Function documentationAutomatic Integration of Financial Objects

 

With the automatic financial object integration (FO Integration) function, you can enter financial object data manually when you create the master data, or you can let the system derive the financial object data. You can use this function when you create the data for the transactions given below. The following rules apply:

  • Group 1

    • BCA account

    • Variable transactions (applies for the SAP Banking application component only)

    • Generic transactions

    • Facilities in SAP Banking

      You can generate the relevant parts of the financial object (analysis parameters, profitability analysis, default risk and limit, external key figures) as tab pages. You can fill these in when you create transactions. You cannot create the Profitability Analysis tab page for facilities.

  • Group 2

    • Loan transactions

    • Money market transactions

    • Foreign exchange transactions

    • OTC derivatives

    • Securities and listed derivatives

      • Securities account class position

      • Futures account class position

      • Lot-based position in futures account

      • Security transactions

    • Subledger positions and subpositions

    • Exposure positions

    • Raw Exposures

    • Trade Finance

    The tab pages Analysis Parameters, Default Risk Limit (not for futures account class position), and Profitability Analysis (not for securities account class position, futures account class position and trade finance) are created for each company code.

Prerequisites

Group 1:

To be able to use financial object integration, you need to have set the FO Integration Active / Component Active indicator for each transaction type (BCA account, variable transaction, generic transaction, facility) in Customizing under Activate/Deactivate Automatic Financial Object Integration. In Customizing, choose:

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Profitability Analysis Next navigation step Single Transaction Costing Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Common Settings for Market Risk and Asset/Liability Management Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Default Risk and Limit System Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path Financial Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Treasury and Risk Management Next navigation step Basic Analyzer Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data Next navigation step Other Transactions End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path Financial Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Treasury and Risk Management Next navigation step Credit Risk Analyzer Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data Next navigation step Other Transactions End of the navigation path.

and then

  • Start of the navigation path BCA Account Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Variable Transaction Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Generic Transaction Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Facilities Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

The relevant parts of the financial object (analysis parameters, Profitability Analysis, default risk limit, and external key figures) are created as tab pages for the activated components. If at least one component is activated, the general part of the financial object and the tab page for the external key figures are activated automatically.

Note Note

For BCA accounts, you can activate the automatic integration of financial objects on the basis of the bank area and product.

End of the note.

Group 2:

To be able to use the automatic integration of financial objects, you need to have set the Component Active indicator in Customizing for the individual transactions and the selected component. In Customizing, choose:

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Profitability Analysis Next navigation step Single Transaction Costing Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Common Settings for Market Risk and Asset/Liability Management Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path SAP Banking Next navigation step SEM Banking Next navigation step Default Risk and Limit System Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Under Start of the navigation path Financial Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Treasury and Risk Management Next navigation step Basic Analyzer Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path, or

  • Start of the navigation path Financial Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Treasury and Risk Management Next navigation step Credit Risk Analyzer Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Automatic Integration of Financial Objects in Transaction Master Data End of the navigation path.

And then

  • Start of the navigation path Loans Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Foreign Exchange Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path OTC Derivatives Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Money Market Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Securities and Listed Derivatives Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path or Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration for Security Transaction (not for profitability analysis)

  • Start of the navigation path Operative Exposures Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Subledger Positions and Subpositions Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate Financial Object Integration End of the navigation path

Note Note

For the following transactions, you can activate the automatic integration of financial objects on the basis of the company code and product type:

  • Loan Transactions

  • Money Market Transaction

  • Foreign Exchange Transaction

  • OTC Derivatives

  • Securities Account Class Position

  • Class Position in Futures Account

  • Lot-Based Position in Futures Account

  • Subledger Positions and Subpositions

    (Here, you also need to specify for which valuation area you want to activate the automatic integration of financial objects.)

End of the note.

Group 1 and 2:

If you want the system to derive the financial object data instead of the user entering the data manually, you have to define derivation strategies. Derivation strategies describe what information needs to be derived from the transaction master data.

Features

If you have activated automatic financial object integration for a particular component, when you maintain the transaction data for that component, the system provides online entry screens in which the financial object data can be entered or derived using the relevant derivation steps from Customizing.

Note Note

The following information applies to the transaction forms ‘option spread’ and ‘currency option.’ You need to generate two financial objects for these transactions. There is therefore no interface for these transactions, and the system does not check the data before it is saved.

End of the note.

When you save the transaction, the system checks the information in the various parts of the financial object. If one of the financial object parts contains errors, the system reacts in one of the following ways, depending on the Customizing setting:

  • The master data cannot be saved, so neither the transaction itself nor the financial object with the components activated for automatic FO integration are saved on the database. This is the case if the function for the automatic integration of financial objects is fully active.

  • The master data can be saved, but the financial object part that contains errors is not saved. If all the components activated for automatic FO integration contain invalid data, the general part of the financial object is not saved on the database either. This is the case if the function for the automatic integration of financial objects is partially active.

The following table reflects system behavior using the example of the transaction category "Generic Transaction":

Case 1: Automatic FO integration is active only for component X

Customizing Settings

Is the data saved on the database?

Automatic FO integration is activated

System reaction when there are errors

Status of data

Generic

transaction

General part of FO

Part for component X in FO

Component X

Data cannot be saved (completely active)

X data is correct

Yes

Yes

Yes

Component X

Data can be saved without the data of the part for component X (partially active)

X data is correct

Yes

Yes

Yes

Component X

Data cannot be saved (completely active)

X data contains errors

No

No

No

Component X

Data can be saved without the data of the part for component X (partially active)

X data contains errors

Yes

No

No

Case 2: Automatic FO integration is active for component Y as well

Customizing Settings

Is the data saved on the database?

Automatic FO integration is activated

System reaction when there are errors

Status of data

Generic transactions

General part of FO

Part for component X in FO

Part for component Y in FO

Component Y

Data cannot be saved (completely active)

Y data contains errors

No

No

No

No

Component Y

Data can be saved without the data of the part for component Y (partially active)

Y data contains errors

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Component X

Data cannot be saved (completely active)

X data contains errors

No

No

No

No

Component X

Data can be saved without the data of the part for component X (partially active)

X data contains errors

Yes

Yes

No

Yes
Consequences

If financial object integration is active for a transaction category, this changes the way in which the system derives characteristics for the Market Risk Analysis and Default Risk and Limit System components. See Editing Characteristic Derivations.