Integrated Data Collection 
Integrated Data Collection
Purpose
With SAP Consolidation you can execute different consolidation types that are based on user-definable organizational units.
These components enable an integration to operational, data delivering SAP applications for the following consolidation types:
(Consolidation units: Companies)
(Consolidation units: Combinations of companies and consolidation business areas)
(Consolidation units: Combinations of companies and profit centers)
Therefore these consolidation types are described as integrated consolidation types.
For integrated consolidation types the system can transfer the business transactions which are relevant to the general ledger. You enter them in the operational SAP applications, in realtime or periodically as reported data in Consolidation.
Features
Data Transfer Methods
The following data transfer methods are available:
The possible uses of this method are dependent on
Enterprise Scenarios
The components differentiate the following enterprise scenarios:
The company units, which want to carry forward data from operational SAP applications to the SAP Consolidation, work in the same SAP System and in the same clients as the Consolidation.
The following graphic shows this scenario. You see, from which operational applications, data can be delivered to the Consolidation.
The operational enterprise units work in another system or client to the Consolidation. The following graphic shows this scenario:
Possible Uses of the Data Transfer Methods
The following table shows with which data transfer methods you can transfer operational data, dependent on the enterprise scenario and integrated consolidation type.
