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Author's profile photo Prashant Pimpalekar

SAP S/4 HANA – Simple Finance: Simplified

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      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Interesting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

      Author's profile photo Prashant Pimpalekar
      Prashant Pimpalekar
      Blog Post Author

      Thanks!

      Author's profile photo Prashant Pimpalekar
      Prashant Pimpalekar
      Blog Post Author

      Thank you all! Good to see it was well received.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Very Good Document...Thanks for Sharing...

      Author's profile photo João Paulo Almeida
      João Paulo Almeida

      Hi Prashant Pimpalekar,

      Very good! But when you said that these documents will be saved on BSEG are from classical posting from FB's, means that these documents will be saved when the project was migrated, am I right?

      I guess for the new documents created by FB's will be saved on ACDOCA,

      Thank you.

      JPA

      Author's profile photo Neal Tarditi
      Neal Tarditi

      Hi Prashant,

      Excellent summary.

      FAGLFLEXA and COEP are still there in SAP (I haven't looked at the assets). FAGLFLEXA still used for splitting.

      The index and aggregate tables are replaced by Hana generated DDL SQL views (i.e. can still look at the tables in SE16/SE11 but HANA just fills the HANA view with information from the line item tables - look and feel of se11/se16are the same as pre Hana)

      @ Joao Paulo BSEG is still populated for all FI transactions as per normal but the ACDOCA table is also populated at the same time with BSEG and COEP (i.e. CO) information. The reason for stating FB's is that any CO transaction that only posts to CO will be populated in ACDOCA and not in BSEG (i.e. BSEG operates as per normal SAP) - examples are assessment and distributions between cost objects such as Cost Centres.

      Thanks Prashant for the info.

      Regards

      Neal

      Author's profile photo João Paulo Almeida
      João Paulo Almeida

      Thanks Neal.

      Author's profile photo João Paulo Almeida
      João Paulo Almeida

      That's right Neal.

      Author's profile photo Narasimhulu Konnipati
      Narasimhulu Konnipati

      Good presentation with very useful content.

      Thanks for sharing.

      NSK

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Good one

      Author's profile photo Coder X
      Coder X

      This is a great piece of information for starters on SFIN.

      Thanks You!

      Author's profile photo Prashant Pimpalekar
      Prashant Pimpalekar
      Blog Post Author

      Thank you all!

      Author's profile photo Mohammed Kalim
      Mohammed Kalim

      Dear Prashant,

      Its wonderful document. Thanks for sharing.

      Regards,

      Mohammed Kalim

      Author's profile photo Kishore Kamarthapu
      Kishore Kamarthapu

      Thank you. Good document.

      Author's profile photo Ajay Jawalkar
      Ajay Jawalkar

      Thanks Prashant!

      This has given a proper summary of Simple Finance which was must needed for starters like me.

      Author's profile photo Ganesh Sadula
      Ganesh Sadula

      Prashant,

      Thank you for sharing informative about SFIN,

      Sir,

      SAP H/4 , We tested P2P cycle is reflecting in BSEG, BSIK, BSIS and also in ACDOCA table .

      It flow in on only ACDOCA table in SAP S4 HANA. if data flow Index tables and ACDOCA table it will be heavy data on server.


      please suggest me as above


      With regards,

      Ganesh

      Author's profile photo Coder X
      Coder X

      If your question is; "why do you still see index tables BSIK and BSIS with data and will it take up space in the HANA DB?", then the answer is; "BSIK and BSIS are no longer physical tables but non-materialized compatibility views which do not take any memory on your HANA DB". You are only allowed to use SELECT statements on these tables to support backward compatibility.

      Non-materialized views do not take up space in the DB because they are computed on the fly. So you need not worry about the data foot print from any of the index tables. This explanation holds true for all the index tables removed from S/4 HANA.

      Author's profile photo Ganesh Sadula
      Ganesh Sadula

      Coder X

      Thank you for clarification of my Query.

      With Regards,

      Ganesh

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Good summarized information. Thanks

      Best Regards,

      Chirag Panchal

      Author's profile photo Jay Bhattacharyya
      Jay Bhattacharyya

      Hi Prashant,

      This is very useful information.

