Special purpose Ledger - Report writer

Hi,
I created a report using report writer. The purpose of the report is to display the margin, business area wise.
I have two company codes with different currencies using the same business area.
My ledger currency is USD
Cocd 1 = USD
Cocd 2 = CAD
If for a GL a/c I want to display the values for both cocd in USD as well as CAD, how do I do the same.
Is it possible to display two currencies in one report.

Thank you for the information Louise. Additionally, to see a log of changes to multiple G/L accounts over a specified date range, SAP program RFSABL00 can be executed via Tcode SA38.
Unfortunately, from what I've seen so far there is no historial change log in SAP for reports. The only post on the net that I've found regarding this issue is at [http://www.sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=219528], and within the post on that site it states to execute a business process to upload documentation of changes made within the report. From my point of view, the changes logged to report configuration are akin to saving a Notepad file within Windows; the file properties state who changed the file and at what time it was changed, but it doesn't tell you the content that was changed.
I'm keeping this open in hopes that anyone out there in SAP-land can find something!

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Hello,
When I go to Accounting --> FI Accounting --> Special Purpose Ledger --> Tools --> Report Painter --> Report --> Change (Tcode GRR2), I can make a change to one of the reports in the library. When I go back into the report in Tcode GRR3 and select Extras --> Overview, the Change counter is increased by one and the date changes, which means that the change has been recorded.
What I'm looking to find is the place in SAP that logs what has been changed. When I make a change to a G/L account, a customer, or even a sales order, SAP keeps a log of the changes that were made the account or transaction. I can't seem to find the log of the changes to this report that has been changed and need to find it! This change log is critical to the business for auditing purposes, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the information Louise. Additionally, to see a log of changes to multiple G/L accounts over a specified date range, SAP program RFSABL00 can be executed via Tcode SA38.
Unfortunately, from what I've seen so far there is no historial change log in SAP for reports. The only post on the net that I've found regarding this issue is at [http://www.sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=219528], and within the post on that site it states to execute a business process to upload documentation of changes made within the report. From my point of view, the changes logged to report configuration are akin to saving a Notepad file within Windows; the file properties state who changed the file and at what time it was changed, but it doesn't tell you the content that was changed.
I'm keeping this open in hopes that anyone out there in SAP-land can find something!

Generating a Report in Special Purpose Ledger

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Currently i am using K4 as fiscal year variant and for special purpose ledger i am using V3 as fiscal year varinat. However all documents are getting posted in relevant period. suppose if it a 1st period for financial accounting the it will be the 10th period for special purpose ledger.
However, when i executed transction for generating the report for special purpose ledger It is not generating the report.
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Avinash

Hi
The Special purpose ledger is configured to store the data in transaction currency as well. We have configured it to store data in transaction currency, local currency and group currency.
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AJ

How to Get the Previous Transactional Data into Special Purpose Ledger

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1). We have implemented Special Purpose Ledger. After implementing SPL, we are generating documents and getting the postings into SPL. Now I need to bring the previous postings which were entered before Special Purpose Ledger Setup. Please Help me on how to bring the transacctional data into Special Purpose Ledger.
2). Is it possible to define A/R Aging by Customers? in Special Purpose Ledger by using Report Painter?
3). What is the use of Allocation Cycles like Assessment and Distribution in Special Purpose Ledger?
Please clarify me on above 3 points.
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Yadayya
Edited by: Dogdays on Aug 5, 2011 8:02 AM
Edited by: Dogdays on Aug 5, 2011 8:03 AM

I have experience in intergrating project accounting to the general ledger in a data warehouse using discoverer to show the results.
The solution I developed for my compnay is to ensure all entries from all sub-ledgers including manual journal entries are moved to the data warehouse tables have project information based on PA autoaccounting rules.
The company I work for was interested in viewing reports that cubed cost centers (dept's.) to projects and to translate all entries (not just account balances) to USD for thier foriegn set of books. So, projects can be seen company wide in USD at lowest entry level. The solution I gave them solved the problem and they are able to view reports and evaluate costs by cost centers and projects on an enterprise wide application.
If this is what you are looking for let me know.
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New G/L Concept and Special purpose ledger

Hi Gurus,
What is the new G/L Concept ?
What is the purpose of new G/Lconcept?
And what is the special purpose ledger ?
Please give me the proper answer for above questions,
Regards,
Baltha

