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Preface
19
About This Book
19
Structure of This Book
21
Acknowledgments
24
Introduction
27
Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer
28
Benefits of SAP S/4HANA Finance
29
Functional Changes with SAP S/4HANA Finance
32
System Architecture with SAP S/4HANA Finance
34
Migration to SAP S/4HANA Finance
36
Path from SAP ERP to SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA to SAP S/4HANA
36
Key Prerequisites
40
Deployment Options
43
Project Phases
45
Summary
48
I Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance
49
1 Preparation
51
1.1 Check Functional Scope and Restrictions
51
1.2 Feasibility Checklist
53
1.3 The Maintenance Planner and Prechecks
60
1.4 Check Custom Coding
60
1.4.1 Check Custom Code and Modifications
61
1.4.2 Handling Custom-Defined Fields and Interfaces
61
1.5 Check Sizing
62
1.6 Precheck for Migration to New Asset Accounting
63
1.7 Activate Business Functions
65
1.7.1 Activate Business Functions for Asset Accounting, Parallel Valuation
65
1.7.2 Activate Enterprise Extension EA-FIN
67
1.7.3 Activate Business Function FIN_AA_CI_1
69
1.8 Check and Activate New Depreciation Calculation
69
1.8.1 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run
70
1.8.2 Execute Year-End Closing
71
1.8.3 Fiscal Year Change
72
1.9 Consistency Checks
73
1.9.1 SAP ERP Financials Data Consistency Checks
73
1.9.2 Reconciliation of General Ledger and the Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Subledgers
76
1.9.3 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with Asset Accounting
77
1.9.4 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with Materials Management
79
1.9.5 Reconciliation of Ledgers
81
1.10 Perform Period-End Closing Activities
83
1.10.1 Copy Number Ranges
83
1.10.2 Lock Periods in Materials Management
84
1.10.3 Perform Closing for Periodic Asset Postings
84
1.10.4 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run
85
1.10.5 Verify Held Documents Status
85
1.10.6 Carry Balances Forward to the Current Fiscal Year
86
1.10.7 Reset Valuations for Periods in the Current Fiscal Year
88
1.10.8 Lock Prior Periods in SAP ERP Financials and Controlling
89
1.10.9 Batch Jobs
91
1.10.10 Execute Report to Confirm Asset Accounting Prerequisites
91
1.10.11 Lock Users
91
1.11 Consistency Check before Activation of SAP S/4HANA Finance
91
1.12 Execute Business Reconciliation
93
1.13 Summary
103
2 Installation and Upgrade
105
2.1 Installation and Upgrade Checklist
106
2.1.1 SAP HANA and Minimum Versions
106
2.1.2 Software Update Manager
108
2.1.3 SAP HANA Live
109
2.1.4 Administrator’s Guide, Release Information Note, and Browser Support
109
2.1.5 SAP Cash Management Powered by SAP HANA, Cost Objects, and Cost Object Hierarchies
110
2.1.6 Industry Solutions and Add-Ons
110
2.1.7 Maintenance Optimizer
111
2.1.8 Target Stack XML and SAP NetWeaver Kernel
114
2.1.9 Customer Code
114
2.1.10 Data Definition Language Statement Corrections
115
2.2 Use the Maintenance Planner
115
2.3 Install the Related Software Component Version
116
2.4 Apply SAP Notes
118
2.5 Content Deployment with SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management
120
2.6 Perform HANA-tization
120
2.6.1 HANA-tization Checks
121
2.6.2 HANA-tization Tools
121
2.7 Optimization
122
2.7.1 Optimization Approach
123
2.7.2 Optimization Tools
124
2.7.3 Optimization Best Practice
124
2.7.4 SAP HANA Modeling
125
2.8 Summary
125
3 Customizing for the SAP General Ledger
127
3.1 Activate SAP Reference Implementation Guide for SAP ERP Financials
128
3.2 Check and Adopt Fiscal Year Variants
129
3.3 Migrate General Ledger Customizing
