Beginning with R/3 Release 3.0 the application 'Extended General Ledger'
(FI-GLX) is called 'Special Purpose Ledger' (FI-SL) in the the SAP menu.
As part of a reorganization, the previous GLX ledgers have been
divided up into two groups: 1.) standard ledgers and 2.) open ledgers.
Standard Ledgers--------------------------------------------------------
Standard ledgers are configured and delivered by SAP. The data model
and functionality defined for specific business requirements are
available.
Examples:
General ledger, reconciliation ledger, profit center ledger,
consolidation ledger.
The FI-SL functionality of this ledger is integrated in the
appropriate application.
Open ledgers
Open ledgers are customer-defined ledgers which can be managed as a
general ledger or as a sub-ledger with any account assignments in the
FI-SL application.
Using the delivered installation program, customers can create
their own databases in the FI-SL application, according to their
specific requirements.
In FI-SL accounting values for customer-defined dimensions are stored
in summary with or without line item tables for reporting purposes.
In addition to the transaction-orientated validation, derivation, and
accumulation of data via the integration interfaces, the following
periodic functions are available: planning, allocation, rollup, currency
translation, balance carry forward, and data transfer.
FI-SL has been designed only to receive data delivered by other
applications and to present it for different views, its purpose
is not to produce any output for the other applications.
Therefore operative functions such as open item management,
commitments and so on are performed in the original application (but not in FI-SL).