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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

FIN_ACC_XBRL

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Strategic Enterprise Mgmt

Application Component

XBRL Reporting (FIN-FB-XR)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

Not relevant

You can use this business function to create XML documents using the internationally accepted XBRL format (specification 2.1). XBRL is particularly beneficial for reporting in financial accounting because certain authorities and institutions require enterprises to report information in this format. You can access and prepare the data for this purpose by means of executing queries of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, thereby relinquishing the need to implement additional software.

The new application features a portal-based, streamlined user interface your employees can access in SAP NetWeaver Portal or SAP NetWeaver Business Client. This user interface enables you to configure and generate XML documents.

Recommendation Recommendation

As of February, 2009, SAP also offers the solution SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing by Ubmatrix for the creation of XBRL documents. This solution features the ability to convert Excel workbooks into XBRL documents.

As in XBRL Reporting (FIN-FB-XR), you can use SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing by Ubmatrix to create XBRL documents from all data that can be evaluated with BI queries. Furthermore, SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing by Ubmatrix offers several other functions:

  • Enhancement of XBRL taxonomies

  • Validation of XBRL documents

  • Manual editing of XBRL documents

In general, SAP recommends you use the new solution SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing by Ubmatrix for the creation of XBRL documents, instead of the present business function.

For more information about SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing by Ubmatrix, see http://sap.com/epm. For current information about the XBRL strategy of SAP, see SAP Note 1278989.

End of the recommendation.

Integration

Reporting Using XBRL Standards is a part of the Local Close business process, which is located in the system you use for SAP Solution Manager. You also can use the reporting function in other areas - for example, Disclosure and Reporting in the SAP for Banking industry solution.

Reporting using XBRL standards uses various queries of your BI system to evaluate your business data.

Authorities that require XBRL reporting typically furnish you with a taxonomy. You also can download current taxonomies from the Internet.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version given:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

FINBASIS 603

SEM_BW 603

SAP NetWeaver Portal

As of SAP NetWeaver 7.00, SP14

Portal Content

As of Business Package BP for XBRL Reporting 1.30

To use this business function, the following prerequisites also have to be met:

  • You have assigned the objects of business package BP for XBRL Reporting 1.30 to an existing role.

  • You have assigned this role to all colleagues that require this role.

  • In your BI system, you have configured the queries you need for reporting.

  • In your back-end system, you have activated this business function.

  • In your back-end system, you have checked whether you require the two Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) Instance Documents and Adjust Time Contexts in Background Report Program. To do this, in Customizing for Cross-Application Components, choose   General Application Functions   XBRL Reporting   Business Add-Ins (BAdIs)  .

Features

This business function covers both the configuration and the execution of reporting. Essential parts of configuration are located in the Web application where you define the following entities:

  • In the data basis, you centrally define which queries of your BI system you want to use for XBRL reporting.

  • Taxonomies are sets of rules for creating XBRL reports; for example, there are taxonomies for U.S. GAAP and for German commercial code (HGB).

  • You can use value selections to define selections that you need in the same way for different taxonomy elements.

  • You use dimension mapping to map the fields of the queries and their values to the XBRL dimensions and their values.

  • You use the report category to define the mapping of the fields of the assigned queries to the elements of the assigned taxonomy.

You create the instance documents – that is, the various reports – in the Web application. An additional function for mass processing is available in the back-end system.

Note Note

For more information about this business function, see the following:

  • Application component XBRL Reporting (FIN-FB-XR)

  • Business package BP for XBRL Reporting 1.30

  • Security Guide for the XBRL Reporting (FIN-FB-XR) component

End of the note.