Implementing SAP S/4HANA Finance,

Contents
	Preface
		About This Book
			Target Audience and Objective
			Structure of This Book
			New in This Edition
		Acknowledgments
	Introduction
		Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer
		Benefits of SAP S/4HANA Finance
		Functional Changes with SAP S/4HANA Finance
		System Architecture with SAP S/4HANA Finance
		Migration to SAP S/4HANA Finance
			Path from SAP ERP to SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA to SAP S/4HANA
			Key Prerequisites
			Deployment Options
			Project Phases
		Summary
	1 Preparation
		1.1 Check Functional Scope and Restrictions
		1.2 Feasibility Checklist
		1.3 The Maintenance Planner and Prechecks
		1.4 Check Custom Coding
			1.4.1 Check Custom Code and Modifications
			1.4.2 Handling Custom-Defined Fields and Interfaces
		1.5 Check Sizing
		1.6 Precheck for Migration to New Asset Accounting
		1.7 Activate Business Functions
			1.7.1 Activate Business Functions for Asset Accounting and Parallel Valuation
			1.7.2 Activate Enterprise Extension EA-FIN
			1.7.3 Activate Business Function FIN_AA_CI_1
		1.8 Check and Activate New Depreciation Calculation
			1.8.1 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run
			1.8.2 Execute Year-End Closing
			1.8.3 Fiscal Year Change
		1.9 Consistency Checks
			1.9.1 SAP ERP Financials Data Consistency Checks
			1.9.2 Reconciliation of the General Ledger and the Accounts Payable/ Accounts Receivable Subledgers
			1.9.3 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with Asset Accounting
			1.9.4 Reconciliation of the General Ledger with Materials Management
			1.9.5 Reconciliation of Ledgers
		1.10 Perform Period-End Closing Activities
			1.10.1 Copy Number Ranges
			1.10.2 Lock Periods in Materials Management
			1.10.3 Perform Closing for Periodic Asset Postings
			1.10.4 Execute the Periodic Depreciation Posting Run
			1.10.5 Verify Held Documents Status
			1.10.6 Carry Balances Forward to the Current Fiscal Year
			1.10.7 Reset Valuations for Periods in the Current Fiscal Year
			1.10.8 Lock Prior Periods in SAP ERP Financials and Controlling
			1.10.9 Batch Jobs
			1.10.10 Execute Report to Confirm Asset Accounting Prerequisites
			1.10.11 Lock Users
		1.11 Consistency Check before Activation of SAP S/4HANA Finance
		1.12 Execute Business Reconciliation
		1.13 Summary
	2 Installation and Upgrade
		2.1 Installation and Upgrade Checklist
			2.1.1 SAP HANA and Minimum Versions
			2.1.2 Software Update Manager
			2.1.3 SAP HANA Live
			2.1.4 Administrator’s Guide, Release Information Note, and Browser Support
			2.1.5 SAP Cash Management, Cost Objects, and Cost Object Hierarchies
			2.1.6 Industry Solutions and Add-Ons
			2.1.7 Maintenance Optimizer
			2.1.8 Target Stack XML and SAP NetWeaver Kernel
			2.1.9 Customer Code
			2.1.10 Data Definition Language Statement Corrections
		2.2 Review Data Model Changes
		2.3 Use the Maintenance Planner
		2.4 Install the Related Software Component Version
		2.5 Apply SAP Notes
		2.6 Content Deployment with SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management
		2.7 Perform HANA-tization
			2.7.1 HANA-tization Checks
			2.7.2 HANA-tization Tools
		2.8 Optimization
			2.8.1 Optimization Approach
			2.8.2 Optimization Tools
			2.8.3 Optimization Best Practice
			2.8.4 SAP HANA Modeling
		2.9 Summary
	3 Preparation and Migration for General Ledger
		3.1 Activate SAP Reference Implementation Guide for Financial Accounting (New)
		3.2 Check and Adopt Fiscal Year Variants
		3.3 Define Currency Settings for Migration
		3.4 Migrate General Ledger Customizing
		3.5 Define Settings for Ledgers and Currency Types
		3.6 Define Ledger Groups
		3.7 Assign the Accounting Principle to the Ledger Group
		3.8 Review the Assignment of Ledger and Company Code to Accounting Principles
		3.9 Define the Ledger for the Controlling Version
		3.10 Define Document Types for Postings in Controlling
		3.11 Define Document Type Mapping for Controlling Business Transactions
		3.12 Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling
		3.13 Define the Offsetting Account Determination Type
		3.14 Define the Source Ledger for Migration of Balances
		3.15 Check and Define Settings for Substitution for Cost-of-Sales Accounting
