Question { HP, 31820 }

what are the steps require in fi-sd integration

Answer

Hi,
FI-SD Integration: The integration is done in T-code VKOA

1. Sales Order Created

---No Entry---

2. PGI done (Goods issue)

Cost of Goods Sold Dr (Configured in OBYC GBB- T-Key)
To Inventory Account

3. Billing document released to Accounting

Customer Account Dr.
To Sales Revenue Account (ERL T-key in Pricing
procedure)

Note : The GL account is assigned to this ERL in VKOA

4. Payment Received

Bank Clearing A/c Dr
Customer A/c Cr.

Points to Know : Good to understand the pricing procedure
and how the different transaction keys are used like ERL,
ERS etc.

Thank you.

Question { IBM, 32549 }

give some tickets on sap fi/co module?

Answer

Hi,
Here is one of the issue that occurred and I hope you bring
a better solution for this.

I need to change the fiscal year variant from V9 (Oct-Sept)
to K4 (Jan - Dec). I understand creating a short period for
fiscal year variant K4 this could be solved, but the problem
is that my Controlling Area, assigned to several company
codes (which should keep V9 fiscal year) variant, has fiscal
year variant V9 as well. I wonder if is there any way to
have a company code with fiscal year K4 and assign it to a
Controlling Area with different fiscal year variant, is
there any alternative fiscal year variant? Or what do you
suggest?

Thanks in advance.

Question { IBM, 12238 }

What is FI/CO Consolidation and give me the customization
settings for Fi Consolidation?

Answer

Hi,
Company is an organizational unit which is generally used
in the legal consolidation to roll up financial statements
of several company codes. A company can include one or more
company codes. If we are going for Consolidation , we need
to enter the 6 character alphanumeric company identifier
that relates to this company code.

Company Codes within a Company must use the same chart of
accounts and fiscal year. And for consolidation purpose we
use Group Chart of Accounts wherein we link the Operating
Chart Of Accounts through entering the G/L account no. of
the Group Chart Of Accounts in the G/L Account of the
Operating Chart Of Accounts.

I just want to share my knowledge, Thank you.

Question { CTS, 6639 }

how do you communicate with abapers?

Answer

Hi,
Whenever Developers or Functional Consultants need to
generate reports without doing any Abap coding in quick span
of time, We take the help of Abap Queries. Sometimes, we
require data to test out program. In such cases, we have to
get records from different tables that satisfy our
requirements, say, requirement which needs invoices whose
value is greater than 1000 and order reason free of charge
sample (105).
The whole process comprises of three steps.
1) Creation of user group
2) Creation of infoset
3) Creation of queries
The transaction codes associated with Abap query are
• SQ01 – ABAP QUERY
• SQ02 – INFOSET
• SQ03 – USER GROUP

Thank you.

Question { Accenture, 9363 }

what is BEX Analyser and what is it used for in FICO module?

Answer

Hi,
The BEx Web Analyzer, a standalone, user-friendly Web
application for data analysis, offers improved navigation
options.

The following new functions are available in the BEx Web
Analyzer.

● You can use Drag & Drop to work within the navigation
area or between the navigation area and table.

● A filter area is available in which you can set
filters easily.

● Using the settings area, you can make a number of
settings to change the display of your data.

● You can also save query views that are based on
external, multi dimensionally stored data in the BEx Web
Analyzer. These query views can then be used as a data
provider in Web applications.

● Note the following changed functions in the BEx Web
Analyzer.

● It is no longer possible to create new queries with
the BEx Web Analyzer.
New Functional Features
● Functions of BI Integrated Planning can be called in
the BEx Analyzer.

● Excel-based application designs are also available; to
create planning applications, for example.

● The integration of Microsoft Excel formatting has also
been improved.

● Note that the new functions for the BEx Analyzer are
only available for the BEx Analyzer for SAP NetWeaver 2004s.

● Note that GIS functions are only available with the
BEx Web (BEx Web Application Designer).

● Note that some of the BEx Query Designer functions
from Release SAP NetWeaver 2004s and some of the BEx Web
functions from SAP NetWeaver 2004s (such as functions from
the exceptions and conditions areas) are not available with
the BEx Analyzer in SAP NetWeaver 2004s.

