sap financial closing cockpit in sap s/4hana; status and roadmap
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Christoph Ernst, SAP
July, 2017
SAP Financial Closing cockpit in SAP S/4HANAStatus and Roadmap
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP ECC
SAP ECC
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
Faster close
Stricter Close governance
Less effort and cost
Increased Compliance
Improved data quality
Less errors
Higher transparency
Central planning,
execution and monitoring
of all close activities in all
areas
Templates for process
steps of entities
Documentation of status
Design Value
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S/4HANA
SAP ECCSAP S/4HANA
1511, 1610
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
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Customers who use the SAP Financial Closing
cockpit in ECC can continue to use the SAP
Financial Closing Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA.
Customers can start using SAP Financial Closing
cockpit with SAP S/4HANA 1511 or 1610 as well.
SAP Financial Closing cockpit = Transactions
codes „FCLOCOx“
However, SAP Financial Closing cockpit remains
part of the compatibility scope matrix (since the
list should remain stable; note: 2269324)
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S/4HANA: Detail
SAP S/4HANA
1511, 1610
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
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Existing SAP Financial Closing cockpit can also
work with other scheduling solutions than Redwood
(note: 2391918)
Business Automation Enabler (BAE) is an interface
between SAP Financial Closing Cockpit and External
Scheduling Tools like SAP Central Process Scheduler
(CPS) for scheduling jobs and job chains and integrating of
business and infrastructure events.
Before 01.11.2016 the usage of this interface was
restricted to SAP BPA and SAP CPS only.
Starting from 01.11.2016 it was released for all external
schedulers that have passed either the SMSE or the BAE
certification procedure.
UC4 Automic, Redwood Cronacle, IBM Tivoli, CA Workload
Automation, Honico Batchman, SAP BPA, SAP CPS
SAP Financial Closing cockpit: open to various scheduling solutions
SAP ECC/SAP S/4HANA
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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Perfect Planning, Automation and Monitoring –
SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit
Benefits
Faster Entity Close through
improved closing efficiency
Governance and Compliance
Transparency and Insight
15-25% Faster Closing cycle – while ensuring high quality compliant results Source: SAP Performance Benchmarking
Capabilities
Automated closing tasks, even in remote
systems and powerful, user-friendly
application for manual tasks
Collaboration, notifications, and workflows
Define a global game plan for the entity
close; leverage it for multiple org units and
closing cycles
Audit trail, logging, documentation
Real-time insight into the closing status
Monitoring by subsidiaries and headquarter
Close Analysis
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Planned innovations: SAP S/4HANA 1709Focus: provide SAP S/4HANA on premise customers with SAP FCc
part of SAP S/4HANA Core (no add-on anymore) with comparable functionality as add-on
Fioritized UX (on the basis of existing transactions)
Product vision: Intelligent Financial Closing cockpit on SAP Cloud Platform
Focus: cloud, automation, machine learning and analytics
Cloud: Flexible deployment option, connectivity to on premise and cloud
Automation: Scheduling or processing of closing tasks in due sequence with complete audit trail for status changes, incidents and relevant
result objects; approval workflow for specific tasks
Machine Learning: leverage existing and planned
Apps like GR/IR, Intercompany, Accruals, Matching,
Reconciliation
Analytics: Financial Close KPI Overview
SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit – Roadmap*
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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SAP FCc is planned to become a core part of SAP
S/4HANA 1709 (as opposed to being an add-on to
ECC/SAP S/4HANA 1610) with automatic technical
transition for existing SAP FCc customers.
SAP FCc is planned to come with a new and renovated
UX (Fiori) – current capabilities remain.
SAP FCc remains to be a separate license. Existing
licenses will be credited.
It comes with a new SAP S/4HANA material number
(outside Compatibility Pack), however keeping the same
metric.
