Course

Overview.....................................................................................................................................................................1
Course
Goals ........................................................................................................................................................................2
Course
Prerequisites ...........................................................................................................................................................3
Target
Group........................................................................................................................................................................4
Section
Overview................................................................................................................................................................5
Partner
Academy ......................................................................................................................................................................6
Partner Academy
Mission..................................................................................................................................................7
Advantages of Partner
Academy ......................................................................................................................................8
The Certified
Consultant....................................................................................................................................................9
Certification Areas for
Consultants................................................................................................................................10
Becoming a Certified
Consultant...................................................................................................................................11
Partner Academy Knowledge
Path ................................................................................................................................12
Goals of the Different Training Offerings....................................................................................................................13
Section: SAP
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................14
Introduction to
SAP..........................................................................................................................................................15
Introduction to SAP: Contents/Objectives ...............................................................................................................16
Our
Commitment ..........................................................................................................................................................17
SAP Organization .........................................................................................................................................................18
SAP Cooperation with Partners - A Selection .........................................................................................................19
SAP Delivers on Promises and Customer Needs....................................................................................................20
Extend the Reach - The EnjoySAP Initiative...........................................................................................................21
Extend the Reach - Old R/3 Purchasing....................................................................................................................22
Extend the Reach - New R/3 Purchasing..................................................................................................................23
Extend the Reach - Role -Specific Scenarios............................................................................................................24
Extend the Reach - More Role-Specific Scenarios.................................................................................................25
Introduction to SAP: Unit Summary .........................................................................................................................26
Basis .................................................................................................................................................................................
...27
Basis: Contents/Objectives..........................................................................................................................................28
Client/Server Benefit ....................................................................................................................................................29
Business Transactions..................................................................................................................................................30
SAP Business Objects..................................................................................................................................................31
Definition of a BAPI ....................................................................................................................................................32
The Business Framework ............................................................................................................................................33
The SAP Business Framework...................................................................................................................................34
Distributed Applications..............................................................................................................................................35
Application Link Enabling (ALE) .............................................................................................................................36
Basis: Unit Summary ...................................................................................................................................................37
SAP
Services......................................................................................................................................................................38
SAP Services: Contents/Objectives...........................................................................................................................39

SAP Service & Support Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................40

