Custom Subassignments in Consolidation Functions 

Features

The custom subassignment are taken into account in almost all of the functions of Consolidation. An overview is given below, for more information see the SAP Library for each consolidation function.

Data Collection

With all data collection methods you can transfer the reported data with details to the custom subassignments. You carry out the corresponding enhancements in the settings of methods in Customizing.

Currency Translation

You can post currency translation differences or rounding differences with custom subassignments. You control this with the breakdown category of the differential item.

Validation

You can define validation rules, which take custom subassignments into account.

Interunit Elimination

You can use custom subassignments both with the sets to be eliminated and with the differential items.

Reclassifications

You can use custom subassignments both with the triggering account assignments and with the source and target account assignments.

Elimination of Interunit Profit/Loss in Transferred Inventory

Product Group as Custom Subassignment

If the system is to read the inventory data from the summary database, then you have to define the product group as a subassignment.

Other Custom Subassignments

The system posts the elimination of interunit profit and loss with the subassignment which you have entered in Customizing with the posting item.

If in the message of inventory data, subassignments are given as well, then the system can not prove the intercompany profit per value of this subassignment.

Consolidation of Investments

The system can only post the custom subassignments to the special posting items.

More Functions

With the following functions, the system posts the custom subassignments without having to carry out special settings to do this.

●     Determination of the contra item and calculation of the retained earnings or annual net income.

●     Apportionment

●     Preparation for consolidation group changes

●     Carrying forward of balances

Reports

In active excel, research, report writer and line item reports, as well as in database listing, the system treats the custom subassignments exactly like the standard subassignments.

In addition to that the hierarchies to the subassignments can be displayed in active excel and research reports.