7019413 SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit
8005543 Cloud (HEC) SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing
cockpit
► Reliable path into the future for existing and new
customers of SAP FCc
Planned innovation*:
SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S/4HANA 1709
SAP S/4HANA
1709
SAP S/4HANA
Financial
Closing
cockpit
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Planned innovation*:
SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S/4HANA 1709
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Intelligent
Financial
Closing cockpit
SAP Cloud Platform
SAP S/4HANA
Product Vision*: SAP Intelligent Financial Closing cockpit
Integration with SAP Cloud Platform extension approach
Focus: cloud, automation, machine learning and analytics
Cloud: Flexible deployment option, connectivity to on premise and cloud
Automation: Scheduling or processing of closing tasks in due sequence with complete audit trail for status changes, incidents and
relevant result objects; approval workflow for specific tasks
Machine Learning: leverage existing and planned Apps like GR/IR, Intercompany, Accruals, Matching, Reconciliation
Analytics: Financial Close KPI Overview
SAP ERP SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Product Vision*: SAP Intelligent Financial Closing cockpit
Integration with SAP Cloud Platform extension approach
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Product Vision*: SAP Intelligent Financial Closing cockpit
Integration with SAP Cloud Platform extension approach
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Product Vision*: SAP Intelligent Financial Closing cockpit
Integration with SAP Cloud Platform extension approach
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
SAP S/4HANA
Central Close with SAP Financial Closing cockpit in heterogenous
landscapes
One technical installation of SAP Financial Closing cockpit (on SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP
BW), connected with the entity systems, can be set up to centrally manage the respective closing
tasks in various source-systems.
SAP Financial Closing cockpit can also be technically installed on a SAP Central Finance instance.
However, it is not required to replicate the entity data into the Central Finance instance – the SAP
Financial Closing cockpit can perfectly work remotely, no need for data replication.
To allow for scheduling and monitoring tasks in Non-SAP environment, SAP Business Process
Automation by Redwood is necessary; in an SAP environment it is not.
SAP ERP Non-SAP
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SAP Shared Service Framework Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
SAP Shared Service Framework
enables Shared Service Organizations
to increase the efficiency of their
operations
Provides a central working environment for
the entire shared service organization
Integrates deeply along all financial End-to-
End processes
Streamlines and automates processes
Hides the complexity of typical shared
service organization landscapes to the end-
users
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SAP‘s Service Management PlatformProviding state-of-the-art Service Management Capabilities
Supporting a broad set of communication
channels
Sophisticated Case Management
functionalities
Complete transparency on Service Level
Agreements
Clear responsibilities for efficient service
execution and delivery
Increased transparency with embedded
Service Analytics
SAPShared Service
Framework
Service center management
Communication management
Service delivery
Service routing
Analytics
Governance and compliance
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Planning the Implementation of SAP Enablers Simplifying the Patterns of Shared Service Delivery
Service
execution
Request Feedback
A. Communication
Service
executionB. Exception Handling
Business Process
C. End-2-End
Process ManagementService
Execution
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SAP Shared
Service
Framework
SAP Shared Service FrameworkDeeply integrated out-of-the-box into SAP’s Finance Solution Portfolio
Integrated out-of-the-box with SAP end-to-
end automation engines
For example:
Optimized Accounts Receivable Process with
Integrated collection and dispute worklists with SSF
and the SAP Receivables Management solutions
Simplified communication and automated execution of
the Closing Process with SSF and SAP Financial
Closing Cockpit
Enhanced issue resolution capabilities in Accounts
Payable with SSF and SAP Invoice Management by
Open Text
..and many more…
Accounts Receivable
ClosingProcess
And many
more
Accounts Payables
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Support decisions and promote
accountability with insightful
analytics and sign-off
Perform automated,
exception-based
monitoring of ERP systems
Evaluate control design and effectiveness;
raise and remediate issues
Perform periodic risk
assessments to determine
scope and test strategies
Document controls and policies
centrally; map to key regulations
and impacted organizations
SAP Process ControlEnsure effective controls and on-going compliance
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SAP
Process
Control
SAP Process Control and SAP Financial Closing* cockpit
SAP S/4HANA
1709
SAP S/4HANA
Financial
Closing
cockpit
It may be usefull to include
results of internal control
monitoring with SAP Process
Control into status overview
in SAP FCc (on project basis)
Documentation and archiving
of results can be performed
in SAP FCc as well.
* Use cases described are valid with SAP FCc 2.0 as well.