Business Processes: Overview....................................................................................................................................41
Business Processes: ASAP Methodology.................................................................................................................42
Business Processes: Implementation Guide (IMG) ................................................................................................43
Business Processes: IMG Tasks .................................................................................................................................44
Business Processes: Accelerated Solutions..............................................................................................................45
Lifecycle Support: Remote Services .........................................................................................................................46
Online Service through SAPNet ................................................................................................................................47
SAP Services: Summa ry.............................................................................................................................................48
Co-operative Business
Scenarios ...................................................................................................................................49
Co-operative Business Scenarios: Contents/Objectives.........................................................................................50
SAP Customer Relationship Management...............................................................................................................51
CRM Architecture - Sales Example ..........................................................................................................................52
Supply Chain Planning and Optimization ................................................................................................................53
Integration of APO with R/3 and SAP BW ..............................................................................................................54
Business to Business Procurement.............................................................................................................................55
Procurement Process for Material..............................................................................................................................56
Catalogs..........................................................................................................................................................................5
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Component Architecture..............................................................................................................................................58
SAP BW provides... .....................................................................................................................................................59
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Multiple Ways of Delivering Your Knowledge ......................................................................................................60
Co-operative Business Scenarios: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................61
mySAP.com.......................................................................................................................................................................
62
mySAP.com: Contents/Objectives.............................................................................................................................63
SAPs Major Internet Initiatives ................................................................................................................................64
The Strategy: From Integration to Collaboration ....................................................................................................65
mySAP.com: What does it mean?..............................................................................................................................66
Our Focus Yesterday....................................................................................................................................................67
Our Focus Today...........................................................................................................................................................68
Workplace Internet Business Framework.................................................................................................................69
mySAP.com Workplace - Benefits ............................................................................................................................70
Marketplace Portal for Business Communities .......................................................................................................71
Buying and Selling on the Marketplace....................................................................................................................72
mySAP.com Marketplace - Benefits .........................................................................................................................73
mySAP.com: Summary ..............................................................................................................................................74
Navigation ........................................................................................................................................................................
..75
Navigation......................................................................................................................................................................7
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Navigation: Unit Objectives........................................................................................................................................77
Logging on to the R/3 System....................................................................................................................................78
Screen Elements............................................................................................................................................................79
SAP Easy Access - Standard.......................................................................................................................................80
Selecting Functions... ...................................................................................................................................................81
Role -Based User Menu................................................................................................................................................82
Field Help - F1, F4 .......................................................................................................................................................83
SAP Online Help...........................................................................................................................................................84
System Functions - Services .......................................................................................................................................85
System Functions - User Profile .................................................................................................................................86
Navigation: Unit Summary .........................................................................................................................................87
Exercises.........................................................................................................................................................................8
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Solutions.........................................................................................................................................................................9
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System-wide
Concepts.....................................................................................................................................................95
System-wide Concepts: Contents/Objectives ..........................................................................................................96
Business Scenarios - Main Elements.........................................................................................................................97
Enterprise Structure Terminology..............................................................................................................................98
Organizational Structures - Levels .............................................................................................................................99
Organizational Structures - Business Functions....................................................................................................100
Master Data - Customer Master...............................................................................................................................101
Customer Master - General and Financial Data ....................................................................................................102
Customer Master - Sales Data ..................................................................................................................................103
Master Data - Material Master..................................................................................................................................104
From Documents to Analysis ...................................................................................................................................105
Reporting on Online Transactions ...........................................................................................................................106
Information Systems Structure .................................................................................................................................107
System-wide Concepts: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................................108
Section: Organizational Elements, Posting and
G/L......................................................................................................109
Organizational Elements / Basic Settings...................................................................................................................110
Organizational Elements/ Basic Settings: Unit Objectives..................................................................................111
Clients in R/3...............................................................................................................................................................112
Financial Applications...............................................................................................................................................113
Overview: Organizational Elements in Accounting.............................................................................................114
Overview: Organizational Elements in Logistics..................................................................................................115
Organizational Units in R/3 FI .................................................................................................................................116
Company Code............................................................................................................................................................117
IDES International......................................................................................................................................................118
The Company Codes of IDES ..................................................................................................................................119
Creating a Company Code ........................................................................................................................................120
Country Templates .....................................................................................................................................................121
Company Code Components ....................................................................................................................................122
Business Area..............................................................................................................................................................123
Some of the Business Areas of IDES ......................................................................................................................124
Charts of Accounts .....................................................................................................................................................125
Chart of Accounts Assignment..................................................................................................................... 126
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The Variant Principle .................................................................................................................................................127
The Fiscal Year ...........................................................................................................................................................128
The Year - Independent Fiscal Year Variant .........................................................................................................129
The Year - Dependent Fiscal Year Variant ............................................................................................................130
Organizational Elements/ Basic Settings: Unit Summary ...................................................................................131
Exercises - Explanation of the Symbols .................................................................................................................132
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................13
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................13
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Master Data
Overview....................................................................................................................................................138
Master Data Overview: Unit Objectives.................................................................................................................139
Presentation: Closing Procedures in Asset Accounting.......................................................................................140
IDES - Charts of Accounts........................................................................................................................................141
Company Code Specific Settings.............................................................................................................................142
Account Groups for G/L Accounts ..........................................................................................................................143
Reconciliation Accounts............................................................................................................................................144
Transaction Figures ....................................................................................................................................................145

Presentation: Organizational Structures of Cost Accounting..............................................................................146

