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Preface ............................................................................................................. 19
Introduction ..................................................................................................... 27
PART I Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance
1 Preparation ................................................................................ 51
1.1 Check Functional Scope and Restrictions ....................................... 51
1.2 Feasibility Checklist ....................................................................... 53
1.3 The Maintenance Planner and Prechecks ....................................... 60
1.4 Check Custom Coding ................................................................... 60
1.4.1 Check Custom Code and Modifications ............................ 61
1.4.2 Handling Custom-Defined Fields and Interfaces ................ 61
1.5 Check Sizing .................................................................................. 62
1.6 Precheck for Migration to New Asset Accounting .......................... 63
1.7 Activate Business Functions ...........................................................
1.7.1 Activate Business Functions for Asset Accounting, 
65
Parallel Valuation ............................................................. 65
1.7.2 Activate Enterprise Extension EA-FIN ............................... 67
1.7.3 Activate Business Function FIN_AA_CI_1 ......................... 69
1.8 Check and Activate New Depreciation Calculation ......................... 69
1.8.1 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run ................ 70
1.8.2 Execute Year-End Closing ................................................. 71
1.8.3 Fiscal Year Change ........................................................... 72
1.9 Consistency Checks ....................................................................... 73
1.9.1 SAP ERP Financials Data Consistency Checks ....................
1.9.2 Reconciliation of General Ledger and the 
73
Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Subledgers ..........
1.9.3 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with 
76
Asset Accounting .............................................................
1.9.4 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with 
77
Materials Management .................................................... 79
1.9.5 Reconciliation of Ledgers ................................................. 81
1.10 Perform Period-End Closing Activities ............................................ 83
1.10.1 Copy Number Ranges ....................................................... 83
1.10.2 Lock Periods in Materials Management ............................ 84
1.10.3 Perform Closing for Periodic Asset Postings ...................... 84
1.10.4 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run ................ 85
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1.10.5 Verify Held Documents Status .......................................... 85
1.10.6 Carry Balances Forward to the Current Fiscal Year ............ 86
1.10.7 Reset Valuations for Periods in the Current Fiscal Year ..... 88
1.10.8 Lock Prior Periods in SAP ERP Financials and 
Controlling ....................................................................... 89
1.10.9 Batch Jobs ........................................................................ 91
1.10.10 Execute Report to Confirm Asset Accounting 
Prerequisites .................................................................... 91
1.10.11 Lock Users ........................................................................ 91
1.11 Consistency Check before Activation of SAP S/4HANA Finance ...... 91
1.12 Execute Business Reconciliation ..................................................... 93
1.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 103
2 Installation and Upgrade .......................................................... 105
2.1 Installation and Upgrade Checklist ................................................. 106
2.1.1 SAP HANA and Minimum Versions .................................. 106
2.1.2 Software Update Manager ................................................ 108
2.1.3 SAP HANA Live ................................................................ 109
2.1.4 Administrator’s Guide, Release Information Note, 
and Browser Support ........................................................ 109
2.1.5 SAP Cash Management Powered by SAP HANA, 
Cost Objects, and Cost Object Hierarchies ........................ 110
2.1.6 Industry Solutions and Add-Ons ....................................... 110
2.1.7 Maintenance Optimizer .................................................... 111
2.1.8 Target Stack XMLand SAP NetWeaver Kernel .................. 114
2.1.9 Customer Code ................................................................ 114
2.1.10 Data Definition Language Statement Corrections .............. 115
2.2 Use the Maintenance Planner ........................................................ 115
2.3 Install the Related Software Component Version ........................... 116
2.4 Apply SAP Notes ........................................................................... 118
2.5 Content Deployment with SAP HANA Application Lifecycle
Management ................................................................................. 120
2.6 Perform HANA-tization ................................................................. 120
2.6.1 HANA-tization Checks ...................................................... 121
2.6.2 HANA-tization Tools ........................................................ 121
2.7 Optimization ................................................................................. 122
2.7.1 Optimization Approach .................................................... 123
2.7.2 Optimization Tools ........................................................... 124
2.7.3 Optimization Best Practice ............................................... 124
2.7.4 SAP HANA Modeling ....................................................... 125
2.8 Summary ....................................................................................... 125
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3 Customizing for the SAP General Ledger .................................. 127
3.1 Activate SAP Reference Implementation Guide for 
SAP ERP Financials ........................................................................ 128
3.2 Check and Adopt Fiscal Year Variants ............................................ 129
3.3 Migrate General Ledger Customizing ............................................. 130
3.4 Define Settings for the Journal Entry Ledger .................................. 131
3.5 Define Ledger Groups .................................................................... 133
3.6 Assign the Accounting Principle to the Ledger Group .................... 135
3.7 Define the Ledger for the Controlling Version ................................ 136
3.8 Define Document Types for Postings in Controlling ....................... 137
3.9 Define Document Type Mapping Variants for 
Controlling Business Transactions .................................................. 138
3.10 Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling .......... 138
3.11 Define the Offsetting Account Determination Type ....................... 140
3.12 Define the Source Ledger for Migration of Balances ....................... 140
3.13 Execute Consistency Check of General Ledger Settings .................. 141
3.14 Activate Business Functions ........................................................... 141
3.15 Summary ....................................................................................... 142
4 Customizing for the New Asset Accounting ............................. 143
4.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................. 145
4.2 Install SAP S/4HANA Finance with New Asset Accounting ............. 145
4.3 Migrate Charts of Depreciation ...................................................... 146
4.4 Customization Prior to Activation .................................................. 147
4.4.1 Define Asset Balance Sheet Accounts of 
Parallel Valuation ............................................................. 147
4.4.2 Define the Depreciation Area for a Quantity Update ........ 148
4.4.3 Define the Technical Clearing Account for 
Integrated Asset Acquisition ............................................. 149
4.4.4 Specify an Alternative Document Type for 
Accounting-Principle-Sp ecific Documents ........................ 151
4.4.5 Specify Revenue Distribution for Asset Retirement ........... 151
4.4.6 Post Net Book Value Instead of Gain/Loss ........................ 152
4.4.7 Check Transaction Types .................................................. 152
4.5 Check Prerequisites for Activating New Asset Accounting .............. 153
