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1. Daniel Mateo
SAP S/4HANA Project
Lead
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
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2020
2nd of October
www.linkedin.com/in/dmateo
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2. 1 Self introduction
Basic concepts,
features
and processes
Main configuration
and master data
elements
Process flow within
SAP S/4HANA 1909
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
AGENDA
2
3
4
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3. 1 Self introduction
Basic concepts,
features
and processes
Main configuration
and master data
elements
Process flow within
SAP S/4HANA 1909
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
AGENDA
2
3
4
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4. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DANIEL MATEO - SAP S/4HANA
Project Lead
+ 13 years experience in SAP financial
accounting and controlling modules (FICO)
Professional certifications: SAP Activate Project
Manager, SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting,
Project Manager Professional (PMP), ITIL…
7 SAP Rollouts in America, 8 in Europe, 1 SAP
S/4HANA
Greenfield implementation and 1 Global Upgrade
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5. 1 Self introduction
Basic concepts,
features
and processes
Main configuration
and master data
elements
Process flow within
SAP S/4HANA 1909
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
AGENDA
2
3
4
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6. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
WHAT IS GROUP
REPORTING?
Cloud
On-
Premise
Capabilities
for local and
group
accounting
and
reporting
Integrate
d with
SAP
S/4HAN
A
Finance
GROUP
REPORTING
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New consolidation solution delivered on SAP S/4HANA
1809

7. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
MAIN
FEATURES
• Real-time
• Speeds up
the closing
• No need of an ETL
between
transaction system
and consolidation
system
SAP
S/4HANA
database
FS Items
• Financial
Statement Items
replace the
Group Chart of
Accounts
• Operating Chart
of Accounts not
affected
Validation
• Predefined rules
for automatic
interunit
eliminations and
data validation
• Local and group
closing share
the same
master data
and rules
Reporting
• User friendly
Fiori Reports
• Desired
breakdown
items
• Drill down
to
operational
accounting
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8. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
SYSTEM
INTEGRATION
• Dashboar
ds
• Planning
• Analytics
SAP Group
Reporting Data
Collection
• Non SAP sources
• Data entry
• Non-Financial data
SAP
Disclosure
Managemen
t
• Submit electronic
• Publish online
• Print
Group Reporting
Local Accounting
Group
Accounting
Universal
Journal
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9. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
BASIC
FLOW
DATA
COLLECTI
ON
• Direct
S/4HANA
access
• Integration with
non SAP
solutions
• Data Entry
• Validation
• Manual
adjustment
s
DATA
PREPARATI
ON
• Currency
conversio
n
• Intercompan
y
elimination
• Investment
consolidatio
n
• Versioning
&
Simulation
CONSOLIDATI
ON
• SAP
Group
Reporting
• SAP Analytics
Cloud
• Disclosure
Manag.
• Embedde
d
Analytics
• Analysis MS
Office
REPORTI
NG
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10. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
GROUP REPORTING vs
BPC 11.1
GROUP
REPORTING
BPC 11.1
• Already SAP S/4HANA Finance
• It is the most important source for
the financial data
• Large number of source systems
• Looking for a on-premise solution
for consolidation
(planning/budgeting)
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11. 1 Self introduction
Basic concepts,
features
and processes
Main configuration
and master data
elements
Process flow within
SAP S/4HANA 1909
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
AGENDA
2
3
4
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12. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
GROUP REPORTING
OBJECTS
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Data Model
Customizable
Objects
Master Data Objects

13. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DATA
MODEL
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SOURCE TABLES
• ACDOCA: Universal Journal Entry.
Contain actual postings
• ACDOCP: Plan Data Line Items
GROUP REPORTING TABLES
• ACDOCU: Universal Consolidation
Journal Entries
• FINCS*: Configuration Tables to
Group Reporting

14. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DATA
MODEL
SOURCE TABLES
• ACDOCA: Universal Journal Entry.
Contain actual postings
• ACDOCP: Plan Data Line Items
GROUP REPORTING TABLES
• ACDOCU: Universal Consolidation
Journal Entries
• FINCS*: Configuration Tables to
Group Reporting
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15. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DATA
MODEL
SOURCE TABLES
• ACDOCA: Universal Journal Entry.
Contain actual postings
• ACDOCP: Plan Data Line Items
GROUP REPORTING TABLES
• ACDOCU: Universal Consolidation
Journal Entries
• FINCS*: Configuration Tables to
Group Reporting
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16. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
CUSTOMIZABLE
OBJECTS
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Consolidation Ledger
Consolidation
Dimension
Consolidation Version
Breakdown category
Subitem category
Document Type
Task
Task Group

