Introduction

11

Target Group

11

Objective and Content

11

Acknowledgments

13

1 Introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance

15

1.1 SAP S/4HANA Finance: History and Development

15

1.2 What Is SAP S/4HANA?

18

1.3 Advantages of SAP S/4HANA Finance

30

1.4 Changes for Profitability Analysis

32

1.5 Conclusion

33

2 Overview of Profitability Analysis

35

2.1 Introduction

35

2.2 Costing-Based Profitability Analysis

37

2.3 Account-Based Profitability Analysis

43

2.4 Comparing Account-Based and Costing-Based Profitability Analysis

47

2.5 Conclusion

50

3 Basic Settings

51

3.1 Creating the Operating Concern

51

3.2 Currencies

64

3.3 Number Ranges

69

3.4 Versions

74

3.5 Characteristics

76

3.5.1 Creating a Characteristic from an SAP Table

80

3.5.2 Creating Characteristics with Own Value Maintenance

84

3.5.3 Assigning Characteristics to the Operating Concern

87

3.5.4 Maintaining Characteristic Values

89

3.5.5 Creating Characteristics without Value Maintenance

90

3.5.6 Creating Characteristics with Reference to Existing Values

92

3.5.7 Creating Characteristic Derivations with Table Lookup

94

3.5.8 Creating Characteristic Derivations with Derivation Rules

98

3.5.9 Creating Characteristic Derivations with Moves

102

3.6 Value Fields

107

3.7 Quantity Fields

114

3.8 Transporting the Operating Concern

119

3.9 Summary

122

4 Actual Value Flow

123

4.1 Introduction

123

4.2 Sales Order Stock

125

4.3 Billing Data Transfer

135

4.4 Costs of Goods Manufactured in Profitability Analysis

153

4.5 Splitting the Cost of Goods Sold

163

4.6 Variance Calculation

167

4.7 Order Settlement

189

4.8 Cost Center Assessment

200

4.9 Direct Account Assignment

221

4.10 Summary

226

5 Enriching Data

227

5.1 Enriching Data: Characteristics

227

5.1.1 Deriving Product Hierarchies

227

5.1.2 Using Characteristics Hierarchies

234

5.1.3 Automatic Characteristic Derivation for Internal Orders

242

5.1.4 Generating Settlement Rules Automatically

246

5.1.5 Derivation Analysis

250

5.2 Transferring Costings to Profitability Analysis

252

5.2.1 Defining Valuation Strategies

252

5.2.2 Setting Up Valuations Using Material Cost Estimates

255

5.2.3 Billing Document Analysis/Reconciliation

264

5.3 Summary

268

6 Planning in Profitability Analysis in SAP S/4HANA Finance

269

6.1 Changes for Planning with SAP S/4HANA Finance

269

6.2 Planning in Costing-Based Profitability Analysis

271

6.3 Summary

284

7 Reporting in Profitability Analysis in SAP S/4HANA Finance

285

7.1 Changes for Reporting with SAP S/4HANA Finance

285

7.2 Reporting in Costing-Based Profitability Analysis

293

7.3 Summary

303

8 Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance

305

8.1 Migration Scenarios

306

8.2 Preparing the Migration

307

8.3 Migration Process

308

8.4 Central Finance

311

8.5 Summary

313

9 Outlook

315

9.1 Multicurrency Concept (SAP S/4HANA Finance 1605)

316

9.2 SAP Fiori 2.0

317

9.3 Accelerated Closings

318

9.4 Statistical Conditions

318

9.5 Sales Order Stock

318

9.6 Realignments

319

9.7 Migrating Profitability Analysis

319

Appendices

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A Changes to the Data Model

323

B Additional Sources of Information

325

C The Author

327

Index

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