AC612 Profit Center Accounting in New General Ledger Accounting SAP ERP - Financials Date Training Center Instructors Education Website Participant Handbook Course Version: 95 Course Duration: 2 Day(s) Material Number: 50099314 An SAP course - use it to learn, reference it for work Copyright Copyright©2011SAPAG.Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorforanypurpose withouttheexpresspermissionofSAPAG.Theinformationcontainedhereinmaybechanged withoutpriornotice. SomesoftwareproductsmarketedbySAPAGanditsdistributorscontainproprietarysoftware componentsofothersoftwarevendors. 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All rights reserved. 2011 Contents Course Overview......................................................... vii Course Goals...........................................................vii Course Objectives ....................................................viii Unit 1: General Ledger Accounting (New) ...........................1 New General Ledger Accounting - Basic Information..............2 Global Settings in New General Ledger Accounting for Profit Centers...............................................................9 Unit 2: Profit Center Master Data in New General Ledger Accounting ................................................................ 35 Profit Center Master Data............................................36 Profit Center Assignments...........................................54 Unit 3: Actual Postings for Profit Center Accounting in New General Ledger Accounting ........................................... 73 Profit Center Update: Overview.....................................74 In teg ra tion w ith As se t A cco un tin g . ... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... 80 Data Flow from Materials Management............................90 Data Flow from Cost Object Controlling ..........................104 Transfer from Sales and Distribution..............................115 Allocations in Profit Center Accounting ...........................124 Unit 4: Profit Center Reorganization ...............................143 Profit Center Reorganization.......................................144 Unit 5: Profit Center Planning in New General Ledger Accounting ...............................................................185 Planning Configuration and Manual Planning....................186 Integrated Planning..................................................202 Unit 6: Information System...........................................221 Short Overview of Standard Delivered Drilldown Reports......222 Appendix 1: Special Cases for Profit Center Derivation ....247 v 2011 © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Contents AC612 vi © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2011 Course Overview Course AC612 teaches the knowledge and skills you need to set up Profit Center Accounting in an SAP ERP Financials system with the new General LedgerAccountingactivated. InadditiontothebasicsofnewGeneralLedger Accounting,thecoursegivesyouadetailedoverviewofthevalueflowsinanSAP system. Thecourseconcentratesonflexibledrilldownreportingfortheanalysisof planned and actual data. Target Audience Thiscourseisintendedforthefollowingaudiences: • Project team members responsible for implementing Profit Center Accounting • PeopleresponsibleforFinancialAccounting Course Prerequisites Required Knowledge • BasicknowledgeorexperiencewithProfitCenterAccounting • AC010(BusinessProcessesinFinancialAccounting),or • AC040(BusinessProcessesinManagementAccounting) Recommended Knowledge • KnowledgeofFinancialAccountingandControlling vii 2011 © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. CourseOverview AC612 Course Goals This course will prepare you to: • SetupProfitCenterAccountinginanSAPERPFinancialssystemwherethe newGeneralLedgerAccountinghasbeenactivated • DescribeandmaintainglobalProfitCenterAccountingsettings,including master data • Understandthetransactiondatathatisgeneratedasaresultofactualpostings in Profit Center Accounting • Understandthetransactiondatathatisgeneratedasaresultofplanpostings in Profit Center Accounting • Understand the operating mode of the EHP5 functionality “Profit Center Reorganization” • Gain an overview of the standard delivered drilldown reports to analyze Profit Center Accounting data Course Objectives Aftercompletingthiscourse, youwillbeableto: • NamethebenefitsofusingthenewGeneralLedgerAccountingforProfit Center Accounting • Set up Profit Center Accounting in SAP ERP Financials with the new General Ledger Accounting activated • Describe,howareorganizationofprofitcentersworks • UseprofitcenterdrilldownreportsinthenewGeneralLedgerAccounting SAP Software Component Information TheinformationinthiscoursepertainstothefollowingSAPSoftwareComponents and releases: • ERP 6.05 viii © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2011 Unit 1 General Ledger Accounting (New) Unit Overview WithSAPERP,theSAPsystemoffersaninterestingalternativeinGeneralLedger Accounting: ThenewGeneralLedgerAccounting(newG/L) Unit Objectives After completing this unit, you will be able to: • DescribehownewGeneralLedgerAccountingworksinconjunctionwith Profit Center Accounting • Understand the settings for defining ledgers • Un der stan d the set tin gsf or doc um en tsp litt ing • Understandthesettingsforreal-timeCO→FIintegration Unit Contents Lesson: New General Ledger Accounting - Basic Information ..............2 Lesson: Global Settings in New General Ledger Accounting for Profit Centers..............................................................................9 Exercise 1: Global Settings in General Ledger Accounting (new)....27 1 2011 © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Unit1: GeneralLedgerAccounting(New) AC612 Lesson: New General Ledger Accounting - Basic Information Lesson Overview With SAP ERP, SAP offers an interesting alternative in General Ledger Accounting: GeneralLedgerAccounting(new)-ornewG/L. Lesson Objectives Aftercompletingthislesson, youwillbeableto: • DescribehownewGeneralLedgerAccountingworksinconjunctionwith Profit Center Accounting Business Example YourcompanymanagementisconsideringusingProfitCenterAccountinginnew GeneralLedgerAccountingforanimplementationofSAPERPFinancials. They would like to know what advantages this has in terms of Profit Center Accounting. Advantages of New General Ledger Accounting Figure1: NewGeneralLedgerAccounting(NewG/L) 2 © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2011