Group Reporting with SAP S/4HANA - The Financial Consolidation Guide

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Publisher SAP PRESS

Year / Edition 2024 / 2

Pages 484

Authors Eric Ryan, Thiagu Bala, Satyendra Raghav, Azharuddin Mohammed, Sumit Kukreja

Group Reporting with SAP S/4HANA

Get financial consolidation up and running! With this comprehensive guide, learn how to set up and use SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Organize your financials information by configuring global settings, master data, and transaction data. Walk through each group reporting process—intercompany elimination, consolidation of investments, and matrix consolidation—following step-by-step instructions for setup and execution. With details on consolidation reporting, this is the only book you need for a successful corporate close!

Manage your financial consolidation with SAP S/4HANA Finance
Configure and run currency translation, intercompany elimination, consolidation of investments, and more
Create consolidation reports and use new reporting tools

You'll learn about:

System Setup:
Discover how group reporting fits into the architecture of SAP S/4HANA Finance. Customize key settings to suit your business: consolidation units, financial statement items, journal entries, data validation rules, and more.
Financial Consolidation:
Perform a successful consolidation! Set up and run critical processes such as currency translation, intercompany profit elimination, and consolidation of investments using the Data Monitor and the Consolidation Monitor.
Reporting:
Once your consolidation is complete, it’s time to report your results. Use reporting rules to create flexible custom reports, and then explore reporting tools in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office, and SAP Analytics Cloud.

Key Highlights:

Master and transaction data
Currency translation
Intercompany elimination
Consolidation of investments
Consolidation entries
Matrix consolidation
Data Monitor
Consolidation Monitor
Reporting items and rules
Consolidation reporting

