An evaluation is a dataset you select and summarize according to predefined rules.

In a generation run, the system retrieves for each evaluation the necessary information from the databases and stores it as either a drilldown list or a sorted list in a table. When you display the evaluation at a later stage, the system only needs to access this table.

The evaluations described below are available for Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) and Accounts Payable (FI-AP).

You have made the relevant settings for the information system in Customizing (IMG) for Financial Accounting.

You can use the financial information system to carry out the following evaluations and analyses for your customers:

• Currency risk

• Overdue items

All totals are displayed in the currency of either the client (at client and business area level), the company code (at company code level), or the credit control area (at credit control area level). If conversion is required, the system does this automatically, using the exchange rates defined in the system that are valid on that date.