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 ?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.

2 "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)?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 . 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.

3 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)?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?

4 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 . 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 ?

5 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?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?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.

6 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 : 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:If document splitting is activated in the new General Ledger , it is notpossible to perform local currency conversion and Migration to the newGeneral Ledger in the same fiscal local currency conversion and Migration to the new General Ledger musttake place in the same fiscal year, there is only one possible scenario:Step 1: Local currency changeover in the classic General LedgerStep 2.

7 Migration to the new General Ledger without document splittingAll other scenarios, especially active document splitting in the newGeneral Ledger , require that you perform local currency changeover andmigration to the new General Ledger in different fiscal How can I display cost elements in the new General Ledger ?As of ECC Support Package 12 and ECC Support Package 04, costelements are also stored in the new General Ledger . For furtherinformation, see SAP Note information about the Migration , see Notes 976629 and How must I configure Asset Accounting (FI-AA) so that subledgers(parallel ledgers) use the same account determination as the leadingledger?All depreciation areas should use the same accounts as the leadingdepreciation area. To ensure this, fill the field "Different DepreciationArea" in transaction OADB with the correct values. This field defines thedepreciation area for account in mind that you must not enter different accounts for the deriveddepreciation area in transaction AO90 because transaction AO90 overridesthe generic setting from transaction Is it possible to assign the scenario FIN_SEGM (Segmentation) to aledger if this Ledger does not have the scenario FIN_PCA (Profit CenterUpdate) assigned?

8 The use of segments has been officially released by SAP in combination withthe usage of profit centers only. For more information, see also 5 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs : New General Ledger Migration23. Which system landscape is required for the test migrations?For test migrations, you require a current copy of the productive database and operating system of the test system must be comparable tothe productive How should I check data consistency in the classic General Ledgerbefore the beginning of the first test Migration ?To check data consistency in the classic General Ledger before thebeginning of the first test Migration , proceed as follows:1) Program RFINDEXE xecute the program RFINDEX the first run, choose "Documents vs Indexes" in the selection the second run, choose "Indexes vs Documents" in the selection more information, see the program the program finds any differences, create a message on SAP ServiceMarketplace under the component ) Program SAPF190 Run program SAPF190 for the fiscal year prior to the Migration and for thefiscal year in which the Migration takes the program finds any differences, create a message on SAP ServiceMarketplace under the component ) Program RAABST02If you use Asset Accounting, run program the program finds any differences, create a message on SAP ServiceMarketplace under the component ) Program RCOPCA44If you use Profit Center Accounting, run program the program finds any differences, see SAP Note all inconsistencies before you start the first test Are there any recommendations for account control in G/L accountsbefore the start of the first text Migration ?

9 In G/L master data, the fields "Only balances in local crcy", "Open itemmanagement", "Display line items" and "Reconciliation account for accounttype" are relevant for the implementation of the new General these fields and adjust them if necessary before starting the firsttest Migration ."Only balances in local crcy": If the indicator "Only balances in localcrcy" is not active, totals records of the account are updated to allcurrencies. Check if this is necessary. Postings in different currenciesinflate the number of totals records in the table FAGLFLEXT."Open item management" (OI management): Check for which accounts it isuseful to manage open items. Which accounts do you actually clear?If use parallel ledgers in the new General Ledger , keep in mind thataccounts with different valuations (for example, provision accounts) mustnot be managed on an open item you use the foreign currency valuation program to post to accounts(program SAPF100 or transaction ), you should not manage these accountson an open item basis.

10 For more information, see SAP Note 318399. You canconfigure foreign currency valuation in transaction can use the report RFSEPA03 to switch off open item management 6 of 26 Note 1070629 - faqs : New General Ledger Migrationaccounts that have been posted to. For more information, see Note 175960."Display line items": From a technical point of view, "Display line items"is no longer required for accounts that are not managed on an open itembasis because the new General Ledger manages line items for each account inthe table FAGLFLEXA. After the Migration from the classic General Ledgerto the new General Ledger , you cannot switch off line item display untilthe external auditor has given approval."Reconciliation account for account type": If you intend to activatedocument splitting, make sure that the reconciliation accounts forcustomers and vendors are controlled in the same way in all company , for example, a G/L account is a reconciliation account for customers,this must be the case in all relevant company codes because you have toclassify accounts for document splitting at chart of accounts How can I display the IMG path and application menu for the new GeneralLedger in a Customizing system or in a test system?