Consolidating multiple companies into a unified, consolidated set of financial statements is an art

form. In SAP, two common ways of producing consolidated financials are EC-CS (Enterprise
Controlling Consolidation System) and through reporting in BW (Business Warehouse). This post
deals primarily with EC-CS.
EC-CS gives you a means of rolling up multiple company codes into a unified set of books. If you
use multiple charts of accounts, the best option is to create Group Chart of Accounts and map your
other charts to it. Your Group Chart of Accounts can then feed into your Consolidation Chart of
Accounts.
Features of EC-CS

Consolidate multiple company codes

Import data from the General Ledger to cons units

Manual and automatic eliminations between Consolidation Units (cons units are tied to a
Company, which is tied to a Company Code(s))

Eliminations within a cons unit

Reclassifications

Database viewer to view imported records, elimination/reclass records, and manual journal
entry records

Upload data from Non-SAP systems (set up this feature in: CXCC). Im not familiar with the
capabilities of this function

Report Painter reporting (GR55)

You can report your consolidated financials either through BW or through Report Painter reports (Tcode: GR55). For Report Painter, you will need to create a reporting Library (T-code: GR21), utilizing
table FIMC. Youll also need to specify your consolidations ledger while building your reports in
GRR1 (or GR52).
Basic T-codes for EC-CS

CX16 Consolidation Chart of Accounts Hierarchy Change

CX16 allows you to build your Consolidation Chart of Accounts within a hierarchy.
Unfortunately, you cant just copy one of your regular charts of accounts. You have to build
the cons chart of accounts from scratch in CX16 (they can also be upload from PC file
through T-code: CX1I0 & CX1I2path: SPRO -> Enterprise Controlling -> Consolidation ->
Master Data -> Financail Statement Items -> Copy FS Items from PC File by means of
Flexible Upload). You can create multple hierarchies of your FS Items within this t-code.
Right-click on the top node and select Create in order to start a new hierarchy.

CXCD Data Montior

The data monitor allows you transfer financial data from the SAP General Ledger into the
consolidations ledger. The balances come in by cons unit, which is mapped to a company. A
company can be made up of one or more company codes and will carry in the balances of its
constituent company codes.The Data Monitor does the following thing:
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You can run the various actions at the total level or individual cons units

Shows overall status

Carryforward status

Data entry

Retained earning/Item substitutions

Validate reported data

Manual standardizing

Curency translation

Validate standardized data

Database Listing of Records

In CXCD, click Goto/Database Listing of Records. This allows you to view the items imported
from the General Ledger as well as manually posted items. You can limit by Posting Level

which indicates the type of record being viewed.

CX20 Consolidation Monitor

The Consolidation Monitor allows you to:
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Eliminate inter-unit payables and receivables

Eliminate inter-unit sales

Eliminate investment income

Perform manual eliminations

Consolidate investment income

Perform manual reclassifications

Validate consolidated data

Automatic eliminations must be set up in Implementation Guide (SAP IMG). You can
configure tasks and task groups and assign these to consolidation groups.