Introduction A comprehensive guide to leading ledger selection in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition system, accounting principles play a vital role in ensuring accurate financial reporting. This article aims to provide you with a clear understanding of how accounting principles are defined within the system, particularly when reporting in multiple accounting principles. We will focus....

In this blog I’ll talk about one of the important sought out topic during finance transformation journey – Document Splitting function in Central finance.  The scope is limited to ‘Document split active in target system but not in source system’. Background In general SAP recommends to  work with a scenario in which document splitting is....

Objective Singapore law permits corporates and legal entities to change their reporting and local currency to USD instead of SGD. It has been a popular exercise, which is in practice by several corporates as they keep USD as their primary reporting currency in Singapore. When these corporates/ legal entities want to implement S/4HANA Public Cloud....

In this blog post, we will cover the steps to set up the approval process for credit limit requests using the Manage Credit Management Rules app and notifications using the Situation Handling: Approve Credit Limit Requests. The information presented here and screenshots are from SAP S/4HANA 2022 Best Practices CAL instance. Depending on the business requirements, the definition....

Objective If you have a requirement to keep your group accounting principle other than IFRS & USGP (USGAAP) accounting principles in S/4HANA Public Cloud, then this blog is for you only. It will outline how to achieve the said requirement Cloud ERP. I also found that details and documentation not available anywhere. It will be....

Launch of the Historical Data Loader tool – Migration accelerator   Hi Group Reporting enthusiasts ! We at the Content Hub are happy to deliver the Historical Data Loader, a migration tool enabling you to load your historical consolidated data from your legacy tool into Group Reporting. This tool can greatly reduce the effort of....

Central Finance allows you to replicate the clearing relevant data of documents. This will let you monitor the clearing state of documents from various source systems all in your Central Finance systems. It is also a prerequisite for activating Central Payment. By activating the function, the following data will be replicated: AUGDT: Clearing Date AUGCP:....

This blog will help you understand overall purpose and processes of Discounting of Long-Term Assets and Liabilities in S/4HANA Public Cloud. It will explain in detail about the importance, configurations, master data update and process execution itself.  Key Points What Is Discounting? Discounting is the process of determining the present value of a payment that....

This Blog post is for all experienced Controlling Consultants and beginners. By reading this blog, you understand how the WIP and variance calculation in product cost by period process and also link manufacturing orders with PCC. In repetitive manufacturing scenario, we use production cost by period method in product costing. if a product manufacturing process....

Central Payment allows you to make centralized payments and perform centralized clearing activities in the Central Finance system instead of each source system. Journal entries are replicated from one or more source system(s) via the System Landscape Transformation Server (SLT) to the Central Finance system and the resulting customer/supplier open items are automatically technically cleared....

This blog gives you a summary of how the provisioning, and the initial activities are performed in S/4HANA Public Cloud (Cloud ERP) system. While you perform these activities in customer system, kindly follow Project Experience | SAP Help Portal and Roadmap Viewer (sap.com)   3-System Landscape Provisioning   S. No. System Request Process Link Remarks 1 SAP for....

This document will explore scenario where there is a need to integrate a cloud-based application with older version of SAP ECC or S/4 HANA where integration cannot be achieved using WebSocket RFC. Integration between SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud and Central Finance (CFIN) system is a critical component that need to consolidate their financial data....

Integrated Financial Planning is a comprehensive content package for SAP Analytics Cloud that covers planning of operating expenses, product costs, sales and profitability, CAPEX, and financial statement. With the CAPEX module, capital expenses are planned on an aggregated level, not on single investment projects. Therefore, depreciations only can be taken into account on a global level....

In the Central Finance projects one of the challenging aspect is to analyzing AIF messages through debugging. Due to the complexity of the solution and tight integration between AIF and Central Finance interface its very easy to get confused and to find the correct method for debugging the AIF messages. In this guide I would....

Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation is part of Advanced Valuation in Financial Accounting. Advanced Valuations support you in following accounting standards, for example, IFRS9. The following processes are part of advanced valuation and are realized as job templates in the Schedule General Ledger Jobs app. Post Discounting of Long-Term Assets and Liabilities Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation Post Credit-Risk....