BEx Analyzer’s functionality is divided into two modes, each
with a dedicated toolbar and menu path:

● Analysis mode – for executing OLAP analyses on queries

● Design mode – for designing the interface for query
applications

Analysis Mode
Working in analysis mode, you can accomplish the following
types of tasks:

● Launch the BEx Query Designer in order to define queries

● Analyze selected InfoProvider data by navigating
interactively within these queries

● Navigate and analyze via the context menu or via drag
and drop

● Perform OLAP functionality such as filtering,
drilling, and sorting

● Perform planning functionality

● Precalculate and distribute workbooks with the BEx
Broadcaster

● For advanced programming capabilities, embed your own
customized VBA programs (Visual Basic for Applications)

● Save workbooks in your favorites or in your role on
the server, or locally on your computer

You access analysis mode functionality with its dedicated
analysis toolbar or via the BEx Analyzer menu.

Thank you.

Question { 21931 }

what is a Functional Spec?What updates do SAP FICO
consultant do in Functional Spec?

Answer

Hi,
The Functional Specification describes the features of the
desired functionality.. It describes the product's features
as seen by the stake holders,and contains the technical
information and the data needed for the design and
development.

The Functional Specification defines what the functionality
will be of a particulate area that is to be precise a
transaction in SAP terminology.

The Functional Specification document to create a detailed
design document that explains in detail how the software
will be designed and developed.

The functional specification translates the Software
Requirements template into a technical description which

a) Ensures that the product feature requirements are
correctly understood before moving into the next step, that
is technical development process.

b) Clearly and unambiguously provides all the information
necessary for the technical consultants to develop the objects.

At the consultant level the functional spects are prepared
by functional consultants on any functionality for the
purpose of getting the same functionality designed by the
technical people as most of the times the functionalities
according to the requirements of the clients are not
available on ready made basis.

A functional consultant evaluates the demands in talking
with the customer's representatives, transforms the essence
into an abstract and algorithmic business . Hence, he
identifies the use cases and transforms them into logical
and technical views.

Then the main task starts: customizing the respective
business area and making sure the system reacts in the
manner according to the constraints of the requested use case.

The consultant documents the settings and prepares proper
guidelines that allow other consultants to do further
changes or repairs with due efforts.

The consultant takes care that proper training is given to
the users and that the system is usable, performing
appropriately and the business flow is complete and correct.

During go live he assists the technical staff by testing the
behavior of the system.

After go live he guarantees that the procedures remain
usable and consistent in real live situation and proposes
enhancements.

The main duty of a consultant is to transfer external
know-how to the client. It is not manpower that counts but
intelligence, understanding of processes, a feeling for
defects and general a common sense.

Thank You.

Question { HCL, 7177 }

Could you please tell me the detailed steps for LSMW?

Answer

Hi,
LSMW Steps For Data Migration
How to develop a lsmw for data migration for va01 or xk01
transaction?
You can create lsmw for data migration as follows (using
session method):
Example for xk01 (create vendor)
Initially there will be 20 steps but after processing 1 step
it will reduced to 14 for session method.
1. TCode : LSMW.
2. Enter Project name, sub project name and object name.
Execute.
3. Maintain object attributes.
Execute
select Batch Input recording
goto->Recording overview
create
recording name.
enter transaction code.
start recording
do recording as per ur choice.
save + back.
enter recording name in lsmw screen.
save + back
Now there will be 14 steps.
2. MAINTAIN SOURCE STRUCTURES.
Here you have to enter the name of internal table.
display change
create
save + back
3. MAINTAIN SOURCE FIELDS.
display change
select structure
source_fields->copy fields.
a dialogue window will come .
select -> from data file
apply source fields
enter No. of fields
length of fields
attach file
save + back
4. MAINTAIN STRUCTURE RELATIONS
display change
save + back
5. MAINTAN FIELD MAPPING & CONVERSION RULE
display change
click on source field, select exact field from structue
and enter
repeat these steps for all fields.
save+back
6. MAINTAIN FIXED VALUES, TRANSACTION, USER DEFINED
execute
save + back
7. SPECIFY FILES.
display change
click on legacy data
attah flat file
give description
select tabulatore
enter
save + back
8. ASSIGN FILE
execute
display change
save + back
9. IMPORT DATA.
execute
display change
save + back
10. DISPLAY IMPORTED DATA
enter ok, it willl show records only.
back
11. CONVERT DATA
execute
display change
save + back
12. DISPLAY CONVERTED DATA
execute
display change
save + back
13. CREATE BATCH INPUT SESSION
tick keep batch input folder
F8
back
14. RUN BATCH INPUT SESSION.
sm35 will come
Object name will be shown here
select object & process
Regards

Question { 9297 }

what is statistical and real? What is Statistical Key Figure?

