FAGLL03FI

SAP FAGLL03 — G/L Account Line Item Display (New G/L)

A general ledger account is a bucket: bank, sales revenue, office expense. FAGLL03 lists every posting that landed in one of those buckets, one row per line item.

It replaces the older FBL3N. The difference is what the new General Ledger added underneath: postings are stored per ledger, and can carry profit centre and segment produced by document splitting. FBL3N cannot show those dimensions properly; FAGLL03 can.

A ledger is a parallel set of books. Most systems have a leading ledger (typically 0L) holding the group view, and may have others for local GAAP or tax. The same document can appear differently in each. If you do not name a ledger, you are looking at the leading one.

When you would actually use FAGLL03

What the screen looks like

G/L Account Line Item Display
FAGLL03

Account selection

G/L account191100
Company code1000
Ledger0L

Line item selection

StatusOpen items
Open at key date31.07.2026
Profit center
Segment
Blank ledger means the leading ledger. Name one explicitly when comparing parallel books.
Client 100 | S/4HANA | Company Code 1000
Illustrative recreation.Same three-way status choice as FBL1N, plus the new G/L dimensions — Drawn for training with invented data; not a capture of a real SAP system. Fields with a blue border are required. SAP is a trademark of SAP SE.
G/L Account Line Item Display: Result
FAGLL03
StDocumentPosting DateProfit CtrSegmentAmount EURClrng doc.
○500001228804.07.2026PC-1000SEG-A8,400.00
○510003391004.07.2026PC-1000SEG-A8,400.00-
●500001190712.06.2026PC-2000SEG-B1,120.005100031004
3 items · Open balance 0.00 EUR — these two are ready to clear
Client 100 | S/4HANA | Company Code 1000
Illustrative recreation.A GR/IR account: receipt and invoice offsetting but not yet cleared — Drawn for training with invented data; not a capture of a real SAP system. Fields with a blue border are required. SAP is a trademark of SAP SE.

The fields, in plain English

G/L accountSKB1-SAKNR

The account number to report on. Ranges are allowed, but the output is most useful one account at a time.

LedgerFAGLFLEXA-RLDNR / ACDOCA-RLDNR

Which set of books to read. 0L is conventionally the leading ledger. Non-leading ledgers hold local GAAP or tax valuations that can differ from the group view.

Watch out: If a figure disagrees with a statutory report, check whether you are comparing the same ledger. This is the most common source of "the numbers do not match".

Profit center / SegmentACDOCA-PRCTR / ACDOCA-SEGMENT

Internal reporting dimensions. Document splitting can push these down onto lines that were not posted with them directly — which is exactly what FBL3N could not show.

Watch out: Only populated if document splitting is configured. On a system without it, these columns are empty and that is normal.

Open at key date

Recreates the open-item position as at that date, so month-end figures reconcile. Only meaningful on accounts with open item management.

Status (Open / Cleared / All)

Same three-way choice as the AP and AR line item reports. Open shows what is still outstanding, All shows the complete history.

Watch out: On an account without open item management there are no "open" items at all — everything shows as cleared. That is not a fault.

Step by step

  1. 1Enter the G/L account and company code.
  2. 2Name a ledger if you need something other than the leading one.
  3. 3Choose the status and, for open items, the key date.
  4. 4Optionally restrict by profit centre or segment.
  5. 5Execute (F8), then sort or subtotal in the ALV output.
  6. 6Double-click any line to open the document in FB03.
  7. 7Save a layout so the columns you care about come back next time.

Errors you will hit, and what they mean

Account 191100 is not managed on an open item basis

Why: You selected Open items on an account that only carries a balance.

Fix: Switch to All items. If the account genuinely should be open-item managed, that is a master-data design question for FS03 / the G/L owner.

No line items found for the selection

Why: Usually the ledger or the date range, not missing data.

Fix: Clear the ledger field, widen the posting date range, and switch to All items before concluding anything is wrong.

Report times out on a high-volume account

Why: Bank and tax accounts can hold millions of rows.

Fix: Always restrict by posting date. Consider FAGLL03H, which is built for large volumes.

Common questions

What is the difference between FAGLL03 and FBL3N?

FBL3N is the classic report and reads the old tables; FAGLL03 is the new G/L version and understands ledgers, profit centres and segments produced by document splitting. On a new G/L or S/4HANA system, use FAGLL03.

What is the difference between FAGLL03 and FAGLB03?

FAGLL03 shows individual LINE ITEMS. FAGLB03 shows period BALANCES. Use FAGLB03 to find the period that moved, FAGLL03 to see the postings that moved it.

Why are the profit centre columns empty?

Document splitting is not active, or the account is not a splitting-relevant one. Empty is the correct result in that case, not a bug.

Transactions that go with FAGLL03

FAGLB03The balance view of the same accountFAGLL03HFaster browser for very large accountsFS03Check the account master settingsF-03Clear the open items you find here

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