4.6 Determine Active Charts of Depreciation ....................................... 154
4.7 Change Definitions of Depreciation Areas ...................................... 155
4.8 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values ........... 157
4.9 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms .......................................... 158
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4.10 Activate New Asset Accounting ..................................................... 160
4.11 Adjust Parameters in Charts of Depreciation .................................. 161
4.12 Display Migration Log ................................................................... 162
4.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 162
5 Customizing for Controlling ...................................................... 165
5.1 Execute SAP Business Warehouse Delta Extraction for 
Account-Based Profitability Analysis .............................................. 166
5.2 Adapt Settings for Profitability Segment Characteristics ................. 166
5.3 Maintain the Operating Concern ................................................... 167
5.4 Maintain the Operating Concern for the Banking Add-On ............. 168
5.5 Activate Account-Based Profitability Analysis ................................. 169
5.6 Transport Operating Concern ........................................................ 169
5.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 170
6 Customizing for Migration of House Bank Accounts ............... 171
6.1 Define Number Ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs ................. 172
6.2 Define Number Ranges for Change Requests ................................. 172
6.3 Define Settings for Bank Account Master Data ............................... 173
6.3.1 Bank Account Types ......................................................... 173
6.3.2 Define Sensitive Fields to Be Protected from Changes ...... 174
6.3.3 Define Import Methods for Bank Statements .................... 176
6.3.4 Define Signatory Groups for Payment Approvals ............... 176
6.3.5 Define the Signatory Groups and Approval Sequence 
for Approval Patterns ....................................................... 177
6.3.6 Assign Approval Patterns .................................................. 178
6.4 Summary ....................................................................................... 179
7 Data Migration .......................................................................... 181
7.1 Partitioning of the Universal Journal Entry Line Items Table ........... 182
7.2 Regenerating Core Data Services Views and Field Mapping ........... 183
7.3 Migration of Cost Elements ........................................................... 185
7.3.1 Check Consistency of SAP General Ledger Accounts 
and Cost Elements ............................................................ 187
7.3.2 Migrate Secondary Cost Elements to the Chart 
of Accounts ...................................................................... 189
7.3.3 Display Status of Migration of Cost Elements .................... 190
7.3.4 Migrate Default Account Assignments .............................. 190
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7.3.5 Display the Status of the Default Account Assignments
Migration ......................................................................... 192
7.3.6 Adopt Authorizations ....................................................... 192
7.3.7 Define Authorizations and Profiles ................................... 193
7.4 Technical Check of Transaction Data .............................................. 198
7.4.1 Analyze Transactional Data ............................................... 199
7.4.2 Display Status of Analysis of Transaction Data .................. 200
7.4.3 Reconcile Transactional Data ............................................ 203
7.4.4 Display Status of Technical Reconciliation of 
Transactional Data ........................................................... 204
7.5 Enrichment of Data ....................................................................... 207
7.5.1 Enrich Transactional Data ................................................. 208
7.5.2 Display Status of Transactional Data Enrichment .............. 209
7.5.3 Check of Migrated Docum ents ......................................... 210
7.5.4 Display Status of Migrated Documents Check .................. 211
7.6 Migration of Line Items into New Data Structure ........................... 211
7.6.1 Migrate Accounting Documents to Universal Journal 
Entry Structure ................................................................. 212
7.6.2 Display the Status of Document Migration to 
Universal Journal Entry ..................................................... 213
7.6.3 Check Migration of Accounting Documents to 
Universal Journal Entry ..................................................... 214
7.6.4 Display Status of Accounting Document 
Migration Check ............................................................... 216
7.6.5 Migrate General Ledger Allocations .................................. 217
7.7 Migration of Balances .................................................................... 219
7.7.1 Migrate Balances .............................................................. 219
7.7.2 Display Status of Migration of Balances ............................ 220
7.7.3 Check Migration of Balances ............................................ 221
7.7.4 Display Status of Migration of Balances Check .................. 222
7.8 Calculation of Depreciation and Totals Values ............................... 226
7.8.1 Calculate Initial Depreciation Values ................................ 227
7.8.2 Display Status of Calculate Initial Depreciation Values ...... 228
7.8.3 Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values ...................... 229
7.8.4 Display Status of Check Initial Depreciation and 
Total Values ..................................................................... 229
7.9 Migration of House Bank Accounts ................................................ 232
7.10 Completing the Migratio n ............................................................. 233
7.10.1 Reconcile and Compare Migrated Data ............................ 234
7.10.2 Set Migration to Comp leted ............................................. 235
7.11 Migration with Near Zero Downtime ............................................ 235
7.11.1 Overview of Near Zero Downtim e .................................... 236
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7.11.2 Restrictions on Business ................................................... 237
7.11.3 Activities on the Clone System ......................................... 237
7.11.4 Delta Migration ................................................................ 237
7.12 Summary ....................................................................................... 239
8 Post-Migration Activities .......................................................... 241
8.1 Run Reconciliation Reports to Check Data Consistency .................. 242
8.2 Validate Business Process to Ensure Successful Migration .............. 242
8.3 Transfer Application Indexes .......................................................... 243
8.4 Display Status of Application Indexes Transfer ............................... 244
8.5 Fill Due Dates in SAP ERP Financials Documents ........................... 244
8.6 Display Status of Due Dates into SAP ERP Financials Documents ... 245
8.7 Fill the Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials Documents ........ 246
8.8 Display Status of Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials 
Documents .................................................................................... 247
8.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 248
9 Post-Migration Testing ............................................................. 249
9.1 Test SAP HANA-Optimized Report Transactions ............................ 250
9.2 Test Multidimensional Reporting Capability ................................... 250
9.3 Test Database Footprint Reduction ................................................ 251
9.4 Test Intercomp any Reconciliation .................................................. 252
9.5 Test the New Process Redesign ...................................................... 252
9.6 Test Closing Improvement ............................................................. 253
9.7 Test the Universal Journal .............................................................. 253
9.8 Execute Change Management ........................................................ 254
9.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 255
PART II New Functionality in SAP S/4HANA Finance
10 SAP Cash Management ............................................................. 259
10.1 Validate Prerequisites .................................................................... 261
10.2 Setup Bank Account Master Data .................................................. 262
10.2.1 Banks and House Banks .................................................... 262
10.2.2 Migrate House Bank Accounts .......................................... 264
10.2.3 Upload and Download Bank Accounts .............................. 265
10.3 Define the Payment Approval Process ........................................... 266
10.3.1 Basic Setting for Approval ................................................ 267
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10.3.2 Rule Maintenance ............................................................ 268
10.3.3 Additional Criteria for Payment Grouping ......................... 269
10.3.4 Mark Rules for Automatic Payment .................................. 270
10.3.5 Specify the Signature Method for Approval Using a 
Simple Signature .............................................................. 271
10.3.6 Enable Signatory Control .................................................. 272
10.3.7 Specify Settings for the Bank Statement Monitor .............. 273
10.4 Enable SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management ..... 274
10.4.1 Maintain Event Type Linkage ........................................... 274
10.4.2 Define and Maintain Organizational Hierarchy ................. 276
10.4.3 Define Responsibilities and Assign Users .......................... 276
10.4.4 Create Custom-Defined Workflows .................................. 281
10.4.5 Predefined Workflows ...................................................... 281
10.5 Create Cash Pools for Cash Concentration ..................................... 285
10.5.1 Define Clearing Accounts for the Receiving Bank for 
Account Transfers ............................................................. 286
10.5.2 Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country Bank 
Account Transfers ............................................................. 287
10.5.3 Define Account Determination ......................................... 288
10.5.4 Check Account Determination .......................................... 288
10.6 Manage Cash Operations ............................................................... 289
10.6.1 Define and Assign Flow Types .......................................... 290
10.6.2 Define Liquidity Items and Hierarchies ............................. 300
10.6.3 Define Planning Levels and Groups .................................. 304
10.7 Load Data to One Exposure from Operations ................................ 308
10.7.1 Integration with Source Applications ................................ 308
10.7.2 Integration with Remote Systems ..................................... 309
10.8 Set Up Cash Management Transaction Data .................................. 310
10.8.1 Activate Individual Source Applications ............................ 311
10.8.2 Activate Multiple Source Applications .............................. 312
10.8.3 Rebuild Planning Levels, Groups, and Dates in 
Accounting Documents .................................................... 313
10.8.4 Insert House Bank and House Bank Account Data to 
Accounting Documents .................................................... 314
10.8.5 Rebuild Liquidity Items in Accounting Documents ........... 315
10.8.6 Rebuild Flow Types in Accounting Documents ................. 316
10.8.7 Load Transaction Data into One Exposure from 
Operations Hub ............................................................... 316
10.9 Set Up SAP Liquidity Management ................................................ 318
10.9.1 Install and Configure SAP BusinessObjects Business 
Intelligence Content ......................................................... 318
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10.9.2 Activate SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 
Content .......................................................................... 320
10.9.3 Install Template for Cash Flow Analysis ........................... 321
10.9.4 Generate a Planning View ............................................... 323
10.9.5 Activate SAP BPC Content .............................................. 324
10.9.6 Install SAP BPC Content ................................................. 324
10.10 Set Up Liquidity Planning .............................................................. 327
10.10.1 Specify an SAP BPC Configuration Set ............................. 327
10.10.2 Create Planning Units ..................................................... 328
10.10.3 Activate Planning Unit Hierarchy .................................... 328
10.10.4 Currency Conversion Rules ............................................. 330
10.10.5 Reference Data Sources .................................................. 331
10.10.6 Exclude Liquidity Items Representing Balance Values ...... 331
10.10.7 Liquidity Planning Types ................................................. 331
10.11 Summary ....................................................................................... 332
11 SAP BPC for S/4HANA Finance ................................................. 333
11.1 Planning Overview and Activation ................................................. 334
11.1.1 Business Benefits ............................................................ 334
11.1.2 Applications Used by Planning ........................................ 337
11.1.3 Activate Business Functions for Planning ........................ 338
11.2 Architecture .................................................................................. 338
11.2.1 Planning Accelerators ..................................................... 339
11.2.2 Data Flow Architecture ................................................... 340
11.3 Authorizations ............................................................................... 341
11.4 Activate Embedded SAP Business Warehouse ................................ 345
11.4.1 Choose SAP Business Warehouse Client .......................... 345
11.4.2 Check SAP Business Warehouse Client Setting ................ 345
11.4.3 Set the SAP Business Warehouse Client .......................... 347
11.4.4 Assign the Logical System Client ..................................... 348
11.4.5 Set SAP Business Warehouse Namespaces to 
Changeable ..................................................................... 351
11.4.6 Install the Technical SAP Business Warehouse Content ... 352
11.4.7 Check Installation Status and Resolve Errors ................... 353
11.4.8 Check Planning Content Activation ................................. 355
11.5 Activate the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 
Content Bundle ............................................................................. 356
11.5.1 Activate the DataSources ................................................ 357
11.5.2 Activate the Content Bundle ........................................... 358
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11.6 Test the SAP Business Warehouse Installation ............................... 363
11.6.1 Set the User Parameter ..................................................... 364
11.6.2 Test the Planning Query Installation ................................. 364
11.7 Activate Services and Test Planning Applications ........................... 366
11.7.1 Check General Settings for Web Dynpro ........................... 367
11.7.2 Run Report RSICF_SERV ICE_ACTIV ATIO N ....................... 367
11.7.3 Activate Services for the Planning Applications ................. 368
11.7.4 Test the New Planning Application ................................... 369
11.8 Planning Modeler .......................................................................... 371
11.9 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office ......................... 373
11.10 Summary ....................................................................................... 378
12 SAP Fiori Applications ............................................................... 379
12.1 SAP Fiori Project Phases ................................................................ 380
12.2 Architecture .................................................................................. 381
12.3 Configure SAP Fiori ....................................................................... 383
12.4 Install SAP Fiori Apps .................................................................... 386
12.4.1 Transaction and Fact Sheet Apps ...................................... 386
12.4.2 Analytical Apps ................................................................ 387
12.5 SAP Fiori Launchp ad ...................................................................... 387
12.5.1 Frontend User Screen ....................................................... 388
12.5.2 Backend Configuration Screen .......................................... 390
12.5.3 SAP Smart Business Key Performance Indicators ............... 392