In every SAP VIM Project I have done we have a requirement to Hide some features in VIM Workplace as it can be an Audit issue as anyone can process any Users VIM Workflow Item. Solution First lets understand the Issue. When we go to Transaction Code /OPT/VIM_WP Now we hit Switch Work View We....

SAP VIM Workplace is a Transaction code similar to SAP Inbox but it has a lot of more features than SAP Inbox or My Inbox Fiori App. Sometimes the AP Team or other role wishes to see Items with different Colors. This Blog will cover the steps.   Solution Go to Transaction Code /OPT/VIM_WP  ....

This blog post is part of Business Partner blog series. See the previous 2 blogs related to BP-handling topics: 1. How to synchronize KNVK for other relationship types than ‘Contact Person’ 2. How to create a BP Role with Company and Sales/ Purchasing view   Standard view of BP search result When you find a Business Partner....

In this article, I would like to share a successful experience with a business challenge in the context of FI Reporting of how to split WIP ( Work in Progress)  to separate GL accounts for Material and Overhead costs during WIP settlement of Production Orders/Process Orders at Period Closing in S/4HANA. The business requirement: Split....

As promised in my previous blog “Organizational Changes: Implementing Custom Rules for Profit  Center Derivation”, I am enhancing it with a series of example implementations. Here is the first one, which is from a real-world customer request. The task In a call, I got this request by a customer, which can be perfectly answered with a custom....

In Most of the projects there are requirements to have extensibility to SAP Central Finance. In this blog we will discuss only SOME of them. Of course it changes per customer per project based on the business requirements, but here are some common one which I used in almost all the projects Extensions/Enhancements we will....

Here is another post, where I’d like to share a couple of details about SAP’s functionality. This post as many others that I share deals with functionalities around bank statement processing. Please also check out my other posts. I hope you’ll find something interesting for you. If you already have some experience with bank statements....

My previous post focused on the baseline process around import of bank statements in Fiori. This post explores additional enhancements that are necessary if you want to upload bank statements in bank specific formats e.g., XML, CSV, JSON etc. Introduction If your bank does not provide bank statements in a commonly recognized format (e.g., MT940, Multicash, BAI....

This Blog will cover how to use ” Import Financial Plan Data ” Fiori Application for Projects with different currencies for ” Project Planning ” I assume Readers are aware of basic Function/Feature of this application. Prerequisites : Necessary Configuration for Project System Availability of Master Data Maintain Category for Planning Download the Template ”....

Application Interface Framework (AIF) is an important and mandatory component when you are working with SAP Central Finance. The data flow from source system to target system passes a stage where the dashboard of successful and failed messages is visible. For SAP Central Finance the name space is = /FINCF To start with the process....

with the latest major release 3.0 of SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced financial closing (AFC) on January 19th, 2023, the new feature System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM V2) was introduced. Background of this feature In previous releases of SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced financial closing (AFC), it was only possible to introduce users and user groups into the system via CSV....

About Organizational Changes The Organizational Changes feature within SAP S/4 HANA accounting allows you to assign new  profit centers to objects, such as materials or sales order items. It comes with a built-in process that starts with defining the intended change, simulating it, processing the runs to change the objects and create transfer postings. A....

As well as previous SAP S/4HANA product versions, this document aims to guide you, in preparing the landscape when planning to carry out a conversion to SAP S/4HANA. Some activities can be started early in your current environment and will be very effective in making the conversion successful. There are some activities you may not....

In this post blog, I will show you how change to line items in asset document for the asset accounting system that allows you to differentiate accounts based on fixed asset type and cost center. This method can be applied to SAP S/4HANA version 1909 and later. In order to make necessary changes we need....

During AJAB postings error ASSERTION_FAILED or FAA_CMP30 – Legacy data transfer date &1 is in a closed fiscal year –  is raised for the company code.   Note: This error occurs if FAA_CMP Legacy data transfer date is not maintain in S/4HANA 1709 and it is mandatory from S/4HANA 1809 and above Environment Asset Accounting....

In general if Central Finance is to be used only for financial reporting system where all finance operations including open items, payments, clearings etc will remain in source system then tax reporting will also remain in the source systems. However, in an operational Central Finance scenario where CFIN becomes the system of record, tax reporting....

