Best Ways to research a FI/CO topic ???

Hello!
I am relatively new in the SAP consulting world - I have been an Oracle Financials Functional Consultant till now. Just got my SAP FI/CO certification a couple of months back (after 4 months hands-on training) and am only now getting to use real-world SAP as a Consultant.
From time to time, I need to do some research on a FI/CO topic for real-life client scenarios. I have been logging on to SAP Service Marketplace and have looked at various Portals on the Home Page, including the Help portal. However, it seems that I am not looking at the right research materials or relevant portals / forum discussions.
Could you please share best ways to do research on FI/CO topics?
What are the best ways to get to the comprehensive documentation and discussion threads on a topic, like FX Revaluation (how it works, how to configure, how to use, common issues etc), Intercompany Accounting / Reconciliation Issues etc. In some cases, I may even need to look up some basic functionality like Document Splitting, Use of Assignment field etc.
Perhaps I am not looking at right documentation on the Help portal. Where specifically on Help portal should I go to for FI/CO topics on ECC 5.0 or 6.0?
Any and all tips are welcome!
Puneet Nayyar

Hi,
Subsequent to posting the original message earlier today, I noticed that there was a related question posted by Amit on Oct 16th titled "Notes (Online) for SAP FICO Starter" to which there have been some responses.
Some of the tips I am looking for are already posted in Amit's question thread. You need not re-post those links.
If you have any additional tips to my original message, I would appreciate if you could post those.
Many Thanks!
Puneet

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i have a complex XML file that I want to create a database from and consistently import new XML files of the same schema type. Currently I have started off by mapping the XSD into Excel and using Mysql for Excel to push into MySQL.
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Hi Saythj,
When mentioning "a database schema from XML", do you mean the
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many generating tools online to do that.
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If you have any question, feel free to let me know.
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I apologize in advance if this topic has already been raised on the forum - I've done a search but couldn't find anything.
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regards,
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