Configuring Financial Accounting in SAP

... Acknowledgments ... 21

... Preface ... 23

1 ... Financial Accounting in SAP Financials ... 27
... 1.1 ... SAP Enterprise Resource Planning 6.0 ... 27
... 1.2 ... SAP ERP Financials ... 29
... 1.3 ... SAP ERP Financials Financial Accounting ... 32
... 1.4 ... Summary ... 37

2 ... New General Ledger ... 39
... 2.1 ... New G/L Architecture ... 40
... 2.2 ... New Features in New G/L ... 43
... 2.3 ... Summary ... 56

3 ... Customizing SAP ... 57
... 3.1 ... The Implementation Guide ... 58
... 3.2 ... Creating a Customizing Project ... 63
... 3.3 ... Alternate Method to Customize Through IMG ... 68
... 3.4 ... Summary ... 69

4 ... Enterprise Structure ... 71
... 4.1 ... Organizational Units in Financial Accounting (FI) ... 72
... 4.2 ... Localize Sample Organizational Units ... 73
... 4.3 ... Define Company ... 77
... 4.4 ... Define Company Code ... 80
... 4.5 ... Define Credit Control Area ... 89
... 4.6 ... Define Business Area ... 97
... 4.7 ... Define Segments ... 100
... 4.8 ... Define Financial Management Area ... 103
... 4.9 ... Define Functional Area ... 107
... 4.10 ... Define Controlling Area ... 109
... 4.11 ... Define Profit Centers ... 115
... 4.12 ... Summary ... 120

5 ... Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Company Code Global Parameters ... 123
... 5.1 ... Activate New General Ledger Accounting ... 123
... 5.2 ... Fiscal Year and Posting Periods ... 125
... 5.3 ... Settings for Standard Fields ... 140
... 5.4 ... Settings for Customer Fields ... 145
... 5.5 ... Field Status ... 153
... 5.6 ... Ledgers for G/L Accounting ... 159
... 5.7 ... Parallel Accounting ... 171
... 5.8 ... Real-Time Integration of CO with FI ... 175
... 5.9 ... Chart of Accounts ... 178
... 5.10 ... Enter Company Code Global Parameters ... 183
... 5.11 ... Summary ... 190

6 ... Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Documents ... 193
... 6.1 ... Document Components ... 194
... 6.2 ... Document Types ... 197
... 6.3 ... Document Numbering ... 204
... 6.4 ... Screen Variants for Document Entry ... 211
... 6.5 ... Document Change Rules ... 211
... 6.6 ... Posting Keys ... 213
... 6.7 ... Tolerance Groups ... 215
... 6.8 ... Define Texts for Line Items ... 221
... 6.9 ... Default Values ... 222
... 6.10 ... Document Parking ... 226
... 6.11 ... Validation and Substitution of Accounting Documents ... 228
... 6.12 ... Account Document Archiving ... 232
... 6.13 ... Summary ... 235

7 ... Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Tax and Correspondence ... 237
... 7.1 ... Tax on Sales and Purchases ... 238
... 7.2 ... Withholding Tax ... 263
... 7.3 ... Correspondence ... 295
... 7.4 ... Summary ... 299

8 ... General Ledger Accounting (New) ... 301
... 8.1 ... G/L Account Master Data ... 301
... 8.2 ... Business Transactions ... 323
... 8.3 ... Periodic Processing ... 376
... 8.4 ... Tools ... 387
... 8.5 ... Reporting ... 388
... 8.6 ... Summary ... 390

9 ... Accounts Payable (FI-A/P) ... 391
... 9.1 ... Vendor Master Data ... 392
... 9.2 ... Business Transactions ... 401
... 9.3 ... Outgoing Payments ... 413
... 9.4 ... Reporting ... 447
... 9.5 ... Summary ... 449

10 ... Accounts Receivable (FI-A/R) ... 451
... 10.1 ... Customer Account Master Data ... 452
... 10.2 ... Business Transactions ... 462
... 10.3 ... Credit Management ... 472
... 10.4 ... Interest Calculation ... 481
... 10.5 ... Dunning ... 485
... 10.6 ... Reporting ... 504
... 10.7 ... Summary ... 505

11 ... Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) ... 507
... 11.1 ... Organizational Units ... 508
... 11.2 ... Basic Functions ... 511
... 11.3 ... Business Transactions ... 523
... 11.4 ... Integration ... 529
... 11.5 ... Information System ... 533
... 11.6 ... Summary ... 533

12 ... Bank Accounting (FI-BL) ... 535
... 12.1 ... Bank Master Data ... 535
... 12.2 ... Bank Chains ... 545
... 12.3 ... Business Transactions ... 548
... 12.4 ... Summary ... 565

13 ... Asset Accounting (FI-AA) ... 567
... 13.1 ... Organization Structures ... 568
... 13.2 ... Structuring Fixed Assets in FI-AA ... 576
... 13.3 ... Asset Classes ... 579
... 13.4 ... Valuation ... 588
... 13.5 ... Integrating FI-AA with the General Ledger (FI-G/L) ... 602
... 13.6 ... Depreciation ... 613
... 13.7 ... Special Valuation ... 623
... 13.8 ... Master Data: Screen Layout ... 627
... 13.9 ... Transactions ... 632
... 13.10 ... Asset Data Transfer ... 637
... 13.11 ... Preparing for Production Startup ... 642
... 13.12 ... Information System ... 649
... 13.13 ... Summary ... 653

14 ... Consolidation Preparation (New) ... 655
... 14.1 ... General Specifications ... 656
... 14.2 ... Company Consolidation ... 665
... 14.3 ... Summary ... 668

15 ... Lease Accounting (FI-LA) ... 669
... 15.1 ... Lease Accounting Engine (FI-LAE) ... 670
... 15.2 ... Basic Settings ... 672
... 15.3 ... Value Determination ... 676
... 15.4 ... Complete Mandatory Settings in Customizing ... 682
... 15.5 ... Reports ... 683
... 15.6 ... Summary ... 684

16 ... Travel Management (FI-TV) ... 685
... 16.1 ... Travel Management Process Flow ... 686
... 16.2 ... Set Up Travel Management ... 688
... 16.3 ... Set Up Trip Number Ranges ... 690
... 16.4 ... Travel Request ... 692
... 16.5 ... Travel Planning ... 696
... 16.6 ... Travel Expenses ... 713
... 16.7 ... Employee Self-Service (ESS) ... 724
... 16.8 ... Integration of Travel Planning and Travel Expenses ... 725
... 16.9 ... Integration of Travel Management and Payroll ... 726
... 16.10 ... Reports ... 727
... 16.11 ... Summary ... 728

17 ... SAP Upgrade and Migration ... 731
... 17.1 ... SAP Upgrade ... 731
... 17.2 ... Upgrade Strategy ... 734
... 17.3 ... Role of SAP Solution Manager in an SAP Upgrade ... 735
... 17.4 ... Upgrade Tools ... 736
... 17.5 ... Upgrade Process ... 741
... 17.6 ... Best Practices ... 747
... 17.7 ... Pitfalls and Issues ... 748
... 17.8 ... Migration ... 749
... 17.9 ... Summary ... 750

18 ... Miscellaneous ... 751
... 18.1 ... Factory Calendar ... 751
... 18.2 ... Schedule Manager ... 756
... 18.3 ... Closing Cockpit ... 762
... 18.4 ... Conclusion ... 769

... The Author ... 771

... Index ... 773