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Extended data structure in standard delivery further extendible customer fields.

Document splitting enables final accounts creation for more dimensions including new dimension SEGMENT.

Real-time reconciliation between FI and CO renders reconciliation process obsolete.

Additional ledgers within GL accounting makes parallel accounting in GL accounting.

Accelerated closing.

Minimal change to end-user experience.

Existing customer installations need not upgrade.

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Classic FI (legal reporting)

Reconciliation Ledger (CO)

EC-PCA (management and segmental reporting)

Special Purpose Ledger (additional dimensional reporting)

Cost of Sales Ledger

New General Ledger

Existing SAP customers can use T Code FAGL_ACTIVATION to activate.

Old totals table GLT0 is deactivated and is new table FAGLFLEXT is activated which updates more entities.

New Customizing nodes are added in addition to some changes to Easy access menu.

Some old T Codes also become non-operative.

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There is only one leading ledger (0L). It uses Fiscal Year assigned to Co Code. It uses Posting Period variant assigned to Co

Code. There are 2 additional local currencies

available. Anything posted to leading ledger is also

posted to CO.

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For each Leading Non-ledger for each Co Code you can define:

Up to a Maximum of 3 local currencies

A Fiscal Year Variant

A Posting Period Variant

Additional Custom fields to be included

Scenarios to be assigned

Planning versions activated

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Scenarios define which fields get updated from posting from other SAP components and become available in GL view.

Cost Centre Consolidation Business Area Profit Centre Segmentation Cost-of-sales Accounting

Above 6 scenarios are pre-delivered and cannot be added to.

Implementations can choose to activate.

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Active Split System splits document online using pre-delivered or custom-

created splitting rules.

Passive Split During the clearing process assignments from

Zero Balancing Balances both document and characteristic level. Zero-balance indicator setting is optional and document

splitting can be activated without zero-balancing too.

Note: Once activated at client-level document splitting can be deactivate for specific Co Codes.

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SAP New GL

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Expense 100Expense 100Tax 20To Vendor 220

Document Entered

SplittingMethod

e.g.0000000012

Item Category 20000 (Expenses)Item Category 0100 (VAT)

Item Category 03000 (Vendor)

Client-level configuration

BusinessTransaction

Variante.g. Vendor Inv

0300-0001

Doc Type

Item Cat 03000

Item Cat 0100

Base Cat 200000

Base Cat 200000

Expense 100Tax 10To Vendor 110

Expense 100Tax 10To Vendor 110

Document in

GL View

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Dr Bank Seg A 10,000To Cash Seg B 10,000

Document Entered

Dr Bank Seg A 10,000To Int Seg Clg Seg A 10,000Dr Int Seg Clg Seg B 10,000To Cash Seg B 10,000

Document in GL View

Auto-generated linesFor zero-balancing

SAP New GL

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AR: Revenue Assignments => Customer => Payments(sub-ledger displays still show one line)

AA: For scenario assignments you have to activate the relevant account assignment type in Asset Accounting.

For procurements Asset Assignments => Customer => Payments In past subsequent cash discount against asset could be adjusted only by

running SAPF181. In new GL the subsequent discount availed reflects in asset register immediately.

CO: Controlling adjustments across objects are immediately reflected in FI eliminating need for reconciliation process.

T Code FAGLCOFITRACEADMIN can be used to monitor operation of CO-FI integration.

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Balance Sheet adjustment program (SAPF180) eliminated.

Profit & Loss adjustment program (SAPF181) eliminated.

Process of transferring values to PCA eliminated. T Code KALC (Reconciliation Ledger) eliminated. T Code FAGL_FC_VALUATION now requires Valuation

Area entry shifting Valuation Method to configuration disabling directly entering Valuation Method during run-time.

Valuation differences get posted to objects that incurred them in real-time when running revaluation.

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Unless indicator set, reports do not read from classic table GLT0.

New Final Accounts report (RFBILA00) you can select the ledger and dimensions to run reports.

New RFBILA00 is a drilldown report. New Transaction FGI0 New T Code FAGLL03 (GL Line item display) can now

be started with Entry or GL view options. The report also have Ledger selection options.

Sub-ledger line item display reports in classic as well as drilldown formats.

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