Business Areas vs Company Codes in BCS

Hello!
I'm getting involved in a project regarding the use of business areas in SEM-BCS and I've a few questions and therefore I need some help, namely:
1 - If a business area is not considered a legal entity how the consolidation of investments works in this scenario? If there are no participation % between business areas how those the system works regarding the CoI?
2 - Can you provide some documentation regarding the use of business ares in BCS, I've search times and times for some information but I haven't found nothing besides the use of companies and cost centers. Even if the documentation is not "SAP" it will help a lot.
3 - Is there any special procedures in customizing when using business areas?
If you can help with any information please send it to - [email protected]
Thanks in advanced.
Best regards,
David Resende

Hi David,
Actually, very much depends on your requirements.
For example, now I'm working on blueprint with the approximate such a scenario:
- legal consolidation (by companies) with some additional analytical characteristics, by which I don't have to construct the balance sheet (meaning that these chars I may present in the data basis simply as subassignments).
- management consolidation - by profit centers and business areas. Classically, I had to use here a matrix consolidation, since I had requirements to publish B/S by PCs and BAs. However, I know that my BA is very specific. There are no activities BETWEEN BAs (means that I may use subassignments, not matrix), but there are activities WITHIN BAs (meaning that I have somehow to eliminate these internal volume).
This decision implies TWO data bases with double efforts for configuring the system and double work for end users.
BUT, there is another temptation to use just one data basis with matrix Company-Profit Center and some subassignments. The decision to be made actually depends on your client requirements your understanding of the situation.
Don't expect to have any documents (SAP, or non-SAP) related to BA consolidation in public. They might just don't exist, or be confidential.

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