R/3 preparation for Consolidation(BCS)

Hi Friends,
We are in ECC 6.0 , SEM 6.0
What are the preaparatory steps in R/3 system for the sucessful implementation of Consolidation system(BCS).
We are implementing the matrix consolidation in BCS( Company code/ trading partner Company code, PCA/trading partner PCA).
The main purpose of going for matrix consolidation is to get balancesheet by PCA. Can this be achived by New GL's standard features, than BCS?
What are the other BCS specific preparatory work to be done in R/3 for the purpose of BCS
Good replies will be awarded with points.
Venkat.

ECC 6.0 has standard functionality of PCA based balance sheet and p&l.
U need to used DOC.SPLITTING for this.
if useful reward points
Nitesh

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Preparation for Consolidation in SEM-BCS.

Hello All,
Im implementing SEM - BCS (BW-based). I have the following versions:
- R/3: SAP ECC 6.0
- BW: 7.0
- SEM: 6.0
What do I have to customize in R/3 in order to extract the correct data to BW?
Do I have to do all the customization in transaction SPRO (Enterprise Controlling -> Integration: Preparation for Consolidation)?
I know that I have to create the companies and assign them to the company codes. I also have to create group chart of accounts and assign it to the transactional chart of accounts.
Can I do this in the account master data or do I have to have a Financial Statement Version for the Group?
Is it necessary to maintain Transaction Types for Consolidation?
Do I have to customize the Consolidation Staging Ledger and extract the data from here to BW?
I think I have to customize all this, but because all this transactions are in EC-CS customizing and I want to implement SEM - BCS (in BW), Im not sure if this is the right path.
Can anyone help me?
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Helena

Helena Coelho wrote:Helena Coelho wrote:Helena Coelho wrote:Helena Coelho wrote:
GANSHA,
what you are telling me is:
- I don´t have to do the customization in ECC. The only thing I have to do is, identify the tables and extract the data I need to BW.
But this way, how does the system know, which postings are from group companies or not?
The company code in R/3 is equivalent to company (consolidation unit role) in BCS. The Group companies are created in BCS and the companies in BCS are under those group companies.
If I were you, I would check whether Fiscal Year Variant is same across all company codes in R/3. I would also check whether parallel currencies are activated or not. Non-activation of parallel currency is not issue, but I will try to understand what are all the currencies involved and the currency translation flow.
I have created the companies in ECC in order to fill the "Trading Partner" field in the master data ( vendor, customer and G/L accounts) and to use on FI postings.
Yes, you have taken the right steps.
I have created the transaction types in ECC in order to use them on FI postings.
None of this is necessary? I dont have all the company codes in SAP, some of the data will be uploaded to BW by file.
The transaction types in ECC are different from the transaction types (also known as Movement Types) in BCS. You will continue to maintain the FI transaction types.
Regarding the chart of accounts, I dont have a group chart of accounts. For what I understand theres two ways:
- creating a group chart of accounts in ECC and in BW will be available as part of the GL account master data
or
- creating Financial statement items for consolidation in ECC, Build a Financial Statement Version for the Group (linking the operational chart of accounts to the consolidation items).
I think, this is the only way for me to use the consolidation staging ledger (totals table GLT3)? Or am I wrong?
What you are telling me is that I dont have to do this in ECC, but in BCS customizing?
Im confused ... please help me!!!
Helena
In your ECC, whether GLT3 table is activated? In many clients' companies, GLT3 table is not activated. The GL totals data is available in BSEG table.
If you do not have Group COA/ Group GL accounts maintained now, there are many ways to get GL totals data with Group GL level info added. You have already mentioned the steps.
One more method is create a custom mapping table of Operational GL accounts with Group GL accounts outside R/3 (to be maintained as part of BW) and make your R/3 GL totals data to flow thru this table, so that the final data in BW is available in both operational GL accounts and Group GL accounts. Developers will be able to help you.
Edited by: GANSHA on Jan 11, 2008 8:39 AM

SEM-BCS Preparation for Consolidation Group Changes

Hi All,
Is the task "Preparation for Consolidation Group Changes" only implemented when Consolidation of Investments has also been implemented?
Does "Preparation for Consolidation Group Changes" have any value on its own?
Any comments, replies or suggestions most welcome.

