Document type with posting level 12 not being carryforward

Question

Hi gurus,
We are now implementing SEM-BCS 6.0 in the BI 7.0 server.
We have a document type u201CMIu201D which properties are:
Posting level: 12
Balance check: 0 error when balance note equal to zero
Application: Other
Posting: Manual posting
Inversion: No automatic inversion
The problem is that when we execute the Balance Carryforward in the subsequent year this is the only document type that is not being carryforward.
Why is this happening?
Thanks for your help.
Best regards.

Answer 1

This is by design
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/0c/ab0240536fe369e10000000a155106/content.htm
"Data records for preparatory postings for consolidation group changes are neither translated nor carried forward."
I'll try an example...
Company A is sold from company 1 to company 2 in June (EoP)
For periods 0 - 6:
BCS reports company A's balance sheet under company 1
BCS reports company A's income statement under company 1
starting period 7
BCS reports company A's balance sheet under company 2
BCS reports company A's 0 - 6 income statement under company 1
BCS reports company A's 7 income statement under company 2
this is managed through the posting level 02 12 and 22 document types, as well as PL30 if using CoI.
Assuming the period of first consolidation and period of divestiture were set correctly in the groups for company 1 and company 2, BCS wants to read all 0 - 6 data under group 1 and all 7 + data under group 2.  This is obviously incorrect from an accounting standpoint and the PCC postings correct that.
So BCS books a PL02/12/22 in group 1 to zero out the balance sheet.  It then books another set of entries in group 2 to write up the entire balance sheet in the new group.
However, once you get to the end of the year and run your BCF, the entire balance sheet is now sitting in period 0. The system is able to report company A's balance sheet under group 2 withou the aid of the PCC documents.  Therefore, the system does not roll these documents forward into the new year.
The PCC documents were only required because of the periodic nature of the BCS data storage vs. the LTD nature of the balance sheet for reporting.  Once the full LTD balance is available in a single period, as is the case just after a BCF, the PCC documents are no longer required.
Anyway, hope that made some sense.  If not, I'd encourange you to create an Excel sheet replicating how BCS stores the data in the cube, perfrom a divestiture, and see why the system is not carrying forward the documents.  This is how I came to understand it.
Now, if you're doing something "non-standard" with the PL12, all bets are off
Good luck,
Chris