12.6 SAP Fiori Application and Roles ..................................................... 394
12.6.1 General Ledger Accountant .............................................. 394
12.6.2 Accounts Payable Accountant .......................................... 397
12.6.3 Accounts Receivable Accou ntant ...................................... 399
12.6.4 Controller ......................................................................... 401
12.6.5 Cash Manager .................................................................. 405
12.6.6 Cost Manager ................................................................... 408
12.7 SAP Smart Business Application and Roles ..................................... 409
12.7.1 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Payable ......................... 409
12.7.2 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Receivable .................... 411
12.7.3 SAP Smart Business for Chief Financial Officers ................. 412
12.7.4 SAP Smart Business for SAP Cash Management ................ 413
12.8 Summary ....................................................................................... 414
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PART III Impact of SAP S/4HANA Finance
13 Impact on SAP General Ledger Accounting and 
Related Areas ............................................................................ 417
13.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 417
13.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 424
13.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 426
13.3.1 Copy Company Code ........................................................ 426
13.3.2 Consistency Check ............................................................ 427
13.3.3 Document Summarization ................................................ 427
13.3.4 Universal Journal Entry Organizatio n ................................ 427
13.3.5 Ledger Configuration ........................................................ 428
13.3.6 Document Types and Numbering ..................................... 431
13.3.7 Document Posting ............................................................ 431
13.3.8 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling ............ 432
13.3.9 Define Ledger for the Controlling Version ........................ 434
13.4 Customer and Vendor Master Data ................................................ 434
13.5 Credit Management Impact ........................................................... 435
13.6 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................... 436
13.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 437
14 Impact on New Asset Accounting ............................................. 439
14.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 439
14.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 440
14.2.1 General Functionality Changes ......................................... 440
14.2.2 Changes in Transaction Codes .......................................... 445
14.2.3 Table Changes .................................................................. 446
14.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 447
14.3.1 Define How Depreciation Areas Post to the 
SAP General Ledger .......................................................... 447
14.3.2 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production 
Cost Values ...................................................................... 447
14.3.3 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms ............................. 448
14.3.4 Activate New Asset Accounting ........................................ 449
14.3.5 Technical Clearing Account for Integrated Asset 
Acquisition ....................................................................... 449
14.4 Closing Process Impact .................................................................. 450
14.5 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................... 451
14.6 Summary ....................................................................................... 451
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15 Impact on Controlling ............................................................... 453
15.1 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 453
15.1.1 Cost Elements ................................................................. 454
15.1.2 Allocations ..................................................................... 454
15.1.3 Currencies ...................................................................... 455
15.1.4 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling .......... 456
15.1.5 Document Numbers in Controlling ................................. 456
15.1.6 SAP Material Ledger ....................................................... 457
15.1.7 Transfer Pricing ............................................................... 459
15.1.8 General Cost Objects and Cost Object Hierarchies .......... 459
15.1.9 Changes in Transaction Codes ......................................... 460
15.2 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 461
15.2.1 Integration of Controlling with SAP ERP Financials ......... 461
15.2.2 Cost Element as an SAP General Ledger Account ............ 462
15.2.3 Ledger for Controlling ..................................................... 463
15.2.4 Rule for Posting in Controlling ........................................ 463
15.2.5 Ledger View in Customizing ........................................... 464
15.2.6 SAP General Ledger Planning .......................................... 465
15.2.7 Cash Journal View .......................................................... 465
15.2.8 Report Hierarchies Added ............................................... 466
15.2.9 Reference and Simulation Costing View .......................... 467
15.2.10 Assign Currencies to SAP Material Ledger ....................... 468
15.2.11 Assign SAP Material Ledger Type to Valuation Area ........ 468
15.2.12 Cost of Goods Sold Posting ............................................. 469
15.3 Summary ....................................................................................... 469
16 Impact on Cost Center Accounting and 
Profit Center Accounting ........................................................... 471
16.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 471
16.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 473
16.3 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance .................................. 476
16.4 Web Dynpro Reports ..................................................................... 476
16.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 477
17 Impact on Profitability Analysis ................................................ 479
17.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 480
17.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 481
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17.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 482
17.3.1 Define Profitability Segment Characteristics ...................... 482
17.3.2 SAP HANA Integration ..................................................... 483
17.3.3 Segment-Level Characteristics for Distributed 
Profitability Analysis ........................................................ 484
17.4 Summary ....................................................................................... 484
18 Impact on Period-End Closing .................................................. 485
18.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 485
18.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 486
18.3 Security Impact .............................................................................. 488
18.4 SAP HANA Views .......................................................................... 489
18.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 490
19 Impact on SAP Cash Management and 
Bank Account Management ...................................................... 491
19.1 Introduction of SAP Business Client ............................................... 491
19.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 493
19.3 Security Impact .............................................................................. 495
19.4 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 496
19.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 497
A Project Plan for Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................ 499
B The Author .............................................................................................. 525
Index ................................................................................................................ 527
Service Pages ................................................................................................ I
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Simple finance migration, customization and configuration (1) (3)

  • 1.