130
3.4 Define Settings for the Journal Entry Ledger
131
3.5 Define Ledger Groups
133
3.6 Assign the Accounting Principle to the Ledger Group
135
3.7 Define the Ledger for the Controlling Version
136
3.8 Define Document Types for Postings in Controlling
137
3.9 Define Document Type Mapping Variants for Controlling Business Transactions
138
3.10 Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling
138
3.11 Define the Offsetting Account Determination Type
140
3.12 Define the Source Ledger for Migration of Balances
140
3.13 Execute Consistency Check of General Ledger Settings
141
3.14 Activate Business Functions
141
3.15 Summary
142
4 Customizing for the New Asset Accounting
143
4.1 Prerequisites
145
4.2 Install SAP S/4HANA Finance with New Asset Accounting
145
4.3 Migrate Charts of Depreciation
146
4.4 Customization Prior to Activation
147
4.4.1 Define Asset Balance Sheet Accounts of Parallel Valuation
147
4.4.2 Define the Depreciation Area for a Quantity Update
148
4.4.3 Define the Technical Clearing Account for Integrated Asset Acquisition
149
4.4.4 Specify an Alternative Document Type for Accounting-Principle-Specific Documents
151
4.4.5 Specify Revenue Distribution for Asset Retirement
151
4.4.6 Post Net Book Value Instead of Gain/Loss
152
4.4.7 Check Transaction Types
152
4.5 Check Prerequisites for Activating New Asset Accounting
153
4.6 Determine Active Charts of Depreciation
154
4.7 Change Definitions of Depreciation Areas
155
4.8 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values
157
4.9 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms
158
4.10 Activate New Asset Accounting
160
4.11 Adjust Parameters in Charts of Depreciation
161
4.12 Display Migration Log
162
4.13 Summary
162
5 Customizing for Controlling
165
5.1 Execute SAP Business Warehouse Delta Extraction for Account-Based Profitability Analysis
166
5.2 Adapt Settings for Profitability Segment Characteristics
166
5.3 Maintain the Operating Concern
167
5.4 Maintain the Operating Concern for the Banking Add-On
168
5.5 Activate Account-Based Profitability Analysis
169
5.6 Transport Operating Concern
169
5.7 Summary
170
6 Customizing for Migration of House Bank Accounts
171
6.1 Define Number Ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs
172
6.2 Define Number Ranges for Change Requests
172
6.3 Define Settings for Bank Account Master Data
173
6.3.1 Bank Account Types
173
6.3.2 Define Sensitive Fields to Be Protected from Changes
174
6.3.3 Define Import Methods for Bank Statements
176
6.3.4 Define Signatory Groups for Payment Approvals
176
6.3.5 Define the Signatory Groups and Approval Sequence for Approval Patterns
177
6.3.6 Assign Approval Patterns
178
6.4 Summary
179
7 Data Migration
181
7.1 Partitioning of the Universal Journal Entry Line Items Table
182
7.2 Regenerating Core Data Services Views and Field Mapping
183
7.3 Migration of Cost Elements
185
7.3.1 Check Consistency of SAP General Ledger Accounts and Cost Elements
187
7.3.2 Migrate Secondary Cost Elements to the Chart of Accounts
189
7.3.3 Display Status of Migration of Cost Elements
190
7.3.4 Migrate Default Account Assignments
190
7.3.5 Display the Status of the Default Account Assignments Migration
192
7.3.6 Adopt Authorizations
192
7.3.7 Define Authorizations and Profiles
193
7.4 Technical Check of Transaction Data
198
7.4.1 Analyze Transactional Data
199
7.4.2 Display Status of Analysis of Transaction Data
200
7.4.3 Reconcile Transactional Data
203
7.4.4 Display Status of Technical Reconciliation of Transactional Data
204
7.5 Enrichment of Data
207
7.5.1 Enrich Transactional Data
208
7.5.2 Display Status of Transactional Data Enrichment