Controlling Area .........................................................................................................................................................147
Country-Specific Charts of Accounts......................................................................................................................148
Group Chart of Accounts...........................................................................................................................................149
Cost Controlling Objects ...........................................................................................................................................150
Presentation: Master Data in Accounts Payable....................................................................................................151
Vendor Account in SAP FI .......................................................................................................................................152
Account Groups for Vendors....................................................................................................................................153
Presentation:Integration with Materials Management..........................................................................................154
IDES Plants in Germany............................................................................................................................................155
IDES Purchasing in Germany...................................................................................................................................156
Purchasing Data in the Vendor Master Record .....................................................................................................157
Three-Stage Verification (Standard) .......................................................................................................................158
Presentation:The Organizational Structures of Sales Revenue Controlling .....................................................159
Operating Concern......................................................................................................................................................160
Profitability Segments................................................................................................................................................161
Presentation:Master Data in Accounts Receivable ...............................................................................................162
Customer Account in SAP FI ...................................................................................................................................163
Account Groups for Customers ................................................................................................................................164
Credit Management Master Record .........................................................................................................................165
Presentation:Integration with Sales and Distribution ...........................................................................................166
IDES Distribution Chains in Germany ...................................................................................................................167
Sales for IDES Plant Hamburg .................................................................................................................................168
Divisions.......................................................................................................................................................................16
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Sales
Areas...................................................................................................................................................................170
Sales Area Data in the Customer Master Record ..................................................................................................171
Sales
Process................................................................................................................................................................172
Presentation:Credit Management.............................................................................................................................173
IDES Credit Control Area .........................................................................................................................................174
Presentation:Integration with Sales and Distribution ...........................................................................................175
Credit Control Process...............................................................................................................................................176
Presentation:Asset Master Data................................................................................................................................177
Assets in FI Organizational Units ............................................................................................................................178
Asset
Class...................................................................................................................................................................179
Depreciation Areas .....................................................................................................................................................180
Account Determination..............................................................................................................................................181
Group Assets and Sub-Numbers ..............................................................................................................................182
Presentation:Master Data in Travel Management.................................................................................................183
Personnel Master Data in HR and in FI-TV...........................................................................................................184
Actions..........................................................................................................................................................................18
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Vendor Master Record for an Employee ................................................................................................................186
Presentation:Master Data in Bank Accounting......................................................................................................187
Bank
Directory ............................................................................................................................................................188
Bank
Accounts ............................................................................................................................................................189
Cash
Ledgers ...............................................................................................................................................................190
Master Data Overview: Unit Summary...................................................................................................................191
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................19
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................19
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Document
Control...........................................................................................................................................................198
Document Control: Objectives .................................................................................................................................199
Document Control ......................................................................................................................................................200
The R/3-FI-Document................................................................................................................................................201
The SAP Document Principle ...................................................................................................................................202
Document Types .........................................................................................................................................................203
Important Standard Document Types......................................................................................................................204
Document Number Ranges .......................................................................................................................................205
Functions of the Posting Keys (4)............................................................................................................................206
Field Status within a FI-Document..........................................................................................................................207
Document Field Status (3).........................................................................................................................................208
Field Status Groups....................................................................................................................................................209
Standard Posting Keys...............................................................................................................................................210
Posting Periods............................................................................................................................................................211
The Posting Period Variant .......................................................................................................................................212
Period Checks per Account Type.............................................................................................................................213
Two Period Ranges.....................................................................................................................................................214
Maximum Amounts....................................................................................................................................................215
Assigning Posting Authorizations............................................................................................................................216
Basic FI Postings.........................................................................................................................................................217
Basic FI Posting: Header and 1st Line Item...........................................................................................................218
Basic FI Posting: Additional Line Items .................................................................................................................219
Document Control: Summary ...................................................................................................................................220
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................22
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................23
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Posting
Control................................................................................................................................................................244
Posting Control: Objectives ......................................................................................................................................245
Posting
Control............................................................................................................................................................246
User
Defaults ...............................................................................................................................................................247
System and Accounting Defaults .............................................................................................................................248
Changing Documents .................................................................................................................................................249
Document Change Rules ...........................................................................................................................................250
Payment
Terms ............................................................................................................................................................251
Payment Terms in Invoices.......................................................................................................................................252
Payment Terms in Credit Memos ............................................................................................................................253
Payment Terms: Basic Data......................................................................................................................................254
Baseline
Date...............................................................................................................................................................255
Cash
Discount..............................................................................................................................................................256
Day
Limits....................................................................................................................................................................257
Holdback/Retainage ...................................................................................................................................................258
The Cash Discount Base Amount............................................................................................................................259
Posting Cash Discounts .............................................................................................................................................260
Posting Cash Discounts - Gross Procedure ............................................................................................................261