  • 2. Contents Preface ............................................................................................................. 19 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 27 PART I Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance 1 Preparation ................................................................................ 51 1.1 Check Functional Scope and Restrictions ....................................... 51 1.2 Feasibility Checklist ....................................................................... 53 1.3 The Maintenance Planner and Prechecks ....................................... 60 1.4 Check Custom Coding ................................................................... 60 1.4.1 Check Custom Code and Modifications ............................ 61 1.4.2 Handling Custom-Defined Fields and Interfaces ................ 61 1.5 Check Sizing .................................................................................. 62 1.6 Precheck for Migration to New Asset Accounting .......................... 63 1.7 Activate Business Functions ........................................................... 1.7.1 Activate Business Functions for Asset Accounting,  65 Parallel Valuation ............................................................. 65 1.7.2 Activate Enterprise Extension EA-FIN ............................... 67 1.7.3 Activate Business Function FIN_AA_CI_1 ......................... 69 1.8 Check and Activate New Depreciation Calculation ......................... 69 1.8.1 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run ................ 70 1.8.2 Execute Year-End Closing ................................................. 71 1.8.3 Fiscal Year Change ........................................................... 72 1.9 Consistency Checks ....................................................................... 73 1.9.1 SAP ERP Financials Data Consistency Checks .................... 1.9.2 Reconciliation of General Ledger and the  73 Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Subledgers .......... 1.9.3 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with  76 Asset Accounting ............................................................. 1.9.4 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with  77 Materials Management .................................................... 79 1.9.5 Reconciliation of Ledgers ................................................. 81 1.10 Perform Period-End Closing Activities ............................................ 83 1.10.1 Copy Number Ranges ....................................................... 83 1.10.2 Lock Periods in Materials Management ............................ 84 1.10.3 Perform Closing for Periodic Asset Postings ...................... 84 1.10.4 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run ................ 85
  • 3. Contents 1.10.5 Verify Held Documents Status .......................................... 85 1.10.6 Carry Balances Forward to the Current Fiscal Year ............ 86 1.10.7 Reset Valuations for Periods in the Current Fiscal Year ..... 88 1.10.8 Lock Prior Periods in SAP ERP Financials and  Controlling ....................................................................... 89 1.10.9 Batch Jobs ........................................................................ 91 1.10.10 Execute Report to Confirm Asset Accounting  Prerequisites .................................................................... 91 1.10.11 Lock Users ........................................................................ 91 1.11 Consistency Check before Activation of SAP S/4HANA Finance ...... 91 1.12 Execute Business Reconciliation ..................................................... 93 1.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 103 2 Installation and Upgrade .......................................................... 105 2.1 Installation and Upgrade Checklist ................................................. 106 2.1.1 SAP HANA and Minimum Versions .................................. 106 2.1.2 Software Update Manager ................................................ 108 2.1.3 SAP HANA Live ................................................................ 109 2.1.4 Administrator’s Guide, Release Information Note,  and Browser Support ........................................................ 109 2.1.5 SAP Cash Management Powered by SAP HANA,  Cost Objects, and Cost Object Hierarchies ........................ 110 2.1.6 Industry Solutions and Add-Ons ....................................... 110 2.1.7 Maintenance Optimizer .................................................... 111 2.1.8 Target Stack XMLand SAP NetWeaver Kernel .................. 114 2.1.9 Customer Code ................................................................ 114 2.1.10 Data Definition Language Statement Corrections .............. 115 2.2 Use the Maintenance Planner ........................................................ 115 2.3 Install the Related Software Component Version ........................... 116 2.4 Apply SAP Notes ........................................................................... 118 2.5 Content Deployment with SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management ................................................................................. 120 2.6 Perform HANA-tization ................................................................. 120 2.6.1 HANA-tization Checks ...................................................... 121 2.6.2 HANA-tization Tools ........................................................ 121 2.7 Optimization ................................................................................. 122 2.7.1 Optimization Approach .................................................... 123 2.7.2 Optimization Tools ........................................................... 124 2.7.3 Optimization Best Practice ............................................... 124 2.7.4 SAP HANA Modeling ....................................................... 125 2.8 Summary ....................................................................................... 125
  • 4. 8 Contents 3 Customizing for the SAP General Ledger .................................. 127 3.1 Activate SAP Reference Implementation Guide for  SAP ERP Financials ........................................................................ 128 3.2 Check and Adopt Fiscal Year Variants ............................................ 129 3.3 Migrate General Ledger Customizing ............................................. 130 3.4 Define Settings for the Journal Entry Ledger .................................. 131 3.5 Define Ledger Groups .................................................................... 133 3.6 Assign the Accounting Principle to the Ledger Group .................... 135 3.7 Define the Ledger for the Controlling Version ................................ 136 3.8 Define Document Types for Postings in Controlling ....................... 137 3.9 Define Document Type Mapping Variants for  Controlling Business Transactions .................................................. 138 3.10 Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling .......... 138 3.11 Define the Offsetting Account Determination Type ....................... 140 3.12 Define the Source Ledger for Migration of Balances ....................... 140 3.13 Execute Consistency Check of General Ledger Settings .................. 141 3.14 Activate Business Functions ........................................................... 141 3.15 Summary ....................................................................................... 142 4 Customizing for the New Asset Accounting ............................. 143 4.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................. 145 4.2 Install SAP S/4HANA Finance with New Asset Accounting ............. 145 4.3 Migrate Charts of Depreciation ...................................................... 146 4.4 Customization Prior to Activation .................................................. 147 4.4.1 Define Asset Balance Sheet Accounts of  Parallel Valuation ............................................................. 147 4.4.2 Define the Depreciation Area for a Quantity Update ........ 148 4.4.3 Define the Technical Clearing Account for  Integrated Asset Acquisition ............................................. 149 4.4.4 Specify an Alternative Document Type for  Accounting-Principle-Sp ecific Documents ........................ 151 4.4.5 Specify Revenue Distribution for Asset Retirement ........... 151 4.4.6 Post Net Book Value Instead of Gain/Loss ........................ 152 4.4.7 Check Transaction Types .................................................. 152 4.5 Check Prerequisites for Activating New Asset Accounting .............. 153 4.6 Determine Active Charts of Depreciation ....................................... 154 4.7 Change Definitions of Depreciation Areas ...................................... 155 4.8 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values ........... 157 4.9 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms .......................................... 158 9
