Group Reporting (FIN-CS)

1 PUBLICD ocument Version: SAP S/4 HANA 2020 2020-09-07 Group Reporting (FIN-CS) 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights BEST RUN Content1 Group Getting Global Period Exchange Check of Accounting Data Transaction Upload of Reported Financial Journal Intercompany Matching and Document Management in Intercompany Matching and Consolidation Journal of Investments (Activity-Based)..306 Task Analytics for Group Logic (New)..392 Group Data analysis (New)..402 Group Data analysis - With Reporting Rules (New)..407 Validation Result analysis - Unit Reporting (FIN-CS)ContentValidation Result analysis - Group Plan Customizing and Field Extensibility ..426 Rules for Management in Group Reporting (FIN-CS)ContentPUBLIC31 Group ReportingGroup Reporting consists of topics such as consolidation process and analytical reports and supports the computation, creation, and disclosure of consolidated reports that provide information on the performance of a corporate with SAP Analytics CloudThe figure below depicts how Group Reporting as part of SAP S/4 HANA is integrated with SAP Group Reporting Data Collection and SAP Analytics Cloud and is followed by an explanation: SAP Group Reporting Data CollectionSAP Group Reporting Data Collection helps you gather financial data for your business units.

2 The app is hosted on the SAP Cloud Platform and relies on data such as master data and allowed breakdowns from Group Reporting within SAP SAP Group Reporting Data Collection, you can map data, create forms, design your own reports, and use these or the predefined reports to collect data as part of your data preparation for more information, see Analytics Cloud(SAC) provides deep insights into your business using Reporting and data visualization, which will help you make better live data connections, the integration between SAP S/4 HANA Finance for Group Reporting and SAC enables business analysis at Group or corporate level without data this release, the following detail and overview reports are available out of the box: Consolidated report book for actual data Periodic overview report book Actual and budget comparison report book4 PUBLICG roup Reporting (FIN-CS) Group Reporting Actual, budget, and forecast comparison report book Predictive consolidated P&L analysis Group financial KPIs overviewFor more information about the integration between SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud, see SAP Analytics Cloud product help page.

3 InformationFor troubleshooting information, the configuration content predelivered by SAP, and the frequently asked questions about Group Reporting , see SAP Note the configuration settings and test steps required after installation or upgrade, see the Test Script available at SAP Best Practices Explorer ( #/browse/scopeitems/1SG). ConsolidationA complete consolidation process typically starts with preparatory steps, such as setting global parameters, checking the master data of your organizational units and financial statement (FS) items, and specifying effective exchange that, you can proceed with collecting data reported by consolidation units, and standardizing the data with features available in the Data Monitor. When the data is ready for consolidation, go to the Consolidation Monitor to perform the consolidation tasks, such as various interunit eliminations and data validation.

4 For a list of the tasks and their descriptions, see Data Monitor [page 92] and Consolidation Monitor [page 273].Throughout the process, you can cross check your processed data using reconciliation reports and currency translation analysis reports, or generate various Group reports in real Reporting (FIN-CS) Group ReportingPUBLIC5 The process described above is shown in detail in the following diagram:Prerequisites You have set up the proper authorizations for your users according to their job responsibilities. SAP delivers the following roles for your reference: SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_GRP: General Ledger Accountant - Group Reporting SAP_BR_GRP_ACCOUNTANT: Group Accountant SAP_BR_ADMINISTRATOR_GRP: Administrator - Group Reporting SAP_BR_EXTERNAL_AUDITOR_GRP: External Auditor - Group Reporting SAP_BR_BUSINESS_ANALYST_GRP: Business Analyst - Group ReportingIn your SAP Fiori front-end server, you can copy a delivered business role to create your own role, adapt its contained business catalogs, and assign the created role to relevant addition, you need to set the necessary permissions by authorization object in the back-end systems, for example, restrict the filed values a role can access by using the transaction code PFCG.

5 After that, you can 6 PUBLICG roup Reporting (FIN-CS) Group Reportingassign the adapted roles to your business users using user administrator tool, such as transaction SU01. For more information, see User and Role Administration of Application Server ABAP. You have created consolidation units and set the Data Transfer Method to Read from Universal Journal or Flexible Upload, depending on whether they are integrated with company codes in financial accounting (FI). This can be done in the Consolidation Units - Create and Change [page 22] app. You have maintained the FS items for your consolidation charts of accounts and map them to the relevant general ledger accounts. For more information, see Financial Statement Items [page 29]. To use SAP S/4 HANA Finance for Group Reporting , SAP recommends that you install the SAP Best Practices configuration content for the solution.

