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BPC SAP ERP CH 02 FI 1e Final
BPC SAP ERP CH 02 FI 1e Final
Business
Enterprise Rules and Master
Structure Parameter Data Testing
s
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Accounting Basics
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Financial Accounting Processes
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General Ledger Accounting
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Income Statement – Revenue and Expenses
Expenses
Revenue: Money collected from
customers for goods or services sold.
Expenses: Money paid to vendors for
goods and services purchased.
Net Income = Revenue – Expenses.
Temporary accounts
Closed to retained earnings.
Ending balance = 0
Revenue
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Balance Sheet – Assets
Liquid assets
Resources a company owns that have
value.
Available to meet a company’s financial
obligations. Current assets
Permanent accounts
Not closed to another account
Ending balance = beginning balance for next Fixed assets
year
Inventory accounts
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Balance Sheet – Liabilities
Liabilities Equity
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General Ledger Accounting
General Rules
Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity
Debits = Credits
Accounting transactions cannot be deleted, only reversed
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Financial Statements
There are two primary accounting reports prepared from the General Ledger
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Also, the statement of cash flows and statement of retained earnings
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Financial Statements – Balance Sheet
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Financial Statements – Income Statement
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Financial Statements – Retained Earnings
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Financial Statements – Cash Flow
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Sub-ledger and Reconciliation Accounts
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Accounts Receivable Accounting
Accounts receivable
Sales revenue Bank
reconciliation
600000 100000
110100
3,000 2 4 3,000
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Accounts Payable Accounting
Accounts payable
reconciliation Supplies Expense Bank
300700 740000 100000
2 1,000 1,000 4
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Agenda
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Enterprise Structure
Client
Company code
Chart of accounts**
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Company Code
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Company Code
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Tax Jurisdiction Code
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Chart of Accounts
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Chart of Accounts
Code
Description
Language
Length of account #
Controlling integration
Creation of cost elements
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Agenda
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Business Rules and Parameters
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Posting Periods
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Fiscal Year Variants
Identifier
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Posting Period Variants - Define
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Posting Period Variant – Time Intervals
Account Types
• A: assets
• D: customer
• K: vendor
• M: materials
• S: general ledger
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Field Status
When master data and transaction data are created, data are provided to the
system via fields on the screens.
Data in some fields are required while data in other are optional.
Whether data are required or optional is determined by the field status.
Field status for master data – general ledger accounts
Field status for transactions
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Field Status – G/L Accounts
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Bank Account vs. Receivables Account
• Open item management and valuation group, are included in the definition of
a bank account, but not accounts receivable account.
• Reconciliation account for account type is included in the definition of the
accounts receivable account, but not bank account.
• It is necessary to specify which fields are required and which are not.
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Field Status – Master Data
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Account Groups
Chart of accounts
Account groups
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Account Groups and Field Groups
Account group
Chart of accounts
Account groups
Field groups
Field groups
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Field Groups, Fields, and Field Status
Chart of accounts
Account group
Account groups
Field status
Field group Field groups
Fields
Remember
this!!
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Field Groups, Fields, and Field Status
Chart of accounts
Account group
Account groups
Field status
Field group Field groups
Fields
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GBI chart of account, account groups, field
groups, and fields
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Assign Account Group to G/L Account
Chart of accounts
Assign to
Account groups G/L account
Field groups
Fields
Field status
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Assign Account Group to G/L Account
Account group is
assigned to G/L account
in the Type/Description
tab
G/L account inherits the
field statuses from the
account group
G/L account number
must be in the range of
numbers for the account
groups
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Field Status – Transactions
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Transaction – Posting Customer Payment
Customer payment
transactions
If down payment is
required, then data about
down payment must be
included when posting
invoice
Down payment is recorded
in a special G/L account
This field is required
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Field Status for Transactions
Field groups
Field status for master data
Fields Chart of accounts
Assign to
Field status Account groups G/L account
Field groups
Fields
Field status
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Field Status Variant and Field Status Group
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Field Status Group and Field Groups
Field groups
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Field Group and Field Status
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Field Status for Transactions
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Assign Field Status Group to G/L account
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Global Company Code Parameters
Enterprise structure
elements assigned to
company code
Chart of accounts
Parameters assigned to
the company code
Country
Language
Field status variant
Fiscal year variant
Posting period variant.
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Number ranges
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Document Types
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Document Type and Number Range
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Tolerance Groups (Employees)
Upper limits
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Company code for payment transactions
Sending company:
Company code that
receives and processes
vendor invoices
Paying company code:
Company code that pays
the invoices.
GBI: sending company
code = paying company
code
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Posting keys
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Posting Keys
Other attributes
Sales related – included in
calculations of sales
revenue
Special G/L (down
payments)
Payment transactions –
selected for payment
transactions such as
incoming and outgoing
payments (automatic terms
determination)
Reversal posting key
Field status for fields on
transaction screen
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Posting Keys, Document Type, and FSG
Payment
Payment transaction
transaction
suppressed, required, optional or
display
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Automatic Account Assignment
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Agenda
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General Ledger Accounts
Concerned with recording the financial impact of all process steps performed
within the organization
Double-entry accounting is used for every transaction
There are five types of accounts contained in a Chart of Accounts
Assets
Liabilities
Equity
Revenues
Expenses
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General Ledger Accounts
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General Ledger Accounts
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Agenda
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Testing
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Agenda
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