Uploading Additive Costs En Masse
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingAdditive costs are extra costs that are added to a material’s cost estimate which are not calculated through the system. They are used in addition to the costs that are...
View ArticleSetting a Tolerance Limit when Maintaining the GR/IR Account
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn most companies the Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (GR/IR) clearing account is the most difficult to manage due to the number of lines that are posted to it. For this...
View ArticleUnderstanding Bank Statement Posting Rules
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThe posting rules for Bank Statement processing have been around for over a decade, but I find that there are still a lot of people (consultants and end-users alike)...
View ArticleUsing Translation Keys in Drilldown Reports
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDrilldown reports have become more widespread with the latest versions of SAP ERP. What used to be available only for management reports in the Controlling Profitability...
View ArticleUsing Translation Keys in Drilldown Reports (Part 2)
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThis is a continuation of my previous blog, in which I describe how you can use translation keys for foreign currency conversion in drilldown reports. This functionality...
View ArticleCurrency Translation for Cost Center Reports
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThe cost center reports in SAP are normally displayed in Controlling Area currency. This means that if you have several company codes that have different currencies but...
View ArticleAssigning Personnel Numbers to Vendor Accounts
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIf you use the Travel Management module, then you probably know that in order for employee expenses to be posted to financial accounting, the personnel numbers of the...
View ArticleEnsuring That the Appropriate G/L accounts are Entered in Purchase Orders
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingWhen purchase orders are entered in the standard SAP system, the general ledger account that is posted to is derived in the below ways:(1) If it is a purchase of...
View ArticlePodcast: Paul Ovigele Discusses Cost-of-Sales Reporting and Financial...
In a brief interview with Andrea Haynes, group editor of SAPexperts, Paul Ovigele, a Financials Expert advisor and author of the SAP PRESS book 100 Things You Should Know About Financial Accounting...
View ArticleWhat EHP5 means to your Finance team: Q&A with SAP financials expert Paul...
EHP 5 delivers a lot of new functionality – but what will bring the biggest improvements for your Financials team?I was pleased to have SAP financials expert and Financials 2012 speaker Paul Ovigele...
View ArticleDisplaying Prior Year Balances after a New GL Migration
By now, everyone knows about the New GL, which is now called the “SAP General Ledger”. By the way, who else finds the term “SAP General Ledger” confusing, since this term could also refer to the...
View ArticleAn SAPinsider Online Chat with Paul Ovigele
KM: Hi this is Ken Murphy with SAPinsider, and I’m pleased to be joined by SAPexperts advisor Paul Ovigele. Paul has been a popular speaker at the SAPinsider Financials conferences, and he’s a favorite...
View ArticleCharting Your Course in 2014: SAP ERP Financials
In this podcast, featured speaker and author Paul Ovigele reviews the major 2013 trends in SAP ERP Financials, and what SAP finance users should be looking for in 2014.Transcript of the...
View ArticleCharting Your Course 2015: Paul Ovigele on SAP Financials
Paul Ovigele, CEO of Ovigele Consulting, joins SAPinsider's Ken Murphy to discuss the year in SAP Financials. Ovigele offers his perspective on what's important to know about SAP Simple Finance. Topics...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Automatic Account Assignment of your SAP General Ledger Accounts
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingEver wondered how you can easily find out where G/L accounts are assigned in the system? The assignment of accounts is made in several tables depending on which module...
View ArticleInsider Tips and Clever Workarounds for SAP Financials with Paul Ovigele
Listen in on this ILN exclusive podcast, as SAP Financials expert Paul Ovigele provides a few inside tips and clever workarounds to help make your job easier. For more tips, register for the upcoming...
View ArticleEffortless master data maintenance of your SAP G/L Accounts
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingA very neat way of maintaining G/L account master data is by using the “Hierarchy Display” functionality. This enables you to see all the existing accounts and easily...
View ArticleSetting Up Default Field Values for the Vendor and Customer Master
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingA question that I get asked a lot is “How can we get to default certain fields in the vendor or customer master?” The answer I normally give is for the users to create...
View ArticleTechnical Tips and Tricks to Get More out of Your SAP ERP Financials...
Insider Learning Network recently hosted a web forum with Paul Ovigele on technical tips and tricks to get more out of SAP ERP financials. Paul is a featured speaker at SAPinsider Financials...
View ArticleImporting and Exporting of SAP Queries between clients
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingSAP Query is a very useful tool that functional consultants and power users can use to quickly create reports by joining tables or accessing a logical database. A great...
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