Chapter 1

Overview of the FI Module

• The SAP Financial Accounting (FI) module provides
integrated, on-line, real-time functionality for processing,
recording and maintaining the financial accounting
transactions of the business for external reporting
purposes.

• Chapter Objectives
– Provide a general overview of the Financial Accounting
module and its sub- modules.
– Highlight the various integration points among the
FinanciaI Accounting sub-modules and other
SAP modules.

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 SAP R/3 Applications

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 Sub-Modules of FI

• General Ledger

• Accounts Receivable

• Accounts Payable

• Fixed Assets (Asset Accounting)

• Legal Consolidation

• Special Purpose Ledger

• Funds Management

• Travel Management

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 General Ledger (FI-GL)

• Integrated with other application modules and FI sub-

modules

• Financial Data Entry

• User-defined balance sheet / profit and loss statement

versions

• Multiple Currencies

• Flexible Report Generator

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 Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
• Real-time integration with the General Ledger

• Integration with Sales and Distribution (SD) and Materials

Management (MM) as a part of the Sales Cycle

• Integration with Treasury

• Credit Management

• Incoming Payment Processing

• Automatic Dunning Function

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 Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
• Real-time integration with General Ledger

• Integration with Materials Management as a part of the

Procurement Cycle

• Integration with Treasury

• Outgoing Payment Program

• Vendor Correspondence

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 Fixed Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

• Real-time integration with the General Ledger.

• Batch processing and posting of depreciation expense,

interest and replacement values.

• Integration with:
– Material Management (MM)
– Production Planning (PP)
– Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
– Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
– Cost Accounting (CO)
– Plant Maintenance (PM)

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 Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL)

• Provides summary information from multiple SAP

applications at a user defined level

• Flexible Reporting Tool

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 Treasury

TR
TR

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 SAP and Integration

Technical

Logistics Accounting

Information Flow

Integration

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 Benefits of Integration

• Timely access to common information

• Flexible and adaptable to growth

• Elimination of duplicate entries

• Increased visibility of business results across functional

boundaries

• Minimization of system interfaces and maintenance

requirements while maintaining portability

• Immediate reflection of financial impacts

• Capture of decisions at the source for better control

and accuracy.

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 Overview of the FI Module -
Chapter Summary
• Key Terms:
– SAP Financial Accounting Module
– FI-GL
– FI-AR
– FI-AP
– FI- AA
– FI-LC
– FI-SL
– FI-FM
– TR-CM
– Integration

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 Overview of the FI Module
-Chapter Summary
• Key Terms:
– SAP Financial Accounting Module
– FI-GL
– FI-AR
– FI-AP
– FI- AA
– FI-LC
– FI-SL
– FI-FM
– TR-CM
– Integration

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