Data Transfer from SAP Application Components

Use

You can transfer data from other SAP application components to your Special Purpose Ledger using the subsequent posting procedure. This is especially useful prior to a production start for entering beginning balances in your special purpose ledgers. After a production start, you transfer the data continually using an online method.

Prerequisites

Note the following points before transferring data from other SAP application components to your special purpose ledgers.

  • Only complete the data transfer when no other users are making postings in the system.

  • Make certain that data from these application components is not already in your ledger(s). If you transfer the data twice, the data will be entered twice in the ledger(s). You can delete existing data. You can also check whether the data is already present.

  • You have to set posting indicator 2 (ledger is updated by subsequent postings) or 3 (ledger is updated directed and by subsequent postings) for the ledger that is to receive data from other application components.

You make this setting in Customizing under Financial Accounting → Special Purpose Ledger → Basic Settings → Master Data → Maintain Ledgers .

Features

Using the subsequent posting procedure, you can transfer data from the following application components:

Component

Actual data

Plan data

Statistical key figures

Financial Accounting (FI)

x

   

Materials Management (MM)

x

   

Sales and Distribution (SD)

x

   

Controlling (CO)

x (Controlling objects)

 

x

Overhead Cost Controlling (CO-OM)

x

x

 

Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)

 

x

 

Activities

You can find the functions for data transfer in Customizing under Financial Accounting → Special Purpose Ledger → Basic Settings → Production Start-Up Preparation .

For more information on the individual functions, see Data Transfer Programs .