  • 5. Contents 4.10 Activate New Asset Accounting ..................................................... 160 4.11 Adjust Parameters in Charts of Depreciation .................................. 161 4.12 Display Migration Log ................................................................... 162 4.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 162 5 Customizing for Controlling ...................................................... 165 5.1 Execute SAP Business Warehouse Delta Extraction for  Account-Based Profitability Analysis .............................................. 166 5.2 Adapt Settings for Profitability Segment Characteristics ................. 166 5.3 Maintain the Operating Concern ................................................... 167 5.4 Maintain the Operating Concern for the Banking Add-On ............. 168 5.5 Activate Account-Based Profitability Analysis ................................. 169 5.6 Transport Operating Concern ........................................................ 169 5.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 170 6 Customizing for Migration of House Bank Accounts ............... 171 6.1 Define Number Ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs ................. 172 6.2 Define Number Ranges for Change Requests ................................. 172 6.3 Define Settings for Bank Account Master Data ............................... 173 6.3.1 Bank Account Types ......................................................... 173 6.3.2 Define Sensitive Fields to Be Protected from Changes ...... 174 6.3.3 Define Import Methods for Bank Statements .................... 176 6.3.4 Define Signatory Groups for Payment Approvals ............... 176 6.3.5 Define the Signatory Groups and Approval Sequence  for Approval Patterns ....................................................... 177 6.3.6 Assign Approval Patterns .................................................. 178 6.4 Summary ....................................................................................... 179 7 Data Migration .......................................................................... 181 7.1 Partitioning of the Universal Journal Entry Line Items Table ........... 182 7.2 Regenerating Core Data Services Views and Field Mapping ........... 183 7.3 Migration of Cost Elements ........................................................... 185 7.3.1 Check Consistency of SAP General Ledger Accounts  and Cost Elements ............................................................ 187 7.3.2 Migrate Secondary Cost Elements to the Chart  of Accounts ...................................................................... 189 7.3.3 Display Status of Migration of Cost Elements .................... 190 7.3.4 Migrate Default Account Assignments .............................. 190 10
  • 6. Contents 7.3.5 Display the Status of the Default Account Assignments Migration ......................................................................... 192 7.3.6 Adopt Authorizations ....................................................... 192 7.3.7 Define Authorizations and Profiles ................................... 193 7.4 Technical Check of Transaction Data .............................................. 198 7.4.1 Analyze Transactional Data ............................................... 199 7.4.2 Display Status of Analysis of Transaction Data .................. 200 7.4.3 Reconcile Transactional Data ............................................ 203 7.4.4 Display Status of Technical Reconciliation of  Transactional Data ........................................................... 204 7.5 Enrichment of Data ....................................................................... 207 7.5.1 Enrich Transactional Data ................................................. 208 7.5.2 Display Status of Transactional Data Enrichment .............. 209 7.5.3 Check of Migrated Docum ents ......................................... 210 7.5.4 Display Status of Migrated Documents Check .................. 211 7.6 Migration of Line Items into New Data Structure ........................... 211 7.6.1 Migrate Accounting Documents to Universal Journal  Entry Structure ................................................................. 212 7.6.2 Display the Status of Document Migration to  Universal Journal Entry ..................................................... 213 7.6.3 Check Migration of Accounting Documents to  Universal Journal Entry ..................................................... 214 7.6.4 Display Status of Accounting Document  Migration Check ............................................................... 216 7.6.5 Migrate General Ledger Allocations .................................. 217 7.7 Migration of Balances .................................................................... 219 7.7.1 Migrate Balances .............................................................. 219 7.7.2 Display Status of Migration of Balances ............................ 220 7.7.3 Check Migration of Balances ............................................ 221 7.7.4 Display Status of Migration of Balances Check .................. 222 7.8 Calculation of Depreciation and Totals Values ............................... 226 7.8.1 Calculate Initial Depreciation Values ................................ 227 7.8.2 Display Status of Calculate Initial Depreciation Values ...... 228 7.8.3 Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values ...................... 229 7.8.4 Display Status of Check Initial Depreciation and  Total Values ..................................................................... 229 7.9 Migration of House Bank Accounts ................................................ 232 7.10 Completing the Migratio n ............................................................. 233 7.10.1 Reconcile and Compare Migrated Data ............................ 234 7.10.2 Set Migration to Comp leted ............................................. 235 7.11 Migration with Near Zero Downtime ............................................ 235 7.11.1 Overview of Near Zero Downtim e .................................... 236 11
  • 7. Contents 7.11.2 Restrictions on Business ................................................... 237 7.11.3 Activities on the Clone System ......................................... 237 7.11.4 Delta Migration ................................................................ 237 7.12 Summary ....................................................................................... 239 8 Post-Migration Activities .......................................................... 241 8.1 Run Reconciliation Reports to Check Data Consistency .................. 242 8.2 Validate Business Process to Ensure Successful Migration .............. 242 8.3 Transfer Application Indexes .......................................................... 243 8.4 Display Status of Application Indexes Transfer ............................... 244 8.5 Fill Due Dates in SAP ERP Financials Documents ........................... 244 8.6 Display Status of Due Dates into SAP ERP Financials Documents ... 245 8.7 Fill the Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials Documents ........ 246 8.8 Display Status of Offsetting Account in SAP ERP Financials  Documents .................................................................................... 247 8.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 248 9 Post-Migration Testing ............................................................. 249 9.1 Test SAP HANA-Optimized Report Transactions ............................ 250 9.2 Test Multidimensional Reporting Capability ................................... 250 9.3 Test Database Footprint Reduction ................................................ 251 9.4 Test Intercomp any Reconciliation .................................................. 252 9.5 Test the New Process Redesign ...................................................... 252 9.6 Test Closing Improvement ............................................................. 253 9.7 Test the Universal Journal .............................................................. 253 9.8 Execute Change Management ........................................................ 254 9.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 255 PART II New Functionality in SAP S/4HANA Finance 10 SAP Cash Management ............................................................. 259 10.1 Validate Prerequisites .................................................................... 261 10.2 Setup Bank Account Master Data .................................................. 262 10.2.1 Banks and House Banks .................................................... 262 10.2.2 Migrate House Bank Accounts .......................................... 264 10.2.3 Upload and Download Bank Accounts .............................. 265 10.3 Define the Payment Approval Process ........................................... 266 10.3.1 Basic Setting for Approval ................................................ 267 12
