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RealTimeIntegrationofControllingwith
FinancialAccounting

DuringallocationsinControlling,mostofthepostingscreateddonotaffectFinancialAccounting.These
postingsdonotupdateanyG/LaccounttransactionfigurestheyarepostingswithinControlling.If,
however,anallocationinControllingleadstoachangeinthefunctionalareaoranyothercharacteristic
(suchasProfitCenterorSegment)thatisrelevantforevaluationsinFinancialAccounting,ashift
occursbetweentheaffecteditemsintheprofitandlossstatement.Forthisreason,thisinformationhas
tobetransferredtoFinancialAccounting.ThisreconciliationbetweenControllingandFinancial
Accountingtakesplacebymeansofrealtimeintegration.
Asaresultofrealtimeintegration,allControllingdocumentsthatarerelevantforGeneralLedger
AccountingaretransferredfromControllingtoGeneralLedgerAccountinginrealtime.Thismeansthat
FinancialAccountingisalwaysreconciledwithControlling.
AdocumentiscreatedinFinancialAccountingforeachpostinginControlling.Thismeansthatthe
detailedinformationcontainedintheCOdocumentsisalwaysavailableinreportsinNewGeneralLedger
Accounting.Thisinformationcanbesortedbythefollowing,forexample:
Functionalarea
Costcenter
Internalorder

Integration
Realtimeintegrationreplacesthereconciliationpostingsfromthereconciliationledger.Consequently,
youdonotneedareconciliationledger.
If,however,youdonotsetthe ReconciliationLedgerActive indicatorinCustomizingforthecontrolling
area,youcannotusethereportsbelongingtoreportgroups5A*(5AA15AW1).Yousetthisindicatorin
CustomizingforControllingunder GeneralControlling Organization MaintainControllingArea .
Thereconciliationledgerservesasthedatasourceforreportsbelongingtothereportgroups5A*.You
findthesereportsinthe SAPEasyAccess menuunder Accounting Controlling CostElement
Accounting InformationSystem ReportsforCostandRevenueElementAccounting .
Replacementreportsareavailableasfollows:

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Youfindthereportsinthe SAPEasyAccess menuunder Accounting Controlling Cost

ElementAccounting InformationSystem ReportsforCostandRevenueElementAccounting
(New) .
Youcancreateadditionalreportsinreportgroup5A21.Youcanassignthereportgrouptoany
drilldownreportofNewGeneralLedgerAccountingusingthereportreportinterface.
Fromthereport FinancialStatementsActual/ActualComparison ,youcancallupthereport Cost
Elements:BreakdownbyCompanyCode .Youfindthereport FinancialStatement:Actual/Actual
Comparison inthe SAPEasyAccess menuunder Accounting FinancialAccounting
GeneralLedger InformationSystem GeneralLedgerReports(New) BalanceSheet/Profit
andLossStatement/CashFlow General Actual/ActualComparisons .
Youcandefineaccountdeterminationforeachcontrollingarea.YoudothisinCustomizingfor Financial
Accounting(New) under FinancialAccountingGlobalSettings(New) Ledgers RealTime
IntegrationofControllingwithFinancialAccounting AccountDeterminationforRealTimeIntegration
.Inthisway,youusethesameaccountdeterminationasforthereconciliationledger(transaction
OK17).YoucanthenusethereconciliationledgerreportstocompareFIbalanceswithCObalances.

Prerequisites
Ifyouuserealtimeintegrationinatleastonecompanycode,youneedtohaveactivatedcompanycode
validationfortherelatedcontrollingarea.YoudothisinCustomizingfor Controlling under General
Controlling Organization MaintainControllingArea ActivateComponents/ControlIndicators .
Otherwise,thereconciliationbetweenFinancialAccountingandControllingatcompanycodelevelisnot
possible.
InCustomizingfor FinancialAccounting(New) ,youhaveprocessedtheCustomizingactivitiesunder
FinancialAccountingGlobalSettings(New) Ledgers RealTimeIntegrationofControllingwith
FinancialAccounting .

Recommendation
ActivaterealtimeintegrationforallcompanycodesbetweenwhichyouwanttomakeCOinternal
allocations.
IntheCustomizingactivity DefineVariantsforRealTimeIntegration ,donotincludeallCOline
itemsinthetransfer.Ifthesamelineitemsaretobetransferredasthroughthereconciliationposting
fromthereconciliationledger,selectthefollowinglineitems:
CrossCompanyCode
CrossBusinessArea
CrossFunctionalArea
CrossFund (ifyouuse PublicSectorManagement )
CrossGrant (ifyouuse PublicSectorManagement )

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Features
ValueflowswithinControllingthatarerelevantforGeneralLedgerAccountingsuchasassessments,
distributions,confirmations,andCOinternalsettlementsaretransferredimmediately.TheFI
documentsarepostedwiththeCOFI businessTransaction .TheycontainthenumberoftheCO
document.ThismeansthatyoucancalluptheCOdocumentfromtheFIdocument,andviceversa.

Activities
IfadocumentcouldnotbetransferredbecausethepostingperiodwasblockedinFinancialAccounting
ornoaccountwasfound,forexample,thedocumentisincludedinapostprocessingworklist.Youneed
tocheckthisworklistregularlyandprocessanydocumentsinit.Fromthe SAPEasyAccess menu,
choose Accounting FinancialAccounting GeneralLedger Corrections PostCODocuments
toFI .

Example
Aninternalorderforbusinessarea0001issettledtoacostcenterofbusinessarea0002.Thedocument
fromthisallocationistransferredinrealtimetoFinancialAccounting.

C OPYR I GH T BY SAP SE OR AN SAPAF F I LI AT E C OM PAN Y. ALL R I GH T S R ESER VED .

PR I N T ED F R OM SAP H ELP POR TAL. (ht t p: / / help. s ap. c om )

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