AC210 - New General Ledger (in SAP ERP)

Course Version: 081

Duration: 5 days

Delivery Type

• Instructor-led Classroom

Audience

• People responsible for the introduction of the new G/L
• Consultants

Prerequisites:

Essential

• A good knowledge of using the classic G/L

Recommended

• A good knowledge of Financial Accounting subsidiary ledgers and
• Management Accounting (Controlling)

Goals

• Participants should understand the logic of the new G/L
• Participants should be able to activate, configure, and use the new G/L

Course Based on Software Release

• SAP ERP 6.0

Content

• Introduction: The concept of new G/L configurations (=> e.g. activating the new G/L, defining and deriving segments, assigning scenarios, defining customer-specific fields)
• Documents and document splitting
• Realtime integration of Controlling into Financial Accounting
• Comparison of the classic applications, as e.g. EC-PCA, Cost of Sales Ledger 0F or FI-SL with the new G/L
• Reporting (=> using the new Financial Accounting drilldown reporting function [key word: segment reporting) and the new G/L account balance display]
• Closing operations
• Parallel financial reporting and the new general ledger (=> introduction of the ledger solution in the new general ledger and the integration of this solution with FI-AA [=> Asset Accounting])
• Outline the core statements of the topic Migration to the new G/L

Notes

• The topic Migration to the new G/L is explained in detail in the standard course AC212
• Derivation from profit centers from other SAP modules required for segment balances is covered in detail in course AC610 (=> Profit Center Accounting)
• The functions of SAP release SAP ERP Central Component 5.0 is also covered in this course