To help you better understand the structure of generic payment formats CGI_CT and CGI_DD, we have created an excel file that covers the mapping of all reference fields in the generic and country-specific CGI trees. Reference fields are used to extend the capabilities of the standard fields. You can find the excel file in this SAP....

Product Costing is the tool used in SAP for planning costs and establishing material prices. It helps in estimating the Cost of goods sold for each product unit. Product Cost planning involves planning the costs for materials without reference to orders and set prices for materials and other cost accounting objects. It consists of creation....

This Blog will cover End-End cycle including Important Configurations and Demo for PS Easy Cost Planning ( ECP ) Integration with S/4HANA Financial Planning As of Version 2022 FPS 00, SAP has provided out-of-box Integration of Project based cost planning integration with Financial Planning for Easy Cost Planning and Network Costing Before above mentioned version,....

Hello, How is everyone doing? I hope all are in good health and always driving towards leanings new things or expanding your horizons. Today I will be discussing a walkthrough of the project cycle for the S/4HANA conversion project. Sometimes while working on a particular role we miss the bigger picture. I will be explaining....

This document will help functional consultant to create screen variant/transaction variant and achieve the business requirement without the support of technical team. This document aims to identify and describe all steps associated with the screen variant & transaction varaints. In addition, This document will help functional consultant who want to explore the possibility by screen....

This document will help functional consultant to understand the difference between enhancement and modification. What kind of enhancement are available and how to search the one based on requirement. Purpose There are many businesses requirement which are not possible in SAP standard and we need to do enhancement or modification with the help of technical....

This blog talks about Cross-System Process Control (CSPC) – why is it important, high level Implementation steps and more onto troubleshooting the CPCS token issues. When using Central Payment in a Central Finance scenario, you run payment and clearing activities in the Central Finance system. Invoices are replicated from a source system to the Central....

This blog is a continuation of my earlier blog on Intercompany Asset Transfer. I recommend you go through my previous blog; the link is below for the same. https://blogs.sap.com/2022/11/16/asset-transfer-between-the-company-codes-intercompany-asset-transfer/ Introduction Earlier we have seen different types of Intercompany asset transfer and their Pros and Cons. Now here we will discuss the configuration needed for automatic....

If you wonder what are the options to create user-defined fields/customer characteristics in Margin Analysis and what are the pros and cons of each method, I will try to explain them in this article. We have now 3 ways of creating COPA characteristics: (1) Until SAP S/4HANA Release 2020, customer characteristics could be created only....

ABC SAP Implementation Project will replace some of ABC’s existing legacy applications with SAP. This cutover approach document defines how existing ABC business processes, operations, systems, and data will be transitioned to SAP. It also focuses on both the technical and system processes required to have the SAP production system operational along with the interim....

Purpose This document aims to identify and describe all tasks associated with the project cutover related to SAP Controlling. In addition, This document will be used as a key communication tool to project teams regarding cutover activities. Introduction A number of steps need to be executed in order to deliver a fully operational S/4 HANA....

Data Migration approach and process during new s/4hana implementation is crucial step. we were part SAP S/4HANA 2021 new implementation for one of the our customer – which is leading electrical technology wholesaler in Nordics. We would like share our recent experience of SAP Finance Data Migration from S4Finance 1511 to S4HANA 2021 using “Direct....

How to write a user exit for validation and substitution. Sometime there is a requirement which we can achieve only with the help of technical team. Here I am explaining how a functional guy can make some basic user exit and ask ABAP team to write the correct logic.   Introduction  This document aims to....

Introduction Many users are asking me about technical ways to download Financial Plan Data from S/4HANA system. In this blog I will try to explain with an example how user can download Financial Plan Data from S/4HANA. The best source for this information is a standard Fiori application Display Financial Plan Data. Alternatively, user can use....

Have you ever wondered if your reporting rules are working how you expect? In SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting, reporting items and reporting rules are super useful features to help you out with all your analytics needs. You use them in reports to enable flexible data selection and aggregation. Reporting items are used as....

