Consolidation Unit and Consolidation Group

Hello Experts,
We are actually in the blueprinting phase of the SEM implementation and i had a quick question at this stage.
For ex: Well we have individual company codes 0100, 0200,0300,1000,1100,1200,2000,2100,2200 and 2300.
0100, 0200 and 0300 being american company codes
1000,1100 and 1200 being european company codes
and similarly 2000,2100,2200 and 2300 are asian company codes
So would America, Europe and Asia be consolidation units then and then Global would be consisting of these 3 consolidation units.
Correct me if i am wrong anywhere - I am pretty new to SEM.
Thanks,
Nandita

Hi,
Each of the Company Code will be a Consolidation Unit. So, 0100, 0200, 0300 etc will be Consolidation Units in Consolidation. The integration between Company Code and Consolidation is Company created in FI.
Consolidation groups can be compared like Cost Center or Profit Center Groups. A group of Consolidation Units (and possibly Consolidation groups) will be come Consolidation groups. In your case, you can think of creating a Consolidation group each for America, Europe, Asia etc. If required you can create a sub group within a Consolidation Group.
All the Consolidation Groups can be linked at a higher level where the global consolidation required to be done. The top node and groups can be depicted as under:
   GLOBAL
        AMERICA
        EUROPE
        ASIA
There will not be any Consolidation Units under GLOBAL. Consolidation Units will be under America, Europe and Asia.
Thanks
Murali.

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