6 You will gain a configuration starting point, which you can adapt to your needs in Customizing. Examples in this documentation are based on the SAP Best Practices content. For more information, see #/browse/scopeitems/1SG and Administration is integrated with different modules within SAP S/4 HANA. Integration enables the following: Generation of the organizational units for consolidation, based on the units in the transaction system Collection of the reported financial data. There are two methods of collecting transaction data: Data can be read directly from the universal journal. Data that is not stored in the universal journal, for example, the transaction data of companies that use non-SAP systems, can be uploaded flexibly. Drill-through to the accounting app Manage Journal Entries for the source accounting documents Hierarchy definition for the consolidation-specific master data by using the framework app Manage Global HierarchiesFeatures You can use different methods for transferring transaction data to the consolidation system.

7 Which methods you use depends on your consolidation scenario. You can post manual journal entries (documents), for example, to standardize the reported data to the Group 's methods of balance sheet valuations. You can use validations to check the consistency of the reported, standardized, or consolidated financial data. You can translate the reported financial data into the currency of the consolidation Group . You can automatically execute the following elimination tasks: Interunit eliminations (elimination of payables and receivables, elimination of revenue and expense, elimination of investment income) Consolidation of investmentsGroup Reporting (FIN-CS) Group Getting StartedThe following sections describe how you set up the Set Global ParametersWith this app, you can specify the global parameters that will apply to all further steps of the consolidation to the following global parameter fields are required: Version: Criteria or valuation methods configured for consolidating different sets of financial data such as actuals or budget data according to different Reporting needs.

8 Fiscal Year/Period Consolidation Chart of Accounts: A systematic grouping of financial statement (FS) items that belong together and are used on the Group Reporting or consolidation level. NoteIf the old Reporting logic is active, you also need to select the Consolidation Ledger. For more information, see Consolidation Ledger [page 54]. NotePreset versions, consolidation chart of accounts, and consolidation ledgers exist in the system. You can also make your own configuration settings via Customizing activities under SAP S/4 HANA for Group can also enter a consolidation Group or unit to perform consolidation tasks only on that Group or Master DataThis section describes how to display and define consolidation-specific master data, such as organizational units and financial statement (FS) Group Reporting , master data includes the following: Configuration objects, such as version, subitem, and document type Consolidation-specific master data objects, such as consolidation units, consolidation groups, and FS items Additional consolidation master data valuesEach object is treated differently when defining master data.

9 This section describes how to display and define consolidation-specific master Reporting (FIN-CS) Group Organization UnitsThe organizational units of Group Reporting include consolidation groups and consolidation Consolidation GroupsA consolidation Group is a user-defined Group of consolidation units created for the consolidation Group maintenance apps, you can do the following: Create a new Group . Specify master records for a Group , such as name, country/region, and validation method assignment. Assign consolidation units to a Group and specify a consolidation unit as the parent unit for this Group . Note that a given consolidation unit can belong to different consolidation groups. For the unit/ Group assignment, define Group -dependent attributes, such as consolidation method, acquisition date, and divestiture date. NoteWith the introduction of a new architecture/ Reporting logic, for customers with an initial release SAP S/4 HANA 1909 or higher, consolidation groups should be maintained as flat lists of consolidation units by using the Manage Consolidation Group Structure - Group View (New) [page 10] or Manage Consolidation Group Structure - Unit View (New)

10 [page 13] upgrade from an earlier release should continue using the Consolidation Group Hierarchy - Display and Change [page 25] and Accounting Method Assignment - Display and Change [page 27] for consolidation Group maintenance, where consolidation groups can still be arranged in multiple can create a customer message on SAP Service Marketplace for the FIN-CS-COR component to activate the new Reporting Consolidation UnitsA consolidation unit is the smallest element in a corporate Group can specify the following information in the master record of a consolidation unit: Enter the country and the local currency of the consolidation unit. Choose the source for local currency key figure. This is relevant only for the units defined with the data transfer method Read from Universal Documents. Assign a tax rate and a translation method.