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EHP3 for SAP ERP 6.0

December 2008

English

Period End Closing

Activities (224)

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SAP Best Practices Perio$ En$ (losing Acti)ities *22+, &PD

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Contents

Perio$ En$ (losing Acti)ities............................................................................................................... =

! P'rose........................................................................................................................................ =

2 Str'ct're for Perio$ En$ (losing Process....................................................................................=

3 &'siness Process Doc'mentation for Perio$ En$ (losing...........................................................6

+ Perio$ En$ (losing Acti)ities........................................................................................................

+.! /'mber.................................................................................................................................

+.2 Process (ategor%..................................................................................................................

+.3 Descrition............................................................................................................................

+.+ ransaction............................................................................................................................

+.= Alication.............................................................................................................................

+.6 7n$'str%................................................................................................................................. 8

+. Reference &'siness Process Doc'mentation.......................................................................8

+.8 &'il$ing &loc 7D................................................................................................................... 8

+." Da%94onth9ear.....................................................................................................................8

+.!0 SAP 4en'..........................................................................................................................8

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Period End Closing Activities

1 Prposehis b'il$ing bloc ro)i$es the means an$ seI'ence of erio$ en$ closing stes relate$ to SAP&est Practices.

he SAP &est Practices &aseline Pacage co)ers man% t%es of scenarios ith a broa$ )ariableimlementation aroach. 7t is ossible to select scenarios an$ imlement $ifferent sol'tion scoes.&eca'se it is 'nclear hat scenarios ill be a)ailable5 erio$ en$ closing cannot be fi1e$ toscenarios.

he sol'tion for SAP &est Practices ro)i$es a fle1ible metho$ for erio$ en$ closing on $ail%5monthl% an$ %earl% basis. 7t sho'l$ be ossible to select all reI'ire$ stes $een$ing on the sol'tionscoe selecte$.

he 'rose of this scenario $oc'mentation is to ro)i$e a metho$ to hel select these stes.Secific erio$ en$ closing stes are not $escribe$ here.

2 Strctre !or Period End Closing ProcessPerio$ en$ closing stes are closel% relate$ to scenarios an$ alications. 4ostl% the stes areerforme$ in the >7 an$ ( area5 b't there are also some stes co)ere$ b% SD5 445 PP an$ otheralications. A$$itionall% stes are to be erforme$ in a certain seI'ence so that it is not ossible toco)er all necessar% stes in one alication before starting ith the ne1t one.

SAP &est Practices for &aseline str'ct'res the erio$ en$ closing in to sections.

Section 1:

he erio$ en$ closing rocess stes are $escribe$ in $etail in secific &'siness ProcessDoc'mentations. hese roce$'res are alication oriente$ an$ contain all stes that are to be$one in this regar$. >or e1amle the &'siness Process Doc'mentation Period End Closing Financial Accounting $escribes all stes necessar% to be erforme$ in the >7 area. hese stes are $escribe$in a certain seI'ence $etermine$ b% the alication. PrereI'isite stes of other alications are notincl'$e$.

Section 2:

he &'siness Process Doc'mentations $o not co)er the correct seI'ence of all erio$ en$ closingstes in one sol'tion. herefore an a$$itional $escrition is ro)i$e$ that contains all stes in acertain seI'ence. his seI'ence is $etermine$ b% rereI'isite stes reI'ire$ before rocee$ingith a ne1t ste.

he $escrition is $eli)ere$ as a list that contains all stes ith a seI'ence n'mber. o no ho toerform this ste is no $escribe$ in the erio$ en$ closing &'siness Process Doc'mentation*section !,. herefore references to the &'siness Process Doc'mentations are incl'$e$ in the list asell. 7f the ste is to be erforme$ the ste of the &'siness Process Doc'mentation sho'l$ beselecte$ an$ e1ec'te$.

#ith this roce$'re it is ossible to a$ot the erio$ en$ closing stes to the sol'tion scoe. 7f a&'siness Process Doc'mentation is not imlemente$ the ste sho'l$ not be $one. his means thatthis ste is irrele)ant an$ the ne1t erio$ en$ closing ste can be erforme$.

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sers e1ec'ting erio$ en$ closing sho'l$ no the sol'tion scoe. Perio$ en$ closingis closel% relate$ to the b'siness content an$ cannot be a'tomaticall% e1ec'te$ itho'tb'siness nole$ge.