Hi Batha,
General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL) (New)
The central task of G/L accounting is to provide a comprehensive picture of external accounting and accounts. Recording all business transactions (primary postings as well as settlements from internal accounting) in a software system that is fully integrated with all the other operational areas of a company ensures that the accounting data is always complete and accurate.
Beyond fulfilling the legal requirements, General Ledger Accounting also fulfills other requirements for modern accounting:
- Parallel Accounting
General Ledger Accounting allows you to perform parallel accounting by managing several parallel ledgers for different accounting principles.
- Integration of Legal and Management Reporting
In General Ledger Accounting, you can perform internal management reporting in parallel with legal reporting. For this purpose, the Profit Center Accounting functions are integrated with General Ledger Accounting. Furthermore, you can generate financial statements for any dimension (such as profit center).
- Segment Reporting
General Ledger Accounting supports the segment reports required by the accounting principles IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). For this purpose, General Ledger Accounting contains the Segment dimension.
- Cost of Sales Accounting
You can perform cost of sales accounting in General Ledger Accounting. For this purpose, General Ledger Accounting contains the Functional Area dimension.
Features
General Ledger Accounting comprises the following functions for entering and evaluating posting data:
- Choice between group level or company level
- Automatic and simultaneous posting of all subledger items in the appropriate general ledger accounts (reconciliation accounts)
- Simultaneous updating of the parallel general ledgers and of the cost accounting areas
- Real-time evaluation of and reporting on current posting data, in the form of account displays, financial statements with different balance sheet versions, and additional analyses.
In this way, General Ledger Accounting automatically serves as a complete record of all business transactions. It is the central and up-to-date component for reporting. Individual transactions can be checked at any time in real time by displaying the original documents, line items, and monthly debits and credits at various levels such as:
- Account information
- Journals
- Totals/transaction figures
- Balance sheet/profit and loss evaluations
However, SAP still offers to choose between the New GL and the old Classic GL way of accounting.
There are certain limitations in the new GL and clients are adopting to the new gl concept.
and also check this link
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/EN/data/pdf/FISL/FISL.pdf
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Using Special purpose ledger for CIN

We are in the process of SAP Roll out for India. For our Company codes in Europe, we are following Calendar year as Fiscal year where as, as per Country India requirement, Fiscal year needs to be defined from April - March (V3).
We are planning to use Special purpose ledger with Fiscal year as V3 for Country India reporting. We observe that in several SAP Transaction Fiscal Year is a feild to be entered for executing the transaction.
SAP solution for Excise Duty, Service tax and Tax deduction at source are based on Fiscal year as per standard ledger or Special Purpose ledger?
Kinldy confirm, if we can use SAP CIN Transaction based on Special Purpose Ledger ?
BR - Dwijendra

Hi Dwijendra ,
It depands upon what kind of business your implementing. If it is a manufacturing then we need to have lot
of CIN functionaility from the logistics side. Excise invoice and lot of tax specific.
As such from FI side we need to have the vendor/customer TDS cycle that needs to be run and this is covered by withholding tax functionality for India specific. Which is inherited as part of ECC versions.
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Special purpose ledger vs special gl acc

hi,
i read of special purpose ledger. may i know special purpose ledger is actually special gl acc?
thanks

Hi,
Please see this thread on the definition of special GL account : Special GL Tran
Special purpose ledger (SL) is a solution prior to the avaiability/maturity of the CO module. It was a module that allows the customization of reporting, such as integrating internal order, cost centres, profit centre etc for a specific reporting needs. It also includes planning tools and allocation etc. It is used for statutory reporting or management reporting.
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Document split with special purpose ledger

I am trying to use activate document splitting in my special purpose ledger,but got error message
A splitting procedure cannot be assigned, for one of the following reasons:
There is no line item table defined for table Z#######
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WSL
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BUZEI
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Hi
Don't you think this a very difficult approach for your requirement.
Wouldn't a Z Program sufficed your needs better. The reason I am saying this is that the data is already available in the Standard Tables all you need is different mode of selection and presentation to the client.
Also if you use FBL3N instead of FS10N and use Dynamic selections (Red,Blue,Green ICON) then the document date field can be used for drawing your reports. You could maintain variants for the selection screen, using this field for your client requirements.
Please let me know whether this helps you.
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Special Purpose Ledger & Special G/L Indicator

