Integration with SAP Systems

Purpose

This component offers you processes to integrate transactional SAP applications with the SAP SEM Business Consolidation (SEM-BCS) system. These processes are primarily intended to support customers who want to migrate from the Consolidation component of SAP Enterprise Controlling (EC-CS) to SEM‑BCS.

The processes assume you have a decentralized business scenario in which the operational business entities run on SAP systems other than the consolidation system.

Integrated Collection of Transaction Data

The following processes support the file-based types of transaction data integration used in EC‑CS:

  • Rollup : Loading of Rollup Files

    You use this process to load rollup files from the Special Purpose Ledger component (FI-SL) into SEM‑BCS using flexible upload.

  • Periodic Extract : Loading of RFBILA00 Files

    You use the RFBILA00 program to create a periodic extract from the General Ledger Accounting component (FI‑GL). You then load the RFBILA00 files into SEM‑BCS using flexible upload.

  • Migration of C/I Data from EC‑CS to SEM‑BCS

    You use report FICCOIC0 to export the additional financial data for consolidation of investments from EC-CS into files, and load these files into SEM-BCS using SAPNetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) .

Collection of Master Data and Hierarchies

You can use the following processes to collect master data and hierarchies from other SAP Systems:

  • Loading of Master Data from Connected SAP Systems

    You use this process to collect the master data and hierarchies from InfoObjects in the BI system, or from connected SAP systems using virtual InfoObjects.

  • Loading of Organizational Units from Files in EC-CS and EC-PCA

    This process supports file-based integration of master data used in EC‑CS: First you download files with the master data and hierarchies of organizational units from the components General Ledger Accounting (FI‑GL) and Profit Center Accounting (EC‑PCA). Then you upload these files into SEM‑BCS using flexible upload.

The following table shows from which source systems you can collect which types of master data and hierarchies:

Source Systems for the Collection of Master Data and Hierarchies

Source Systems

Function

Type of Master Data

Data streams from following SAP systems:

  • mySAP ERP, starting in ERP 2004

  • BI starting in BI Release 3.0

Load from Data Stream

Various master data and hierarchies,–such as items and transaction types from FI, or profit centers from EC‑PCA (see Loading of Master Data from Connected SAP Systems )

Files from SAP Enterprise Controlling (EC) from SAP systems starting in R/3Release4.6C

Flexible Upload

Master data of profit centers and profit center groups, profit center hierarchies, combinations of consolidation units (see Loading of Organizational Units from Files in EC-CS and EC-PCA )

ASCII and CSV files from any system

Flexible Upload

All master data and hierarchies (see Uploading Master Data Hierarchies )