Questionaire - S4

HANA SIMPLE
FINANCE

1) The Chart of depreciation has 3 depreciation areas and post APC in real time. Only
one of these depreciation areas is active for an asset that you created. How many
documents are created when you post an external acquisition to this Asset

1
2
3
4

2) You migrated to Simple Finance. What changes in the material ledger architecture
after this migration
Values for multi-level actual costing are calculated in real time and posted to
ACDOCA
The Index and Total tables from material management are replaced by tables
ACDOCA
All line items for material ledger are transferred to ACDOCA
Prices for multiple valuations in the material master are read-ready from table
ACDOCA

3) Which are the following tasks do you need to perform before you install Simple
Finance
Note: 3 answers are correct

Define the source ledger for migration of balances

Performing the period end and closing activities for Asset accounting
Reconcile material management with GL
Check if all the relevant depreciation areas for parallel currencies exist
Activate New GL business functions using the activate business function transaction
SFW5

4) Created an Appendix ledger in Customizing. What do you now need to assign to this
Appendix ledger

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An Account type
Splitting rule
Document type
Authorization group

5) Which of the following line items will be migrated to Universal journal

Note: 2 answers are correct

Accounts Receivables
Cost Center Accounting
Costing based COPA
Classic PC

6) You are configuring a company code and a Controlling area in Simple Finance.
Which configuration is possible

Same Fiscal year variant and different operating chart of accounts

Different Fiscal year variant and same operating chart of accounts
Different fiscal year variant and different operating chart of accounts
Same fiscal year variant and same Operating chart of accounts

7) Which upgrade cycle does the cloud edition of SAP S4 HANA provide

Optional Annually
Optional Quarterly
Required Quarterly
Required Annually

8) What does the system do when you execute the Re-generate CDS views and field
mapping transaction
Note: 3 answers are correct

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It re-generate custom fields in CDS view

It re directs SELECT statements from the concerned data base tables to the
corresponding compatible views
It acts COPA tables to ACDOCA
It re-directs WRITE statements from the concerned data base table to the line item
tables ACDOCA
It re-generates the mapping of custom fields in the data migration

9) In which level do you plan the data records in Integrated Business Planning for
Finance

Financial Management area + Commitment item

Company code + GL account
Controlling area + Cost element
Characteristics + Value fields

10) You customer has used the following system configuration for ledgers. 0L and L1 are
standard ledgers. They are assigned to ledger group GRP1. 2 appendix ledger A1
and A2 are based on 0L. Appendix ledger A3 is based on L1.
What happens when there is a posting happens to ledger group L1

Only L1 is updated
All the ledgers are updated
0L and L1 are updated
L1 and L3 are updated

11) Which of the following business processes posts accounting principle dependent
documents in the Universal journal entry
Note: 2 answers are correct

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Direct asset acquisition from vendor

Periodic acquisition and production costs APC postings
Order settlement to a AUC
Planned depreciation

12) Your customer uses a company code with a fiscal year variant that has 12 normal
postings and 4 special postings in Leading ledger. The Company code is linked to a
Controlling Area that has fiscal year variant that has 12 normal and 2 special posting
periods. The parallel ledger L1 of the company code uses the fiscal year variant that
has 4 normal and 2 special posting periods. All fiscal year variants have the same start
and the end dates.
What do you need to change to migrate to SAP Simple Finance

The Fiscal year variant in FI leading ledger must be aligned with the Controlling Area
The Fiscal year variant of the Controlling Area must be aligned with FI leading ledger
The Fiscal year variant in the FI Non-leading ledger must be aligned with the leading
ledger
The Fiscal year variant in all FI ledgers must be aligned to the Controlling Area

13) In New Asset Accounting in Simple Finance. Which of the following tables are
updated after the partial sale of Asset

Document header Asset posting ANEK

Planned depreciation and revaluations FAAT_PLAN_VALUES
Depreciation terms ANLB
Year dependent attributes for depreciation FAAT_YDDA

14) Which of the following components update data in real time Universal Journal for
Simple Finance
Note: 3 answers are correct

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O/H costing
Asset Accounting
Product cost for planning
Account based COPA
Costing based COPA

15) Your customer is setting up a New Simple Finance system for a new subsidiary. The
customer wants to migrate a custom ALV report that read from the table
FAGLFLEXT from its legacy SAP ECC 6.0
What would you do before proposing a solution
Note: 2 answers are correct

Check if you can transfer the data from Simple Finance system to Legacy system SAP
6.0 and export the report from there.
Check if the new standard delivered system including SAP FIORI includes a report
that could cover the customers requirement
Check if there are custom fields in FAGLFLEXT on the legacy system that was used
in the report and not available in the new system
Check if you can setup a separate BW system and feed the data from both systems to the
SAP BW system to export the report from there

16) How can you setup the Material ledger to update the Universal Journal in Simple
Finance

Use the material ledger Costing run

Configure the material ledger with price determination indicator 3
Use the material ledger alternative valuation run
Configure the material ledger with price determination indicator 2

17) What can you do with parallel accounting using GL accounts fields in the company
code settings for
Ledgers

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Assign more than 1 accounting principle to a ledger

Use the Second additional currency field for new installation
Define different accounts for each accounting principle in Asset accounting
Assign Appendix ledger to the ledger

18) Your customer defines the Internal Order with a profitability segment as a receiver in
the settlement rule
Which financial documents is generated when you post a invoice to the Internal Order
Note: 2 answers are correct

