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1 1 of 42 SAP Note 1070629 - faqs : New general ledger migrationNote Language: EnglishVersion: 72 Validity: Valid Since update: termsNew General Ledger Accounting, new G/L, new G/L Migration, NewGL, NewGLMigration, New G/L, New G/L Migration, FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions,GLM, NMI, NMI_CON, SAP General Ledger Migration service, migration service,migration scenarioReason and PrerequisitesThis note provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions ( faqs ) about themigration from classic General Ledger Accounting to newGeneral Ledger Accounting.

2 Note that you can find important andup-to-date information about the migration and the delivered standard SAPmigration scenarios under the following that do not directly relate to a new G/L migration, but may be ofinterest in a migration project, for example questions regarding thefunction and compatibility of the new G/L will be dealt with in anAppendix (with its own sequential numbering) within this non-migration-specific faqs regarding new General LedgerAccounting (in English) can be found under the following > Media Library - General Ledger => Presentations => PDF " faqs GeneralLedger April 2007"Correct English name (and spelling): The correct name for this newoption in FI is "new General Ledger Accounting".

3 The term "new GeneralLedger" is a possible abbreviation, but is not completely correct. InEnglish, the term "new G/L" is there a certificate available for new General LedgerAccounting and for the migration to new General LedgerAccounting?Yes. For information, see Note 868278 a guide available for migration to the new generalledger? A migration guide is available. Use the following link on SAP ServiceMarketplace: ~ 2 of 42 SAP Note 1070629 - faqs : New general ledger can I calculate the data volume in the new generalledger (before the migration), and how can I evaluate theeffects on system behavior (especially on performance)?

4 For information, see Notes 820495 and restrictions are there during a new G/L migrationregarding SAP CFM (Treasury) and/or SAP CML (Loans)?If you are interested in migration scenario 4 or 5 (that is, replacing theaccounts approach with the ledger approach in the new general ledger)within the context mentioned, you must note that no (standard) solutioncurrently exists for a migration of this type. The reasons behind thisstatement are technical restrictions in the posting logic of the SAP CFMand SAP CML discuss further or alternative procedures, contact SAP Consulting(preferably as part of the blueprint of your migration project).

5 For more detailed and current information on SAP migration scenarios, referto these FAQ and SAP Service Marketplace at: restrictions must I consider if I intend to activatethe document splitting function in the new general ledger?For information, see Notes 966000 and this context, see also the FAQ "Is there anything to bear in mind duringthe migration if document splitting is to be used?" in this Special Purpose Ledgers can be transferred to thenew general ledger?Only Special Purpose Ledgers that are compliant with the new general ledgercan and should 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.

6 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 must I consider in a system with more than oneproduction client (multi-client system) regardingconfiguring, migrating and activating the new generalledger?The table FAGL_ACTIVEC with the field FAGL_ACTIVE (indicator: 'New GeneralLedger Accounting Is Active') is client-specific.

7 All Other tables that arerelevant for the new general ledger (tables with prefix FAGL_*) are 3 of 42 SAP Note 1070629 - faqs : New general ledger no data is exchanged between the productive clients, you can configure,migrate and activate the new general ledger independently in eachproductive it possible to upgrade to mySAP ERP 2004 (=> ) orSAP ERP (=> ) and migrate from the classicgeneral ledger to the new general ledger in the samefiscal year?As a general principle, we recommend that you do not perform the technicalupgrade to SAP ERP and the migration to the new general ledger in the samefiscal you are using migration scenario 3, 4, or 5, this is a requirementrather than a example: If you intend to use document splitting in the new generalledger, activate the function for validating the document splitting in yourproductive system before the migration date.

8 This means that you upgrade toECC in one fiscal year, activate document split validation (which doesnot exist before ECC ) before the end of that fiscal year and migrate tothe new general ledger in the next fiscal in mind that in this context, the function for validating documentsplitting is not available in example: If you intend to replace the accounts approach with the ledgerapproach in the new general ledger, you must supply (certain) valuationpostings with ledger group information from the beginning of the migrationyear onwards. You can only do this if you have already completed theupgrade to ERP in one of the preceding must I consider regarding migration to the newgeneral ledger and a local currency changeover (forexample, changeover to the euro)?

9 Regarding the availability of tools for a local currency changeover in thenew general ledger, consider the following:SAP systems ECC and : Local currency changeover tools are availablein the new general the projects for local currency conversion and migration to thenew general ledger, consider the following:If you activate document splitting in the new general ledger, you cannot perform the local currency conversion and migration to the new generalledger 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.

10 Migration to the new general ledger without document splittingAll Other scenarios, especially active document splitting in new GeneralLedger Accounting, require that you perform the local currency changeoverand migration to new General Ledger Accounting in different fiscal see SAP Note 1339877 (and 1158830), which states the following: "..Note that when a local currency changeover is planned for the new fiscalyear [=> fiscal year after the migration], you must deactivate the GLT0update [=> field WRITE_GLT0] at the end of the preceding fiscal year [ 4 of 42 SAP Note 1070629 - faqs : New general ledger migrationof the fiscal year of the migration].