Course Overview....................................................................................................................................................................1
Course Goals .......................................................................................................................................................................2
Course Prerequisites ..........................................................................................................................................................3
Target Group.......................................................................................................................................................................4
Section Overview...............................................................................................................................................................5
Partner Academy .....................................................................................................................................................................6
Partner Academy Mission.................................................................................................................................................7
Advantages of Partner Academy .....................................................................................................................................8
The Certified Consultant...................................................................................................................................................9
Certification Areas for Consultants...............................................................................................................................10
Becoming a Certified Consultant..................................................................................................................................11
Partner Academy Knowledge Path ...............................................................................................................................12
Goals of the Different Training Offerings....................................................................................................................13
Section: SAP Overview .......................................................................................................................................................14
Introduction to SAP.........................................................................................................................................................15
Introduction to SAP: Contents/Objectives ...............................................................................................................16
Our Commitment .........................................................................................................................................................17
SAP Organization ........................................................................................................................................................18
SAP Cooperation with Partners - A Selection .........................................................................................................19
SAP Delivers on Promises and Customer Needs....................................................................................................20
Extend the Reach - The EnjoySAP Initiative...........................................................................................................21
Extend the Reach - Old R/3 Purchasing....................................................................................................................22
Extend the Reach - New R/3 Purchasing..................................................................................................................23
Extend the Reach - Role -Specific Scenarios............................................................................................................24
Extend the Reach - More Role-Specific Scenarios.................................................................................................25
Introduction to SAP: Unit Summary .........................................................................................................................26
Basis ...................................................................................................................................................................................27
Basis: Contents/Objectives.........................................................................................................................................28
Client/Server Benefit ...................................................................................................................................................29
Business Transactions.................................................................................................................................................30
SAP Business Objects.................................................................................................................................................31
Definition of a BAPI ...................................................................................................................................................32
The Business Framework ...........................................................................................................................................33
The SAP Business Framework..................................................................................................................................34
Distributed Applications.............................................................................................................................................35
Application Link Enabling (ALE) .............................................................................................................................36
Basis: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................................................................37
SAP Services.....................................................................................................................................................................38
SAP Services: Contents/Objectives..........................................................................................................................39
SAP Service & Support Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................40
Business Processes: Overview...................................................................................................................................41
Business Processes: ASAP Methodology.................................................................................................................42
Business Processes: Implementation Guide (IMG) ................................................................................................43
Business Processes: IMG Tasks ................................................................................................................................44
Business Processes: Accelerated Solutions..............................................................................................................45
Lifecycle Support: Remote Services .........................................................................................................................46
Online Service through SAPNet ...............................................................................................................................47
SAP Services: Summa ry............................................................................................................................................48
Co-operative Business Scenarios ..................................................................................................................................49
Co-operative Business Scenarios: Contents/Objectives.........................................................................................50
SAP Customer Relationship Management...............................................................................................................51
CRM Architecture - Sales Example ..........................................................................................................................52
Supply Chain Planning and Optimization ................................................................................................................53
Integration of APO with R/3 and SAP BW ..............................................................................................................54
Business to Business Procurement............................................................................................................................55
Procurement Process for Material.............................................................................................................................56
Catalogs.........................................................................................................................................................................57
Component Architecture.............................................................................................................................................58
SAP BW provides... ....................................................................................................................................................59
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Multiple Ways of Delivering Your Knowledge ......................................................................................................60
Co-operative Business Scenarios: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................61
mySAP.com......................................................................................................................................................................62
mySAP.com: Contents/Objectives............................................................................................................................63
SAP’s Major Internet Initiatives ...............................................................................................................................64
The Strategy: From Integration to Collaboration ....................................................................................................65
mySAP.com: What does it mean?.............................................................................................................................66
Our Focus Yesterday...................................................................................................................................................67
Our Focus Today..........................................................................................................................................................68
Workplace Internet Business Framework.................................................................................................................69
mySAP.com Workplace - Benefits ............................................................................................................................70
Marketplace Portal for Business Communities .......................................................................................................71
Buying and Selling on the Marketplace....................................................................................................................72
mySAP.com Marketplace - Benefits .........................................................................................................................73
mySAP.com: Summary .............................................................................................................................................74
Navigation .........................................................................................................................................................................75