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1909
Consolidation
Ledger
Customizable
Objects
Ledger for Journal
Entries
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18. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Dimension
Customizable
Objects
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19. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Version
Customizable
Objects
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20. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Version
Customizable
Objects
Actual
version
Bugdet
version
Plan, Project
Budget,
Prediction, Final
Consolidation…
Y10 – Special for
Actual Y11 – Actual
@Budget Rates
Y12 – Simulation
Rates
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21. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Breakdown
Category
Customizable
Objects
1 Transaction
Types
2 Functional
areas
3 Regions
1 No breakdown
2 Optional breakdown
3 Req. Breakdown. If blank -> default value
4 Req. Breakdown. Entry forced, default allowed
5 Req. Breakdown. Entry forced, default not
allowed
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22. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Subitem
Category
Customizable
Objects
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1909
Document
Type
Customizable
Objects
00- Reported Data:
Entry 01- Adjust.
Reported Data 10-
Standardizing entry
20- Two-sided elimination
entry 30- Consolidation entry
1 Error when balance not 0
2Warning when balance not
0 2- No balance check
Rounding, Online Data Entry,
Reclassification, Flexible
Upload, Consolidatiof of
investments….
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24. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Tas
k
Customizable
Objects
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25. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Task
Group
Customizable
Objects
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26. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
MASTER DATA
OBJECTS
Master Data
Objects
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Financial Statement
(FS)
Item
Consolidation Unit
Consolidation Group
Validation method
Validation rule

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1909
Financial Statement (FS)
Item
Master Data
Objects
Create new
FS
Edit FS
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1909
Financial Statement (FS)
Item
Master Data
Objects
Derived from
Breakdown
Category
Asset, Expense,
Income, Liabilities
and Equity, Reporting
Item and Statistical
Item
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1909
Financial Statement (FS)
Item
Master Data
Objects
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30. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Financial Statement (FS)
Item
Master Data
Objects
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1909
Consolidation
Unit
Master Data
Objects
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32. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Unit
Master Data
Objects
H- Read from Universal
Document U- Flexible upload
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From 0 to
100%

33. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Group
Master Data
Objects
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34. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Consolidation
Group
Master Data
Objects
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35. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Validation
rule
Master Data
Objects
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36. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Validation
method
Master Data
Objects
Rules
assigned
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37. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Validation
method
Master Data
Objects
Periods
validity
Consolidation
Units
Validation
Method
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38. 1 Self introduction
Basic concepts,
features
and processes
Main configuration
and master data
elements
Process flow within
SAP S/4HANA 1909
Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
AGENDA
2
3
4
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39. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
PROCESS FLOW IN SAP
S/4HANA
Data
Monitor
Intercompan
y
Reconciliatio
n
Consolidate
d
Monitor
Reportin
g
1 2 3 4
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40. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DATA
MONITOR
Run tasks for local consolidation (consolidation units): Data Collection, Validation of Journals, Manual Posting,
Currency Translation...
Task ID Description Specific Document Types
1010 Balance Carryforward
1015 Release Universal Journals 0F
1020 Data Collection 00, 01, 02
1050 Validation of Universal Journals
1030 Calculate Net Income
1080 Reported Data Validation
1095 Manual Posting 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19
1100 Currency Translation
1180 Standardized Data Validation
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1
DATA
MONITOR

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1909
DATA
MONITOR
T. Code =
CXCD
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

42. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
DATA
MONITOR
Set Global parameters for
execution
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

43. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Release Universal
Journal
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR
Release the reported financial data from the universal journal for consolidation
purposes.

44. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Release Universal
Journal
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

45. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Release Universal
Journal
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

46. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Data
Collection
Flexible upload of reported financial data that is not in the universal journal via file
or API.
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

47. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Data
Collection
Flexible upload of reported financial data that is not in the universal journal via file
or API.
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR
Fexible upload to EC-CS
File Driven Upload (tab or
;)

48. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Validation of Universal
Journal
Check if errors exist in universal journals: missing or incorrect subassignments for
FS items.
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR
Errors to be
reviewed

49. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Calculation Net
Income
Calculate and post net income to the selected financial statement (FS) items in the balance sheet
and profit/ loss (P&L).
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

50. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Reported Data
Validation
Validate the reported financial data in the local currency according to validation method assigned to
consolidation unit.
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

51. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Manual
Posting
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR
Post manual journal entries in consolidation unit to adjust data released or
collected.
General Data Line Items

52. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Manual
Posting
Additional Data at Item
level
2 3 4
1
DATA
MONITOR
Sample of document
posted
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53. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Currency
Translation
Translate the currency of financial statements from the local currency (LC) into the group
currency (GC).
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

54. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Standardized Data
Validation
Validate the financial data in the group currency with the validation method assigned to
consolidation unit.
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

55. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Resul
ts
Sample of processed
data:
2 3 4
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1
DATA
MONITOR

56. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
1 2 3
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
4
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1909
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
1 2 3
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
4
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58. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
1 2 3
INTERCOMPANY
RECONCILIATION
4
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59. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
Task ID Description
Assigned
Method
Method Description
Specific Doc.
Types
2011 Interunit Elimination of Sales S2010 IC Elimination Sales 2E
2021 Interunit Elimination of Other Income/Expense S2020 IC Elimination Other P&L 2F
2031 Dividends Elimination S2030 Dividends elimination 2H
2041 Interunit Elimination of Balance Sheet S2040 IC Elimination Balance Sheet 2G
2050 Manual Eliminations PL20 - 21,22
2060 Preparation Consolidation Group Change - 2Z
2100 Investments/Equity Elimination S2100 Investments/Equity Elimination 3A
2140 Enter Group Shares - 39
2150 Manual Eliminations PL30 - 32, 31
2180 Total Divestiture S2180 Total Divestiture 3Z
2980 Validation of Consolidated Data - -
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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Run tasks for group consolidation (consolidation groups): Dividends Eliminations, Manual Eliminations, Group
Shares...

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1909
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
T.Code
CX20
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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61. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Interunit Elimination of
Sales
Elimination of sales (e.g. goods or service transactions) between units in the same
consolidation group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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62. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Interunit Elimination other
income
Elimination of other income and expenses in the Profit and Loss (P&L)
statement
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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Execution
with
error

63. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Interunit Elimination other
income
1
Execution
with warning
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2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR

64. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Dividends
Elimination
Eliminate the dividends received from a consolidation unit belonging to the same consolidated
group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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65. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Interunit Elimination balance
sheet
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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Elimination of balance sheet accounts in consolidation units within same
group.

66. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Manual Elimination
PL20
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
Manual adjustment in posting level 20: is assigned to one or several consolidation units. It affects to all
consolidation
groups that the consolidation unit belongs
General Data Sample of document
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67. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Preparation consolidation
group
Adjust reported, standardized, and eliminated data when a consolidation unit is acquired by a consolidation
group or divested from a consolidation group. After that, the financial statements (FS) contain only the data
during the time the consolidation unit was part of the consolidation group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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68. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Investments/Equity
elimination
Automatic reclassification for elimination of investments and equity, including non-controlling interests
(NCI), dividends, changes in equity, and changes in ownership percentage within consolidation
group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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69. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Enter Group
shares
Post group shares with posting level 30 (consolidation group is required). If a consolidation unit is
consolidated in multilevel groups with different group shares, the percentage should be entered on each
group incrementally.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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70. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Manual Elimination
PL30
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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Manual adjustment in posting level 30: is assigned to one consolidation group and the related
consolidation units informed.
General Data Sample of document

71. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Total
Divestiture
Automatic adjustment posted when an entity in which investments is made completely leaves a
consolidation group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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72. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Validation of Consolidated
Data
Validate the consolidated data in group currency considering the validation method assigned to the
consolidation group.
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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73. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Resul
ts
1 2 3 4
CONSOLIDATED
MONITOR
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Sample of processed
data:

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1909
REPORTI
NG
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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Local Reporting
Consolidate
d
Reporting
SAP Analytics
Cloud

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1909
Local
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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Hierarchy of FS
Items: Balance
Sheet, P&L…

76. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
Local
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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1909
Local
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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1909
Consolidated
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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1909
Consolidated
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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1909
Consolidated
Reporting
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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81. Group Reporting in SAP S/HANA
1909
SAP Analytics
Cloud
1 2 3 4
REPORTI
NG
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1909
THANK
S!
Daniel Mateo
SAP S/4HANA Project
Lead
www.linkedin.com/in/dmateo
p
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