1. Introduction1-1 What does integration mean?1-2 Explain the structure of the client/server architecture.1-3 What types of data are there in the SAP System?1-4 What is OSS?

2. Tools for Project Implementation2-1 What is the IMG?2-2 What views of a company can an IMG have?2-3 What does ASAP mean?

3. Organizational Structures3-1 What is the function of the client in R/3?3-2 What is the organizational structure concept? What are organizational elements? Explain the organizational elements of External and Internal Accounting, Logistics, and HR.3-3 How do you create a company code?3-4 What is the variant principle, and how can it be used, for example, within the framework of organizational structures?3-5 What does the definition of the fiscal year consist of?3-6 What is the posting period concept? What is the connection between posting periods and the fiscal year?3-7 What is the function of the chart of accounts in R/3?What types of charts of accounts are there?At what level is a chart of account defined?What does the definition of a chart of accounts include?3-8 Explain the difference between a chart of accounts and a company code segment.3-9What is the meaning of the term "field status"?3-10 How and where can restrictions be set for accountants? What posting limits can be set?3-11 What currencies exist in R/3?4. Master Data4-1 What are account groups? What can you control using an account group?4-2 How can you create master data?4-3 What is the difference between a G/L account and a general ledger account?4-4 What should you be particularly aware of with bank master data?4-5 What are reconciliation accounts?4-6 What special feature do you need to consider for asset master data?4-7 What differences are there for master data in Controlling?5. Reports and Daily Tasks5-1 What types of reports are there?5-2 What options are there for executing reports?5-3 What tools can be used for reporting?5-4 What is a report variant?6. Posting and Posting Tips6-1 What data do you need to post a document?6-2 What are the four date fields in a document?6-3 What options do you have for dealing with incoming payments if the amount that the customer pays does not agree exactly with the amount in the invoice that was issued?6-4 What two options do you have for determining the exchange rate when you are posting a document in foreign currency? In this context, what is the difference between currencies that are participating in European monetary union, and those that are not?6-5 What general help is there for posting?a) When are account assignment models used? When are sample documents or recurring entries used? How do they affect accruals/deferrals postings?b) What additional help are you aware of for posting?6-6 What is the difference between a "held" and a "parked" document?6-7 What does "account clearing" mean?6-8 Describe the payment process for clearing items.6-9 What are the Customizing prerequisites for document clearing?7. Document Control7-1 What is the R/3 document principle?7-2 What does the document header consist of?7-3 What is the function of document types?7-4 What are posting keys?7-5 What is the significance of the field "Assignment"?8. Posting Control8-1 From what sources can default values for postings be taken?8-2 Can documents be subsequently changed, that is, after they have been posted?8-3 Can documents be reversed? What does reversal mean in the SAP System? What should you take into account here? What two different concepts are there?8-4 What are terms of payment and how can they be used?8-5 How are tax schemes defined in R/3 (for example, input tax, tax on sales and purchases)?8-6 What is the display variant function and what is it used for?8-7 What types of special G/L transactions are there?8-8 Which posting key is used for special G/L transactions?

9. Automatic Procedures9-1 Which procedures can be described as "automatic procedures"?9-2 Name the individual steps in these procedures.9-3 How can the information be passed on to the house bank?9-4 How are the items selected in these procedures?9-5 What options are there in the payment program for optimizing outgoing payments?9-6 What options can you set in the payment run for determining payment methods? Where do you make these selections?9-7 How are dunning levels noted in an account?

10. Cash Management10-1 What is the process flow for check deposits?10-2 How are bank accounts and bank clearing accounts used? Describe the transaction for posting a check, and the subsequent update of a manual account statement.10-3 What is the difference between the internal transaction and the posting rule?10-4 How is a check posted?10-5 How is a manual account statement updated?10-6 Can users configure the entry of checks and the manual account statement themselves?

11. Closing Activities11-1 What general activities have to be carried out for month-end closing in Financial Accounting?11-2 How is the SAP financial statement version set up? How many hierarchy levels are possible?11-3 Explain organizational and technical closing.

12. Integration12-1 How many plants can be assigned to how many company codes?12-2 At what level does valuation take place?12-3 What material master record views are there?12-4 What is the central organizational unit for the procurement process?12-5 What is the central organizational unit for the sales process?12-6 What is the credit management process?12-7 What options exist for invoice verification?What must you pay particular attention to?

