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Published on August 31, 2017

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Quick Tip Series | Note 1 | SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610

What is (S/4HANA) SAP Central Finance?

With the implementation of SAP Central Finance the existing landscape (SAP & Non-
SAP) can be continued and data replication can be done from source to S/4HANA
system via SLT.

Multiple systems can be combined and Financial documents can be replicated to

S/4HANA. S/4HANA 1610 system acts as the “Central System” which receives data.

Quick Tip Series | Note 2 | SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610

What is Replication in SAP Central Finance?

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SLT (SAP Landscape Transformation) acts as1 a replication
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from Source system and replicates to S/4HANA Central System
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Three tables are replicated:

CFIN_ACCHD – This is the temporary table in SAP ECC which stores all accounting
documents when posted in ECC. With the help of SLT this table is the sender of
Financial document to S/4HANA system

AUFK – Cost Objects Order Master Data is replicated with this table from ECC to
S/4HANA Central System

COBK – CO postings of relevant FI postings are replicated with this table from ECC to
S/4HANA table.

AUFK and COBK are standard SAP tables however CFIN_ACCHD is the table created
in source system when the system is activated for Central Finance Scenario with the
help of SAP notes or relevant support package.

Quick Tip Series | Note 3 | SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610

In the source system I use costing-based CO-PA only. Are these documents replicated?

Central Finance does not replicate documents of costing-based CO-PA from the source
system. But, during online-transfer of FI/CO, the raw information (e.g. SD condition
types) of these postings is transferred. This information can be used in the Central
Finance system to derive value fields from that information.

Although Central Finance does not offer an out-of-the-box functionality for replicating
from costing-based CO-PA.
Follow As of now, in the standard CF, only FI document lines items Write an a
which are posted to a profitability segment in the source system will be posted to a
profitability segment in the target system. For other postings that do not have a
profitability segment, for example goods issues, related attributes, such as sales order
and sales area, will not be available in the replicated posting data either and, as a
consequence, will also be missing from the resulting ACDOCA line items.

Quick Tip Series | Note 4 | SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610

Central Payments Functionality (planned for release 1709)

1. Central Payments is activated at Company code level and both AP and AR should
follow the same design in terms of incoming & outgoing payments

2. All the invoices (which have “central payment” active) are posted in the source
systems are technically cleared (ALE extern) and those invoices are replicated &
open for payment (incoming or outgoing) in S/4HANA system

3. For company codes that are not activated for central payment, the invoices posted in
source systems stay open in source system itself and are paid in the source systems
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This is still in pilot phase and is planned to be rolled out with S/4HANA Central
Finance 1709 release

Quick Tip Series | Note 5 | SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610

Central Finance - Mappings

1. Central Finance works with the help of mappings of the objects of source system to
the objects of Central system

2. Central Finance can be implemented with or without MDG. If MDG is used then all
mappings will be done in MDG however without MDG, mappings can be done
directly in Central system but those mappings use the transactions of MDG only.

3. If the object in Source and Central system are same then no mapping is needed. For
example – if customer number is 888800 in source system and same customer
number is in central system then mapping for customer 888800 is not needed.

4. Mapping includes – Values (customizable objects mapping) – like Company code,

business area etc & Key mappings (master data mappings) – like customer master,
GL master etc

5. Key Mappings are generally high in volume so those can be uploaded via existing
program via .csv file (standard) however value mapping needed to be done
manually. Messaging

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What is NOT replicated with SAP S/4HANA Central Finance 1610?

1. SAP Central Finance 1610 ONLY replicates the Financial Accounting documents
and is NOT capable of replicating below from source system to Central system:

2. Purchase Orders

3. Sales Orders

4. Settlement Rules of Cost Objects

5. Special Ledger postings

6. EC-PCA Internal postings

7. Asset Accounting postings in source systems are replicated as General Ledger

posting in S/4HANA system. Asset GLs should be set as normal GL in S/4HANA
system not as reconciliation accounts
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document splitting is reprocessed in CF system based on the rules configured
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