In my previous post, I documented the way to fulfill bank account relation information by leveraging the standard extension: <Flow Builder Plus: extend standard logic for fetching bank account | SAP Blogs>   In this post, I will use the standard extension point to support the case that Downpayment Request was cleared by the downpayment.....

I’m pleased to introduce the Leading Note for Peru SAP Document and Reporting Compliance: SAP Note 3206609 – DRC Peru: Leading Note for Reports Implementation In this blog post I’ll explain what a Leading Note is, why I recommend that you use it, and how you can make the most of this new resource. What is a Leading Note? The Leading Note....

Me complace presentar la Nota Principal para Perú SAP Document and Reporting Compliance: SAP Note 3206609 – DRC Peru: Leading Note for Reports Implementation En esta publicación de blog, explicaré qué es una Nota Principal, por qué recomiendo utilizarla y cómo aprovechar al máximo este nuevo recurso. ¿Qué es una Nota Principal? La Nota Principal para Perú es un nuevo recurso integral....

This article aims to get a one-stop solution and an overview of the various SAP FICO standard reports for techno-functional consultants, especially reporting consultants. The quick comparisons will help consultants solve most of the ambiguities raised when analyzing reconciliation issues.   Overview of FICO: FICO, an abbreviation for Finance and Controlling, is a vital module....

There is an old requirement from functional side and end users for having MB5B in ALV grid display format. “Is it possible to display the result of transaction MB5B as ALV gird ?” In this blog I will discuss the steps needed to enable ALV grid display format for tcode MB5B in S4 HANA. Output....

In this blog I will talk about the different scenarios within ‘In-process’ AIF Message and how to approach & evaluate them to find the root cause of errors.   Introduction SAP Application Interface Framework (AIF) enables to monitor and manage all the replication related messages at one place. These message can have status – Successful,....

I always like to explore available content before initiating any write-up and ask these questions what type of audience/reader I am addressing? and what benefit they can achieve? After reading through the available content, I am convinced that this new write-up should be helpful for people looking for below content: – What are main functionalities....

In this blog, I’ll talk about the Central commitment configuration & challenges encountered using this functionality along with Predictive ledger in target system. Introduction When the commitment management is active, creation of PR & PO creates the commitment. Commitments are stored in COOI table (ECC). Central Commitment allows to replicate these commitments and commitment updates....

I’m pleased to introduce the Leading Note for SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, Argentina Value-Added Tax (VAT): SAP Note 3103052 – DRC Argentina Value-Added Tax (VAT): Leading Note for Reports Implementation In this blog post I’ll explain what a Leading Note is, why I recommend that you use it, and how you can make the most of this new resource. What is....

I’m pleased to introduce the Leading Note for Chile SAP Document and Reporting Compliance: SAP Note 3205564 – DRC Chile: Leading Note for Reports Implementation In this blog post I’ll explain what a Leading Note is, why I recommend that you use it, and how you can make the most of this new resource. What is a Leading Note? The Leading Note....

Me complace presentar la Nota Principal para Chile SAP Document and Reporting Compliance: SAP Note 3205564 – DRC Chile: Leading Note for Reports Implementation En esta publicación de blog, explicaré qué es una Nota Principal, por qué recomiendo utilizarla y cómo aprovechar al máximo este nuevo recurso. ¿Qué es una Nota Principal? La Nota Principal para Chile es un nuevo recurso integral....

Introduction I implemented recently as the responsible SAP CO consultant several S/4 HANA projects in various product versions. The latest being S/4 HANA 2021. I found that each subsequent release added important additional functionality towards completing the final vision for Margin Analysis, that is the new account-based CO-PA in the Universal Journal. This blog post should....

This blog starts by providing a brief Introduction to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard) 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers and then explains the posting Process in SAP RAR. Also, it provides high level overview of direct posting functionality Audience Consultants/ Business users/ IT auditors Purpose Understand the posting process in SAP RAR Get....

This blog is related to planned delivery charges. This is useful for material management beginner and other end users. Introduction:- Freight charges are mainly categorized into two parts. First one is planned delivery charge and another one is unplanned delivery charge. Planned delivery charge is known to purchaser in advance before purchase order is raised....