Hi,
I think that prep for cons group changes is independent (but supplementary to) from CoI.
See what is said in help:
"When in the middle of a fiscal year a consolidation unit is either acquired by a consolidation group (acquisition), divested from a consolidation group (divestiture), or <b>changes its accounting technique</b> (method change), the following data must be adjusted:
- Reported financial data
- Standardized financial data
- Consolidated data with posting level 20"
As you can see, not only consolidated data are to be changed, but also Standardized and Reported.
Moreover, as is seen above, changes of accounting technique will also trigger such activities.
So, my answers:
1. No
2. Yes.
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Eugene

Preparation for Consolidation group changes

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I have worked on BCS but new to consolidation of investments and PCC.
I am not able to understand the Preparation for Consolidation (PCC) tasks as to why are they required. I've the following questions: -
1. SAP help says PCC tasks are supplementary to the C/I tasks. Could you elaborate on how are the suuplementary to C/I tasks?
2. What is the diff. between Acuisition in case of C/I and in case of PCC?
3. In terms of reporting what will go worng if we don't run PCC tasks after a new acquisition let say.
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1. PCC creates records to offset the balance sheet balances upon divestiture. These records include the relevant cons group values, where most BCS records do not include cons group because cons group in most cases is determined dynamically via the BCS virtual infocube function module's consolidations logic.
2. PCC records and documents only occur when there is a divestiture in the master data for a cons group. This could occur for a divestiture or transfer activity. Acquisition does not affect PCC, except when it occurs as a result of a transfer, and it is relevant to the divestiture portion of the transfer as opposed to the acquisition portion.
3. Nothing after an acquisition, it is mainly for divestitures and transfers (where a divestiture is necessary in the cons group master data).

Execution of preparation for consolidation group changes

Hello,
In 1/2011 there was a change in the consolidation units hierarchy.
A consolidation unit moved to upper consolidation group.
I cannot find in the master data of the consolidation unit , where should I update the FIRST CONSOLIDATION DATE,
and the LAST CONSOLIDATION DATE.
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Look at the master data of the cons groups - both the initial cons group as well as the new cons group.
If this truly is a vertical move up the hierarchy, the initial cons group should have a period of divestiture, as 001/2011.
Because the cons unit has always been a part of the higher up cons group via the lower cons groups ownership, the new cons group should have period of first consolidation the same as that of the initial cons group.
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Dear FI/CO experts,
We have a huge chunk of AR/AP/GL open items with wrong or missing values for trading partner (VBUND), profit center(PRCTR) and partner profit center(PPRCTR) fields.
We implemented EC-CS in our organization and need to rectify or correct these individual line items with the correct field values i.r.o the above fields.
When I use T-codes (F-04, F-30, F-51) for u201Cpost with clearingu201D functionality, though I am able to rectify the trading partner information in the newly created line items after duly clearing the erroneous existing line items, I am not able to pass the PRCTR and PPRCTR in the said transaction.
Further, the source tables for EC-CS is GLPCA and GLPCT and the data is not moved to PCA area even after rectifying the trading partner information using the said T-codes. So the correction methodology is not effective.
Have you anytime encountered similar type of a situation where in the infected data is rectified through a transaction posting rather than effecting table level changes in GLPCA and GLPCT.
Please suggest your views.
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Dear FI/CO experts,
We have a huge chunk of AR/AP/GL open items with wrong or missing values for trading partner (VBUND), profit center(PRCTR) and partner profit center(PPRCTR) fields.
We implemented EC-CS in our organization and need to rectify or correct these individual line items with the correct field values i.r.o the above fields.
When I use T-codes (F-04, F-30, F-51) for u201Cpost with clearingu201D functionality, though I am able to rectify the trading partner information in the newly created line items after duly clearing the erroneous existing line items, I am not able to pass the PRCTR and PPRCTR in the said transaction.
Further, the source tables for EC-CS is GLPCA and GLPCT and the data is not moved to PCA area even after rectifying the trading partner information using the said T-codes. So the correction methodology is not effective.
Have you anytime encountered similar type of a situation where in the infected data is rectified through a transaction posting rather than effecting table level changes in GLPCA and GLPCT.
Please suggest your views.
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Raos

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Hi Dan
item No.2 is I have made ending period as 006/2009 for OLD CONS GROUP for all CONS UNITS
Yes, New CONS GROUP is 006/2010 to 012/9999
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CG1       001/2008 to 006/2010
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                        I..... CG2210
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Hi Install all the components related to that flow.I mean Datasource,Transfer rules,Infosource,Update rules,Cube.Then nothing is missing in this flow which are in BI Content.
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Search them individually from the BI Content and Install them.Later you map them respective fields in the transfer rules manually.Then maintain update rules to them.
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