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Function documentation Cash Flow Calculation  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

Cash flow calculation determines future financial or cash flows of financial transactions. The cash flow is at the center of financial mathematics and is usually composed of numerous flow records.

Integration

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Prerequisites

The system needs conditons and flow records from the application to perform the cash flow calculation.

Features

Preparing for Calculation

The cash flow calculation is prepared in the function module FIMA_CASH_FLOW_CREATE The system creates periodical flow shells from the conditions supplied by the application. A flow shell is a data record derived from a condition. It contains all the information about a flow record, except for the calculation basis and the interest amount that was calculated.

Creating Flow Shells

When flow shells are created, the system prepares all time-related information for a flow record, for example, calculation periods, periods, calculation day and due date, and also the percentage rate or amount specified in the conditions.

Deleting Reference Interest Rates

The system determines the interest rates based on the reference interest rates transferred from the application while taking formulas and conditions for interest rate adjustment into consideration.

Cash Flow Calculation

The cash flow is calculated in the function module FIMA_CASH_FLOW_COMPUTE

 

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