Configuring Financial Accounting in SAP Erp

3rd Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4932-1722-9
Verlag: Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 916 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1464 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

This is your comprehensive guide to configuring Financial Accounting in SAP ERP! Brush up on the old standbys—Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, SAP General Ledger, and Asset Accounting—and then dive in to Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, Consolidation, Lease Accounting, Travel Management, SAP Fiori, and much more. You’ll learn to set up your enterprise structure, use maintenance tools, and ensure your implementation works for your unique business.


SAP General Ledger accounting (SAP G/L)
Accounts Payable (FI-A/P)
Accounts Receivable (FI-A/R)
Bank Accounting (FI-BL)
Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Travel Management (FI-LA)
Contracts Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA)
Consolidation
SAP Fiori
Case studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Veeriah, Narayanan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

. Acknowledgments. 25

. Preface. 27

. Structure and Content. 27

1. Financial Accounting in SAP ERP Financials. 31

1.1. SAP ERP 6.0. 31

1.2. SAP ERP Financials. 37

1.3. Financial Accounting. 39

1.4. Summary. 45

2. Customizing SAP. 47

2.1. The Implementation Guide. 48

2.2. Creating a Customizing Project. 53

2.3. Alternative Method to Customizing through IMG. 59

2.4. Summary. 59

3. Enterprise Structure. 61

3.1. Organizational Units in Financial Accounting. 62

3.2. Localize Sample Organizational Units. 63

3.3. Define Company. 67

3.4. Define Company Code. 70

3.5. Define Credit Control Area. 79

3.6. Define Business Area. 87

3.7. Define Segments. 91

3.8. Define Financial Management Area. 93

3.9. Define Functional Area. 98

3.10. Define Controlling Area. 100

3.11. Define Profit Centers. 106

3.12. Summary. 112

4. Global Settings: Company Code Global Parameters. 113

4.1. Activate SAP General Ledger Accounting. 113

4.2. Fiscal Year and Posting Periods. 115

4.3. Settings for Standard Fields. 130

4.4. Settings for Customer Fields. 135

4.5. Field Status. 143

4.6. Ledgers for SAP General Ledger Accounting. 148

4.7. Parallel Accounting. 160

4.8. Real-Time Integration of Controlling with Financial Accounting. 164

4.9. Chart of Accounts. 168

4.10. Enter Company Code Global Parameters. 172

4.11. Summary. 179

5. Global Settings: Documents. 181

5.1. Document Components. 182

5.2. Document Types. 186

5.3. Document Numbering. 192

5.4. Document Change Rules. 199

5.5. Posting Keys. 201

5.6. Tolerance Groups. 203

5.7. Define Texts for Line Items. 209

5.8. Default Values. 211

5.9. Document Parking. 214

5.10. Validation and Substitution in Accounting Documents. 216

5.11. Account Document Archiving. 221

5.12. Summary. 224

6. Global Settings: Tax, Inflation Accounting, and Correspondence. 225

6.1. Tax on Sales and Purchases. 226

6.2. Withholding Tax. 251

6.3. Inflation Accounting. 284

6.4. Correspondence. 290

6.5. Integration with SAP Shared Services Framework. 294

6.6. Summary. 298

7. SAP General Ledger Accounting. 301

7.1. SAP General Ledger Architecture. 302

7.2. New Features in SAP General Ledger. 304

7.3. SAP General Ledger Account Master Data. 316

7.4. Business Transactions. 341

7.5. Periodic Processing. 395

7.6. Reorganization. 407

7.7. Preparation for Productive Start. 412

7.8. Tools. 421

7.9. DataSources in SAP G/L Accounting. 422

7.10. Reporting. 424

7.11. Summary. 426

8. Accounts Payable. 429

8.1. Vendor Master Data. 430

8.2. Business Transactions. 441

8.3. Outgoing Payments. 454

8.4. Reporting. 489

8.5. Summary. 491

9. Accounts Receivable. 493

9.1. Customer Account Master Data. 494

