Narayanan Veeriah is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and a PMI-certified project management professional (PMP) with about 30 years of work experience in finance and information technology, including more than 15 years of SAP experience. An SAP FI/CO consultant, he is currently a senior leader for SAP in a multinational IT consulting company and is based in India. A professional in the field of banking and finance and a thought leader in project management, Narayanan is an expert in finance with core competencies in retail banking and credit management. He has worked with several multinational clients and helped them to implement, upgrade, roll out, and support SAP (versions 3.1H to SAP ERP 6.0) in retail, automotive, pharmaceuticals, multimedia, electronics, transportation, and manufacturing industries. Narayanan has authored several books on SAP Finance and Controlling. He is also a guest faculty member for several management institutions in India for finance, ERP, SAP, and project management. You can reach Narayanan at vdotn@yahoo.com.

... Structure and Content ... 27 1.1 ... SAP ERP 6.0 ... 31 1.2 ... SAP ERP Financials ... 37 1.3 ... Financial Accounting ... 39 1.4 ... Summary ... 45 2.1 ... The Implementation Guide ... 48 2.2 ... Creating a Customizing Project ... 53 2.3 ... Alternative Method to Customizing through IMG ... 59 2.4 ... Summary ... 59 3.1 ... Organizational Units in Financial Accounting ... 62 3.2 ... Localize Sample Organizational Units ... 63 3.3 ... Define Company ... 67 3.4 ... Define Company Code ... 70 3.5 ... Define Credit Control Area ... 79 3.6 ... Define Business Area ... 87 3.7 ... Define Segments ... 91 3.8 ... Define Financial Management Area ... 93 3.9 ... Define Functional Area ... 98 3.10 ... Define Controlling Area ... 100 3.11 ... Define Profit Centers ... 106 3.12 ... Summary ... 112 4.1 ... Activate SAP General Ledger Accounting ... 113 4.2 ... Fiscal Year and Posting Periods ... 115 4.3 ... Settings for Standard Fields ... 130 4.4 ... Settings for Customer Fields ... 135 4.5 ... Field Status ... 143 4.6 ... Ledgers for SAP General Ledger Accounting ... 148 4.7 ... Parallel Accounting ... 160 4.8 ... Real-Time Integration of Controlling with Financial Accounting ... 164 4.9 ... Chart of Accounts ... 168 4.10 ... Enter Company Code Global Parameters ... 172 4.11 ... Summary ... 179 5.1 ... Document Components ... 182 5.2 ... Document Types ... 186 5.3 ... Document Numbering ... 192 5.4 ... Document Change Rules ... 199 5.5 ... Posting Keys ... 201 5.6 ... Tolerance Groups ... 203 5.7 ... Define Texts for Line Items ... 209 5.8 ... Default Values ... 211 5.9 ... Document Parking ... 214 5.10 ... Validation and Substitution in Accounting Documents ... 216 5.11 ... Account Document Archiving ... 221 5.12 ... Summary ... 224 6.1 ... Tax on Sales and Purchases ... 226 6.2 ... Withholding Tax ... 251 6.3 ... Inflation Accounting ... 284 6.4 ... Correspondence ... 290 6.5 ... Integration with SAP Shared Services Framework ... 294 6.6 ... Summary ... 298 7.1 ... SAP General Ledger Architecture ... 302 7.2 ... New Features in SAP General Ledger ... 304 7.3 ... SAP General Ledger Account Master Data ... 316 7.4 ... Business Transactions ... 341 7.5 ... Periodic Processing ... 395 7.6 ... Reorganization ... 407 7.7 ... Preparation for Productive Start ... 412 7.8 ... Tools ... 421 7.9 ... DataSources in SAP G/L Accounting ... 422 7.10 ... Reporting ... 424 7.11 ... Summary ... 426 8.1 ... Vendor Master Data ... 430 8.2 ... Business Transactions ... 441 8.3 ... Outgoing Payments ... 454 8.4 ... Reporting ... 489 8.5 ... Summary ... 491 9.1 ... Customer Account Master Data ... 494 9.2 ... Business Transactions ... 506 9.3 ... Credit Management ... 522 9.4 ... Interest Calculation ... 532 9.5 ... Dunning ... 536 9.6 ... Document Reconciliation ... 554 9.7 ... Closing Operations for FI-A/R and FI-A/P ... 561 9.8 ... Analytics for Accounts Receivable ... 573 9.9 ... Reporting ... 578 9.10 ... Summary ... 578 10.1 ... Organizational Units ... 582 10.2 ... Basic Functions ... 586 10.3 ... Business Transactions ... 599 10.4 ... Integration ... 607 10.5 ... Information System ... 611 10.6 ... Summary ... 611 11.1 ... Bank Master Data ... 613 11.2 ... Bank Chains ... 623 11.3 ... Business Transactions ... 627 11.4 ... Summary ... 643 12.1 ... Organization Structures ... 646 12.2 ... Structuring Fixed Assets in Asset Accounting ... 654 12.3 ... Asset Classes ... 657 12.4 ... Valuation ... 667 12.5 ... Integrating Asset Accounting with SAP General Ledger ... 680 12.6 ... Depreciation ... 692 12.7 ... Special Valuation ... 702 12.8 ... Master Data: Screen Layout ... 706 12.9 ... Transactions ... 711 12.10 ... Legacy Asset Data Transfer ... 716 12.11 ... Preparing for Production Startup ... 727 12.12 ... Processing for Leased Assets ... 733 12.13 ... Processing for Closing ... 735 12.14 ... Customer Enhancements in Asset Accounting ... 741 12.15 ... Information System ... 742 12.16 ... Summary ... 747 13.1 ... General Specifications ... 750 13.2 ... Company Consolidation ... 759 13.3 ... Summary ... 762 14.1 ... Lease Accounting Engine ... 764 14.2 ... Basic Settings ... 766 14.3 ... Value Determination ... 770 14.4 ... Complete Mandatory Settings in Customizing ... 776 14.5 ... Reports ... 777 14.6 ... Summary ... 778 15.1 ... Travel Management Process Flow ... 780 15.2 ... Set Up Travel Management ... 782 15.3 ... Set Up Trip Number Ranges ... 784 15.4 ... Travel Request ... 786 15.5 ... Travel Planning ... 790 15.6 ... Travel Expenses ... 807 15.7 ... Employee Self-Service ... 817 15.8 ... Manager Self-Service ... 819 15.9 ... Mobile Travel Expenses ... 820 15.10 ... Integration of Travel Planning and Travel Expenses ... 821 15.11 ... Integration of Travel Management and Payroll ... 822 15.12 ... Workflow Scenarios in FI-TV ... 823 15.13 ... Reports ... 825 15.14 ... Summary ... 826 16.1 ... SAP Upgrade ... 829 16.2 ... Upgrade Tools ... 834 16.3 ... Upgrade Process ... 843 16.4 ... Best Practices ... 850 16.5 ... Pitfalls and Issues ... 851 16.6 ... Migration ... 852 16.7 ... Summary ... 853 17.1 ... SAP Fiori 2.0 ... 856 17.2 ... Types of SAP Fiori Apps ... 857 17.3 ... SAP Fiori for Smartphone/Tablet ... 861 17.4 ... SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 861 17.5 ... SAP Fiori Apps ... 864 17.6 ... SAP Screen Personas ... 868 17.7 ... Summary ... 871 18.1 ... Factory Calendar ... 873 18.2 ... Schedule Manager ... 878 18.3 ... Closing Cockpit ... 884 18.4 ... Conclusion ... 891