" #siness Process Doc$entation !or PeriodEnd Closing

&'siness Process Doc'mentations for erio$ en$ closing are ro)i$e$ ithin the baselineimlementation. he% are relate$ to certain alications an$ $eli)ere$ searatel%. >olloing %o' canfin$ an o)er)ie of &'siness Process Doc'mentations that contain erio$ en$ closing stes.

#siness ProcessDoc$entation Title

%$&er(technical

in!or$ationonly

'elevance Indstry I$ple$entation'eco$$endation

Perio$ En$ (losing in>inancial Acco'nting

!=" All >o'n$ation$een$ent

Asset Acco'nting !62 All >o'n$ation$een$ent

)erhea$ (ost(ontrolling J Act'al

!8+ All >o'n$ation$een$ent

Sales Perio$ En$(losing erations

203 All >o'n$ation$een$ent

7nternal r$er RKD Act'al

!8= 4an'fact'ring9ra$e >o'n$ation$een$ent

7nternal r$er for4areting an$ ther)erhea$ Act'al

!86 4an'fact'ring9ra$e >o'n$ation$een$ent

Perio$ En$ (losingSer)ice r$ers

!8" Ser)ice >o'n$ation$een$ent

Perio$ En$ (losingProects

20 Ser)ice >o'n$ation$een$ent

(ost of Sales Acco'nting

!6! All tional

Acti)ate Doc'mentSlitting

!6= All tional

>oreign ra$e E1ortProcessing

!!8 4an'fact'ring9ra$e tional

Stan$ar$ (ost(alc'lation

!8 4an'fact'ring9ra$e tional

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#siness ProcessDoc$entation Title

%$&er(technicalin!or$ationonly

'elevance Indstry I$ple$entation'eco$$endation

Perio$ En$ (losingLGeneral PlantL

!8! 4an'fact'ring9ra$e tional

7n)entor% :al'ation forear En$ (losing

!82 4an'fact'ring9ra$e tional

4 Period End Closing Activities>or more information5 refer to 224_Integrated_PeriodEnd_Closing_Activities.xls

41 %$&er he n'mber contains the seI'ence stes. All stes sho'l$ be e1ec'te$ in the seI'ence as ro)i$e$b% the n'mber.

42 Process Category

All stes in one seI'ence that belong to an alication are str'ct're$ into erio$ en$ closingrocess categories. o' can 'se the categories as a$$itional information to fin$ certain rocessstes or to $eci$e to incl'$e ne stes.

4" Description

he $escrition contains the rocess ste. he same rocess ste m'st be selecte$ in the assigne$&'siness Process Doc'mentation.

44 Transaction

he transactions assigne$ to the rocess stes are liste$.

4 Application

he alication areas are assigne$.

• >7 M e1ternal financial acco'nting

•

( M controlling• 44 M material management *'rchasing,

• SD M sales an$ $istrib'tion

• PP M ro$'ction

• >7-AA M asset management

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4* Indstry

he ste is assigne$ to the in$'str% that is selecte$ ith the baseline installation. 7n some cases therocess stes are in$'str% in$een$ent an$ m'st be e1ec'te$ for all in$'stries

•

All+ ste is rele)ant for man'fact'ring9tra$e an$ ser)ice• Service ste is onl% rele)ant for the ser)ice in$'str%

• Man! ste is onl% rele)ant for man'fact'ring9tra$e

4, 'e!erence #siness Process Doc$entationHere %o' can fin$ the &'siness Process Doc'mentation that contains the $etaile$ $escrition of theerio$ en$ closing ste. he &'siness Process Doc'mentation contains a rocess ste ith thesame te1t as the $escrition of the erio$ en$ closing chec list. his ste sho'l$ be e1ec'te$ inerio$ en$ closing.

4- #ilding #loc. IDhis is the technical 7D n'mber of the &'siness Process Doc'mentation.

4/ Day0Month0ear All erio$ en$ closing stes are assigne$ to the erio$ for hich the% are to be erforme$. (losingstes can be $one on $ail% basis5 b't also on monthl% an$ %earl% basis. he %ear en$ closingreI'ires first the monthl% closing of erio$ !2 *December,5 so the %ear en$ closing incl'$es also allstes of the monthl% closing.

41 SAP MenHere %o' can fin$ the ath of the transaction in the SAP E(( 4en'.

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