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Preface
- Objective of This Book
- Target Audience
- How to Read This Book
1 Introduction to Consolidation
- 1.1 Financial Consolidation Basics
  - 1.1.1 Consolidation Steps
  - 1.1.2 Consolidation Concepts
- 1.2 Why Consolidate Financials Data?
  - 1.2.1 International Financial Reporting Standards
  - 1.2.2 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- 1.3 Evolution of Consolidation with SAP Solutions
  - 1.3.1 Financial Accounting: Legal Consolidation
  - 1.3.2 Enterprise Controlling: Consolidation System
  - 1.3.3 SAP Strategic Enterprise Management: Business Consolidation System
  - 1.3.4 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
  - 1.3.5 Real-Time Consolidation in SAP S/4HANA
  - 1.3.6 Group Reporting with SAP S/4HANA
- 1.4 Financial Close in SAP S/4HANA
  - 1.4.1 Ledger Close
  - 1.4.2 Group Close
  - 1.4.3 Continuous Accounting Using Group Reporting
- 1.5 Summary
2 Group Reporting Architecture and Components
- 2.1 SAP S/4HANA Finance
  - 2.1.1 Architecture
  - 2.1.2 SAP Fiori
- 2.2 Group Reporting
  - 2.2.1 Technical Architecture
  - 2.2.2 Finance Analytics
  - 2.2.3 Predelivered Content
- 2.3 Summary
3 Master Data
- 3.1 Global Settings
- 3.2 Group Reporting Preparation Ledger
- 3.3 Group Reporting Master Data
  - 3.3.1 Consolidation Entities
  - 3.3.2 Financial Statement Items
  - 3.3.3 Breakdown Categories
  - 3.3.4 Subitem Categories and Subitems
  - 3.3.5 Consolidation Fields (Additional Fields)
  - 3.3.6 Consolidation Versions
  - 3.3.7 Document Types
- 3.4 Selections
- 3.5 Summary
4 Transaction Data
- 4.1 What Is the Data Monitor?
  - 4.1.1 Layout
  - 4.1.2 Tasks
- 4.2 Configuring the Data Monitor
  - 4.2.1 Creating a Task
  - 4.2.2 Assigning Tasks to Task Groups
  - 4.2.3 Specifying Preceding Tasks
  - 4.2.4 Custom Tasks and Custom Task Groups
- 4.3 Integrating Transaction Data
  - 4.3.1 Universal Ledger
  - 4.3.2 Flexible Upload
  - 4.3.3 API Integration (Cloud Only)
  - 4.3.4 SAP Group Reporting Data Collection
- 4.4 Plan Data Integration
- 4.5 Balance Carryforward
  - 4.5.1 Setting Up Balance Carryforward
  - 4.5.2 Executing and Validating the Balance Carryforward
- 4.6 Calculation of Net Income
- 4.7 Data Validation
  - 4.7.1 Validation Rules
  - 4.7.2 Validation Methods
  - 4.7.3 Import/Export Validation Settings
  - 4.7.4 Reported Data Validation
  - 4.7.5 Standardized Data Validation
- 4.8 Journal Entries
  - 4.8.1 Group Journal Entries
  - 4.8.2 General Journal Entries
  - 4.8.3 Release Universal Journal Task
  - 4.8.4 Validate Universal Journal Task
- 4.9 Group Reporting Preparation Ledger
  - 4.9.1 Benefits of the Preparation Ledger
  - 4.9.2 Activating the Preparation Ledger
  - 4.9.3 Configuring the Preparation Ledger
  - 4.9.4 Deriving Group Reporting-Relevant Fields in Accounting
  - 4.9.5 Data Quality and Realignment
- 4.10 Substitution and Validation Rules
  - 4.10.1 Substitution Rules
  - 4.10.2 Validation Rules
- 4.11 Summary
5 Currency Translation
- 5.1 What Is Currency Translation?
  - 5.1.1 Currency Translation Basics
  - 5.1.2 Currency Translation in SAP S/4HANA
- 5.2 Configuring Currency Translation
  - 5.2.1 Exchange Rate Types
  - 5.2.2 Exchange Rate Indicators
  - 5.2.3 Currency Translation Methods
  - 5.2.4 Consolidation Unit Method Assignment
  - 5.2.5 Financial Statement Item Currency Translation Attributes
- 5.3 Translating Reported Currency
  - 5.3.1 Execution in the Data Monitor
  - 5.3.2 Validating the Execution
  - 5.3.3 Reporting
- 5.4 Summary
6 Intercompany Elimination
- 6.1 What Is Intercompany Elimination?
  - 6.1.1 Reporting and Financial Statements
  - 6.1.2 Intercompany Profit and Loss Elimination
  - 6.1.3 Intercompany Balance Sheet Elimination
  - 6.1.4 Dividend Elimination
  - 6.1.5 Inventory Elimination
- 6.2 What Is the Consolidation Monitor?
  - 6.2.1 Layout
  - 6.2.2 Tasks
- 6.3 Configuring the Consolidation Monitor
  - 6.3.1 Reclassification Methods
  - 6.3.2 Tasks and Task Groups
  - 6.3.3 Defining Document Types
  - 6.3.4 Custom Consolidation Monitor Tasks
- 6.4 Configuring Intercompany Elimination
  - 6.4.1 Business Rules
  - 6.4.2 Predefined Configurations
- 6.5 Eliminating Intercompany Transactions
  - 6.5.1 Execution in the Consolidation Monitor
  - 6.5.2 Validating Eliminations and Reclassifications
  - 6.5.3 Reporting
- 6.6 Eliminating Intercompany Profit in Inventory
  - 6.6.1 Execution in the Consolidation Monitor
  - 6.6.2 Validating Eliminations Results
  - 6.6.3 Reporting
- 6.7 Summary
7 Consolidation of Investments
- 7.1 What Is Consolidation of Investments?
  - 7.1.1 Rule-Based Consolidation of Investments
  - 7.1.2 Activity-Based Consolidation of Investments
  - 7.1.3 Choosing a Method
- 7.2 Configuring Rule-Based Consolidation of Investments
  - 7.2.1 Reviewing Consolidation Methods
  - 7.2.2 Configuring Consolidation Groups
  - 7.2.3 Modifying Predefined Configuration
- 7.3 Configuring Activity-Based Consolidation of Investments
  - 7.3.1 Standard Settings
  - 7.3.2 Reviewing Consolidation Methods
  - 7.3.3 Configuring Consolidation Groups
  - 7.3.4 Modifying Predefined Configuration
- 7.4 Running Equity and Investment Eliminations
  - 7.4.1 Execution in the Consolidation Monitor
  - 7.4.2 Validating Consolidation of Investments
  - 7.4.3 Reporting
- 7.5 Summary
8 Consolidation Entries
- 8.1 Common Consolidation Entries
- 8.2 Journal Entry Template
  - 8.2.1 Getting Started
  - 8.2.2 Configuring the Journal Entry Template
  - 8.2.3 Making Consolidation Entries
- 8.3 Summary
9 Matrix Consolidation
- 9.1 What Is Matrix Consolidation?
- 9.2 Configuring Matrix Consolidation
  - 9.2.1 Parameters and Master Data
  - 9.2.2 Business Rules
- 9.3 Running Matrix Consolidation
  - 9.3.1 Managing Global Hierarchies
  - 9.3.2 Reporting
- 9.4 Summary
10 Consolidation Reporting
- 10.1 Predefined Reports
  - 10.1.1 Group Data Analysis
  - 10.1.2 Drill-Through to Transaction Data
  - 10.1.3 Predelivered Playbook
- 10.2 Reporting Rules and Reporting Items
  - 10.2.1 Configuring Reporting Rules
  - 10.2.2 Reporting Using Reporting Items
- 10.3 Additional Reporting Tools
  - 10.3.1 SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
  - 10.3.2 SAP Analytics Cloud
- 10.4 SAP Fiori
- 10.5 Summary
11 Conclusion
- 11.1 Book Summary
- 11.2 Considerations for Your Group Reporting Journey
- 11.3 Five Key Takeaways
The Authors
Index

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