Executing Period-End Closing 

Use

Now that you have completed all of the preparations, you can plan the period-end closing. You can check the periodic tasks for errors in the Job Monitor.

Procedure

  1. Select the flow definition PS Period-End Closing (Large) and use Drag & Drop to move it into the daily overview. Select a time earlier than the current time.

  2. To confirm both of the dialog boxes, choose .

The process flow PS Period-End Closing (Large) has now been scheduled and activated for the current time in the daily overview. The day of this process flow has been selected in the monthly overview.

Monitoring the Period-End Closing in the Job Monitor

  1. Choose .
  2. If required, confirm the message that you have received an express mail.

    3. In the monitor, you see all of the activated and completed tasks. On the left side of the screen, you see the executed tasks and the current processing status. To display the object list and check the processing status, double-click on a processing step.

  3. Choose , until you see the processing step Check objects in worklist.

The last processing step has been defined in flow definition Z-130 to the effect that user WF_PS_1 receives a message with a workflow item.

Processing the Workflow Items

  1. Call up the IDES R/3 System again.
  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    User

    WF-PS-1

    Password

    Welcome

  3. Call up the transaction as follows:
    4.

    Menu Path

    Office ® Workplace

    Transaction Code

    SBWP

  4. Choose Inbox ® Workflow ® Grouped according to task.
  5. Click on Generic Decision Task.

    6. The workflow item is opened.

  6. Select the workflow item, then choose .
  7. In the Job Monitor, select End Processing of the Worklist.

Checking the Results in the Schedule Manager

  1. Switch to the IDES System, in which you have logged on with your user ID.
  2. If required, call up the Schedule Manager again.
  3. To refresh the calendar, choose .

Period-end closing now has the status (completed without errors).

Result

You have executed period-end closing for your turbine project. To evaluate the results, you can use various reports:

Choose Logistics ® Project System ® Information System ® Financials ® Execute Report ® Cost Element Report to call the reports.

Choose Logistics ® Project System ® Information System ® Financials ® Execute Report ® Hierarchy Report to call the report.

Choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Profitability Analysis ® Information System ® Execute Report to call the reports.