Answer

Hi,
Real (time) posting in CO is transfer of Primary costs
directly from the other components of R/3 such as FI, FI-AA,
MM, PP, PS. This is achieved by entering a CO object (such
as cost center or internal order) during account assignment.

The statistical posting can be defined as transfer of entry
wherever the CO object is not directly assigned but derives
the entries thru a real (time) posting to other CO objects
or in any other R/3 components. Statistical posting is
pre-dominantly used in PCA. Statistical Posting is for the
sake of information only.

Question { 10309 }

I want some support problems in fi/co
module(AR,AP,controlling area)

Answer

Hi,
Could you please solve this issue i.e. Miro not populating
Withholding tax Tab/ Nor updating Challans.
I am able to get TDS challans posted by J1inchln for Invoice
postings done by Fb60 Transactions , However for the same
vendor when I do Invoice postings through MIRO transactions
I get mesage that " No unpaid tax lines exist for the given
selection criteria"

Detailed look of error says under System Response that " For
withholding tax recovered from the vendor, tax line is
present in table BSIS, but the corresponding entry is
missing in table WITH_ITEM , which is necessary for challan
updation"

Also observed after posting that the accounting doc of MIRO
has Business place & Section code present & shows Posting to
Withholding tax accounts

But the MIRO invoice tab for Withholding tax shows With/tax
Base & With/tax amount as blank. Could You please advise why
this happens.
How this could be avoided?

What is the solution for this MIRO not getting Witholding tax?
my MIRO not picking EWT was resolved by applying of SAP Note
Note 956834 - Section code is not getting updated for the
MIRO documents.
I shall appreciate your response.

Question { TCS, 15223 }

field status group are configured at 4 level which are they

Answer

Hi,
Field Status Group is mandatory field in G/L Creation. You
use this field to define which fields are displayed when you
post business transactions to a G/L account.
A field may have one of the following statuses.
- Suppressed
- Display
- Optional
- Required

Question { 4823 }

some tickets?Issues

Answer

Hi,
Here is one of issue that occurred and I hope you bring a
better solution.


For our financial, we have configured a 12 period fiscal
calendar which runs from October to September. We also have
configured a 52 week calendar which we use for some of our
reporting. This year, we have 53 weeks, which we resolved by
making week 52 = 14 days instead of 7. Our users are not
happy with this solution. If I have to make this variant a
53 week year, then I have to go back and change all the
previous years to be a shortened fiscal year.
Is there any other way around this?

Thanks in advance.

Question { IBM, 5631 }

open&closing periods in sd?

Answer

Hi,
Maybe your system installed in back date so check actual
movement date. in T-Code MB1C What actual movement date you
used for PG Received into your plant.

Secondly, for assigning a posting period do the following
T-Code OB52

("please check your Company Code is assign to which Varriant
T-code OBBP")

Customizing => Financial Accounting => Financial Global
Setting => Document => Posting Period => Open and Close
Posting Period, and Update your Posting Period as you desire
=> Open and Close Posting Period, and Update your Posting
Period as you desire.
Thank you.

Question { 10645 }

How do you configure credit card payment processes

Answer

Hi,
Payment card data is transferred to the Financial Accounting
(FI) application component from the Sales and Distribution
(SD) application component or from the SAP Retail industry
solution via interfaces.

Payment card data is not entered or changed in the
accounting document. When data is transferred from Sales and
Distribution (SD) or SAP Retail, the system copies payment
card information to the financial accounting document.
Payment card data is transferred only to accounts receivable
line items and to those G/L items that contain the
receivables due to the payment card institute. Accounts
payable line items are not affected.

