What Should the Segment Field be used for in the SAP General Ledger?
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingSo you are considering using the SAP General Ledger (formerly known as the New General Ledger, or New G/L) and you want to know how some of the new characteristics such...
View ArticleSecondary Cost Element Reporting in SAP General Ledger PCA
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDuring my live Q&A session on last week “What’s changed in Profit Center Accounting with SAP General Ledger?”, I was asked a great question by two of the attendees...
View ArticleExcluding Specific Cost Centers from Cost Center Reports
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThe cost center accounting module has several great reports that can be used to analyze the plan, target and actual costs, broken down by cost elements in a particular...
View ArticleIntegrating Secondary Cost Element Planning in SAP General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, titled “Secondary Cost Element Reporting in SAP General Ledger PCA” I discussed how you could run reports in the SAP General Ledger which include...
View ArticlePassive document splitting in the SAP General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my upcoming session “Accelerate local and global financial closes and period-end reports with improved integration between profit center accounting and the general...
View ArticleUsing Drilldown Reports with the SAP General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingOne of the topics that I will be covering at the Reporting and Analytics Conference is on the use of drilldown reports to enhance your financial statement reporting....
View ArticleDefining Business Transaction Variants in the SAP General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDuring my session “Accelerate local and global financial closes and period-end reports with improved integration between profit center accounting and the general ledger”...
View ArticleUsing WBS Element as a Document Splitting Characteristic
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ReportingA question that came up both during my Q&A session last month and my presentation in the Reporting & Analytics conference concerned the use of characteristics...
View ArticleSetting up Real-time Integration of EC-CS and the General Ledger (Part 1)
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIf you plan to consolidate your financial reports within the SAP ERP system, the only option that you have is to use the Enterprise Controlling Consolidation System...
View ArticleSetting up Real-time Integration of EC-CS and the General Ledger (Part 2)
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, I described one of the steps needed to perform real-time integration between the Enterprise Controlling Consolidation (EC-CS) module and the general...
View ArticleReconciling CO-PA with Financial Accounting (Part 1)
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingOne of the biggest issues that accountants have with the Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) module, is that is not easy to reconcile it with the Financial...
View ArticleReconciling CO-PA with Financial Accounting (Part 2)
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingA few of the areas that you can expect to see reconciliation differences between the Financial Accounting (FI) module and the Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)...
View ArticleAssigning SAP Queries to Transaction Codes
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingSAP Queries can be accessed directly by going to transaction SQ01 and executing the relevant query. Some companies, however, do not like to give users access to this...
View ArticleSetting up Statistical Orders for Project Monitoring
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThere are basically two main ways of tracking projects in SAP – by using WBS Elements in the Project System (PS) module, and using internal orders in the Controlling...
View ArticleDeriving Partner Functions Correctly in CO-PA
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingAn area which normally causes confusion in CO-PA is where a derivation needs to be made for a partner function. For those who do not know what a partner function is, it...
View ArticleInheriting Characteristic Values in CO-PA
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, I describe how you can derive a partner function from the header or line item level of a sales order. The CO-PA characteristic that is used as a...
View ArticlePosting Planned Delivery Costs to a Separate Vendor
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDelivery costs such as freight, customs, duty, and so on, can be planned on a purchase order so that an accrual is created when that order is goods received. This...
View ArticleUploading 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)...
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