		3.16 Check and Define Settings of Controlling Area
		3.17 Execute Consistency Check of General Ledger Settings
		3.18 Activate Business Functions
		3.19 Key Changes to the General Ledger
			3.19.1 Architectural Impact
			3.19.2 Functionality Impact
			3.19.3 Configuration Impact
			3.19.4 Customer and Vendor Master Data
			3.19.5 Credit Management Impact
		3.20 Key Changes to Period-End Closing
			3.20.1 Architectural Impact
			3.20.2 Functionality Impact
			3.20.3 Security Impact
		3.21 Summary
	4 Preparation and Migration for Asset Accounting
		4.1 Prerequisites
		4.2 Install SAP S/4HANA Finance with New Asset Accounting
		4.3 Migrate Charts of Depreciation
		4.4 Customization Prior to Activation
			4.4.1 Define Asset Balance Sheet Accounts of Parallel Valuation
			4.4.2 Define the Depreciation Area for a Quantity Update
			4.4.3 Define the Technical Clearing Account for Integrated Asset Acquisition
			4.4.4 Specify an Alternative Document Type for Accounting Principle-Specific Documents
			4.4.5 Specify Revenue Distribution for Asset Retirement
			4.4.6 Post Net Book Value Instead of Gain/Loss
			4.4.7 Check Transaction Types
		4.5 Check Prerequisites for Activating New Asset Accounting
		4.6 Determine Active Charts of Depreciation
		4.7 Change Definitions of Depreciation Areas
		4.8 Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values
		4.9 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms
		4.10 Activate New Asset Accounting
		4.11 Adjust Parameters in Charts of Depreciation
		4.12 Display Migration Log
		4.13 Key Changes to Asset Accounting
			4.13.1 Architectural Impact
			4.13.2 Functionality Impact
			4.13.3 Configuration Impact
			4.13.4 Closing Process Impact
		4.14 Summary
	5 Preparation and Migration for Controlling
		5.1 Execute SAP Business Warehouse Delta Extraction for Account-Based Profitability Analysis
		5.2 Adapt Settings for Profitability Segment Characteristics
		5.3 Maintain the Operating Concern
		5.4 Activate Account-Based Profitability Analysis
		5.5 Transport Operating Concern
		5.6 Preparations and Migration for Material Ledger
		5.7 Key Changes to Controlling
			5.7.1 Functionality Impact
			5.7.2 Configuration Impact
		5.8 Key Changes to Profitability Analysis
			5.8.1 Architectural Impact
			5.8.2 Functionality Impact
			5.8.3 Configuration Impact
		5.9 Key Changes to Cost Center and Profit Center Accounting
			5.9.1 Architectural Impact
			5.9.2 Functionality Impact
		5.10 Summary
	6 Preparation and Migration for House Bank Accounts
		6.1 Define Number Ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs
		6.2 Define Number Ranges for Change Requests
		6.3 Define Settings for Bank Account Master Data
			6.3.1 Bank Account Types
			6.3.2 Define Sensitive Fields to Be Protected from Changes
			6.3.3 Define Import Methods for Bank Statements
			6.3.4 Define Signatory Groups for Payment Approvals
			6.3.5 Define the Signatory Groups and Approval Sequence for Approval Patterns
			6.3.6 Assign Approval Patterns
		6.4 Summary
	7 Data Migration
		Part I: Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance
		7.1 Partitioning of the Universal Journal Entry Line Items Table
		7.2 Regenerate CDS Views and Field Mapping
		7.3 Analyze Transactional Data
		7.4 Display Status of Analysis of Transactional Data
		7.5 Start and Monitor Data Migration
		7.6 Migration of Cost Elements
			7.6.1 Check Consistency of G/L Accounts and Cost Elements
			7.6.2 Migrate Secondary Cost Elements to the Chart of Accounts
			7.6.3 Display Status of Migration of Cost Elements
			7.6.4 Migrate Default Account Assignments
			7.6.5 Display the Status of the Default Account Assignments Migration
			7.6.6 Adopt Authorizations
			7.6.7 Define Authorizations and Profiles
		7.7 Technical Check of Transaction Data
			7.7.1 Reconcile Transactional Data
			7.7.2 Display Status of Technical Reconciliation of Transactional Data
		7.8 Material Ledger Migration
			7.8.1 Migrate Material Ledger Master Data
			7.8.2 Check Material Ledger Master Data
			7.8.3 Migrate Material Ledger Order History
			7.8.4 Check Material Ledger Production Order and Purchase Order History
		7.9 Enrichment of Data
			7.9.1 Enrich Transactional Data
			7.9.2 Display Status of Transactional Data Enrichment