209
7.5.3 Check of Migrated Documents
210
7.5.4 Display Status of Migrated Documents Check
211
7.6 Migration of Line Items into New Data Structure
211
7.6.1 Migrate Accounting Documents to Universal Journal Entry Structure
212
7.6.2 Display the Status of Document Migration to Universal Journal Entry
213
7.6.3 Check Migration of Accounting Documents to Universal Journal Entry
214
7.6.4 Display Status of Accounting Document Migration Check
216
7.6.5 Migrate General Ledger Allocations
217
7.7 Migration of Balances
219
7.7.1 Migrate Balances
219
7.7.2 Display Status of Migration of Balances
220
7.7.3 Check Migration of Balances
221
7.7.4 Display Status of Migration of Balances Check
222
7.8 Calculation of Depreciation and Totals Values
226
7.8.1 Calculate Initial Depreciation Values
227
7.8.2 Display Status of Calculate Initial Depreciation Values
228
7.8.3 Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values
229
7.8.4 Display Status of Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values
229
7.9 Migration of House Bank Accounts
232
7.10 Completing the Migration
233
7.10.1 Reconcile and Compare Migrated Data
234
7.10.2 Set Migration to Completed
235
7.11 Migration with Near Zero Downtime
235
7.11.1 Overview of Near Zero Downtime
236
7.11.2 Restrictions on Business
237
7.11.3 Activities on the Clone System
237
7.11.4 Delta Migration
237
7.12 Summary
239
8 Post-Migration Activities
241
8.1 Run Reconciliation Reports to Check Data Consistency
242
8.2 Validate Business Process to Ensure Successful Migration
242
8.3 Transfer Application Indexes
243
8.4 Display Status of Application Indexes Transfer
244
8.5 Fill Due Dates in SAP ERP Financials Documents
244
8.6 Display Status of Due Dates into SAP ERP Financials Documents
245
8.7 Fill the Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials Documents
246
8.8 Display Status of Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials Documents
247
8.9 Summary
248
9 Post-Migration Testing
249
9.1 Test SAP HANA-Optimized Report Transactions
250
9.2 Test Multidimensional Reporting Capability
250
9.3 Test Database Footprint Reduction
251
9.4 Test Intercompany Reconciliation
252
9.5 Test the New Process Redesign
252
9.6 Test Closing Improvement
253
9.7 Test the Universal Journal
253
9.8 Execute Change Management
254
9.9 Summary
255
II New Functionality in SAP S/4HANA Finance
257
10 SAP Cash Management
259
10.1 Validate Prerequisites
261
10.2 Setup Bank Account Master Data
262
10.2.1 Banks and House Banks
262
10.2.2 Migrate House Bank Accounts
264
10.2.3 Upload and Download Bank Accounts
265
10.3 Define the Payment Approval Process
266
10.3.1 Basic Setting for Approval
267
10.3.2 Rule Maintenance
268
10.3.3 Additional Criteria for Payment Grouping
269
10.3.4 Mark Rules for Automatic Payment
270
10.3.5 Specify the Signature Method for Approval Using a Simple Signature
271
10.3.6 Enable Signatory Control
272
10.3.7 Specify Settings for the Bank Statement Monitor
273
10.4 Enable SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management
274
10.4.1 Maintain Event Type Linkage
274
10.4.2 Define and Maintain Organizational Hierarchy
276
10.4.3 Define Responsibilities and Assign Users
276
10.4.4 Create Custom-Defined Workflows
281
10.4.5 Predefined Workflows
281
10.5 Create Cash Pools for Cash Concentration
285
10.5.1 Define Clearing Accounts for the Receiving Bank for Account Transfers
286
10.5.2 Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country Bank Account Transfers
287
10.5.3 Define Account Determination
288
10.5.4 Check Account Determination
288
10.6 Manage Cash Operations
289
10.6.1 Define and Assign Flow Types
