Configuring SAP ERP Financials and Controlling Peter Jones John Burger WILEY Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Configuring SAP ERP Financials and Controlling Peter Jones John Burger
WILEY
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1
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Configuration Tools
1
Introduction to SAP
Chapter 2
2
SAP Products SAP Terms A New Approach to System Customization SAP System Environment Transports The Implementation Guide (IMG) Other Methods of Table Maintenance and Customizing Finding the Table to Configure The Data Browser and Common Tables to Display
2 3 6 8 10 14 17 18 23
The Service Market Place Modifications to SAP Source Code and User Exits Summary
25 26 27
Financial Accounting Enterprise Structure
29
Chart of Accounts Fiscal Year Variant Posting Period Variant Company Code Configuration Creating New Companies by Copying Existing Company Code Configuring International Companies
30 35 40 42 53 54
Business Areas Fl Validations Functional Areas Functional Area Organizational Elements Functional Area Substitution Advanced Validation and Substitution Configuration Validations Substitutions Setting the User-Exit Program Validations and Substitutions
59 61 68 68 69 80 81 81 81 82
Sales and Use Tax Summary
87 94
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CONTENTS
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
General Ledger
95
Continuing with the Chart of Accounts Account Groups Configuring G/L Account Master Records Copying and Transporting G/L Accounts Field Status Groups Posting Key Configuration Automatic Account Determination Sales/Use Tax Automatic Account Assignment
96 96 100 110 113 119 124 126
Intercompany Posting Automatic Account Assignment Materials Management Automatic Account Assignment Sales and Distribution Automatic Account Assignment Financial Statement Versions G/L Display Configuration Line Item Layouts Special Fields Sort Variants Totals Variants
130 132 136 137 145 145 151 153 154
Posting Amount Defaults and Tolerance Groups Number Ranges and Document Types Number Ranges Document Types Transaction Default Document Type and Posting Key Fast Entry Screens Summary
156 159 159 162 165 165 169
Accounts Payable
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House Banks and Accounts Bank Account G/L Structure Check Lots and Void Reason Codes
172 178 179
Payment Program Configuration Company Code Data Paying Company Code Data Country Payment Methods Company Code Payment Methods Bank Selection Vendor Master Data Vendor Groups Summary
182 184 188 191 195 200 211 211 223
Accounts Receivable
225
Terms of Payment and Interest Calculation Interest Calculation
Overpayments/Underpayments Cash Discounts Overall A/R and Employee Tolerances
250 252 254
Credit Management Customer Master Records Customer Groups Summary
257 266 267 273
Financial Supply Chain Management
275
Biller Direct Process Integration with Accounts Receivable Accounting Cash and Liquidity Management Liquidity Planner Collections Management Credit Management Summary
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
New GL Accounting
276 277 285 296 298 309 321
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Overview of the New GL Initial Configuration Requirements of the New GL Configuring the New General Ledger Accounting
324 327 327
Configuring Ledgers Parallel Accounting Master Data of the New GL Summary
338 346 349 351
Controlling Enterprise Structure
353
The Controlling Area Controlling Area Definition Activating Component/Control Indicators
354 356 363
Assigning Company Codes to Controlling Area Assigning Number Ranges to Controlling Area The Operating Concern Operating Concern Definition Maintaining CO Versions Summary
371 373 380 381 382 390
Cost Element Accounting
391
Cost Element Types Primary Cost Element Categories Secondary Cost Elements Categories
392 393 394
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Creating Cost Elements Automatically Defining the Default Settings Defining a Batch Input Session Executing a Batch Input Session Creating Cost Elements Manually Imputed Costs
CostE\emer\t% Method
Chapter 10
394 395 398 401 404 409
4A0
Overhead Costing Sheet Creation: Copy Reconciliation Ledger Activate Reconciliation Ledger Clearing Account Creation Maintain Accounts for Automatic Reconciliation Posting Assign Reconciliation Activity to a Number Range Reconciliation Ledger Cost Flows
423 424 427 428 432 436 439
Explanation of CO Updates Real vs. Statistical Postings Corrections and Other Topics Summary
441 441 443 444
Cost Center Accounting
445
Introduction to Cost Center Accounting Configuration Cost Center Accounting Standard Hierarchy
446 447
