General Aspects of Consolidation
The sections that follow deal with sub-applications as they relate to consolidation, from a business administration point of view.
and so on.
This documentation opens with a few fundamentals common to all sub-applications. A typical problem for Consolidation is that the data needed is not managed in a single, centralized system. Instead it must be aggregated from multiple computers or databases. The section "Distribution Scenarios" deals with this problem.
When applications are not centralized, local key structures are usually developed independently. A crucial goal for consolidated reporting is to progress towards a key structure common to the entire corporate group. The section ‘Key Structures’ goes into more detail concerning assignment options and the consequences thereof.
Fast and dependable data transfer is a primary concern in a consolidation concept. This subject is discussed in summary in the section "Data Transfer Methods".
For further details, see:
Distribution Scenarios Key Structures Data Transfer Methods Comparison of Data Transfer Methods: Periodic Extract, Realtime Update, Rollup Creating Initial Data Sets in the Consolidation Staging Ledger and Consolidation Processing Ledger