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Unit 1: Business Consolidation with SAP Group Reporting Overview

Figure 9: SAC Integration

● SAC has data persistence as well as live connection options.

● SAC stories are also embedded into Fiori apps.

Delivered Content
With the pre-configured content, SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting provides out-of-
the-box features for users. Customers can also make their own configuration settings based
on the content delivered by SAP, which will accelerate the implementation process.
Getting the most recent SAP Best Practices content: https://help.sap.com/viewer/
S4HANA1909_AdminGuide/c156f7d72c3a4a40963e9e12257da29f.html
Frequently Asked Questions: OSS Note 2659672.

● Delivered content can be used to speed up implementations.

● Use the content as is or copy and adapt.
● The delivered content includes:
- Master data
- Consolidation chart of accounts
- Mapping of g/l accounts to fs items
- Document types
- Currency translation methods
- Elimination(reclassification) methods
- Balance carry forward account assignments
- Selected items for automatic posting

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Lesson: Describing the Key Terms, Features, and Architecture

- Validation methods
- Data monitor and Consolidation monitor task groups
- SAP Fiori roles
- Reports
- Core Data Services views and queries
- Pre-configured Activity Based Consolidation of Investments

Data Migration
SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting is a new implementation.
Data model and solution concepts from BCS and BPC may be useful when implementing SAP
S/4HANA Finance for group reporting but is not readily transferable.
Transition from EC-CS to SAP S/4HANA for Group Reporting: https://
launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2833748
All the configuration settings are valid from the period 12/2010, which is the oldest period that
can be used in SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Data migration in general requires
repeating the closing for earlier periods.
The common situation is, especially for legal consolidation, customers must repeat the
previous closing which was made using other solutions such as MS Excel or other
consolidation programs, to make sure that there is no difference between previous closing
and that in SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. In some cases, it might be necessary
to execute previous periods in the SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting too.
To fulfill the requirements, the consolidation process must be stepwise, period by period,
executed till the beginning of the migration period.

LESSON SUMMARY
You should now be able to:
● Discuss the Key Terms, Features, and Architecture

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