* Customer Order
You enter a customer order in Sales and Distribution (SD).
You enter payment card master data (card number, card type,
card category, validity and so on) at the same time. The
payment card institute then carries out an (automatic or
manual) authorization check on the payment card. The result
of this check is then saved.
* Delivery
You enter a delivery in shipping. Authorization is checked
once more.
* Billing
When you bill orders, the system copies payment card data
from the order to the bill.

Once you have entered the bill, this data is transferred to
Financial Accounting via an interface. Meanwhile, the system
copies the payment card information, the amount, and the
authorization data to the Financial Accounting document.
When you bill orders, the system copies payment card data
from the order to the bill. There are two ways in which this
process can take place:
You can display the payment card data in the accounting
document using document display and line item display.
Accounting data derived from payment cards is settled and
transferred to a payment card institute using a settlement
program.
In the General Ledger, you need to create a G/L account for
each payment card company or credit card type to which open
items arising from sales with the appropriate payment card
are posted. You create a cash clearing account for each G/L
account.
You must also define a document type for the Settlement
document Document that is posted when you reset the cleared
items in the G/L account, for example if the institute
cannot bill a credit card.
You use this function to reset cleared items with payment
card information
If you want to reset cleared items with payment card
information before payment card settlement, this has to be
done manually and in the following order:

1. Reset cleared item
2. Open original item

These functions are not directly supported because it is
generally only necessary to reset as a result of failed
settlement.
Thank You.

Question { 5262 }

What is Transaction Manager? In which versions is it
available? What are the steps for setting it up? What is it
used for?

Answer

Hi,
The Transaction Manager supports not only one but several
parallel balance-sheet views of managed positions and
transactions, each of which in its own right offers a
complete view of the positions on a value basis. This
fulfills a requirement voiced by several companies to be
able to generate balance sheets according to both local
accounting regulations and international accounting regulations.

There are numerous product types in the money market,
foreign exchange, derivatives, securities, debt management,
and information system areas in the Transaction Manager.

The Transaction Manager offers the following advantages with
the concept of product types:
Simple data entry and administration and the use of control
parameters.
Flexible design of structure characteristics and conditions
of financial transactions.
Possibility to represent complex condition combinations.
Ensuring the data consistency of your transactions.
To make the settings and use the functions in General Ledger
Accounting, you have to activate it. To do this, in
Customizing choose Financial Accounting Financial Accounting
Global Settings Activate New General Ledger Accounting.
The BAdI methods are called by payment requests. In general,
payments from the Transaction Manager can be processed using
postings to customer accounts and using payment requests. If
you want to process a payment using In-House Cash, payment
is done using payment requests.
If you want to repeat the implementation of the Transaction
Manager (FIN-FSCM-TRM-TM) and your data (legacy data) is in
a source system, you need to make sure this data is a
available in the Transaction Manager for a key date.
Hope this would be helpful to you all, Thank You.

Question { Infodart, 16538 }

WHAT IS COST CENTER BUDGETING?

Answer

Hi,
Cost center is a responsible center in SAP. It cannot be
defined as statistical but in transactions it may become as
per other co objects.You will be able to find out the
performance of the cost center using activities and plan
values with actual value. This is lowest cost object in SAP.
This will become a statistical object when you allocate the
cost to other higher objects. Cost can be allocated to other
cost centers or co objects but not fi objects like
GL,assets, inventory etc. can be defaulted in transactions
through cost element. It cannot be a cost object for a
revenue element, revenues are always taken for other higher
CO objects. No budget functionality is available but
planning functionality is available and is always measured
for a year in business.

Internal order is the second CO object - which can be
defined as statistical or real. You will be able to define
Budget and planning figures - more than one year also. Can
control the postings of FI through budget controls. You can
have the report of Plan vs actual including commitment. Cost
cannot be allocated but settled through settlement rules and
profiles. The receiver of the values can be any object not
like Cost center - can be CO objects and FI objects. Ideal
for R&D expenses capitalisations, etc. Status profile is
linked to this which controls many individual transactions
in each status which is a part of this Internal order. It
can also receive postings of activities from Cost center.
Settlement profile is an wonderful tool for variety of
settlement - needed for FI and CO - legal requirements also
and Revenue requirements also for any country.

All SAP CO orders like Production order, Plant maintenance
order, etc will behave like Internal order with more
functionalities.

Thank You.