9.2. Business Transactions. 506

9.3. Credit Management. 522

9.4. Interest Calculation. 532

9.5. Dunning. 536

9.6. Document Reconciliation. 554

9.7. Closing Operations for FI-A/R and FI-A/P. 561

9.8. Analytics for Accounts Receivable. 573

9.9. Reporting. 578

9.10. Summary. 578

10. Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable. 581

10.1. Organizational Units. 582

10.2. Basic Functions. 586

10.3. Business Transactions. 599

10.4. Integration. 607

10.5. Information System. 611

10.6. Summary. 611

11. Bank Accounting. 613

11.1. Bank Master Data. 613

11.2. Bank Chains. 623

11.3. Business Transactions. 627

11.4. Summary. 643

12. Asset Accounting. 645

12.1. Organization Structures. 646

12.2. Structuring Fixed Assets in Asset Accounting. 654

12.3. Asset Classes. 657

12.4. Valuation. 667

12.5. Integrating Asset Accounting with SAP General Ledger. 680

12.6. Depreciation. 692

12.7. Special Valuation. 702

12.8. Master Data: Screen Layout. 706

12.9. Transactions. 711

12.10. Legacy Asset Data Transfer. 716

12.11. Preparing for Production Startup. 727

12.12. Processing for Leased Assets. 733

12.13. Processing for Closing. 735

12.14. Customer Enhancements in Asset Accounting. 741

12.15. Information System. 742

12.16. Summary. 747

13. Consolidation Preparation. 749

13.1. General Specifications. 750

13.2. Company Consolidation. 759

13.3. Summary. 762

14. Lease Accounting. 763

14.1. Lease Accounting Engine. 764

14.2. Basic Settings. 766

14.3. Value Determination. 770

14.4. Complete Mandatory Settings in Customizing. 776

14.5. Reports. 777

14.6. Summary. 778

15. Travel Management. 779

15.1. Travel Management Process Flow. 780

15.2. Set Up Travel Management. 782

15.3. Set Up Trip Number Ranges. 784

15.4. Travel Request. 786

15.5. Travel Planning. 790

15.6. Travel Expenses. 807

15.7. Employee Self-Service. 817

15.8. Manager Self-Service. 819

15.9. Mobile Travel Expenses. 820

15.10. Integration of Travel Planning and Travel Expenses. 821

15.11. Integration of Travel Management and Payroll. 822

15.12. Workflow Scenarios in FI-TV. 823

15.13. Reports. 825

15.14. Summary. 826

16. SAP Upgrade and Migration. 829

16.1. SAP Upgrade. 829

16.2. Upgrade Tools. 834

16.3. Upgrade Process. 843

16.4. Best Practices. 850

16.5. Pitfalls and Issues. 851

16.6. Migration. 852

16.7. Summary. 853

17. SAP Fiori. 855

17.1. SAP Fiori 2.0. 856

17.2. Types of SAP Fiori Apps. 857

17.3. SAP Fiori for Smartphone/Tablet. 861

17.4. SAP Fiori Launchpad. 861

17.5. SAP Fiori Apps. 864

17.6. SAP Screen Personas. 868

17.7. Summary. 871

18. Maintenance Tools. 873

18.1. Factory Calendar. 873

18.2. Schedule Manager. 878

18.3. Closing Cockpit. 884

18.4. Conclusion. 891

. The Author. 893

. Index. 895

Über Autor(innen)

Veeriah, Narayanan
Narayanan Veeriah is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and a PMI-certified project management professional (PMP) with about 30 years of work experience in finance and information technology, including more than 15 years of SAP experience. An SAP FI/CO consultant, he is currently a senior leader for SAP in a multinational IT consulting company and is based in India.

A professional in the field of banking and finance and a thought leader in project management, Narayanan is an expert in finance with core competencies in retail banking and credit management. He has worked with several multinational clients and helped them to implement, upgrade, roll out, and support SAP (versions 3.1H to SAP ERP 6.0) in retail, automotive, pharmaceuticals, multimedia, electronics, transportation, and manufacturing industries.

Narayanan has authored several books on SAP Finance and Controlling. He is also a guest faculty member for several management institutions in India for finance, ERP, SAP, and project management. You can reach Narayanan at [e-mail].