Navigation.....................................................................................................................................................................76
Navigation: Unit Objectives.......................................................................................................................................77
Logging on to the R/3 System...................................................................................................................................78
Screen Elements...........................................................................................................................................................79
SAP Easy Access - Standard......................................................................................................................................80
Selecting Functions... ..................................................................................................................................................81
Role -Based User Menu...............................................................................................................................................82
Field Help - F1, F4 ......................................................................................................................................................83
SAP Online Help..........................................................................................................................................................84
System Functions - Services ......................................................................................................................................85
System Functions - User Profile ................................................................................................................................86
Navigation: Unit Summary ........................................................................................................................................87
Exercises........................................................................................................................................................................88
Solutions........................................................................................................................................................................92
System-wide Concepts....................................................................................................................................................95
System-wide Concepts: Contents/Objectives ..........................................................................................................96
Business Scenarios - Main Elements........................................................................................................................97
Enterprise Structure Terminology.............................................................................................................................98
Organizational Structures - Levels .............................................................................................................................99
Organizational Structures - Business Functions....................................................................................................100
Master Data - Customer Master..............................................................................................................................101
Customer Master - General and Financial Data ....................................................................................................102
Customer Master - Sales Data .................................................................................................................................103
Master Data - Material Master.................................................................................................................................104
From Documents to Analysis ..................................................................................................................................105
Reporting on Online Transactions ...........................................................................................................................106
Information Systems Structure ................................................................................................................................107
System-wide Concepts: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................................108
Section: Organizational Elements, Posting and G/L......................................................................................................109
Organizational Elements / Basic Settings...................................................................................................................110
Organizational Elements/ Basic Settings: Unit Objectives..................................................................................111
Clients in R/3..............................................................................................................................................................112
Financial Applications..............................................................................................................................................113
Overview: Organizational Elements in Accounting.............................................................................................114
Overview: Organizational Elements in Logistics..................................................................................................115
Organizational Units in R/3 FI ................................................................................................................................116
Company Code...........................................................................................................................................................117
IDES International.....................................................................................................................................................118
The Company Codes of IDES .................................................................................................................................119
Creating a Company Code .......................................................................................................................................120
Country Templates ....................................................................................................................................................121
Company Code Components ...................................................................................................................................122
Business Area.............................................................................................................................................................123
Some of the Business Areas of IDES ......................................................................................................................124
Charts of Accounts ....................................................................................................................................................125
Chart of Accounts Assignment................................................................................................................................126
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The Variant Principle ................................................................................................................................................127
The Fiscal Year ..........................................................................................................................................................128
The Year - Independent Fiscal Year Variant .........................................................................................................129
The Year - Dependent Fiscal Year Variant ............................................................................................................130
Organizational Elements/ Basic Settings: Unit Summary ...................................................................................131
Exercises - Explanation of the Symbols .................................................................................................................132
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................134
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................136
Master Data Overview...................................................................................................................................................138
Master Data Overview: Unit Objectives.................................................................................................................139
Presentation: Closing Procedures in Asset Accounting.......................................................................................140
IDES - Charts of Accounts.......................................................................................................................................141
Company Code Specific Settings............................................................................................................................142
Account Groups for G/L Accounts ..........................................................................................................................143
Reconciliation Accounts...........................................................................................................................................144
Transaction Figures ...................................................................................................................................................145
Presentation: Organizational Structures of Cost Accounting..............................................................................146
Controlling Area ........................................................................................................................................................147
Country-Specific Charts of Accounts......................................................................................................................148
Group Chart of Accounts..........................................................................................................................................149
Cost Controlling Objects ..........................................................................................................................................150
Presentation: Master Data in Accounts Payable....................................................................................................151
Vendor Account in SAP FI ......................................................................................................................................152
Account Groups for Vendors...................................................................................................................................153
Presentation:Integration with Materials Management..........................................................................................154
IDES Plants in Germany...........................................................................................................................................155
IDES Purchasing in Germany..................................................................................................................................156
Purchasing Data in the Vendor Master Record .....................................................................................................157
Three-Stage Verification (Standard) .......................................................................................................................158
Presentation:The Organizational Structures of Sales Revenue Controlling .....................................................159