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SAP FCc is not only about Closing:
Whenever system related tasks have to be carried out, steps
or results have to be docmented and/or collaborative work
needs to be supported, SAP FCc capabilities are ready to
support.
Customers use SAP FCc for example to plan, monitor and
execute daily routines like payment and dunning runs.
Often general, regular reporting tasks are incorporated
into the task lists to be controlled by SAP FCc.
Sometimes SAP FCc is leveraged to collect and
document certain control activities as well.
► SAP FCc is designed to support Closing – however it
can also leverage far more tasks in the Finance
Department (and is not even limited to it).
SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit*: Beyond Closing
SAP S/4HANA
1709
SAP S/4HANA
Financial
Closing
cockpit
* Use cases described are valid with SAP FCc 2.0 as well.
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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SAP Smart Business for Financial Close
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SAP Smart Business for Financial Close
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SAP Smart Business for Financial Close 1.0
offers monitoring and analytics apps on top of
SAP FCc. http://help.sap.com/ssb
Included in the standard license
Available with SAP ECC (requires SAP HANA)
and SAP S/4HANA Finance (aka “Simple
Finance add-on”) 1503 and 1605.
Is an optional component to SAP FCc; not
intended to fully replace BW Content, no further
investments from SAP side.
SAP Smart Business for Financial Close
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Financial
Closing
cockpit
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SAP Lumira for Financial Close
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SAP Lumira for Financial Close
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SAP BI content 7.07
https://help.sap.com/viewer/8283ab99b2f540c18afbe5cbb34501e3/7.07.20/en-US/b4912e8714ed4fb79d16ac876457d375.html
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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Deployment options
SAP ECC SAP S/4HANA
Finance (add-on)
1503, 1605
SAP S/4HANA
Finance 1511, 1610
SAP S/4HANA
Finance 1709*
Fiori UX
(WebDynpro)x
SAP GUI x x x x
SAP S/4HANA
Financial Closing
cockpit
x
SAP Smart
Businessx x
SAP BW Content x x x** x**
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit 2.0x x x
* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
** with restrictions
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SAP Financial Closing Cockpit
Analyze ExecuteEntity Close
Management
Monitor
Plan
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SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing cockpit
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SAP Financial Closing Cockpit
Entity Close
Management
Plan
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Defining the Game Plan for the Entity Close (1)
The template contains:
all default tasks related to
Tasks are organized in hierarchies, e.g.
by organizational units, responsibilities,
and/or closing phases.
All tasks in the template are classified
by closing type to support easy reuse
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Entity
Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
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Defining the Game Plan for the Entity Close (2)
There are multiple types of tasks
- Notes (pure manual steps)
- Transactions
- Programs with or w/o variant
- Workflows -
Jobs
- Remote tasks
- Tasks in other systems
- Automation in the same system
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Entity
Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
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Improved Task Maintenance for Organizational Units
Three functions are available to maintain tasks in
the Organizational hierarchy:
- Copy task to all Organizational units
- Replace in all Organizational units
- Delete in all Organizational units
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Support of different time zones
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SAP Financial Closing Cockpit
ExecuteEntity Close
Management
Plan
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Preparing a Concrete Entity Close Cycle
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Entity
Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
The task list contains all tasks related
to a concrete close cycle and the
absolute schedule for the tasks.
The task list is generated from the
template and adjusted according to
the concrete closing cycle of the
subsidiary.
Generation of task lists can even be
organized under corporate
responsibility to ensure a harmonized
closing process across subsidiaries.
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Executing and Documenting the Entity Close (1)
The task list can be accessed and
processed by all stakeholders, either
using SAP GUI or via a Web
application.
Tasks can be executed online or
scheduled for batch processing.
Task dependencies are taken into
account, e.g. a task will not be started
prior to its predecessors being finished.
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Entity
Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
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Executing and Documenting the Entity Close (2)
The system provides detailed status
information on each task.
It provides links to all system-created
documentation (job logs, spool lists,
application logs).
Users can add additional external
documentation to tasks.
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
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Task-Schedule/Execution from Tasklist Web UI
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SAP Financial Closing Cockpit
ExecuteEntity Close
Management
Monitor
Plan
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Monitoring the Entity Close
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
The status and progress of the entity
close can be displayed as SAP
NetWeaver BW queries that provide
real-time access to the close figures
or in the SAP Fiori Overview page
(planned).
