AC210 - New General Ledger (in SAP ERP)

Course Version: 092

Duration: 3 days

Delivery Type

• Instructor-led Classroom

Audience

• People responsible for the introduction of the new general ledger
• Consultants

Prerequisites:

Essential

• A good knowledge of using the classic general ledger

Recommended

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

Goals

• Participants should understand the logic of the new general ledger
• Participants should be able to activate, configure, and use the new general ledger.

Course Based on Software Release

• SAP ECC 6.04 / SAP ERP 6.0

Content

• Introduction – The concept and idea of the new general ledger
• System configuration: For example activating the new general ledger, defining and deriving segments, assigning scenarios, defining customer- specific fields, …
• Documents and document splitting
• Integration with FI subsidiary ledgers and with Controlling: For example the topic real-time integration of CO with FI
• Representing (and replacing) classic (FI) components in the new general ledger: For example, representing/replacing the Cost of Sales ledger or classic Profit Center Accounting (=> EC-PCA)
• Closing operations, e.g. the (new) program for foreign currency valuation
• Parallel financial reporting and the new general ledger: Introduction of the so called ledger solution in the new general ledger, inclusively the integration of this solution into Asset Accounting and other features
• Reporting: Usage of (new) Financial Accounting Drilldown Reporting Function and (new) reporting possibilities, enabled via Enhancement Packages (EhPs)
• Basics of migration from classic to new general ledger

Notes

• § The (data)migration from classic to new G/L is explained and covered in SAP standard course AC212. Attention: SAP course AC210 is a precondition to attend AC212.
• SAP recommends to derive the characteristic segment from the master data of profitcenters. On the other hand the derivation from profitcenters from other SAP modules is covered in detail in SAP course AC610 (=> Profit Center Accounting with classic G/L) or SAP course AC612 (=>Profit Center Accounting with new G/L).
• Functions of earlier ERP releases are also covered in this version of AC210.