REAL TIME QUESTIONS

Asset Accounting Accessing Trx code: OAYR (Special Intervals and posting values)

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Hi All

Can you please help me with the following issue:

How can I see the screen for Special Intervals and posting values (Trxn code: OAYR) for my company code 50. When I access the trxn code OAYR, I always get an error for "Company code 0001 not defined in Asset Accounting". How can I specify that I want to access only Company code 50.


Thanks,

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Well, the problem is that you most probably deleted SAP pre-delivered data and the system is complaining about consistency because something was not deleted properly.

If, you had not done that or had deleted all asset config properly, you would get the selection for your company code available.

go to oaob and check if cocd 0001 is assigned anywhere there. f it is clear it. Also, make sure your company (50) is assigned there.

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Thanks for the reply. I had checked OAOB. My company code 50 is already assigned there. I also could not find any reference/entry for company code 0001 there.

I wonder why there is such a problem accessing the trxn code OAYR as we are not facing this problem any where else.



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Then the option is to go to oss and search for notes.

REAL TIME PROBLEMS

groups of countries

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If I go into the IMG, General settings -> define countries there's a flag XEGLD that indicates if it's in the EU or not.

I was wondering if there's a more flexible way of grouping countries. It seems odd that there isn't, as there are other groupings that exist - NAFTA, ASEAN. What's more a country could be a member of more than one.

The reason I want to do this is that our bank has loads of bizarre rules concerning transfers. In some cases the rule aplies to all the EU; in other cases, it's the EU plus EFTA minus Switzerland ...

Hardcoding it all would be quick but dirty. I could create my own table, but I didn't want to reinvent the wheel.

This is on 4.6C.



OPINION ON IT

I don't recall any ways of doing it in 4.6C. But it has been a while.

Did you check the online help for the Banking industry? I think, almost sure, there are some controls as you described in place. I just don't remember if is in SAP Account Origination, SAP Banking Services or SAP Transactions Banking. Sorry!

But, if you don't have the banking solution istalled most probably I would recommend a custom table and a few user exits and not abap coding with custom transactions.

REAL-TIME PROBLEMS

Assessment of a previous SAP Implementation

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Hello Everyone,

I've been assigned a task of assessing a badly done SAP Implementation. I've gone through most of the configurations in the client's system. All the definitions have been assigned correctly. Although, I have my doubts with the CO module assignments. My question to all the SAP consultants is where do I need to look to determine that CO has been correctly configured in the system. The CO areas and operating concerns have been defined but where can I see if it has been linked properly other than the account determination screens. I hope I was able to explain the situation clearly.

Thanks in advance for any valuable input



SOLUTION

There are two aspects you should look for:


1) Correctly configured does not mean properly configured for the business need. That is I would start looking for the problems. The system may be correctly configured but what was configured isn't usefull for the company to run the business.


2) To validate the configuration (correct configuration) - you should run all the test scripts your company/client have. that will validate that the system is correctly configured.

SAP FICO CONCEPTS

SAP FI GL

• Company code configuration which includes creating chart of accounts,
• Creating posting period variant, defining retained earnings account,
• Creating document types. Define tolerance groups for employees
• Configuration for Maximum exchange rate differences
• Configuring parallel currencies
• Configuration for automatic clearing
• Configuration for foreign currency valuation
• Configuration for regrouping of GR/IR clearing
• Creating financial statement version i.e. defining balance sheet and profit and loss account
• Integration - FI- MM automatic account assignment, FI- SD automatic account assignment

SAP AR & AP & Bank accounting

• Configuring account groups for Customers and Vendors, defining screen layout per activity for customers and vendors
• Deleting customer data
• Configuring payment terms
• Automatic account assignment for various AR & AP transactions like bank charges, overpayments/underpayments, exchange rate difference, rounding differences
• Configuring payment block reasons
• Configuring automatic payment program
• Includes House bank configuration
• Configuring the manual bank reconciliation and the electronic bank reconciliation
• Configuration for dunning
• Configuration for special G/L transactions like down payment made, down payment received
• Configuration for regrouping according to maturity

SAP Asset Accounting

• Creating/Copying Depreciation Areas- Assignment to company Code,
• Input Tax Indicator Configuration , Screen Layout Rules
• Specify Account Determination Rules - Define Asset Classes, Number Ranges,
• Critical Check Boxes Notification
• Integration of Asset Accounting with General Ledger, Defining Posting Rules to Cost Center, Specify Financial Statement Versions for Asset Accounting
• Complex Depreciation Calculation Procedures- Setting up of Depreciation Areas, depreciation key, Define Cut off Value key
• Defining the crucial Base Methods, Declining Balance Methods, Multilevel Methods, Maintaining Period Controls
• Pre Production Go Live Activities and Their Configuration

SAP Cost Center Accounting

• Maintaining controlling area settings, which includes defining modules which are active i.e. profit center, profitability analysis, internal orders. Assigning company code to controlling area.
• Multiple valuation approaches/transfer prices - maintaining currency and valuation profile assigning it to controlling area, creating actual versions for parallel valuations
• Cost element accounting - creation of various types of cost elements
• Settings for Reconciliation Ledger which includes defining adjustments accounts for reconciliation postings
• Creating cost center hierarchy, cost center, cost center groups, activity types, statistical key figures
• Creating planning layouts for cost center planning
• Configuring various allocation cycles - Distribution, assessment, indirect activity allocation. Configuring the splitting structure
• Configuring automatic account assignment table.

SAP Product Costing & Material Ledger Configuration

• Product Cost Planning- Detailed configuration of overhead keys, costing sheets, overhead groups and Complete Cost Component Structure
• Material Cost Estimates - In depth configuration and analysis of the Costing Variants including Valuation variant, Transfer Strategy and Costing Types
• Special Features of Cross Company Costing
• Complete Cost Object Controlling Configuration across various industries including Repetitive Manufacturing
• Complete Integration with Production Planning on Default Order types, parameter checks
• Work in Progress Configuration- Calculation of Results Analysis keys, Valuation Method and Assignments.
• Detailed Variance Calculation configuration and setting up of Variance keys
• Setting up the Settlement Profile, Allocation and Source Structure including the complex PA Transfer Structure
• Detailed configuration for Sales Order Costing - Make To Order (An absolute steal)
• Detailed configuration for Make to Stock ( An absolute steal)
• Detailed configuration of Material Ledger ( A real value add)

SAP Profit Center

• Maintaining profit center settings, creating dummy profit center, making settings for actual flow of data.
• Maintaining profit center hierarchy, creating profit center
• Maintaining settings for transfer prices
• Maintaining planning layout for profit center planning
• Configuring allocation cycles - Distribution, assessment
• Maintaining automatic account assignment of revenue elements
• Maintaining the additional balance sheet and profit and loss accounts (3KEH)

SAP Profitability Analysis

• Configuring the operating concern which includes maintain characteristics, maintain value fields. Copying customizing from an existing operating concern
• Maintaining user defined characteristics, maintaining characteristics hierarchy
• Define Characteristics derivation
• Configuring valuation strategies. Valuation using standard cost estimate
• Configuring condition tables and costing sheets
• Manual planning, automatic planning, integrated planning
• Configuring the value flow from SD to COPA, configuring the value flow from FI, MM to COPA
• Configuring assessment cycle for value flow from CO to COPA
• Configuring settlement of production variances to COPA
• Configuring Profitability reports for COPA