			7.9.3 Check of Migrated Documents
			7.9.4 Display Status of Migrated Documents Check
		7.10 Migration of Line Items into New Data Structure
			7.10.1 Migrate Accounting Documents to Universal Journal Entry Structure
			7.10.2 Display the Status of Document Migration to Universal Journal Entry
			7.10.3 Check Migration of Accounting Documents to Universal Journal Entry
			7.10.4 Display Status of Accounting Document Migration Check
		7.11 Migration of Balances
			7.11.1 Migrate Balances
			7.11.2 Display Status of Migration of Balances
			7.11.3 Check Migration of Balances
			7.11.4 Display Status of Migration of Balances Check
		7.12 Calculation of Depreciation and Totals Values
			7.12.1 Calculate Initial Depreciation Values
			7.12.2 Display Status of Calculate Initial Depreciation Values
			7.12.3 Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values
			7.12.4 Display Status of Check Initial Depreciation and Total Values
		7.13 Migrate General Ledger Allocations
		7.14 Migrate House Bank Accounts
		7.15 Credit Management Migration
			7.15.1 Migrate Credit Management Master Data
			7.15.2 Display Status of Migration of Credit Management Master Data
			7.15.3 Migrate Credit Management Exposure
			7.15.4 Display Status of Credit Management Exposure Migration
			7.15.5 Initialize Documented Credit Decisions
			7.15.6 Display Status of Initialization of Documented Credit Decisions
			7.15.7 Reconcile Documented Credit Decisions
		7.16 Complete the Migration
			7.16.1 Reconcile and Compare Migrated Data
			7.16.2 Set Migration to Completed
		7.17 Migration with Near-Zero Downtime
			7.17.1 Near-Zero Downtime
			7.17.2 Restrictions on Business
			7.17.3 Activities on the Clone System
			7.17.4 Delta Migration
		7.18 Summary
	8 Postmigration Activities
		8.1 Run Reconciliation Reports to Check Data Consistency
		8.2 Validate Business Process to Ensure Successful Migration
		8.3 Transfer Application Indexes
		8.4 Display Status of Application Indexes Transfer
		8.5 Fill Due Dates in FI Documents
		8.6 Display Status of Filling Due Dates in Financial Documents
		8.7 Fill the Offsetting Account in Financial Documents
		8.8 Display Status of Filling Offsetting Account in Financial Documents
		8.9 Enrichment of Balance Carryforward
		8.10 Manual Activities for Credit Management
		8.11 Deactivate Reconciliation Ledger
		8.12 Summary
	9 Postmigration Testing
		9.1 Test SAP HANA-Optimized Report Transactions
		9.2 Test Multidimensional Reporting Capability
		9.3 Test Database Footprint Reduction
		9.4 Test Intercompany Reconciliation
		9.5 Test the New Process Redesign
		9.6 Test Closing Improvement
		9.7 Test the Universal Journal
		9.8 Execute Change Management
		9.9 Summary
	Part II: Setting Up New Financials Functionality
	10 SAP Cash Management
		10.1 Validate Prerequisites
		10.2 Set Up Bank Account Master Data
			10.2.1 Banks and House Banks
			10.2.2 Migrate House Bank Accounts
			10.2.3 Upload and Download Bank Accounts
		10.3 Define the Payment Approval Process
			10.3.1 Basic Settings for Approval
			10.3.2 Rule Maintenance
			10.3.3 Additional Criteria for Payment Grouping
			10.3.4 Mark Rules for Automatic Payment
			10.3.5 Specify the Signature Method for Approval Using a Simple Signature
			10.3.6 Enable Signatory Control
			10.3.7 Specify Settings for the Bank Statement Monitor
		10.4 Enable SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management
			10.4.1 Maintain Event Type Linkage
			10.4.2 Define and Maintain Organizational Hierarchy
			10.4.3 Define Responsibilities and Assign Users
			10.4.4 Create Custom-Defined Workflows
			10.4.5 Predefined Workflows
		10.5 Create Cash Pools for Cash Concentration
			10.5.1 Define Clearing Accounts for the Receiving Bank for Account Transfers
			10.5.2 Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country Bank Account Transfers
			10.5.3 Define Account Determination
			10.5.4 Check Account Determination
		10.6 Manage Cash Operations
			10.6.1 Define and Assign Flow Types
			10.6.2 Define Liquidity Items and Hierarchies
			10.6.3 Define Planning Levels and Planning Groups
		10.7 Load Data to One Exposure from Operations
			10.7.1 Integration with Source Applications
			10.7.2 Integration with Remote Systems
		10.8 Set Up Cash Management Transaction Data