13. Asset Accounting13-1 What is the asset company code?13-2 What does the chart of depreciation consist of? What is the relationship between the depreciation area and the chart of depreciation?Do you have to define depreciation areas? How are postings to asset balance sheet accounts updated in the general ledger?13-3 Explain the importance of asset classes. What asset classes are there?13-4 From an Asset Accounting point of view, what should you take into account for field status control?13-5 What are transaction types? What is the connection with transaction type groups?13-6 What types of depreciation does R/3 support?13-7 How are depreciation keys defined?13-8 Generally, how is depreciation posted in Asset Accounting? What restrictions are there?13-9 What steps do you have to take into account to ensure that integration into the general ledger for the depreciation posting run works?13-10A fiscal year that has already been closed is, for some reason, opened for posting again. How can you reblock the fiscal year for posting?13-11Can you create an asset register from FI-AA? If so, how?13-12What methods are there for transferring legacy data?14. Overhead Cost Controlling14-1 Explain the difference between FI and Co from a business point of view.14-2 Explain the terms controlling area and operating concern. What is the difference between a company code and a controlling area? What assignments are possible? Explain the consequences.14-3 Which currencies can you use in Controlling to carry out appropriate valuations in the information system?14-4 What master data is there in cost element accounting and cost center accounting? Explain the terms and the differences between them.14-5 What is the connection between cost elements and G/L accounts?14-6 What is the function of the cost element category?14-7 Why do you have to create a cost center standard hierarchy?14-8 What is a cost center group and what assignments are possible?14-9 What is the function of cost center categories?14-10What is an activity type? What is the connection between an activity type and secondary cost elements? Explain the differences between direct and indirect activity allocation?

14-11What is the prerequisite for an internal activity allocation? Explain the different forms of entry/input.14-12How do you define statistical key figures?14-13What transaction-referenced postings can you name? Explain them.14-14Do FI documents have the same document numbers as CO documents?14-15What is the difference between a CO posting and an FI posting? What types of posting are there in CO?14-16What is "commitments management" in CO, and where is it used?14-17Explain the term "direct activity allocation". What is the connection between this and the activity types? What do you have to take into account when entering a direct activity allocation?14-18What is the importance of CO for month-end closing?Discuss this with regard to options in Financial Accounting.14-19Explain the differences, and in particular their consequences, between periodic transfer postings, distribution, and assessment?14-20What rules have to be considered for periodic transfer postings, distribution, and assessment?14-21Explain the terms "segment", and "cycle".14-22Define the terms "period lock", and "reconciliation ledger".14-23In which planning areas can you find cost center accounting?Note: Depending on time and interest, you can discuss the individual planning areas and planning options in more detail.

15. Individual Account Closing15-1 Explain the connection between fiscal year change and year-end closing.15-2 Which types of physical inventory does R/3 support?15-3 Explain the importance of the GR/IR clearing account.15-4 For year-end closing, a group exchanges information about intercompany payables and receivables. What procedures are offered in R/3 to help you with this?15-5 How are current assets and liabilities valuated in R/3?15-6 What valuation methods can be set in Customizing?

16. Special Purpose Ledger16-1 When would you consider using the special purpose ledger?In what way is the FI-SL different from other SAP applications, and what role does it play in accounting?16-2 What does a ledger consist of?16-3 How are ledgers divided up? One of the groups can be divided into two further groups that refer to different organizational units. What is this ledger called and what is the organizational unit referred to?16-4 What is a characteristic?16-5 What is a coding block?16-6 When and how can you change a coding block? What do you have to take into account when making changes?16-7 How are the balances of the characteristic combinations selected stored in the FI-SL?16-8 What table groups exist in FI-SL?16-9 What do you have to be aware of when selecting the number of characteristics for SL reporting?16-10Which components can you specify for the installation of your tables?16-11Explain standardizing entries and through-postings.16-12What functions are available to you in SL customizing for analyzing postings?16-13Explain the terms "validation" and "substitution". How can you create validations and substitutions?16-14Why do you need sets and variables in FI-SL?16-15What is a set, and what types are there?16-16What variable types are there and when are variables used?6 | Pagemoorthy.fico@gmail.com