Costing based Profitability document

Asset accounting document
Controlling document
Accounting document

19) The system is on SAP Simple Finance. You have defined 3 accounting principles with
corresponding depreciation areas that posts in real time. You post a partial scrapping
to the IFRS accounting principle for an asset.
How many documents are created

One ledger groups specific documents for the IFRS accounting principle
One operational entry document and one ledger group specific document for IFRS
accounting principle
One operational entry document and one ledger groups specific document for each
accounting principle
One ledger group specific document for each accounting principle

20) You activate Account based COPA in SAP Simple Finance. Which benefits does it
provide
Note: 2 answers are correct

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You no longer need to execute settlement for COPA

You can freely define & post to value fields
You can update profitability attributes for every Profit/Loss line item
The system derives profitability attributes during posting

21) You customer wants to specify the document types used for Controlling transactions.
On which of the following levels can you specify the document types
Note: 3 answers are correct

Controlling Area
Controlling Business transactions
Valuation Area
Cross company postings
Company code

22) A customer is using Simple Finance. Accounts approach for parallel valuation is used.
There are 2 parallel currencies and 3 accounting principles. Your customer wants to
configure the New Asset Accounting, additionally the customer wants to evaluate the
delta between values for the accounting principles for each asset classes in the
company code currency
What is the minimum number of depreciation areas that you need to configure

6
9
12
15

23) What are the benefits of Integrated Business Planning for Finance

GL Historic planned data can be migrated to the new solution

Existing planned data processes are no longer required

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Templates for standard planning scenarios are provided

New Single table is available to store all the planning data

24) Your customer is using classic GL in SAP ERP. How can the customer migrate to SAP
Simple finance and also take the advantage of document splitting

Migrate to New GL at the end of this period and migrate to Simple finance at the end
of the future period
Migrate to New GL at the end of this fiscal year and Migrate to Simple Finance at the
period end
Migrate to new GL at the end of this fiscal year and Migrate to Simple Finance at the
end of the subsequent fiscal year
Migrate to Simple Finance at period end and introduce New GL functions later

25) In the New Asset Accounting in Simple Finance, what has changed in the posting
logic

The Accounting principle specific documents inherit the document type from the
operational entry document
The same reconciliation account applies for all accounting principles
The operational entry document updates the asset values directly
Additional accounting principles specific documents are always created

26) What is the benefit when using Central finance in SAP Simple Finance

You can use Simple finance with classic GL features

You avoid the financial consolidation for separate legal entities
You avoid migrating the legacy system to Simple Finance
You can move the existing landscape system to cloud

27) Your customer wants to migrate from Classic GL directly to SAP Simple Finance.
What must you do

Enable Document Splitting

Use a New GL Migration service

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Use the provided migration guide and migration monitor

Wait until the year and then start migration

28) Customer has the central user maintenance system where users maintain the single
password for all IT systems. The business user reported that they cannot access the
SAP FIORI Launchpad and the system reports that the user has locked. The same user
can access SAP ERP using the GUI without any problems
What do you need to do to provide the access for FIORI Launch Pad

Reset the user and SAP GUI for the backend server
Reset the users password in the Central System
Unlock the user in the SAP GUI for the frontend server
Re-assign the user in the SAP FIORI Launchpad designer

29) What Asset accounting data updates the Universal Journal in SAP Simple Finance

Actual, Statistical and Planned postings

Actual and Statistical postings
Actual and Planned postings
Actual Postings

30) Which of the following CO transactions generate entries for COEP table as PRIMA
NOTA in Simple Finance
Note: 2 answers are correct

Reposting of cost and revenues

Manual Activity allocation
Internal Order Settlement
Assessment Cycle posting

31) Which posting period checks takes place when you post Controlling relevant
documents in Simple Finance
Note: 2 answers are correct

General ledger period opening and closing

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Controlling Period Lock

Asset Accounting Period Lock
Material management period

32) Why do you create an Appendix Ledger in Simple Finance

Note: 3 answers are correct

To distribute postings between FI and CO

To distribute revenues differently
To post in closed periods
To save postings for different depreciation areas
To Post adjustments for Consolidation purposes

33) How are Settlement rules for AUC defined in New Asset Accounting

The system defines the settlement rules per accounting principle from the investment
object
The system defines the settlement rule per accounting principle based on Asset classes
You define a single asset for settlement for all lines per accounting principle
You define settlement rules for all line per accounting principle

34) A system is configured with document splitting to produce Profit/Loss statement at

the profit center level.
All accounts are always split by Profit center. You post the vendor invoice document
before you migrate to SAP Simple Finance. Credit: vendor and Debit: Office Supplies
and Transportation costs. 2 expenses are posted to separate profit centers. The invoice
carries 10% purchase tax for both (same tax code)
How many lines will be created in the Universal Journal during Migration

4
5
6
8

35) The Customer uses Classic GL and plans to migrate to SAP Simple Finance.
What can you do in combination with this migration

Eliminate reconciliation with CO

Change parallel accounting for the account approach to the ledger approach

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Introduce Document splitting

Introduce additional parallel ledger

36) A customer is currently using BPC and HANA Database. The customer is in the
process of setting up of Central Finance system with Simple Finance premise Edition
and wants to use Integrated Business Planning for Finance instead of BPC
What is the benefit of using IBP for finance in the scenario

Pre-installed SAP Fiori Apps for planning are provided

Advanced IBPF consolidation capabilities are provided
BPC for SAP Net-Weaver licensing fees are not required
The amount of data that needs to be reconciled between systems is reduced

37) What is added to the migrated line items to calculate totals when you migrate balances
to Simple Finance

The delta from the parked document

The delta from the Index document
The delta from the totals table
The delta from the Controlling tables

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