			10.8.1 Activate Individual Source Applications
			10.8.2 Activate Multiple Source Applications
			10.8.3 Rebuild Planning Levels, Groups, and Dates in Accounting Documents
			10.8.4 Insert House Bank and House Bank Account Data to Accounting Documents
			10.8.5 Rebuild Liquidity Items in Accounting Documents
			10.8.6 Rebuild Flow Types in Accounting Documents
			10.8.7 Load Transaction Data into One Exposure from Operations Hub
		10.9 Set Up SAP Liquidity Management
			10.9.1 Install and Configure SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Content
			10.9.2 Activate SAP BusinessObjects BI Content
			10.9.3 Install Template for Cash Flow Analysis
			10.9.4 Generate a Planning View
			10.9.5 Activate SAP BPC Content
			10.9.6 Install SAP BPC Content
		10.10 Set Up Liquidity Planning
			10.10.1 Specify an SAP BPC Configuration Set
			10.10.2 Create Planning Units
			10.10.3 Activate Planning Unit Hierarchy
			10.10.4 Currency Conversion Rules
			10.10.5 Reference Data Sources
			10.10.6 Exclude Liquidity Items Representing Balance Values
			10.10.7 Liquidity Planning Types
		10.11 Key System Changes
			10.11.1 SAP Business Client
			10.11.2 Functionality Impact
			10.11.3 Security Impact
			10.11.4 Configuration Impact
		10.12 Summary
	11 SAP BPC for SAP S/4HANA Finance
		11.1 Planning Overview and Activation
			11.1.1 Business Benefits
			11.1.2 Applications Used by Planning
			11.1.3 Activate Business Functions for Planning
		11.2 Architecture
			11.2.1 Planning Accelerators
			11.2.2 Data Flow Architecture
		11.3 Authorizations
		11.4 Activate Embedded SAP Business Warehouse
			11.4.1 Choose SAP Business Warehouse Client
			11.4.2 Check SAP Business Warehouse Client Setting
			11.4.3 Set the SAP Business Warehouse Client
			11.4.4 Assign the Logical System Client
			11.4.5 Set SAP Business Warehouse Namespaces to Changeable
			11.4.6 Install the Technical SAP Business Warehouse Content
			11.4.7 Check Installation Status and Resolve Errors
			11.4.8 Check Planning Content Activation
		11.5 Activate the SAP BusinessObjects BI Content Bundle
			11.5.1 Activate the DataSources
			11.5.2 Activate the Content Bundle
		11.6 Test the SAP Business Warehouse Installation
			11.6.1 Set the User Parameter
			11.6.2 Test the Planning Query Installation
		11.7 Activate Services and Test Planning Applications
			11.7.1 Check General Settings for Web Dynpro
			11.7.2 Run Report RSICF_SERVICE_ACTIVATION
			11.7.3 Activate Services for the Planning Applications
			11.7.4 Test the New Planning Application
		11.8 Planning Modeler
		11.9 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office
		11.10 Key System Changes
		11.11 Summary
	12 SAP Fiori Applications
		12.1 SAP Fiori Project Phases
		12.2 Architecture
		12.3 Configure SAP Fiori
		12.4 Install SAP Fiori Apps
			12.4.1 Transaction and Fact Sheet Apps
			12.4.2 Analytical Apps
		12.5 SAP Fiori Launchpad
			12.5.1 Frontend User Screen
			12.5.2 Backend Configuration Screen
			12.5.3 SAP Smart Business Key Performance Indicators
		12.6 SAP Fiori Application and Roles
			12.6.1 General Ledger Accountant
			12.6.2 Accounts Payable Accountant
			12.6.3 Accounts Receivable Accountant
			12.6.4 Controller
			12.6.5 Cash Manager
			12.6.6 Cost Manager
		12.7 SAP Smart Business Application and Roles
			12.7.1 For Accounts Payable
			12.7.2 For Accounts Receivable
			12.7.3 For Chief Financial Officers
			12.7.4 For Cash Management
		12.8 Summary
	Appendices
		A Central Finance
			A.1 The Business Case for Central Finance
				A.1.1 Key Benefits
				A.1.2 Central Finance Candidates
				A.1.3 Key Program Principles
			A.2 Architecture
			A.3 New Capabilities
				A.3.1 Open Items and Clearing
				A.3.2 Document Changes
				A.3.3 Cost Object Changes
				A.3.4 Simulation Run
				A.3.5 Real-Time Consolidation
			A.4 Prerequisites
			A.5 Mapping
				A.5.1 Define Key Mapping
				A.5.2 Define Value Mapping
				A.5.3 Define Cost Object Mapping
				A.5.4 Cost Object Changes
			A.6 Initial Load
				A.6.1 Source System as SAP
				A.6.2 Initial Load Execution in Central Finance
			A.7 Error Handling
			A.8 Key Lessons
		B Project Plan for SAP S/4HANA Finance Migration
		C The Author
		Index
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