Operating Concern.....................................................................................................................................................160
Profitability Segments...............................................................................................................................................161
Presentation:Master Data in Accounts Receivable ...............................................................................................162
Customer Account in SAP FI ..................................................................................................................................163
Account Groups for Customers ...............................................................................................................................164
Credit Management Master Record .........................................................................................................................165
Presentation:Integration with Sales and Distribution ...........................................................................................166
IDES Distribution Chains in Germany ...................................................................................................................167
Sales for IDES Plant Hamburg ................................................................................................................................168
Divisions......................................................................................................................................................................169
Sales Areas..................................................................................................................................................................170
Sales Area Data in the Customer Master Record ..................................................................................................171
Sales Process...............................................................................................................................................................172
Presentation:Credit Management............................................................................................................................173
IDES Credit Control Area ........................................................................................................................................174
Presentation:Integration with Sales and Distribution ...........................................................................................175
Credit Control Process..............................................................................................................................................176
Presentation:Asset Master Data...............................................................................................................................177
Assets in FI Organizational Units ............................................................................................................................178
Asset Class..................................................................................................................................................................179
Depreciation Areas ....................................................................................................................................................180
Account Determination.............................................................................................................................................181
Group Assets and Sub-Numbers ..............................................................................................................................182
Presentation:Master Data in Travel Management.................................................................................................183
Personnel Master Data in HR and in FI-TV...........................................................................................................184
Actions.........................................................................................................................................................................185
Vendor Master Record for an Employee ................................................................................................................186
Presentation:Master Data in Bank Accounting......................................................................................................187
Bank Directory ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Bank Accounts ...........................................................................................................................................................189
Cash Ledgers ..............................................................................................................................................................190
Master Data Overview: Unit Summary...................................................................................................................191
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................192
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Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................195
Document Control..........................................................................................................................................................198
Document Control: Objectives ................................................................................................................................199
Document Control .....................................................................................................................................................200
The R/3-FI-Document...............................................................................................................................................201
The SAP Document Principle ..................................................................................................................................202
Document Types ........................................................................................................................................................203
Important Standard Document Types......................................................................................................................204
Document Number Ranges ......................................................................................................................................205
Functions of the Posting Keys (4)............................................................................................................................206
Field Status within a FI-Document.........................................................................................................................207
Document Field Status (3)........................................................................................................................................208
Field Status Groups...................................................................................................................................................209
Standard Posting Keys..............................................................................................................................................210
Posting Periods...........................................................................................................................................................211
The Posting Period Variant ......................................................................................................................................212
Period Checks per Account Type............................................................................................................................213
Two Period Ranges....................................................................................................................................................214
Maximum Amounts...................................................................................................................................................215
Assigning Posting Authorizations...........................................................................................................................216
Basic FI Postings........................................................................................................................................................217
Basic FI Posting: Header and 1st Line Item...........................................................................................................218
Basic FI Posting: Additional Line Items .................................................................................................................219
Document Control: Summary ..................................................................................................................................220
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................221
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................230
Posting Control...............................................................................................................................................................244
Posting Control: Objectives .....................................................................................................................................245
Posting Control...........................................................................................................................................................246
User Defaults ..............................................................................................................................................................247
System and Accounting Defaults .............................................................................................................................248
Changing Documents ................................................................................................................................................249
Document Change Rules ..........................................................................................................................................250
Payment Terms ...........................................................................................................................................................251
Payment Terms in Invoices......................................................................................................................................252
Payment Terms in Credit Memos ............................................................................................................................253
Payment Terms: Basic Data.....................................................................................................................................254
Baseline Date..............................................................................................................................................................255
Cash Discount.............................................................................................................................................................256
Day Limits...................................................................................................................................................................257
Holdback/Retainage ..................................................................................................................................................258
The Cash Discount Base Amount...........................................................................................................................259
Posting Cash Discounts ............................................................................................................................................260
