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Extended data structure in standard delivery further
extendible customer fields.
Document splitting enables final accounts creation for more
dimensions including new dimension SEGMENT.
Real-time reconciliation between FI and CO renders
reconciliation process obsolete.
Additional ledgers within GL accounting makes parallel
accounting in GL accounting.
Accelerated closing.
Minimal change to end-user experience.
Existing customer installations need not upgrade.
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Classic FI (legal reporting)
Reconciliation Ledger (CO)
EC-PCA (management and
segmental reporting)
Special Purpose Ledger
(additional dimensional reporting)
Cost of Sales Ledger
New
General
Ledger
Existing SAP customers can use T Code
FAGL_ACTIVATION to activate.
Old totals table GLT0 is deactivated and is new table
FAGLFLEXT is activated which updates more entities.
New Customizing nodes are added in addition to some
changes to Easy access menu.
Some old T Codes also become non-operative.
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There is only one leading ledger (0L).
It uses Fiscal Year assigned to Co Code.
It uses Posting Period variant assigned to Co
Code.
There are 2 additional local currencies
available.
Anything posted to leading ledger is also
posted to CO.
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For each Leading Non-ledger for each Co Code you can
define:
Up to a Maximum of 3 local currencies
A Fiscal Year Variant
A Posting Period Variant
Additional Custom fields to be included
Scenarios to be assigned
Planning versions activated
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Scenarios define which fields get updated from posting
from other SAP components and become available in
GL view.
Cost Centre
Consolidation
Business Area
Profit Centre
Segmentation
Cost-of-sales Accounting
Above 6 scenarios are pre-delivered and cannot be
added to.
Implementations can choose to activate.
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Active Split
System splits document online using pre-delivered or custom-
created splitting rules.
Passive Split
During the clearing process assignments from
Zero Balancing
Balances both document and characteristic level.
Zero-balance indicator setting is optional and document
splitting can be activated without zero-balancing too.
Note: Once activated at client-level document splitting can be
deactivate for specific Co Codes.
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Expense 100
Expense 100
Tax 20
To Vendor 220
Document Entered
Splitting
Method
e.g.
0000000012
Item Category 20000 (Expenses)
Item Category 0100 (VAT)
Item Category 03000 (Vendor)
Client-level configuration
Business
Transaction
Variant
e.g. Vendor Inv
0300-0001
Doc
Type
Item Cat
03000
Item Cat
0100
Base Cat
200000
Base Cat
200000
Expense 100
Tax 10
To Vendor 110
Expense 100
Tax 10
To Vendor 110
Document
in
GL View
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Dr Bank SegA 10,000
To Cash SegB 10,000
Document Entered
Dr Bank SegA 10,000
To Int SegClgSegA 10,000
Dr Int SegClgSegB 10,000
To Cash SegB 10,000
Document in GL View
Auto-generated lines
For zero-balancing
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AR: Revenue Assignments => Customer => Payments
(sub-ledger displays still show one line)
AA: For scenario assignments you have to activate the relevant account
assignment type in Asset Accounting.
For procurements Asset Assignments => Customer => Payments
In past subsequent cash discount against asset could be adjusted only by
running SAPF181. In new GL the subsequent discount availed reflects in
asset register immediately.
CO: Controlling adjustments across objects are immediately reflected in
FI eliminating need for reconciliation process.
T Code FAGLCOFITRACEADMIN can be used to monitor operation of CO-
FI integration.
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Balance Sheet adjustment program (SAPF180)
eliminated.
Profit & Loss adjustment program (SAPF181)
eliminated.
Process of transferring values to PCA eliminated.
T Code KALC (Reconciliation Ledger) eliminated.
T Code FAGL_FC_VALUATION now requires Valuation
Area entry shifting Valuation Method to configuration
disabling directly entering Valuation Method during
run-time.
Valuation differences get posted to objects that
incurred them in real-time when running revaluation.
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Unless indicator set, reports do not read from classic
table GLT0.
New Final Accounts report (RFBILA00) you can select
the ledger and dimensions to run reports.
New RFBILA00 is a drilldown report.
New Transaction FGI0
New T Code FAGLL03 (GL Line item display) can now
be started with Entry or GL view options. The report
also have Ledger selection options.
Sub-ledger line item display reports in classic as well
as drilldown formats.
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