      Are you going throw some light on migration to Central Finance from non-SAP (esp. Oracle) ERPs? I'm interested to know details of the migration process and pitfalls (if any).

      Thanks.

      Author's profile photo Laxminarayana kavali
      Laxminarayana kavali

      Good document. Thanks for sharing

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Thanks for your help and interest to share good material on SFIN 🙂

      Author's profile photo Muthukumareshan vijayan
      Muthukumareshan vijayan

      Good presentation with very useful content.

      Thanks for sharing.

      Author's profile photo Bharat Khanna
      Bharat Khanna

      Hello Prashant,

      Thanks for the clear pictre of ACDOCA table. Very helpful. Will be willing to read more of SFIN, inc case you have posted few more.

      Author's profile photo Harshad Bhingarkar
      Harshad Bhingarkar

      Hi Prashant,

      Indeed its a valuable information. Being a technical consultant, I would like to know the impact of these changed data model on ABAP side.

      We have beed using various BAPIs, IDOCs, BTEs, Substitution / Validation exits for various functionalities throughout various versions.

      Obvious question is, how these are handled in S/4HANA 1605 version and if there is any document / Release notes available for migration of these Technical Artifacts. I tried to find, but could not find a good information on this. Will be helpful if you can point me on this.

      - Harshad

      Author's profile photo Sattaiah Gundu
      Sattaiah Gundu

      Thanks

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi Prashant,

      Nice Efforts.

      Can you anyone here Answer few of my Curiosities Regarding below:

      How We will Map Data in SLT Using Central Finance Scnerio?

      How CO Document Posted in Source System will be Handled Target System?

      Hoe we will Covert all of our Cost Elements (Primary, Secondary) to GL Accounts. I know using T.Code FS00 we can do one by one, How we can Do in Bulk. Is there is any New Functionality SAP has Introduced for that?

      My Client might will Start Migration Project Shortly.

      Any Notes, Configuration Guide and Documentation Links will be Appreciated.

      Thanks

      Umer

      Author's profile photo Govind Gogate
      Govind Gogate

      Hello Umer,

      Regarding point # 3 on cost elements - there is no facility available to do bulk upload for the cost elements (which are going to be created using FS00), like the one which was available earlier (Automatic Creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Elements).

      - You reach the transaction code FS00 when try to create Cost Element.

      - while creating a GL account, need to specify the GL account type - whether it is a balance sheet / Primary cost or revenue  or secondary cost account.

      - On the basis of the same, on the tab"Control data", Account settings in controlling area" will be available to determine  the cost element category.

      Thank you!

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Thanks Govind for Confirmation. Appreciate your Efforts.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      RE: How We will Map Data in SLT Using Central Finance Scnerio?

       

      The mapping will be in Z tables in Central Finance or MDM functionality if implemented

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Thanks Neal for your Feedback. I Appreciate it.

       

      Can you Explain a Little More in Detail if we use Basic Version of MDG Which Does Not Require a Separate License, then How We can Perform Mapping and Can you tell us about Cost Object Mapping Frame Work, How it Works and How Do we Map Cost Objects Like Internal Orders and Production Order using Cost Object Mapping Frame Work.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi M. Umar,

       

      I cannot answer this as I have not implemented a Central Finance instance yet.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Thanks Neal for you Feedback, I will Appreciate if Someone Can Answer this Question on this Forum.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Excellent, thanks for sharing!

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi Guru,

       

      Have you come across during S4 migration the FAGLFLEXA count before and after migration  has changed drastically. in my case it has increased by 80% of existing count and what could be the potential reason the increase.

       

      Thanks for reply.

      Author's profile photo Santosh Kumar Pannala
      Santosh Kumar Pannala

      Hi,

      Very good and useful information. My client looking towards for S/4 implementation. They have started technical migration to HANA. However they are still taking more time when to move on Simple Finance.

      Just wanted to check are there are pre-requisite steps or preliminary setup that we can do now like BP creations or anything which can reduce some of amount of time. The main aim is to start ourselves prepared for the big project and begin with minimum things that do not have any dependencies.

       

      Regards,

      Santosh