Recently I was checking for some options to create ‘Short and Long Descriptions’ for GL Accounts in Transaction FSP0 (Table SKAT) and noticed the MASS Change does not help as the descriptions are not currently available in a language that is required to be updated. MASS Change helps only to change the existing Texts in....

Dear Colleagues This is in continuation of my previous currency blog SAP S/4HANA Currency Setup Many time we get question that what should be our controlling area currency 10/ 20 or 30, in cases where Cross-company-code cost accounting is active. Let us understand different options & their implications for this CO Area currency setting  . Case....

Flow Builder, is one of the kernel programs in SAP Cash Management, which is responsible for populating the entries (named flows) into One Exposure table from Accounting documents and Material management documents. With respect to the complexity of the Flow Builder program itself and the size of accounting documents plus the relationship among the documents....

Implementing Fiori apps is to get more value out of SAP S/4HANA business innovations and analytics. Best way to start S4 Hana implementation is define UI/UX strategy with Fiori in early stage of project during discover, prepare explore. It is at this moment, when talking about SAP delivers SAP Fiori application under new and renew,....

Last year SAC introduced the new model type as successor of the classic account model. The new model brings together the measure based and the account based approach. When you create a new model there are two basic decisions that you need to take: Use/Not use the account dimension Define the structure priority between measure....

valid as of SAP S/4HANA 2020 This is the 2nd blog in my blog post series on managing hierarchies in SAP S/4HANA. Blog 1/3: FIORI apps to manage hierarchies Blog 2/3: Detailed features of FIORI app “Manage Global Hierarchies” Blog 3/3: Detailed features of other FIORI app to manage hierarchies In this blog, we will....

Valid as of SAP S/4HANA 2020 In this blog post series, I will provide an overview of the functionalities available for managing hierarchies in SAP S/4HANA. I will also discuss some of the interesting features and limitations of the FIORI apps supporting hierarchies. Blog 1/3: FIORI apps to manage hierarchies Blog 2/3: Detailed features of....

As an introduction, I would like to highlight this blog is for fixed asset legacy data migration in S/4HANA (and not for conversion). There are many contents available online for SAP Fixed Asset Legacy Data migration, and this could be one of it. But in this blog, I would like to touch upon multiple points....

The purpose of this blog post is to give you a high-level overview of the steps involved in lockbox processing in SAP S/4 HANA. Let’s first understand the business process In this blog post, we will see the whole process using the BAI2 format. Please check the following link to get a sample file for....

In this post, we would understand the FI workflow set up with the help of a very basic example. Assumptions: All the required config is in place.  Standard Workflow Scenario WS02800046 is Active. To check if it is active, Please follow the following steps: Go to T-code : SWDD_Scenario Enter Scenario – WS02800046 Here, you would be....

Like old Flow Builder, Flow Builder Plus also offer the flexibility to bring customer logic in.   I had written a post for old Flow Builder: ‘Flow Builder: Using exit to fetch HBKID/HKTID for Accounting Documents missed those information‘  which target to fulfill house bank/house bank account in flows for those accounting documents missing such....

written in collaboration with Marlene Katzschner from SAP Engineering THRIVE. For us this would be the most important verb that should be used to determine the success of any corporate or supply chain function for an organisation. So how can we thrive within the finance and risk function in any industry?  Read on. The chief....

Dear finance experts, with the latest incremental release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced financial closing on January 23, 2022, the access management abilities of the solution were massively enhanced. Background of this update Segregation of duties is a central requirement when it comes to authorization control. It ensures that an individual user doesn’t have the authorization to execute....

Implementing Fiori apps is to get more value out of SAP S/4HANA business innovations and analytics. Best way to start S4 Hana implementation is define UI/UX strategy with Fiori in early stage of project during discover, prepare explore. It is at this moment, when talking about SAP delivers SAP Fiori application under new and renew,....

Welcome to release SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2202. In the following please find a number of selected highlights in group reporting, accounting and financial close as well as treasury management including business benefits, capabilities and demos.    Video 1: Release Video for Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2202   Advanced Valuation Processes Period-end closing is a....