290
10.6.2 Define Liquidity Items and Hierarchies
300
10.6.3 Define Planning Levels and Groups
304
10.7 Load Data to One Exposure from Operations
308
10.7.1 Integration with Source Applications
308
10.7.2 Integration with Remote Systems
309
10.8 Set Up Cash Management Transaction Data
310
10.8.1 Activate Individual Source Applications
311
10.8.2 Activate Multiple Source Applications
312
10.8.3 Rebuild Planning Levels, Groups, and Dates in Accounting Documents
313
10.8.4 Insert House Bank and House Bank Account Data to Accounting Documents
314
10.8.5 Rebuild Liquidity Items in Accounting Documents
315
10.8.6 Rebuild Flow Types in Accounting Documents
316
10.8.7 Load Transaction Data into One Exposure from Operations Hub
316
10.9 Set Up SAP Liquidity Management
318
10.9.1 Install and Configure SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Content
318
10.9.2 Activate SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Content
320
10.9.3 Install Template for Cash Flow Analysis
321
10.9.4 Generate a Planning View
323
10.9.5 Activate SAP BPC Content
324
10.9.6 Install SAP BPC Content
324
10.10 Set Up Liquidity Planning
327
10.10.1 Specify an SAP BPC Configuration Set
327
10.10.2 Create Planning Units
328
10.10.3 Activate Planning Unit Hierarchy
328
10.10.4 Currency Conversion Rules
330
10.10.5 Reference Data Sources
331
10.10.6 Exclude Liquidity Items Representing Balance Values
331
10.10.7 Liquidity Planning Types
331
10.11 Summary
332
11 SAP BPC for S/4HANA Finance
333
11.1 Planning Overview and Activation
334
11.1.1 Business Benefits
334
11.1.2 Applications Used by Planning
337
11.1.3 Activate Business Functions for Planning
338
11.2 Architecture
338
11.2.1 Planning Accelerators
339
11.2.2 Data Flow Architecture
340
11.3 Authorizations
341
11.4 Activate Embedded SAP Business Warehouse
345
11.4.1 Choose SAP Business Warehouse Client
345
11.4.2 Check SAP Business Warehouse Client Setting
345
11.4.3 Set the SAP Business Warehouse Client
347
11.4.4 Assign the Logical System Client
348
11.4.5 Set SAP Business Warehouse Namespaces to Changeable
351
11.4.6 Install the Technical SAP Business Warehouse Content
352
11.4.7 Check Installation Status and Resolve Errors
353
11.4.8 Check Planning Content Activation
355
11.5 Activate the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Content Bundle
356
11.5.1 Activate the DataSources
357
11.5.2 Activate the Content Bundle
358
11.6 Test the SAP Business Warehouse Installation
363
11.6.1 Set the User Parameter
364
11.6.2 Test the Planning Query Installation
364
11.7 Activate Services and Test Planning Applications
366
11.7.1 Check General Settings for Web Dynpro
367
11.7.2 Run Report RSICF_SERVICE_ACTIVATION
367
11.7.3 Activate Services for the Planning Applications
368
11.7.4 Test the New Planning Application
369
11.8 Planning Modeler
371
11.9 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office
373
11.10 Summary
378
12 SAP Fiori Applications
379
12.1 SAP Fiori Project Phases
380
12.2 Architecture
381
12.3 Configure SAP Fiori
383
12.4 Install SAP Fiori Apps
386
12.4.1 Transaction and Fact Sheet Apps
386
12.4.2 Analytical Apps
387
12.5 SAP Fiori Launchpad
387
12.5.1 Frontend User Screen
388
12.5.2 Backend Configuration Screen
390
12.5.3 SAP Smart Business Key Performance Indicators
392
12.6 SAP Fiori Application and Roles
394
12.6.1 General Ledger Accountant
394
12.6.2 Accounts Payable Accountant
397
12.6.3 Accounts Receivable Accountant
399
12.6.4 Controller
401
12.6.5 Cash Manager
405
12.6.6 Cost Manager
408
12.7 SAP Smart Business Application and Roles
409
12.7.1 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Payable
