Periodic Processing (SAP Library - Special Purpose Ledgers)

Periodic Processing

Purpose

This section describes the processes and functions that are relevant for periodic processing.

Integration

You can process data both from other SAP application components as well as from external systems.

Features

Allocation

You can periodically allocate amounts and quantities from sender objects to receiver objects using allocations.

For more information, see Allocation.

Rollup

You can use rollup to summarize information from one or more source ledgers in a rollup ledger in order to improve system performance.

For more information, see Rollup.

Currency Translation

The currency translation function enables you to translate group currency amounts that have already been posted to FI-SL.

For more information, see Currency Translation.

Balance Carryforward

The balance carryforward enables you to carry forward account balances from the previous fiscal year to the new fiscal year. You can carry forward:

Balance sheet account balances from the previous fiscal year to the new fiscal year

The profit and loss statement balance from the previous fiscal year to the retained earnings account of the new fiscal year

For more information, see Balance Carryforward.

Archiving

The data archiving function enables you to retrieve application data that is no longer needed in the system but is still required for analyses from the database and store it in accessible archive files.

The archiving activity consists of three activities:

Generating archive files
Storing archive files
Starting the deletion program

For more information, see Archiving and the SAP Library under Cross-Application Components ® Archiving Application Data (CA-ARC ) ® Financial Accounting (FI).