Posting Cash Discounts - Gross Procedure ............................................................................................................261
Vendor Net Procedure - Invoice..............................................................................................................................262
Vendor Net Procedure - Payment ............................................................................................................................263
Cross-Company Code Transaction (2) ....................................................................................................................264
Example: Central Purchasing...................................................................................................................................265
Clearing Accounts .....................................................................................................................................................266
Cross-Company Code Document Number.............................................................................................................267
Reversing Documents ...............................................................................................................................................268
Standard Reversal Postings, Negative Postings.....................................................................................................269
Posting Control: Summary .......................................................................................................................................270
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................271
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................277
Posting Tips.....................................................................................................................................................................289
Posting Tips................................................................................................................................................................290
Simplifying Postings.................................................................................................................................................291
Posting Using Reference Documents ......................................................................................................................292
G/L Fast Entry ............................................................................................................................................................293
The Account Assignment Model.............................................................................................................................294
Parameter ID’s............................................................................................................................................................295
Parking a Document ..................................................................................................................................................296
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Posting a Parked Document .....................................................................................................................................297
Validations..................................................................................................................................................................298
Substitution.................................................................................................................................................................299
The Recurring Entry Program.................................................................................................................................300
Posting Tips: Unit Summary ....................................................................................................................................301
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................302
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................307
Currencies........................................................................................................................................................................314
Currencies: Objectives ..............................................................................................................................................315
Currency and exchange rate types ...........................................................................................................................316
Translation factors .....................................................................................................................................................317
Maintaining the exchange rates...............................................................................................................................318
Exchange Rate Spreads.............................................................................................................................................319
Base Currency ............................................................................................................................................................320
EURO...........................................................................................................................................................................321
Triangulation as of January 1, 1999 ........................................................................................................................322
Direct/Indirect quotation of exchange rates ...........................................................................................................323
Design of exchange rate in different quotations....................................................................................................324
Currencies: Unit Summary .......................................................................................................................................325
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................326
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................328
Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................330
Taxes: Unit Objectives..............................................................................................................................................331
Taxes ............................................................................................................................................................................332
Tax Assistance............................................................................................................................................................333
Value - Added Tax....................................................................................................................................................334
Taxes on Purchases - Sales Tax..............................................................................................................................335
Taxes on Purchases - Use Tax.................................................................................................................................336
Types of Taxation ......................................................................................................................................................337
Tax Procedure for Calculations...............................................................................................................................338
Jurisdiction Codes......................................................................................................................................................339
Tax Code .....................................................................................................................................................................340
Tax Rates.....................................................................................................................................................................341
Tax Postings................................................................................................................................................................342
Automatic Tax Account Assignment ......................................................................................................................343
Tax Accounts ..............................................................................................................................................................344
Other G/L Accounts ..................................................................................................................................................345
EU Single Market - VAT Processing.....................................................................................................................346
Acquisition Tax Codes..............................................................................................................................................347
Taxes: Unit Summary ...............................................................................................................................................348
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................349
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................350
G/L Accounts ..................................................................................................................................................................354
G/L - Accounts: Objectives......................................................................................................................................355
Chart of Accounts......................................................................................................................................................356
Define Chart of Accounts .........................................................................................................................................357
Chart of Accounts Segment .....................................................................................................................................358
Fields in the Chart of Account Segment.................................................................................................................359
Company Code Segment ..........................................................................................................................................360
Fields in the Company Code Segment ....................................................................................................................361
One Chart of Accounts, Several Company Codes ................................................................................................362
Balance Sheet and P+L Statement Accounts .........................................................................................................363
The Account Groups for the G/L-Accounts ...........................................................................................................364
The Field Status..........................................................................................................................................................365
Master Data Field Status (2) ....................................................................................................................................366
Reconciliation Accounts...........................................................................................................................................367
Line Item Display ......................................................................................................................................................368
Open Item Management ...........................................................................................................................................369
