Note 1070629 - FAQs: New General Ledger Migration

1 1 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs : New General Ledger MigrationNote Language: EnglishVersion: 21 Validity: Valid from note concerns the General Ledger Migration TermsNew G/LCause and PrerequisitesQuestions and answers about the Migration from the classic General Ledgerto the new General faqs about General Ledger Accounting in ERP Solution Management thatare not specific to the Migration , see the following link: Is a certificate available for the new General Ledger and Migration tonew General Ledger ?Yes. For information, see Note 868278 Is a guide available for Migration to the new General Ledger ?

2 A Migration guide is available. Use the following link on SAP ServiceMarketplace: ~sapidb/011000358700003419192006D3. In ECC , which functions are not supported and not released for thenew General Ledger ?For information, see Note 741821, section FI-GL-GL, Release withlimitations, New General Ledger :"The following functions are not supported for the new General Ledger andare therefore not released:.."4. How can I calculate the data volume in the new General Ledger , and howcan I evaluate the effects on system behavior (especially on performance)?

3 For information, see Notes 820495 and Is the new General Ledger compatible with FI-CA (FI # ContractAccounting)?This question is relevant for each Industry Solution that uses componentFI-CA (Contract Accounting) as accounts receivable accounting (IS-U, IS-T,IS-M, IS-PS-CA, FS-CD) and the non-industry-specific contract 2 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs : New General Ledger far as possible, FI-CA uses the new General Ledger in ERP2005 in thesame way it uses the classic General Ledger . Furthermore, FI-CA supportsthe account assignment "Segment", which was introduced as a new standardaccount assignment in a rule, the new General Ledger is not compatible with FI-CA if youintend to use document splitting in the new General Ledger .

4 You must checkthe compatability in each case depending on the release and the activeindustry solution ERP2005, it is not possible to post to a Ledger group in FI-CA. Therefore, if you have to implement different accounting principles inparallel, you must use parallel accounts to process valuation postings thatwere posted in FI-CA (not directly in the General Ledger ). In FI-CA, thisprimarily affects foreign currency valuation. In a future ERP release,FI-CA will support Ledger groups and will allow Ledger groups as an optionin foreign currency Is the new General Ledger Accounting compatible with IS-A (IndustrySolution Automotive)?

5 See Note Which restrictions must I consider if I intend to activate the documentsplitting function in the new General Ledger ?For information, see Notes 966000 and Is the new General Ledger compatible with Financial Services SAPL easing?See Note Is the new General Ledger compatible with Real Estate (RE)?See Note What must I consider in a distributed system landscape regarding thenew General Ledger (ALE)?For basic information about the new General Ledger and ALE, see further information, see Notes 892103, 892366, 899254 and Which restrictions exist regarding transfer prices?

6 See the section 'Transfer prices' in Note What is the relationship between the new General Ledger and MaterialLedger?You can use Material Ledger in combination with the classic General 3 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs : New General Ledger Migrationand in combination with the new General is not possible to replace Material Ledger with the new General Which Special Ledgers can be transferred to the new General Ledger ?Only Special Ledgers that are compliant with the new General Ledger can andshould be transferred to the new General you use additional currencies in a Special Purpose Ledger and want toreplace this Special Purpose Ledger with the new General Ledger , you haveto check the currencies used in the Special Purpose Ledger .

7 The migrationprograms read the data in the original FI document. If the Special PurposeLedger you want to replace uses a currency that is not contained in theoriginal FI document, you cannot migrate this data to the new GeneralLedger. In this case, you must keep the relevant Special Purpose Is profit center consolidation available in the new General Ledger ?Profit Center Consolidation is also available when the new General Ledgeris active. For more information, see Notes 852971 and What do I have to consider if I use the new General Ledger and HR?

8 Check whether Notes 911172 and 1006691 are relevant for What must I consider in a system with more than one production client(multi-client system) regarding configuring, migrating and activating thenew General Ledger ?The table FAGL_ACTIVEC with the field FAGL_ACTIVE (indicator: 'New GeneralLedger Accounting Is Active') is client-specific. All other tables that arerelevant for the new General Ledger (tables with prefix FAGL_*) are no data is exchanged between the productive clients, you can configure,migrate and activate the new General Ledger in each productive Is it possible to upgrade to or and migrate from theclassic General Ledger to the new General Ledger in the same fiscal year?

9 If you intend to use document splitting in the new General Ledger , activatethe function for validating the document splitting in your productivesystem before the Migration date. This means that you should upgrade to in one fiscal year, activate document split validation before the endof that fiscal year and migrate to the new General Ledger in the nextfiscal you do not plan to use document splitting in the new General Ledger , youcan upgrade to or and migrate to the new General Ledger inthe same fiscal in mind that the function for validating document splitting is notavailable in Which extractor is available to extract data from the new 4 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs .

10 New General Ledger MigrationLedger to BW (Business Warehouse)?ECC and ECC contain an extractor for totals from the new GeneralLedger to BW. The DataSource is called described in Note 741821, the standard system does not currently containextractors for extracting General Ledger line items (table FAGLFELXA).19. What must I consider regarding Migration to the new General Ledger anda local currency changeover (for example, changeover to the euro)?Regarding the availability of tools for a local currency changeover in thenew General Ledger , consider the following:ECC and : Local currency changeover tools are available in the newGeneral the projects for local currency conversion and Migration to thenew General Ledger , consider the following.