Why do I need to activate Profit Centers in SAP S/4 1709?

By John Pringle

We recently upgraded a test system from S/4 1610 to S/4 1709 and one of the interesting things that we found was that SAP recommends that the switch for activating profit center accounting (PCA) should be activated. This was a surprise because I found no mention of this in the Simplification document for 1709 or in on-line searches.

Since release ECC 5.0 clients using the new general ledger with the profit center or segment scenarios active were warned against activation of classic PCA. With the new GL scenarios profit center functionality was incorporated in the GL and the old profit center ledger 8A was not activated. In this case the classic reports in the information system for PCA would not return any results if they were executed.

SAP S/4HANA Finance Frequently Asked Questions

by Janet Salmon

Is merging of actuals & plan into ACDOCA versus ACDOCP?

Is the planning data going to go to ACDOCA or ACDOCP? 

If we copy actual to plan for each monthly forecast version, will the P table end up with 12 times the records of the A table?

Planning data will update to ACDOCP. In your copy function you would have to decide at what aggregation you updated ACDOCP (1:1 or roll-up e.g. production orders to not have quite so much data in your forecast). 

Fundamentals of SAP MMFI Account Determination

by Ashish Sampat

Colleagues often ask me about the integration of Materials Management (MM) & Financial Accounting (FI):

• How do postings from MM flow into FI
  
  
• How do we find out what occurs behind-the-scenes
  
  
• Is there a way to change the posting to a different GL Account
  
  
• How do we identify which movement types point to a specific GL Account
  
  
• How do you create a new movement type and assign it to a specific GL Account

Many SAP practitioners, IT and business alike, do not know where to start on MM-FI data flow and reconciliation. This blog clarifies the fundamentals of MM-FI account determination.

Configuration Transaction OBYC forms the core of the integration between the MM, FI, and Controlling (CO) modules in an SAP ERP system.

 ERP Corp, a leading provider of SAP Financials S/4HANA consulting and training services, recently announced the winners of the 2017 SAP Controlling Community Awards.

Join teams from Tyson Foods, Honda, Kohler, CHS, and Bosch  (and many more!) at Controlling 2017. Here are just a few of the reasons why your SAP FI/CO team needs to be at Controlling 2017:

Thank you to the Controlling 2017 event sponsors and exhibitors -- the event wouldn't be possible without you!

SAP MM-FI Account Determination

Ashish Sampat

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Account Determination Configuration
3. Consumption to an Order
4. Movement Types and Accounting Entries
5. Key Takeaways
6. About the Author
7. Glossary

Introduction

Several colleagues have asked me questions about integration of MM and FI such as:

Curious what SAP Controlling 2016 attendees thought of the annual conference for SAP Controlling professionals? Find out in this video blog post. 

Free Book Sample: Product Cost Controlling with SAP

By John Jordan

Read this sample chapter from Product Cost Controlling with SAP by John Jordan to learn more about settlement configuration and period-end processing, from settlement profiles and the allocation structure to parameters and processing types. It also examines the new settlement-related transactions available with SAP S/4HANA.

On June 29 members of the SAP Controlling Community gathered for a webinar on SAP S/4HANA Finance – From Batch to Real-Time presented by Janet Salmon and Birgit Oettinger, SAP SE. In this blog post, Janet Salmon addresses frequently asked questions from the webinar.