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Document Version: SAP S/4HANA 2020 – 2020-09-07
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1 Central Finance............................................................. 4
1.1 Replication Scenarios in Central Finance............................................. 6
1.2 Central Processes............................................................. 7
1.3 System Landscape............................................................ 8
1.4 Postings Excluded from T ransfer.................................................. 11
1.5 Configuring Y our Central Finance Scenario.......................................... 12
Getting Started with Central Finance............................................ 12
Installing Central Finance.................................................... 20
Configuration in Central Finance System: Set Up Systems............................. 27
Error Handling............................................................ 29
Data Mapping............................................................ 37
Configuration Consistency Check.............................................. 56
EC-PCA Postings.......................................................... 65
Material Cost Estimates Replication............................................. 72
Activity Rates ............................................................ 74
Cost of Goods Sold Splitting in Central Finance.................................... 80
Price Difference Splitting in Central Finance....................................... 82
Account Determination of Condition T ypes for Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)................ 84
Replication of Commitments................................................. 85
Configuration in SAP Landscape T ransformation Replication Server...................... 86
Initial Load.............................................................. 92
Replicate Individual Cost Objects and CO Documents............................... 126
Delete Replicated Documents................................................ 127
Comparison Reports....................................................... 131
Activation of Clearing T ransfer and Handling of Open Items........................... 136
Special Business T ransactions: Additional Information............................... 143
Additional Settings and Enhancements......................................... 144
Display Information from Central Finance in the Source Systems....................... 145
Accounting View of Logistics Information (AVL): Overview............................ 155
1.6 Central Payment............................................................ 161
Settings for Central Payment in Source Systems................................... 164
Activation of Central Payment for Company Codes................................. 165
Handling of Historical Open Items............................................. 166
Guidance for Dependent Processes............................................ 167
Cross-System Process Control for Central Payment................................ 180
Down Payment Integration with SD............................................ 187
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Down Payment Integration with MM............................................ 191
SEPA Mandate Replication.................................................. 193
1.7 Central Budgeting for Internal Orders............................................. 200
1.8 Central T ax Reporting........................................................ 202
Central T ax Reporting: Prerequisites........................................... 203
Configuration Consistency Checks............................................ 204
T ax Reporting Based on Postings from the Initial Load............................... 206
Overview of Supported Reports............................................... 206
Deferred T axes.......................................................... 208
Withholding T axes........................................................ 213
External T ax Calculation.................................................... 216
Input T ax from Parked Documents............................................. 216
Support of T ax Reports in Mode “Update of Documents”............................. 216
1.9 Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario........................................ 217
Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario: Configuration in Source System.............. 219
Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario: Configuration for SAP AIF.................. 221
Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario: Configuration in the Central Finance System
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Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario: Check Settings for Replication of Projects....... 224
1.10 Third-Party System Interfaces to Central Finance..................................... 225
Setting Up the Third-Party System Interfaces..................................... 225
Interface: Posting Data..................................................... 234
Interface: Changing Data................................................... 243
1.11 Advanced Compliance Reporting: Country/Region-Specific Reports in Central Finance.......... 245
1.12 Read Access Logging Configurations in Central Finance................................ 263
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With Central Finance, you can transition to a centralized SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition without disruption
to your current system landscape, which can be made up of a combination of SAP systems of different releases
and accounting approaches and non-SAP systems.
This allows you to establish a Central Reporting Platform for FI/CO with the option of creating a common
reporting structure. Additionally, selected financial processes can be executed centrally in this system. T o
prepare common reporting structures, you can map the different accounting entities (for example, account,
profit center, or cost center) in your source systems to one common set of master data in the Central Finance
system. Y ou can then replicate financial accounting and management accounting postings to your Central
Finance system.
In your SAP S/4HANA system, FI documents and CO postings are combined into one document; the universal
journal entry. In addition, all cost elements are part of the chart of accounts. Before you replicate CO postings
to the Central Finance system, you need to make sure that accounts are available for all cost elements. Y ou can
also replicate certain cost objects (for example, internal orders) to the Central Finance system.
In a typical set-up, multiple source systems are connected to one System Landscape T ransformation
Replication Server which in turn is connected to one Central Finance system.
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Where can I find more information?
● https:/ /help.sap.com/doc/b870b6ebcd2e4b5890f16f4b06827064/2020.000/en-US/
WN_OP2020_EN.pdf [https:/ /help.sap.com/doc/b870b6ebcd2e4b5890f16f4b06827064/2020.000/en-
US/WN_OP2020_EN.pdf]
● https:/ /help.sap.com/doc/e2048712f0ab45e791e6d15ba5e20c68/2020/en-US/
FSD_OP2020_latest.pdf [https:/ /help.sap.com/doc/e2048712f0ab45e791e6d15ba5e20c68/2020/en-
US/FSD_OP2020_latest.pdf]
● Replication Scenarios in Central Finance [page 6]
● Getting Started with Central Finance [page 12]
● Central T ax Reporting [page 202]
● Central Payment [page 161]
● Third-Party System Interfaces to Central Finance [page 225]
● Central Projects (WBS) - Reporting Scenario [page 217]
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T erminology: Journal Entry vs. Accounting Document
Please note that the following information applies only to English.
In SAP S/4HANA, the term journal entry replaced accounting document following a change in the
underlying financial architecture. While the basic concept – the accounting record for a business
transaction – is the same, journal entries enable a true integrated accounting