SAP COPA

Use Your Program Variants More Effectively with the Help of TVARV Variables

Instead of manually changing the selections in a program variant, you can make the system change the variant values automatically. This saves time, especially if you are running hundreds of reports. Key Concept Selection variables fall into three categories: Date variables (D): Say that you run a daily sales analysis report, with the date parameter...…

Reconcile Costing-Based CO-PA with FI and Generate Full Product-Level P&L Reports

Ashim Nanda explains how to reconcile costing-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with FI using the G/L account as a characteristic. Key Concept SAP Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) supports two forms of profitability computation: costing based and account based. Account-based CO-PA reconciles with FI, whereas costing-based CO-PA has higher flexibility and computational capabilities that provide businesses with supporting...…

Tips and Tricks from the Trenches

This is a monthly column where SAP Financials product manager, Gary Fullmer, shares tips and tricks from SAP experts, including SAP product managers and SAP consultants, on ways current FI/CO capabilities can be more fully utilized and expanded. For this first column, a senior FI/CO configurator and former SAP FI/CO platinum consultant discusses some useful...…

• SAP Central Finance

A Holistic Approach to Implementing Central Finance

Learn tips to help you prepare for a Central Finance implementation project. Central Finance is aimed at reducing the cost of adoption of SAP S/4HANA Finance for organizations having heterogeneous landscapes (multiple SAP ERP or non-SAP systems). With Central Finance, these organizations no longer have to upgrade all the systems to have SAP S/4HANA Finance....…

Ask the SAP Financials Expert: How Do I Retrieve and Display Archived CO-PA Line Items?

Standard SAP archiving methods do not allow you to retrieve specific Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) line items. However, you can gain access to them via two methods: using the SAP Archiving Information System or ABAP code. Each has limitations you should know about. Key Concept   Dear SAP Financials Expert, Our Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) database is...…

Get the Most Out of SAPSprint for Server-Based Printing in Microsoft Windows

SAPSprint is the latest service for server-based printing on Windows. Learn how to install and configure this service with its default options. Drill down into the technical implementation to learn how to manage print requests, restart print processes, configure front-end printing, and include barcodes. Key Concept Processing in SAPSprint means generating print data via the...…

Use Top-Down Distribution in CO-PA to Report Overhead Costs at Lower-Level Characteristics

Discover top-down distribution functionality and execution in day-to-day operations with two business examples. The first explains the allocation of expenses from cost centers to material groups through profitability analysis (CO-PA) assessment, with material group being a higher-level characteristic. The second explains how to distribute these expenses, posted through CO-PA assessments, from material group to material...…

Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations by Locking Posting Periods in CO-PA

Discover how to use the Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) valuation enhancement to lock posting periods against changes in CO-PA data. See also how this solution helps meet Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for internal controls on CO-PA reporting. Key Concept Valuation is a key capability of costing-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) that the system uses to automatically fill value fields...…

• SAP UI5

Technical Considerations for Executing an SAPUI5 Project

Follow these best practices and tips outlined by Ameya Pimpalgaonkar if you are planning to execute an SAPUI5 project. See how an SAPUI5 project differs from a traditional project and why the design process is essential if you want to avoid technical errors. Key Concept It is essential that all SAPUI5 projects begin with a...…