Salam / Hi,
Dear SAP Members.
How are you all today?
Well i would like to know the difference between Special Purpose Ledger (SPL) and Special G/L Indicator (SGL). I have done some research on my own and i found that SPL is basically maintained in order to meet different reporting requirements whereas SGL is for posting entries for special cases such as down payments etc.
Other than that i would like to know if there are any more differences between the two. Also currently my company is using ECC 6.0 so should I or is it a good option to maintain/configure Special Purpose Ledger since with the New GL activated we are already maintaining Leading Ledgers and Non Leading Ledgers.
I hope I am clear enough.
Regards,
Mohammed Ali Khan.

Ali
SPL and SL are two unrelated things for different purpose though both of them are ultimately for reporting, so I dont think its worth trying to compare them. To your second question, if you already using non leading ledger, no need to setup SPL seperately.

What is Special purpose ledger where it can be used

Hi!
Dear FI-CO Guru's
Can u describe about special purpose ledger conceptully and where it can be used, what is object of this ledger.
Thank u Advance
Best&warm regards
Guru
Edited by: Guru Prasad on Feb 11, 2009 3:14 PM

Hi,
In the application Special Purpose Ledger, you can define ledgers for reporting purposes. You can keep these user-defined ledgers as general ledgers or subsidiary ledgers with various account assignment objects. Account assignment objects can either be SAP dimensions from various applications (such as account, cost center, business area, profit center) or customer-defined dimensions (such as region).
The special purpose ledgers enable you to report at various levels using the values from the various application components. The functions available in the special purpose ledgers enable you to collect and combine information, create and modify totals, and distribute actual and plan values. The values are transferred to the special purpose ledgers from other SAP applications and external systems.
You can find more info here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/d5/6ada3889432f48e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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Difference Between Special Purpose Ledger and New General Ledger

Dear All,
Could any boy explain me the difference between Special Purpose Ledger and New General Ledger?
Regards
JS

Hi
General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL) (New) The central task of G/L accounting is to provide a comprehensive picture of external accounting and accounts. Recording all business transactions (primary postings as well as settlements from internal accounting) in a software system that is fully integrated with all the other operational areas of a company ensures that the accounting data is always complete and accurate. Beyond fulfilling the legal requirements, General Ledger Accounting also fulfills other requirements for modern accounting: - Parallel Accounting General Ledger Accounting allows you to perform parallel accounting by managing several parallel ledgers for different accounting principles. - Integration of Legal and Management Reporting In General Ledger Accounting, you can perform internal management reporting in parallel with legal reporting. For this purpose, the Profit Center Accounting functions are integrated with General Ledger Accounting. Furthermore, you can generate financial statements for any dimension (such as profit center). - Segment Reporting General Ledger Accounting supports the segment reports required by the accounting principles IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). For this purpose, General Ledger Accounting contains the Segment dimension. - Cost of Sales Accounting You can perform cost of sales accounting in General Ledger Accounting. For this purpose, General Ledger Accounting contains the Functional Area dimension. Features General Ledger Accounting comprises the following functions for entering and evaluating posting data: - Choice between group level or company level - Automatic and simultaneous posting of all subledger items in the appropriate general ledger accounts (reconciliation accounts) - Simultaneous updating of the parallel general ledgers and of the cost accounting areas - Real-time evaluation of and reporting on current posting data, in the form of account displays, financial statements with different balance sheet versions, and additional analyses. In this way, General Ledger Accounting automatically serves as a complete record of all business transactions. It is the central and up-to-date component for reporting. Individual transactions can be checked at any time in real time by displaying the original documents, line items, and monthly debits and credits at various levels such as: - Account information - Journals - Totals/transaction figures - Balance sheet/profit and loss evaluations However, SAP still offers to choose between the New GL and the old Classic GL way of accounting. There are certain limitations in the new GL and clients are adopting to the new gl concept.
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My client has a requirement to purchase stock materials using mutiple funding sources throughout the year (same material, company, plant, valuation area, etc.)
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'My client has a requirement to purchase stock materials using mutiple funding sources throughout the year'- you want to use different FM account assignments?
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