Generate German audit file

This procedure shows how to generate the German audit file. This procedure was created using the demo data company DEMF with Germany as the country/region of legal entity primary address.

1. Go to General ledger > Periodic tasks > Data export.
2. In the Format mapping field, enter or select a value.
   • If the list is empty, it means that there is no German audit file export format configuration imported and active. You must import a German audit file export format configuration before you can continue.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Comment field, type a value.
5. In the Media field, type a value.
6. In the Version field, type a value.
7. In the Table Group field, enter or select a value.
   • For example, select 'Kunden' to export customer master data and transactions.
8. In the Period - date from field, enter a date.
9. In the Period - date to field, enter a date.
10. Click OK.

Note

As of version 70 of Data export model, the following replacements are implemented for some of the special symbols in text that is being written in column 11 (BUCHUNGSTEXT) of the Sachkontobuchungen output file:

• Any sequence of symbols or individual symbols Carriage Return (ASCII code 13) and Line Feed (ASCII code 10) are replaced with space (ASCII code 32).
• The double quotes symbol (ASCII code 34) is replaced with the single quote symbol (ASCII code 39).