Question { 8335 }

what is the relation between fi & co and ho the accounting
flow takes place?

Answer

FI contains 4 components that is GL, AP, AR and AA where we post the documents to know the financial status of our Business where as CO Contains 6 components that is CEA, CCA, OM, EC-PCA, PC and PA. FI can be done without using CO, whereas CO need information from FI to take appropriate decisions related to Cost Controlling.

Question { 4938 }

how many normal and special periods will be there in fiscal
year why do u use special periods.

Answer

1 month is treated as 1 Posting Period and so we have 12 Posting Periods i.,e, Normal periods, There are 4 other Posting Periods in SAP system i.,e, Special periods...Special Periods are used for the situation where you have some transactions to be posted even after all the 12 posting periods are closed. SAP system does not allow you to open the posting periods ( 1 - 12 )once 12th posting period is closed. So, special periods are required if there are any pending transactions even after 12th posting period. 
1st Special Period is treated as 13th Posting Period
2nd Special Period = 14th Posting Period
3rd S P            = 15th P P
4th S P            = 16th P P.....
1st SP is used by the employees / end users for pending transactions.
2nd SP is used by Auditors
3rd SP is used for pending invoices after Auditing that is by Directors
4th SP is used Judicial transactions / Pending Disputes that is Legal Transactions (like ESI, PF, etc).

Question { 3789 }

where do you open and close periods.

Answer

and MMPV in Materials Management

Question { 7522 }

what is the use of special g/l accounts

Answer

the special GL accounts in sap are used for customer and vendor advance payments settlement. They are called Special GL A/C because when we post any document related to Customer Account it will hit your Accounts Receivables Account where Reconciliation Mechanism is applied.

Question { Infosys, 5126 }

while doing sap implementaion what is the role of a SAP FI
consultant and how to make sure that the configuration is
going well...?

Answer

The role of FICO consultant is to Configuration and Customization according to the requirement of the client company ( requirements will be provided at the time of BBP - Business Blue Print Phase - i.,e, to-be Document at the time of Project Implementation). To make sure the Configuration is going well - Eg: If we are done with the Configuration of APP - Automatic Payment Program in T-Code FBZP, we will have to Post document by using T-Code F110 (APP run) and check whether the posting is done according to the data / details provided in the T-Code FBZP, while configuration.