  • 8. Contents 10.3.2 Rule Maintenance ............................................................ 268 10.3.3 Additional Criteria for Payment Grouping ......................... 269 10.3.4 Mark Rules for Automatic Payment .................................. 270 10.3.5 Specify the Signature Method for Approval Using a  Simple Signature .............................................................. 271 10.3.6 Enable Signatory Control .................................................. 272 10.3.7 Specify Settings for the Bank Statement Monitor .............. 273 10.4 Enable SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management ..... 274 10.4.1 Maintain Event Type Linkage ........................................... 274 10.4.2 Define and Maintain Organizational Hierarchy ................. 276 10.4.3 Define Responsibilities and Assign Users .......................... 276 10.4.4 Create Custom-Defined Workflows .................................. 281 10.4.5 Predefined Workflows ...................................................... 281 10.5 Create Cash Pools for Cash Concentration ..................................... 285 10.5.1 Define Clearing Accounts for the Receiving Bank for  Account Transfers ............................................................. 286 10.5.2 Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country Bank  Account Transfers ............................................................. 287 10.5.3 Define Account Determination ......................................... 288 10.5.4 Check Account Determination .......................................... 288 10.6 Manage Cash Operations ............................................................... 289 10.6.1 Define and Assign Flow Types .......................................... 290 10.6.2 Define Liquidity Items and Hierarchies ............................. 300 10.6.3 Define Planning Levels and Groups .................................. 304 10.7 Load Data to One Exposure from Operations ................................ 308 10.7.1 Integration with Source Applications ................................ 308 10.7.2 Integration with Remote Systems ..................................... 309 10.8 Set Up Cash Management Transaction Data .................................. 310 10.8.1 Activate Individual Source Applications ............................ 311 10.8.2 Activate Multiple Source Applications .............................. 312 10.8.3 Rebuild Planning Levels, Groups, and Dates in  Accounting Documents .................................................... 313 10.8.4 Insert House Bank and House Bank Account Data to  Accounting Documents .................................................... 314 10.8.5 Rebuild Liquidity Items in Accounting Documents ........... 315 10.8.6 Rebuild Flow Types in Accounting Documents ................. 316 10.8.7 Load Transaction Data into One Exposure from  Operations Hub ............................................................... 316 10.9 Set Up SAP Liquidity Management ................................................ 318 10.9.1 Install and Configure SAP BusinessObjects Business  Intelligence Content ......................................................... 318 13
  • 9. Contents 10.9.2 Activate SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence  Content .......................................................................... 320 10.9.3 Install Template for Cash Flow Analysis ........................... 321 10.9.4 Generate a Planning View ............................................... 323 10.9.5 Activate SAP BPC Content .............................................. 324 10.9.6 Install SAP BPC Content ................................................. 324 10.10 Set Up Liquidity Planning .............................................................. 327 10.10.1 Specify an SAP BPC Configuration Set ............................. 327 10.10.2 Create Planning Units ..................................................... 328 10.10.3 Activate Planning Unit Hierarchy .................................... 328 10.10.4 Currency Conversion Rules ............................................. 330 10.10.5 Reference Data Sources .................................................. 331 10.10.6 Exclude Liquidity Items Representing Balance Values ...... 331 10.10.7 Liquidity Planning Types ................................................. 331 10.11 Summary ....................................................................................... 332 11 SAP BPC for S/4HANA Finance ................................................. 333 11.1 Planning Overview and Activation ................................................. 334 11.1.1 Business Benefits ............................................................ 334 11.1.2 Applications Used by Planning ........................................ 337 11.1.3 Activate Business Functions for Planning ........................ 338 11.2 Architecture .................................................................................. 338 11.2.1 Planning Accelerators ..................................................... 339 11.2.2 Data Flow Architecture ................................................... 340 11.3 Authorizations ............................................................................... 341 11.4 Activate Embedded SAP Business Warehouse ................................ 345 11.4.1 Choose SAP Business Warehouse Client .......................... 345 11.4.2 Check SAP Business Warehouse Client Setting ................ 345 11.4.3 Set the SAP Business Warehouse Client .......................... 347 11.4.4 Assign the Logical System Client ..................................... 348 11.4.5 Set SAP Business Warehouse Namespaces to  Changeable ..................................................................... 351 11.4.6 Install the Technical SAP Business Warehouse Content ... 352 11.4.7 Check Installation Status and Resolve Errors ................... 353 11.4.8 Check Planning Content Activation ................................. 355 11.5 Activate the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence  Content Bundle ............................................................................. 356 11.5.1 Activate the DataSources ................................................ 357 11.5.2 Activate the Content Bundle ........................................... 358 14
  • 10. Contents 11.6 Test the SAP Business Warehouse Installation ............................... 363 11.6.1 Set the User Parameter ..................................................... 364 11.6.2 Test the Planning Query Installation ................................. 364 11.7 Activate Services and Test Planning Applications ........................... 366 11.7.1 Check General Settings for Web Dynpro ........................... 367 11.7.2 Run Report RSICF_SERV ICE_ACTIV ATIO N ....................... 367 11.7.3 Activate Services for the Planning Applications ................. 368 11.7.4 Test the New Planning Application ................................... 369 11.8 Planning Modeler .......................................................................... 371 11.9 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office ......................... 373 11.10 Summary ....................................................................................... 378 12 SAP Fiori Applications ............................................................... 379 12.1 SAP Fiori Project Phases ................................................................ 380 12.2 Architecture .................................................................................. 381 12.3 Configure SAP Fiori ....................................................................... 383 12.4 Install SAP Fiori Apps .................................................................... 386 12.4.1 Transaction and Fact Sheet Apps ...................................... 386 12.4.2 Analytical Apps ................................................................ 387 12.5 SAP Fiori Launchp ad ...................................................................... 387 12.5.1 Frontend User Screen ....................................................... 388 12.5.2 Backend Configuration Screen .......................................... 390 12.5.3 SAP Smart Business Key Performance Indicators ............... 392 12.6 SAP Fiori Application and Roles ..................................................... 394 12.6.1 General Ledger Accountant .............................................. 394 12.6.2 Accounts Payable Accountant .......................................... 397 12.6.3 Accounts Receivable Accou ntant ...................................... 399 12.6.4 Controller ......................................................................... 401 12.6.5 Cash Manager .................................................................. 405 12.6.6 Cost Manager ................................................................... 408 12.7 SAP Smart Business Application and Roles ..................................... 409 12.7.1 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Payable ......................... 409 12.7.2 SAP Smart Business for Accounts Receivable .................... 411 12.7.3 SAP Smart Business for Chief Financial Officers ................. 412 12.7.4 SAP Smart Business for SAP Cash Management ................ 413 12.8 Summary ....................................................................................... 414 15