Account in Local Currency ......................................................................................................................................370
Only Balances in Local Currency ............................................................................................................................371
Account in Foreign Currency ..................................................................................................................................372
Methods for Creating G/L Accounts .......................................................................................................................373
Collective Processing................................................................................................................................................374
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Group Chart of Accounts (2) ...................................................................................................................................375
Country Chart of Accounts (2) ................................................................................................................................376
Bank Master Data: Objectives .................................................................................................................................377
Bank Master Data ......................................................................................................................................................378
Bank Accounts (2) .....................................................................................................................................................379
G/L Accounts: Unit Summary .................................................................................................................................380
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................381
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................384
Procedure for Day-to-Day Planning ............................................................................................................................388
Procedure for Day-to-Day Planning ........................................................................................................................389
Problems and Objectives ..........................................................................................................................................390
Instruments in SAP R/3 Cash Management...........................................................................................................391
Check Deposit ............................................................................................................................................................392
Check Deposit: Unit Objectives ...............................................................................................................................393
Check Deposit: Business Scenario .........................................................................................................................394
Check Deposit: Procedure ......................................................................................................................................395
Account Assignment.................................................................................................................................................396
Check Deposit: Initial Specifications.....................................................................................................................397
Check Deposit: Initial Specifications (2)................................................................................................................398
Check Deposit List....................................................................................................................................................399
Check Deposit: Printing and Overview...................................................................................................................400
Generating Postings...................................................................................................................................................401
Check Deposit: Unit Summary ................................................................................................................................402
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................403
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................405
Check Deposit: Customizing........................................................................................................................................408
Check Deposit: Customizing ...................................................................................................................................409
Check Deposit Customizing: Unit Objectives .......................................................................................................410
Check Deposit Customizing: Business Scenario...................................................................................................411
Customizing Process - Transactions / Posting Rules............................................................................................412
Postings and Account Determination ......................................................................................................................413
Creating Screen Variants..........................................................................................................................................414
Check Deposit Customizing: Unit Summary .........................................................................................................415
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................416
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................417
Bank Statement: Manual Entry ....................................................................................................................................418
Bank Statement: Manual Entry ...............................................................................................................................419
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Unit Objectives.................................................................................................420
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Business Scenario ............................................................................................421
Manual Bank Statement: Procedure ........................................................................................................................422
Entering the Bank Statement ...................................................................................................................................423
Processing the Bank Statement (1): Bank and Payment Advices.......................................................................424
Processing the Bank Statement (2): Bank Document / Selection.......................................................................425
Processing the Bank Statement (3): Further Processing......................................................................................426
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................427
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................428
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................429
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................430
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................431
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................433
Manual Bank Statement: Customizing.......................................................................................................................435
Manual Bank Statement: Customizing....................................................................................................................436
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Unit Objectives ......................................................................................437
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Business Scenario ..................................................................................438
Posting Rules and Transactions...............................................................................................................................439
Posting Details ............................................................................................................................................................440
Determining Accounts from House Bank Data .....................................................................................................441
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Unit Summary ........................................................................................442
Exercises......................................................................................................................................................................443
Solutions......................................................................................................................................................................445
Presentation: Consolidation..........................................................................................................................................447
Presentation: Consolidation EC-CS, SEM -BCS ...................................................................................................448
EC-CS: Data Flow.....................................................................................................................................................449
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EC-CS: Organizational Units...................................................................................................................................450
Integration of Master Data .......................................................................................................................................451
Preparation in FI.........................................................................................................................................................452
Assignment: Company Code - Company ...............................................................................................................453
Trading Partner Information: FI ...............................................................................................................................454
Additional Account Assignment: Business Area..................................................................................................455
Assignments: Asset Master Record .........................................................................................................................456
Consolidation With Different Releases...................................................................................................................457
Defining Data Transfer.............................................................................................................................................458
Data Transfer to EC-CS............................................................................................................................................459
Status Monitor............................................................................................................................................................460
SAP Consolidation — Future Development ..........................................................................................................461
SAP Strategic Enterprise Management...................................................................................................................462
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