Migrate Successfully to the SAP General Ledger

... ... Changes in the New SAP General Ledger ... 13
... ... Migrating to the New SAP General Ledger ... 14
... ... Future SAP Support of the Classic General Ledger and Advantages of the SAP General Ledger ... 15
... ... Intended Audience and Skill Prerequisites ... 15
... ... How This Book is Organized ... 17
... ... Summary ... 18

1 ... Upgrade to SAP ERP ... 19
... 1.1 ... SAP ERP Key Components ... 19
... 1.2 ... Benefits of Upgrading ... 22
... 1.3 ... Upgrade Approaches ... 27
... 1.4 ... Best Practices ... 33
... 1.5 ... Future Release Strategy ... 35
... 1.6 ... Summary ... 37

2 ... Why Migrate to the SAP General Ledger ... 39
... 2.1 ... Upgrade and Migration as Separate Projects ... 41
... 2.2 ... New Functionality ... 43
... 2.3 ... Possible Migration Scenarios ... 55
... 2.4 ... Potential Benefits and Risks ... 60
... 2.5 ... Summary ... 64

3 ... Migration Phases ... 67
... 3.1 ... SAP Migration Service ... 67
... 3.2 ... Migration Project Phases ... 69
... 3.3 ... Phase 0: Planning ... 70
... 3.4 ... Phase 1: Migration and Testing ... 71
... 3.5 ... Phase 2: Go Live ... 72
... 3.6 ... Summary ... 73

4 ... SAP Migration Service ... 75
... 4.1 ... Questionnaire ... 75
... 4.2 ... Service Sessions ... 79
... 4.3 ... Scenarios Supported by the SAP Migration Service ... 81
... 4.4 ... SAP General Ledger Migration Cockpit ... 83
... 4.5 ... Summary ... 88

5 ... Planning Phase ... 89
... 5.1 ... Scope of Project ... 90
... 5.2 ... Initial Situations in the Classic General Ledger ... 93
... 5.3 ... Target Migration Scenarios ... 100
... 5.4 ... Timing ... 118
... 5.5 ... Staffing and Training ... 119
... 5.6 ... Migration Cockpit Tasks ... 122
... 5.7 ... Customizing ... 128
... 5.8 ... SAP Migration Service Scenario Validation ... 140
... 5.9 ... Summary ... 142

6 ... Migration and Testing Phase ... 145
... 6.1 ... Complete Customizing ... 146
... 6.2 ... Migration Cockpit Tasks ... 150
... 6.3 ... Test Migrations ... 168
... 6.4 ... Validation of Document Splitting ... 169
... 6.5 ... Incremental Approach to Migration ... 174
... 6.6 ... SAP Migration Service Test Validation ... 175
... 6.7 ... Summary ... 177

7 ... Go-Live Phase ... 179
... 7.1 ... Go-Live Weekend and SAP Migration Service ... 179
... 7.2 ... Migration Cockpit Activities ... 180
... 7.3 ... Testing ... 183
... 7.4 ... Training ... 185
... 7.5 ... Final Migration Activities and Technical Facts about Migration ... 188
... 7.6 ... Summary ... 190

8 ... Case Study ... 193
... 8.1 ... Introduction ... 193
... 8.2 ... CMPC ... 193
... 8.3 ... Premigration Review ... 194
... 8.4 ... Planning Phase ... 197
... 8.5 ... Migration and Testing Phase ... 201
... 8.6 ... Go-Live Phase ... 211
... 8.7 ... Key Findings ... 213
... 8.8 ... Summary ... 213

... The Author ... 215