fi overview - the basics of sap and fi
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FIAP
ARAMGL
CONSpecialLedger
G/L Reporting Legal or external reporting• Balance sheet• Income Statement• Statement of
Financial Position
Stockholders
Bankers, Lenders
IRS, Taxing Authority
External Auditors
SEC
External Accounting
Balance SheetProfit & Loss
Financial Position
COMPONENT
Cost Center Acctg - CO-CCA
Internal Orders CO-OPA
Projects - PS
Product Costing - CO-PC
Activity Based Costing
Profitability Analysis-CO-PA
Profit Center Acctg-EC-PCA
Executive Info. System-EC-EIS
VIEW
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Profits Profits
Any data
ROLE
Cost Tracking
Small Projects
Large Projects
Product Costing
Cost Management
Margin by multi-cuts Profit & Loss Repsons.
Cross-module reports
Internal management reportingReports by cost centers or other cost “objects” and cost elements
Cost centersOrders and ProjectsBudget/planActual vs. plan
CO Reporting
Internal AccountingDepartmental Expense
ReportSalaries 10,000Overhead 8,000Other 5,000Total 23,000
Department Managers
ControllersExecutives
Senior Management
COFI
Legal or external reportingReports by accounts Balance Sheet Income Statement
Internal managementreporting
Reports by cost centers andcost elements
Cost Center Reports
FI/CO Organizational Structures ClientCompanyChart of AccountsCompany CodeBusiness AreaCredit Control AreaControlling Area
ClientHighest hierarchical level in an SAP systemA complete database containing all the tables
necessary for creating a fully integrated system
Master records are created at the client level
Company Consolidated financial statements are
created at the company level A company can include one or more
company codesAll company codes must use the same chart
of accounts and fiscal year
Chart of AccountsA listing of the accounts A chart of accounts must be assigned to
every company code Several company codes can use the same
chart of accounts A different chart of accounts can be used if a
different grouping of the chart of accounts is required
Co code1000
Co code2000
Co code3000
Co code4000
Co code5000
US CHART OFACCOUNTS
GERMAN CHART OFACCOUNTS
CLIENT
Company Code
A required structureA legally independent entityThe smallest organizational unit for
which accounting can be carried out The level where business transactions are
processed The level where accounts are managed The level where legal individual financial
statements, such as the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement, are created
A BALANCED SET OF BOOKS
Credit Control AreaAn organizational unit or area of
responsibility created to control customer credit limits
A company code is assigned to one and only one credit control area
Multiple company codes can be assigned to one credit control area
Controlling AreaAn organizational unit defining the
company's cost/ managerial accounting operations
A company code is assigned to one and only one controlling area
A controlling area can have multiple company codes assigned to itThis allows cross company cost allocations and
reporting
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JANUARY
FEBRUARY
DECEMBER
Fiscal Year VariantFiscal Year Variant•Determines the fiscal year
•Calendar year or non-calendar year
•Allows the use of special periods to aid year-end closing •Is assigned to a company code
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