409
12.7.2 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Receivable
411
12.7.3 SAP Smart Business for Chief Financial Officers
412
12.7.4 SAP Smart Business for SAP Cash Management
413
12.8 Summary
414
III Impact of SAP S/4HANA Finance
415
13 Impact on SAP General Ledger Accounting and Related Areas
417
13.1 Architectural Impact
417
13.2 Functionality Impact
424
13.3 Configuration Impact
426
13.3.1 Copy Company Code
426
13.3.2 Consistency Check
427
13.3.3 Document Summarization
427
13.3.4 Universal Journal Entry Organization
427
13.3.5 Ledger Configuration
428
13.3.6 Document Types and Numbering
431
13.3.7 Document Posting
431
13.3.8 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling
432
13.3.9 Define Ledger for the Controlling Version
434
13.4 Customer and Vendor Master Data
434
13.5 Credit Management Impact
435
13.6 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance
436
13.7 Summary
437
14 Impact on New Asset Accounting
439
14.1 Architectural Impact
439
14.2 Functionality Impact
440
14.2.1 General Functionality Changes
440
14.2.2 Changes in Transaction Codes
445
14.2.3 Table Changes
446
14.3 Configuration Impact
447
14.3.1 Define How Depreciation Areas Post to the SAP General Ledger
447
14.3.2 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values
447
14.3.3 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms
448
14.3.4 Activate New Asset Accounting
449
14.3.5 Technical Clearing Account for Integrated Asset Acquisition
449
14.4 Closing Process Impact
450
14.5 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance
451
14.6 Summary
451
15 Impact on Controlling
453
15.1 Functionality Impact
453
15.1.1 Cost Elements
454
15.1.2 Allocations
454
15.1.3 Currencies
455
15.1.4 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling
456
15.1.5 Document Numbers in Controlling
456
15.1.6 SAP Material Ledger
457
15.1.7 Transfer Pricing
459
15.1.8 General Cost Objects and Cost Object Hierarchies
459
15.1.9 Changes in Transaction Codes
460
15.2 Configuration Impact
461
15.2.1 Integration of Controlling with SAP ERP Financials
461
15.2.2 Cost Element as an SAP General Ledger Account
462
15.2.3 Ledger for Controlling
463
15.2.4 Rule for Posting in Controlling
463
15.2.5 Ledger View in Customizing
464
15.2.6 SAP General Ledger Planning
465
15.2.7 Cash Journal View
465
15.2.8 Report Hierarchies Added
466
15.2.9 Reference and Simulation Costing View
467
15.2.10 Assign Currencies to SAP Material Ledger
468
15.2.11 Assign SAP Material Ledger Type to Valuation Area
468
15.2.12 Cost of Goods Sold Posting
469
15.3 Summary
469
16 Impact on Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
471
16.1 Architectural Impact
471
16.2 Functionality Impact
473
16.3 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance
476
16.4 Web Dynpro Reports
476
16.5 Summary
477
17 Impact on Profitability Analysis
479
17.1 Architectural Impact
480
17.2 Functionality Impact
481
17.3 Configuration Impact
482
17.3.1 Define Profitability Segment Characteristics
482
17.3.2 SAP HANA Integration
483
17.3.3 Segment-Level Characteristics for Distributed Profitability Analysis
484
17.4 Summary
484
18 Impact on Period-End Closing
485
18.1 Architectural Impact
485
18.2 Functionality Impact
486
18.3 Security Impact
488
18.4 SAP HANA Views
489
18.5 Summary
490
19 Impact on SAP Cash Management and Bank Account Management
491
19.1 Introduction of SAP Business Client
491
19.2 Functionality Impact
493
19.3 Security Impact
495
19.4 Configuration Impact
496
19.5 Summary
497
Appendices
499
A Project Plan for Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance
499
B The Author
525
Index
527