Vertical and Horizontal Mergers

You can depict consolidation unit mergers within a consolidation group. In a vertical merger, the balance sheet for the ceding consolidation unit is transferred to the parent unit. In a horizontal merger, the absorbing unit and ceding unit have the same parent unit.

For more information, see Merger.

Consolidation Group Changes for Group-Dependent Entries

To ensure that group ownership of consolidation units is taken into account when consolidation group-dependent entries are recorded, you can post preparatory entries to posting level 32.

Unlike with lower posting levels, with posting level 30, reporting displays all data regardless of the dates for first consolidation and divestiture accounting. If you want these dates to be taken into account in reporting, you can use a task with the category consolidation group change to post entries to posting level 32. In this type of task, the system makes further postings in addition to preparation postings for acquisition or divestiture. It uses these additional postings to reverse the totals records on posting level 30, with the exception of consolidation of investments, for specific periods. This period-specific reversal applies not only to the balance sheet, but also to the income statement.

For more information, see Preparation for Consolidation Group Change.

Group-Specific Manual Postings

To adjust group consolidation to reflect the new standards for segment reporting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS 8), you can use posting level 35 to make group-specific manual postings that relate to management consolidation only and are not included in external consolidation.

For more information, see Consolidation-Group-Specific Postings.

Using the Group Currency Value for Local Currency Changes in the Balance Carryforward

When there is a currency change and the new local currency is the same as the group currency, you can use the group currency value as the local currency value in the balance carryforward in the new fiscal year. By doing this, you can prevent currency translation differences in this special situation.

For more information, see Local Currency Change for a Consolidation Unit.

Organizational Change in Both Dimensions of a Matrix Organization

You can carry out transfer activities with organizational changes simultaneously in both dimensions in a matrix organization, such as companies and profit centers.

For more information, see Organizational Change Number.

Suppression of Information Messages in Task Logs

You can suppress information messages in task logs. This function enables you to reduce internal memory consumption and improve the performance of task execution. You can specify for which consolidation areas and tasks or task ranges the system is no longer to write information messages to the log.

To configure the settings, call transaction UC00 and choose  Tasks Suppress Information Messages in Logs .

Authorization Check for Deletion of Task Logs

You can grant users authorization for deleting task logs.

For more information, see Authorizations for Tasks.

Legacy Data Transfer for Elimination of IU Profit and Loss in Transferred Assets

You can copy the data for elimination of interunit profit/loss in transferred assets from a legacy system and transfer the following cumulative values into the new system without affecting earnings:

For more information, see Legacy Data Transfer.

“Delete All” Update Mode for Automatic Data Collection

When you activate this business function, the system behavior for the Delete All update mode changes in automatic data recording for additional financial data.

The standard system deletes only data for consolidation units that exist in the source.

When you activate the business function, the system deletes all data records in the selection for the task execution.

For more information, see Control of Data Collection Using Update Mode.