Automating the Reporting Process

Question

What I'm trying to do, and what I'm led to believe is possible with minimal work, is as follows:
1. upload a .rpt file into frsinput along with another file containing parameters
2. schedule a process (probably using InfoView) to produce the report from those 2 files
3. take the resulting report and distribute it to various different locations
My problem is that after days of hunting around I can't find any evidence that point 1 is actually possible out of the box.  I've seen a few hints suggesting I would have to knock up a Java app to do this for me, but I can't believe that something this simple and useful to so many people isn't included, ready-to-use in the application somewhere.
Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
I should probably add that I'm on the linux Business Objects Enterprise platform.

Answer 1

You set this up in SPRO. Financial accounting-General ledger accounting-Business transactions-Prepare Cross-Company Code Transactions.
There you define what by your company codes, the  GL accounts you want to use as the receivable or payable intercompany posting as well as your preferred posting keys. You can set your GL account to post automatically only and turn off as needed for adjustments.
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