WALK AWAY FROM THIS SESSION WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF REORGANIZING PROFIT CENTERS IN SAP
As of ECC 6 EHP 5, SAP rolled out a functionality which allows for reorganization of the profit center on the core SAP objects in the Logistics and Accounting functions.
This includes changing profit centers on Materials, Sales Orders, Cost Centers, Orders, Projects, AR, AP, and GL Open Items. With this functionality companies can update the core data in their SAP ERP systems to enable financial reporting which better aligns with how they manage their business today versus 10-15 years ago when they first implemented SAP. Learn how SPX Flow used this functionality to transform their financial reporting and enable full financial statements which align with a new management structure.
Watch this Webcast with FI/CO expert Dawn Watts to learn:
- An overview of how the functionality works
- The technical requirements to utilize the functionality
- Steps to reorganize profit centers in ECC 6
- A review of a typical derivation hierarchy used for the
profit center reorganization
- A review of a typical project timeline for a profit center reorganization
- Lessons learned from participation in two full life cycles of the profit center reorganization
Dawn Watts is a talented SAP Subject Matter Expert who has led support and implementations of SAP functions in Finance and Controlling for over 17 years. She has a breadth of experience partnering with finance and logistics organizations to solve complex problems for manufacturing companies in the telecommunications, medical devices, flooring, industrial, and energy industries.
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Q&A:
Q: If the profit center reorganization is completed in the middle of the year, are the P&L balances for prior months reorganized?
A: No, the reorganization transfers the balances for the balance sheet as of a given date. It doesn’t retroactively reorganize the P&L balances.
Q: Are 4-5 full testing cycles truly required for this type of project.
A: I recommend at least 4 full testing cycles.
Q: Can more than one testing cycle be completed in a month?
A: There is potential to complete more than one testing cycle in a month. However, I would recommend aligning with your basis team for this as it would require data refreshes which may take time to complete.
Q: Does Screens of reorganization steps a SAP standard tcode after you added OSS notes?
A: Once the business function, OSS notes, and webdynpro connection are applied and enable the functionality can be accessed by adding the webdynpro application as a favorite. You can also access via the NWBC URL
Q: After change Profit center, can we see changelog from FB03 document level? Or just update the value from table?
A: There is no change for individual financial documents in FB03. The changes are reflected in the FAGL_SPLINFO table and the reorganization tables which begin with FAGL_R*.
Q: Is there any way for us to simulate this change before individual posting?
A: There is simulation functionality in the steps of the reorganization. Generation, reassignment, & transfer posting. However, it is not on an individual object posting level.
Q: How did you manager profit center updates on master data like materials, which were in stock?
A: The reorganization does that for you. It has special access to change the objects since it also corrects the financial balances. That’s the beauty of the reorganization functionality.
Q: Is it possible to reorganize just for a specific list of materials (and the related objects)?
A: It is possible. However, doing the prep work to enable the reorg functionality may not be worth it for a small list of materials. Once the functionality is in place reorganizing a small list may be more feasible. Additionally, utilizing the specific restrictions options may cause performance issues.