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Introduction
The SAP Financial Accounting (FI) module provides integrated,
on-line, real-time functionality for processing, recording and
maintaining the financial accounting transactions of the business
for external reporting purposes.
Determine the value of and record financial data as the basis for all cost
and revenue reporting
Generate a balanced set of books by business unit, profit center, or any
other reporting dimension in your organization
Analyze profitability by product, market, customer, service, or channel
segment
Optimize cash flow through improved billings, receivables, collections,
payments, and treasury management
Sub-Modules of FI
General Ledger
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Banks
Fixed Assets
Company Plant
0003 0003
Sales
Organization 1000 2000 3000
Distribution
Channel 10 20 10 10
Division 01 02 01 02 01 02 01
Client (Organizational Structure)
Client
General Electric
Client - Company Code
(Organizational Structure)
Client
General Electric
Company ID Company ID
Consumer
Aviation
Products
Global Data
13 14 15 16
The fiscal year c
as...
12 01 Year-independen
11 02
==> the same n
10 03 for the periods
09 04 Year-dependent
08 05 ==> periods ca
07 06 year
SAP AG 1999
General Ledger Account Master
Records
A General Ledger Account master record contains information about
the account that controls how business transactions are posted to it and
how it is managed.
“Account”
A record in the general ledger that is used to collect and store similar
information.
Rental Expenses
Sales Revenues
Cash Account
Loans Account
G/L Account Master Record
The FI Document
The system is based on the Document Principle which
states that every business transaction creates a
document.
Invoice - SD Document - FI
Number: 999 Number: 9999999999
Total $60
Structure of a Document
Document Header
Document Number Document Type
Posting Date Company Code
Document Date Currency
Line Item 1
Posting Key Account Amount
Line Item 2
Posting Key Account Amount
Debits = Credits
Document Types
Posting Key
Customer ABC
(1) 2,000.00 5,000.00 (3)
(2) 3,000.00
Can Be Cleared
Clearing an Account
1
Line Item Tables in Clearing
Customer BSID BSAD
Items
Vendor
Items BSIK BSAK
G/L
Items BSIS BSAS
Q &A