2/1/2020 SAP e-book

Unit 4: Consolidations and Eliminations

■ Cons monitor: Total Divestiture: Posting level 30 entries are reversed using
transaction type 998. Now the financial statements contain only the data that arose
during the time the consolidation unit was part of the consolidation group.

After the PCGC, divestiture, and data integration tasks have been run, the results can be
viewed in a group report.

Note:
In the following examples, France (FR00) was divested in 2019.01.

Figure 193: Total Divestiture Report Detail

Key points:
● The FR00 111100 (cash) opening balance 108.815 EUR in trans type 900 | posting level 00
has been negated in trans type 998 divestiture | posting level 02 via the Prep CG task.
● The FR00 121100 (intercompany account receivable): The opening balance 25.770 EUR in
trans type 900 | posting level 00 has been negated in trans type 998 divestiture | posting
level 02 via the Prep CG task.
● The FR00 163100 (goodwill) opening balance 67.702,50 EUR in trans type 900 | posting
level 30 has been negated in trans type 998 divestiture | posting level 30 via the Total
Divestiture task.

© Copyright. All rights reserved. 206

1/3
2/1/2020 SAP e-book

Lesson: Configuring the Rule Based Purchase Method

Figure 194: Total Divestiture Report Summary

Key points:
● As of 2019.01, FR00 is no longer included in the consolidated balance sheet.
● CA00 (Canada) is an equity subsidiary so their values are not included in the group results.
- Data integration in 1809 performed this function.
- in 1909, the PCC task is required for equity to be excluded from groups via record type
E. Consolidation Unit with Equity Method: https://help.sap.com/viewer/
4ebf1502064b406c964b0911adfb3f01/1909.000/en-US/
724eaed7cfb4423eba1ac59a82430e8b.html

Preparation for Consolidation Group Changes:

https://help.sap.com/viewer/4ebf1502064b406c964b0911adfb3f01/1809.000/en-US/
06e7d73617e047c6b658cdd7389f499e.html

LESSON SUMMARY
You should now be able to:
● Describe Consolidation of Investment Concepts
● Configure Purchase Method Investment Eliminations
● Configure Purchase Method Capital Eliminations
● Configure Subsequent Consolidation
● Prepare for Consolidation Group Changes

© Copyright. All rights reserved. 207

2/3
2/1/2020 SAP e-book

3/3