Initial Data Set in the Consolidation Processing Ledger 
Creating the initial data set in the consolidation processing ledger
Scenario 1: Documents exist with additional account assignments
FI documents for the initial data set and the current postings for the fiscal year exist in the system with their relevant additional account assignments.
The following situations are possible:
- No data exists in the consolidation processing ledger.
You need to activate realtime updating in the "Preparations for Consolidation" Implementation Guide. You should then start the automatic subsequent posting of FI documents.
- Data for the current year already exists in the consolidation processing ledger.
Update of the ledger is already active. By reconciling the consolidation processing ledger with the general ledger you can check for incomplete data (for example where the initial data set is missing). You then have the following options:
- Delete the consolidation staging ledger data then post the document in full.
- If the initial data set is within the current year, you only need to post the document for the initial data set. In order to ensure that the data is now complete, you should reconcile the databases once again.
- If the initial data set is in the previous year, you will need to make a full follow-up posting of the documents for that year. The system will then carry forward the ledger balance to the current year with the option of periodic entry. You should then reconcile the databases again.
Scenario 2: Documents exist without additional account assignments
FI documents exist in the system but the required additional account assignments for the initial data set documents are missing.
The following situations are possible:
- No data exists in the consolidation processing ledger.
- You need to activate realtime updating in the "Preparation for Consolidation" Implementation Guide.
- Manually enter the final data set for the previous year with its additional account assignments in the latest period posted to in that year and then carry forward the balance for the consolidation processing ledger.
Alternatively, you could cancel and then correctly post documents which do not have the necessary additional account assignments in Financial Accounting.
- You should post the documents for the current year, excluding documents which contain the initial data set for the current year in order to avoid redundancy.
- Data exists in the consolidation processing ledger.
Ledger update is therefore already activated. You should delete the data from the consolidation processing ledger, then perform the same steps as for the above situation (where no data exists).
Scenario 3: Documents are Already Archived
Documents are no longer available for subsequent posting
You should perform the following steps:
- If data exists in the consolidation staging ledger then you need to delete it.
- Activate realtime updating in the "Preparation for Consolidation" Implementation Guide.
- In the consolidation staging ledger, manually enter the accumulated balances for the previous year in the latest period posted to in the year. Then carry forward balances for the ledger.
- Post documents for the current year.
Initial data set already exists in the Consolidation processing ledger, but additional account assignments are missing
Additional account assignments may be missing from postings to the initial data set or postings for the current year.
If the additional account assignments are also missing from postings for the current year then the master data has not been correctly maintained. In this case you need to maintain the master data as required in the "Preparation for Consolidation" Implementation Guide.
Then perform the following steps:
- Delete data from the consolidation processing ledger.
- Manually enter the final data set for the previous year with its additional account assignments in the consolidation processing ledger in the latest period posted to in the year. Then carry forward the balance for the ledger.
- Make a follow-up posting of documents in the current year. Documents which contain the initial data set for the current year must be excluded in order to avoid redundancy. When you subsequently post documents for the current year, the system derives the additional account assignments from the master data.