  • 11. Contents PART III Impact of SAP S/4HANA Finance 13 Impact on SAP General Ledger Accounting and  Related Areas ............................................................................ 417 13.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 417 13.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 424 13.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 426 13.3.1 Copy Company Code ........................................................ 426 13.3.2 Consistency Check ............................................................ 427 13.3.3 Document Summarization ................................................ 427 13.3.4 Universal Journal Entry Organizatio n ................................ 427 13.3.5 Ledger Configuration ........................................................ 428 13.3.6 Document Types and Numbering ..................................... 431 13.3.7 Document Posting ............................................................ 431 13.3.8 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling ............ 432 13.3.9 Define Ledger for the Controlling Version ........................ 434 13.4 Customer and Vendor Master Data ................................................ 434 13.5 Credit Management Impact ........................................................... 435 13.6 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................... 436 13.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 437 14 Impact on New Asset Accounting ............................................. 439 14.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 439 14.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 440 14.2.1 General Functionality Changes ......................................... 440 14.2.2 Changes in Transaction Codes .......................................... 445 14.2.3 Table Changes .................................................................. 446 14.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 447 14.3.1 Define How Depreciation Areas Post to the  SAP General Ledger .......................................................... 447 14.3.2 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production  Cost Values ...................................................................... 447 14.3.3 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms ............................. 448 14.3.4 Activate New Asset Accounting ........................................ 449 14.3.5 Technical Clearing Account for Integrated Asset  Acquisition ....................................................................... 449 14.4 Closing Process Impact .................................................................. 450 14.5 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................... 451 14.6 Summary ....................................................................................... 451 16
  • 12. Contents 15 Impact on Controlling ............................................................... 453 15.1 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 453 15.1.1 Cost Elements ................................................................. 454 15.1.2 Allocations ..................................................................... 454 15.1.3 Currencies ...................................................................... 455 15.1.4 Integration of SAP ERP Financials and Controlling .......... 456 15.1.5 Document Numbers in Controlling ................................. 456 15.1.6 SAP Material Ledger ....................................................... 457 15.1.7 Transfer Pricing ............................................................... 459 15.1.8 General Cost Objects and Cost Object Hierarchies .......... 459 15.1.9 Changes in Transaction Codes ......................................... 460 15.2 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 461 15.2.1 Integration of Controlling with SAP ERP Financials ......... 461 15.2.2 Cost Element as an SAP General Ledger Account ............ 462 15.2.3 Ledger for Controlling ..................................................... 463 15.2.4 Rule for Posting in Controlling ........................................ 463 15.2.5 Ledger View in Customizing ........................................... 464 15.2.6 SAP General Ledger Planning .......................................... 465 15.2.7 Cash Journal View .......................................................... 465 15.2.8 Report Hierarchies Added ............................................... 466 15.2.9 Reference and Simulation Costing View .......................... 467 15.2.10 Assign Currencies to SAP Material Ledger ....................... 468 15.2.11 Assign SAP Material Ledger Type to Valuation Area ........ 468 15.2.12 Cost of Goods Sold Posting ............................................. 469 15.3 Summary ....................................................................................... 469 16 Impact on Cost Center Accounting and  Profit Center Accounting ........................................................... 471 16.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 471 16.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 473 16.3 SAP HANA Views in SAP S/4HANA Finance .................................. 476 16.4 Web Dynpro Reports ..................................................................... 476 16.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 477 17 Impact on Profitability Analysis ................................................ 479 17.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 480 17.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 481 17
  • 13. Contents 17.3 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 482 17.3.1 Define Profitability Segment Characteristics ...................... 482 17.3.2 SAP HANA Integration ..................................................... 483 17.3.3 Segment-Level Characteristics for Distributed  Profitability Analysis ........................................................ 484 17.4 Summary ....................................................................................... 484 18 Impact on Period-End Closing .................................................. 485 18.1 Architectural Impact ...................................................................... 485 18.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 486 18.3 Security Impact .............................................................................. 488 18.4 SAP HANA Views .......................................................................... 489 18.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 490 19 Impact on SAP Cash Management and  Bank Account Management ...................................................... 491 19.1 Introduction of SAP Business Client ............................................... 491 19.2 Functionality Impact ...................................................................... 493 19.3 Security Impact .............................................................................. 495 19.4 Configuration Impact ..................................................................... 496 19.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 497 A Project Plan for Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance ................................ 499 B The Author .............................................................................................. 525 Index ................................................................................................................ 527 Service Pages ................................................................................................ I Legal Notes .................................................................................................. II You can learn Simple Finance migration and customization alone without any additional cost. There is huge scope for Simple Finance related job since it is very new. Grab the opportunity and get the copy Priyanka Contact : pcjuly2011@gmail.com