Purpose Purpose of this blogpost is to provide overview on the Consolidation of Investment (COI) in SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting solution. SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting supports below approaches for COI Rule Based Consolidation Activity Based Consolidation (supported from 1909 release) In this blogpost we shall understand more on the Activity based consolidation....

In a quest to reduce interest rate manipulation & increase financial transparency, banks and regulators around the world have performed an overhaul of the benchmark interest rates used globally for financial transactions.  Corporations and financial institutions have in the past heavily relied upon LIBOR based credit lines, debt/investment contracts & derivatives.  As of January 1, 2022....

Introduction Every Project uses SPRO and sometimes it is benefecial to know the Maintenence View/Tcode behind the Configuration Item so that SAP Security can control it and also it helps for you to jot down the Tcode you are going to use.   Solution Go to Transaction Code SPRO Now select SAP Reference IMG Now....

Abstract: The Data Transition Validation (DTV) Tool is a new tool available for SAP S/4HANA conversion projects targeting S/4HANA 2021:  DTV allows the establishment of a project that spans the entire conversion process.  Within the DTV project specific reports can be identified and configured to capture key financial data before and after system conversion.  The....

Introduction In Every Projects you go there will be requirement to enhance the Standard Screen to add some new Custom Fields. The general approach you do use Append Structure and add your Custom Fields. Sometime while analysing it may happen that you have the Append Structure name but you cannot find the Actual Structure it....

Tax Collected at Source (TCS) is the tax payable by a seller, which he collects from the buyer at the time of sale. Section 206C of the Income-tax act governs the goods on which the seller must collect tax from the purchasers. The seller is only responsible for the collection of this tax from the buyer. ....

We in SAP Product Engineering team are proud to announce the general availability of SAP S/4HANA Cloud for group reporting release 2105 on May 5, 2021. With 2105, we continue our strategic development investment focus on SAP’s next-generation software for financial consolidation and management reporting. Release 2105 delivers on the following key new features and enhanced capabilities....

In line with Universal Parallel Accounting, asset postings are ledger-specific as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105. The user interfaces of the apps for asset postings have been adapted accordingly. The legacy data transfer of postings has changed as well. On the selection screens of the posting apps, you can use the ledger as a selection criterion....

Summary: Three financial closing applications are considered for new S/4HANA implementations.  Limitations on licensing,  compatibility,  availability, and roadmap innovation are discussed. Spoiler Alert:  SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Advanced Financial Closing (AFC) should be the primary consideration since it is functionally capable, flexible, as well as being  SAP’s strategic option. SAP has continued to evolve its product....

Welcome to my fourth blog post in the series of Intelligent Technologies for Finance with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Here is a recap of earlier blog posts in the series of Intelligent Technologies- Intelligent Accounts Receivable, Intelligent Accounts Payable, Intelligent Record to Report. In this blog post we will see how the traditional Asset Accounting processes which were manual,....

Accelerate Your Project by Using a Global Template Offering Preconfigured End-to-End Business Processes for Multinational Corporations   In a Nutshell The enterprise management layer is ideal for new and existing customers operating in multiple countries and looking for a global template offering standard, preconfigured end-to-end business processes to start their SAP S/4HANA journey. Combined with the SAP Activate methodology, the enterprise....

SLT is an integral part of S4 Central Finance implementation. While, most of its core functionality remains the same, yet there is a slight variation in some part like the concept of migration template aka predefined filters and its transport mechanism. This blog would shed some light on some of the aspects as below: How....

There are endless number of use cases for SAP Analytics Cloud Planning ranging from HR headcount planning, sales planning and P&L planning, you name it. I suggest one more –  Predictive Cash Forecast. Cash Forecast is important for every company to provide constant cash flow to run the business. The best way to approach this....

  In any projects, testing is one of the key component and quality of testing defines the success rate during and post go live largely. In this blog, the discussion is focussed on how to plan the test strategy in Central Finance project. It is important to understand that Central Finance projects are different from....

This blog explains about e-withholding tax in Thailand and SAP solution for e-withholding tax including additional customizations that you need to consider. What is e-withholding tax system in Thailand e-Withholding Tax system is a new service of the Revenue Department that listens to the needs of those in the process of reporting the amount of....