Adding New Hierarchy Nodes Changing, Moving, and Deleting Hierarchy Nodes Controlling Area/Profit Center Accounting Maintenance Profit Center Accounting: Creating the Standard Hierarchy
449 453 455 458
Creating the Dummy Profit Center Cost Center Basics Cost Center Categories Time-Based Fields Creating and Changing Cost Centers Establishing a New Analysis Period Making Additional Changes After New Analysis Period
459 460 461 463 465 471 474
Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures Creating and Maintaining Statistical Key Figures Linking to LIS Creating and Maintaining Activity Types Assessments, Distributions, and Periodic Repostings Periodic Allocations: Overview
475 476 478 483 492 493
Allocation Receiver Types Assessment Cost Element Allocation Creation Allocation Development Issues
494 498 499 511
CONTENTS
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Cost Center Accounting: Planning Controlling Area Settings/Version Control Plan Revaluation Planning Allocations Planning Layouts: Overview Planning Profiles
513 514 518 522 523 538
Planning Profile Miscellanea Assigning Accounts Automatically in CO Automatic Account Assignment Table: TKA3A Default Account Assignment: Cost Element Master Record Maintenance Account Assignment Summary Summary
542 543 544 549 551 551
Internal Order Accounting
553
Configuring Internal Order Accounting Controlling Area Maintenance for Internal Order Accounting Order Settlement Configuration Settlement Cost Element Allocation Structure Source Structure PA Settlement Structure Settlement Profile
555 556 557 558 559 569 574 576
Maintaining Number Ranges for Settlement Order Settlement Configuration Overview Order Planning and Budgeting Internal Order Planning/Budgeting: Basics Internal Order Planning/Budgeting: Profile Development Internal Order Planning and Budgeting Number Range Maintenance
581 584 584 585 589 605
Internal Order Status Management Order Status Management General Status Management Order Type Development Defining Order Types Defining an Internal Order Summary
608 609 615 626 626 637 642
Profitability Analysis
643
Costing-Based vs. Account-Based CO-PA Operating Concern Development Operating Concern Attributes Creating Characteristics for Your Operating Concern
645 647 649 651
Creating Value Fields for Your Operating Concern Save, Activate, and Generate
662 668
CO-PA Tables
673
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Characteristic Derivation The Derivation Table Derivation Structures and Rules User-Exit Characteristic Derivation
677 677 682 688
Assigning Values to Value Fields Mapping SD Condition Types to Value Fields (the SD Interface) PA Settlement Structure Cost Center to CO-PA Assessments CO-PA Planning
Planning Profiles External Data Transfer The Planning Framework in CO-PA Integrated Planning in CO-PA Planning Number Ranges Activating CO-PA CO-PA Reporting Key Figure Schemes
706 706 711 715 717 717 718 719
Forms Creating the Report CO-PA Transports Summary
728 738 745 747
Profit Center Accounting
749
PCA Configuration Overview Basic Settings and Master Data Review Controlling Area Maintenance
750 752 753
Analyze and Update PCA Settings Master Data Settings Assignments in Profit Center Accounting Material Master Assignment
755 758 761 761
Fast Assignment Sales Order Substitution: Creation Sales Order Substitution: Activation PCA Assignment Monitor Actual Posting Maintenance Set Control Parameters Define Document Types: Actual Number Range Assignment: Actual
763 768 770 772 773 774 776 779
Assign Revenue Elements to Profit Centers Choose Additional Balance Sheet and P&L Accounts Balance Carry Forward Indicator Maintenance
781 782 784
CONTENTS
Profit Center Accounting: Planning Plan Version Maintenance Define Document Types: Plan Number Range Assignment: Plan PCA Planning Parameters Planning Parameter Creation Summary
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Appendix A
Investment Management
785 785 790 791 792 796 801
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Investment Management Configuration Program Types, Investment Measures, and the Investment Profile Creating the Program Type Investment Measures
804 806 807 813
Investment Profile Investment Management Planning and Budgeting Profiles Investment Management Plan Profile Investment Management Budget Profile Summary
814 824 825 827 834
Fl Closing Cockpit
835
Overview of the Fl Closing Cockpit
837
Using Variants in the Fl Closing Cockpit Development of Organizational Hierarchies Creating Closing Cockpit Templates Creating Tasks Notes Transactions
838 842 846 855 858 861
Programs Flow Definitions Creating the Task List Summary
861 868 875 882
Useful Transaction Codes, Tables, and Programs Index 901
