This component enables you to enter reported financial data online using data entry layouts.

Install this component if you want to enter reported financial data online in the SAP System for at least one consolidation unit or consolidation group.

Online data entry in the SAP System is one of the methods available for collecting data in the Consolidation application. You can also use the following methods:

• Automatic data transfer from SAP Systems
• Data transfer using the offline data entry program on the basis of Microsoft Access
• Data transfer from non-SAP systems using the flexible upload program

The options you choose depend on the organization of your corporate group and the systems it uses.

Using the data monitor, you enter financial data online which was reported by those consolidation units for which you specified this data transfer method.

You enter the data in data entry layouts. You can use these layouts to enter the individual financial statements of your consolidation units, for example.