This enables corporate managers as
well as managers of the subsidiaries
to monitor the status of the closing
process on their levels of
responsibilities.
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BI Reporting – Closing Status OverviewProvides an overview of the closing status of each task list
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BI Reporting – Closing Schedule OverviewProvides an overview of each task’s schedule
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SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing Cockpit
Analyze ExecuteEntity Close
Management
Monitor
Plan
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Analyzing and Continually Improving the Entity Close
Gain insightOptimize
Prepare Entity
Close *
GL
Submit to Corporate
Close
Assets CostsCorporate Accounting Local Accountant
Execute Entity Close Tasks
Monitorand Analyze
Define Global
Plan for Close
Local / Corporate Local Accountant
The actual duration of the tasks
in a single close can be
compared with the planned
duration using an SAP
NetWeaver BW query or SAP
Fiori (Planned).
This enables the user to
improve the template based on
clear insights for the next
closing cycle.
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BI Reporting – Closing Schedule AnalysisAnalyses the tasks’ completion status
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BI Reporting – Closing Schedule Analysis (Cross Period)Provides an overview of the cross period schedule analysis of each task
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Closing Cockpit with SAP S/4HANA
SAP ECC
Closing
Cockpit
Close governance
Efficiency
Insight
Templates / task lists for
standardized closing
UI for close management
Automation via jobs, WF
Monitoring of status and
execution in SAP GUI
Design Value
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit versus the closing cockpit functionality (CC)
included in the SAP ERP license
Stronger
Governance
Increased
EfficiencyBetter Insight
Attachments per task in
templates and task lists
Extended authorization
(e.g. on task, org unit)
Multiple processors per
task, HR org support
Central storage of logs
Comprehensive audit trail
Internal controls
Extended dependencies
Extended transports
Easy template definition
Filtering, mass changes
Factory calendars
Flexible notifications
Event-driven execution
Remote task execution
Integration to SAP CPS
Jobs of other schedulers
Access to WF monitor
Extensibility (e.g. variables)
Smart Business Cockpit*
Web user interface
Improved user experience
(e.g. ready to execute)
Profiles for pre-selection
within a task list
GANTT chart
Time zone support
Real-time BW queries for
monitoring / analysis
Insight across multiple
entities / close cycles
Templates / task lists for
standardized closing
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UI for close management
Automation via jobs, WF
Monitoring of status and
execution in SAP GUI
* requires SAP HANA
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Closing Cockpit with SAP S/4HANA
SAP ECC
Closing
Cockpit
SAP S/4HANA
Closing
Cockpit
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Customers who use the Closing Cockpit in
ECC can continue to use the Closing Cockpit
in SAP S/4HANA.
NOTE: 2332547 - S4TWL - Closing Cockpit with S/4HANA OP
The functionality of the standard Closing cockpit (without license) is
available, but defined as "not the target architecture" in SAP
S/4HANA 1511, 1610 or subsequent releases. See SAP note
2269324 – Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA, on-
premise edition. Thus transaction codes CLOCO, CLOCOC and
CLOCOS are supported but are part of compatibility scope in
S/4HANA OP. The Business Functions FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE,
FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE_2, FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE_3
(requiring a license for SAP Financial Closing cockpit) are flagged
as obsolete in S/4HANA OP.
If any of the Business Functions listed above are active, consider to
use the Add-On Financials Closing Cockpit 2.0 instead.
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2332547
Closing Cockpit with SAP S/4HANA: Detail
SAP S/4HANA
Closing
Cockpit
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Agenda
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit (SAP FCc) Overview
Status
SAP S/4HANA Financial
Closing cockpit
Roadmap
SAP S/4HANA 1709
Outlook into the Cloud
Use cases
Central Close
SAP Shared Service Framework and SAP S/4HANA FCc
SAP Process Control and SAP S/4HANA FCc
Beyond Closing
Analytics SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Smart Business
SAP FCc Analytics with SAP Lumira
SAP BI Content
Additional Information Availability options
Key Capabilities (SAP FCc process)
Closing cockpit
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