Data Transfer Methods 

The following data transfer methods are available for transferring consolidation data from SAP systems:

●     ‘Realtime update’ directly posts each general ledger-related transaction to the debit and credit totals in the Consolidation totals database. This procedure is designed for centralized scenarios. Internal rollup techniques for linking systems are also included.

●     ‘Periodic FI extract’ reads the balances in the consolidation staging ledger. It can assign either an asset or a liability item, depending on the balance. In a central system, the consolidation totals database is directly updated. In remote scenarios, either an IDOC (direct asynchronous communication), a UNIX file or a PC file is created and imported into the Consolidation system.

●     ‘Periodic rollup’ reads balances from any ledger. This procedure is used particu­larly when the General Ledger system uses customer-specific additional account assignments that also need to be transferred into the consolidation processing ledger. The standard conversion of the organizational units and account numbers takes place in pre-defined standard exits within the field transfer rules of the rollup processor. Customer-specific additional account assignments must be defined by enhancing the field transfer rules in Customizing. In a central system, the rollup directly updates the consolidation database. In remote scenarios, either an IDOC, a UNIX file or a PC file is created and imported into the Consolidation system.

The following overview shows various transfer procedures:

Data Transfer

 

Settings in the Sending System

You need to make the following specifications in Customizing for the transfer of consolidation data:

●     Type of consolidation: you can consolidate on a company, business area, and profit center level (the latter only in EC-CS). If more than one type is chosen, several transfers occur using different ledgers or dimensions (EC-CS).

●     Type of consolidation system:

○     Consolidation with EC-CS

○     Legal consolidation with FI-LC

●     System ID and client for the central consolidation system

●     Only applies to FI-LC: Set up the consolidation-related versions (actual/plan) and assign the correspond­ing consolidation version, transfer frequency and procedure (see above). The same data transfer procedure must be used for all company codes that are assigned to a company ID.

●     Fiscal year variant of consolidation: The periods are shifted during the data transfer if the fiscal year deviates from that of the sending company code.