D for customers, K for vendors, M for materials, S for G/L), whether a reference number is mandatory, whether net posting applies and whether it can be used for reverse postings. The number range per type often differs per company code or fiscal year, which is why gaps in numbering can appear. Table T003 holds the definitions. #### Reading the prefixes **Body:** Types starting with K are vendor-related, D customer-related, W goods movements, R logistics invoice or billing, and A asset-related. This is a convention, not a rule, and custom types are often named by country or by process, such as ZR for a manual reclass. When you see a type you do not recognise, look it up in T003 first, then check the number range in OBA7. #### Common mistakes **Body:** Assuming a standard meaning for a type that has been repurposed. Filtering reports on SA only and missing manual postings of other types. Using a document type with the wrong allowed account types, which gives a posting error. Changing a number range after documents are posted. Choosing the same type for payments and invoices so the aging report mixes them. **Cta:** If you need a cleaned-up view of which document types are actually in use in your company codes, Netray can query your SAP data read-only and report counts and values. **Faq:** #### What is the difference between KR and RE? **Answer:** KR is a vendor invoice entered directly in financial accounting. RE is an invoice posted through logistics invoice verification (MIRO) against a purchase order, which can also update inventory, GR/IR and tax. #### Where do I create or change a document type? **Answer:** Use transaction OB41 or the IMG path Financial Accounting, General Ledger Accounting, Business Transactions, Document Header. Definitions are stored in table T003 and are client dependent. #### Why do some documents have type WE and others WA? **Answer:** WE is for goods receipts, which increase stock, and WA is for goods issues, which decrease stock. The movement type determines which one is used, along with the configuration for the movement type and the company code. #### Can I filter an FI report by document type? **Answer:** Yes. Most line item reports such as FBL1N, FBL3N and FBL5N offer document type as a selection criterion, and a range of types can be entered to separate invoices, payments and logistics postings. ## Search terms sap document types, sap document type list, sap document type sa kr dr, sap document type we wa, sap fi document type table t003, ob41 document types, sap kz dz document type, sap document type re invoice --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json