Vendor Net Procedure - Invoice...............................................................................................................................262

Vendor Net Procedure - Payment ............................................................................................................................263
Cross-Company Code Transaction (2) ....................................................................................................................264
Example: Central Purchasing....................................................................................................................................265
Clearing Accounts ......................................................................................................................................................266
Cross-Company Code Document Number.............................................................................................................267
Reversing Documents ................................................................................................................................................268
Standard Reversal Postings, Negative Postings.....................................................................................................269
Posting Control: Summary ........................................................................................................................................270
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................27
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................27
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Posting
Tips......................................................................................................................................................................289
Posting Tips.................................................................................................................................................................290
Simplifying Postings..................................................................................................................................................291
Posting Using Reference Documents ......................................................................................................................292
G/L Fast
Entry .............................................................................................................................................................293
The Account Assignment Model..............................................................................................................................294
Parameter IDs.............................................................................................................................................................295
Parking a Document ...................................................................................................................................................296
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Posting a Parked Document ......................................................................................................................................297
Validations...................................................................................................................................................................298
Substitution..................................................................................................................................................................29
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The Recurring Entry Program..................................................................................................................................300
Posting Tips: Unit Summary .....................................................................................................................................301
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................30
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................30
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Currencies.........................................................................................................................................................................
314
Currencies: Objectives ...............................................................................................................................................315
Currency and exchange rate types ...........................................................................................................................316
Translation factors ......................................................................................................................................................317
Maintaining the exchange rates................................................................................................................................318
Exchange Rate Spreads..............................................................................................................................................319
Base
Currency .............................................................................................................................................................320
EURO............................................................................................................................................................................32
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Triangulation as of January 1, 1999 ........................................................................................................................322
Direct/Indirect quotation of exchange rates ...........................................................................................................323
Design of exchange rate in different quotations....................................................................................................324
Currencies: Unit Summary ........................................................................................................................................325
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................32
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................32
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Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................
.330
Taxes: Unit Objectives...............................................................................................................................................331

Taxes .............................................................................................................................................................................3
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Tax Assistance.............................................................................................................................................................333
Value - Added Tax.....................................................................................................................................................334
Taxes on Purchases - Sales Tax...............................................................................................................................335
Taxes on Purchases - Use Tax..................................................................................................................................336
Types of Taxation .......................................................................................................................................................337
Tax Procedure for Calculations................................................................................................................................338
Jurisdiction Codes.......................................................................................................................................................339
Tax
Code ......................................................................................................................................................................340
Tax
Rates......................................................................................................................................................................341
Tax
Postings.................................................................................................................................................................342
Automatic Tax Account Assignment ......................................................................................................................343
Tax
Accounts ...............................................................................................................................................................344
Other G/L Accounts ...................................................................................................................................................345
EU Single Market - VAT Processing......................................................................................................................346
Acquisition Tax Codes...............................................................................................................................................347
Taxes: Unit Summary ................................................................................................................................................348
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................34
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................35
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G/L
Accounts ...................................................................................................................................................................354
G/L - Accounts: Objectives.......................................................................................................................................355
Chart of Accounts.......................................................................................................................................................356
Define Chart of Accounts ..........................................................................................................................................357
Chart of Accounts Segment ......................................................................................................................................358
Fields in the Chart of Account Segment.................................................................................................................359
Company Code Segment ...........................................................................................................................................360
Fields in the Company Code Segment ....................................................................................................................361
One Chart of Accounts, Several Company Codes ................................................................................................362
Balance Sheet and P+L Statement Accounts .........................................................................................................363
The Account Groups for the G/L-Accounts ...........................................................................................................364
The Field
Status...........................................................................................................................................................365
Master Data Field Status (2) .....................................................................................................................................366
Reconciliation Accounts............................................................................................................................................367
Line Item Display .......................................................................................................................................................368
Open Item Management ............................................................................................................................................369
Account in Local Currency .......................................................................................................................................370
Only Balances in Local Currency ............................................................................................................................371
Account in Foreign Currency ...................................................................................................................................372
Methods for Creating G/L Accounts .......................................................................................................................373
Collective Processing.................................................................................................................................................374
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Group Chart of Accounts (2) ....................................................................................................................................375
Country Chart of Accounts (2) .................................................................................................................................376
Bank Master Data: Objectives ..................................................................................................................................377
Bank Master Data .......................................................................................................................................................378
Bank Accounts (2) ......................................................................................................................................................379
G/L Accounts: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................................................380

Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................38
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................38
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Procedure for Day-to-Day
Planning ............................................................................................................................388
Procedure for Day-to-Day Planning ........................................................................................................................389
Problems and Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................390
Instruments in SAP R/3 Cash Management...........................................................................................................391
Check
Deposit .............................................................................................................................................................392
Check Deposit: Unit Objectives ...............................................................................................................................393
Check Deposit: Business Scenario .........................................................................................................................394
Check Deposit: Procedure .......................................................................................................................................395
Account Assignment..................................................................................................................................................396
Check Deposit: Initial Specifications......................................................................................................................397
Check Deposit: Initial Specifications (2)................................................................................................................398
Check Deposit List.....................................................................................................................................................399
Check Deposit: Printing and Overview...................................................................................................................400
Generating Postings....................................................................................................................................................401
Check Deposit: Unit Summary .................................................................................................................................402
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................40
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................40
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Check Deposit:
Customizing.........................................................................................................................................408
Check Deposit: Customizing ....................................................................................................................................409
Check Deposit Customizing: Unit Objectives .......................................................................................................410
Check Deposit Customizing: Business Scenario...................................................................................................411
Customizing Process - Transactions / Posting Rules............................................................................................412
Postings and Account Determination ......................................................................................................................413
Creating Screen Variants...........................................................................................................................................414
Check Deposit Customizing: Unit Summary .........................................................................................................415
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................41
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................41
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Bank Statement: Manual
Entry .....................................................................................................................................418
Bank Statement: Manual Entry ................................................................................................................................419
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Unit Objectives.................................................................................................420
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Business Scenario ............................................................................................421
Manual Bank Statement: Procedure ........................................................................................................................422
Entering the Bank Statement ....................................................................................................................................423
Processing the Bank Statement (1): Bank and Payment Advices.......................................................................424
Processing the Bank Statement (2): Bank Document / Selection.......................................................................425
Processing the Bank Statement (3): Further Processing......................................................................................426
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................427
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................428
Manual Bank Statement Posting Examples............................................................................................................429
Bank Statement - Manual Entry: Unit Summary ..................................................................................................430
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................43
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................43
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Manual Bank Statement:

Customizing........................................................................................................................435
Manual Bank Statement: Customizing....................................................................................................................436
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Unit Objectives ......................................................................................437
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Business Scenario ..................................................................................438
Posting Rules and Transactions................................................................................................................................439
Posting
Details .............................................................................................................................................................440
Determining Accounts from House Bank Data .....................................................................................................441
Manual Bank Statement Customizing: Unit Summary ........................................................................................442
Exercises.......................................................................................................................................................................44
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Solutions.......................................................................................................................................................................44
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Presentation:
Consolidation...........................................................................................................................................447
Presentation: Consolidation EC-CS, SEM -BCS ...................................................................................................448
EC-CS: Data Flow......................................................................................................................................................449