Purpose

With the G/L Account Information System , based on Drilldown Reporting , you have a dialog-oriented information system available. It is able to evaluate the dataset based on all characteristics contained in the data description.

G/L account transaction figures and the financial statement versions serve as the primary data source for the General Ledger Information System.

Implementation Considerations

The standard version of the G/L Account Information System contains various reports. The standard reports are found in the SAPEasyAccess menu under  Accounting Financial Accounting General Ledger Information System General Ledger Reports or  General Ledger Reports (New) Balance Sheet/Profit and Loss Statement/Cash Flow General .

You define you own reports Customizing :

For new General Ledger Accounting , choose  Financial Accounting (New) General Ledger Accounting (New) Information System Drilldown Reports (G/L Accounts)

Features

The following report types are available:

Reports for Financial Statement Analysis

Financial statement analyses are based on hierarchical financial statement versions that are stored in Financial Accounting. The system gives you the option to perform difference analyses based on actual and plan data at any time (yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, and monthly comparisons).

Key Figure Reports

The financial statement items from the financial statement version are inserted in the key figure reports as needed. You can, for example, following financial statement balances, determine the liquidity ratio, or determine financial statement version key figures such as the equity ratio.

You can create your reports using the local currency (company code currency) or another parallel currency (such as group, hard, index, or company currency).

You can obtain additional information to the standard drilldown functions in the SAP Library under  Cross-Application Components CA - Drilling Reporting .

Constraints

In New General Ledger Accounting, you cannot use the following report types from classic General Ledger Accounting: