In this activity, you can compare your actual data in Profitability Analysis with the data posted in Financial Accounting (FI). This makes it possible to analyze the flow of values from SD billing documents to CO-PA, find and analyze any differences between the different applications.
Billing data is stored by condition types in SD, accounts in FI, and value fields in costing-based CO-PA. The reconciliation report yields a list of the balances for value fields, condition types, and profit and loss accounts.
You can use a number of selection parameters. Only the company code and the currency type are mandatory. However, the more criteria you specify, the quicker the system response time will be. To estimate the runtime, it is recommended that you run a number of small runs.
By specifying an "Error tolerance", you can determine the threshold value for difference between the CO-PA value and the SD value. Differences that exceed that threshold are displayed with a red background. By selecting a difference, you can display the billing documents that led to the difference. From there you can analyze the individual billing documents in detail.
By specifying a "Number of billing documents with errors", you can limit the number of billing documents that should be selected for each error. Making an entry here can significantly reduce the response time.
You can carry out this function online or in the background. If you choose background processing, the system automatically saves the selected data. You can then analyze that data online later by choosing "Display saved data". If you choose online processing, you can manually save the data once it is displayed, and can also call up this data again later.
Only one set of saved data can be stored per user.