Sd Fi Copa Reconciliation Part 2

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SAP ERP Financials: SD-FI-COPAreconciliation: Part-2

Posted by Vinod Vemuru Oct 30, 2013This blog is a continuation to the earlier blog "SD-FI-COPA reconciliation: Part-1"http://scn.sap.com/community/erp/financials/blog/2013/10/25/sd-fi-copa-reconciliation-part-1

This blog talks about how characteristic and value field flow is integrated between SD and COPA and ifsomething went wrong in COPA document how to regenerate correct values without impacting respective SDand FI postings.

T-code KE4S can be used to simulate the characteristic and value field flow from SD to COPA or reverse andre-post COPA document alone. Alternatively,T-code KE4ST can be used only for simulation purpose. Let us see how this can be used to understand theintegration between SD and COPA without running through configurations.

Important fields in selection screen (KE4S):

Test Run:No document is created (Even in posting run). Only values are simulated.

Create Log:If we select this, Characteristic and value flow log is created for further analysis.

Redetermine profitability segment:This option should be used cautiously. If this is selected, profitability segment values are redetermined as perthe current system config. This can be used in scenarios like, incorrect values posted in profitability segmentdue to incorrect derivation rules/incorrect logic in user exit.

Check for existing records:This performs a pre-check before transferring the data. Only documents which have not been flown to COPAare considered for posting.

Reversal of line items:This option reverses already transferred documents and re-post all (Both transferred and non-transferred).

Posting without check:This option should be used cautiously. This option re-post everything. If there are documents already posted,system posts duplicate document.

Please go through F1 documentation of each field for more details.

SAP ERP Financials: SD-FI-COPA reconciliation: Part-2


Go to T-code KE4S, enter a billing document which was transferred to COPA and execute.

Below is the output of report.



We can see two lines are created here because, one is for reversal and other is for re-post. There are differentstatus ICONs in ALV tool bar indicating number of documents in respective status. This helps particularly whenwe process huge number of documents.

Now let us see how characteristic and value flow analysis is done.

Characteristic flow analysis:Select the row and click on "characteristics".



Below screen shows the characteristic values that are derived in COPA document.



Click on "Display derivation analysis".In this step, we can find how each characteristic was modified in each step of derivation with respective old andnew values. If any characteristic is changed in a particular derivation, that row is highlighted in yellow. Node"Values before/After" just displays old and new values during derivation process.



Derivation customization can be configured in t-code KEDR.

Value flow analysis:Select the row and click on value flow.



Below result shows, source of each value field. As I mentioned in my previous blog, COPA value fields arelinked to sales pricing conditions.So, below output analysis shows how each sales condition is transferred to the respective COPA value field.

You can see for some rows, there is no G/L account assigned. It is because, these conditions are configuredas "Statistical" and hence, no FI posting.



Since there is no FI posting, no G/L determined here too. We can find the statistical tick in the pricingconditions of the original billing document. Such kind of config is required when we want to see some figuresonly in reporting/for analysis purpose but not part of financial booking.

In first row, Currency type B0 indicates values in "Operating concern currency" and 10 stands for values in"Company code currency".

Valuation:COPA valuation is used for automatic calculation of values in costing based COPA (Both planned and Actual).There are different valuation strategies provided by SAP.

1. Valuation using material costing,2. Valuation using conditions and a costing sheet,3. Valuation by means of a user-defined program exit,4. Valuation with transfer prices

Please check below IMG documentation for more details.



Select the row and click on valuation.

Each valuation strategy step can have different logic to change value fields.



Click on the Analysis button which show if the value field has been changed in respective user exit.

Click on "Result of Valuation". This shows the entire list of value fields before and after valuation.



Hope this blog helps to give better understanding of SD-COPA integration and how characteristics and valuefields are determined.

Your valuable feed back on this blog is most welcome

Thanks,Vinod.4021 Views Tags: integration, erp_financials, controlling, reconciliation, characteristic, copa, ke4i, valuefield,sd-fi-copa, kedr, keat, ke4s, ke4st

Vinod Vemuru in response to Mariks . on page 11Mar 11, 2014 6:40 AM

Thanks Mariks



Mariks .Mar 10, 2014 6:56 PMThanks for sharing very good document....

Vinod Vemuru in response to Siva Ram D on page 12Jan 20, 2014 4:05 PM

Thanks Sivaram

Exits are used when you need your custom logic to redetermine the value field value. As I have shown in theimage, we should assign the exit name in configuration (For eg.U01) in t-code KE4U.

SAP has delivered enhancement COPA0002 (t-code CMOD) and function module EXIT_SAPLKEAB_001 forwriting our custom logic. Implement your logic in user exit include program ZXKKEU03.

This exit is triggered for each value field (if any exit name is assigned to it in KE4U). Use ABAP statementCASE EXIT_NR. and write your logic for the respective field.Exporting parameter ep_target can be used to update the respective value field based on custom logic.

Also, you can use this exit to perform any custom validations and issue warning/error messages.

Please let me know if you need any further help.

Thanks,V V

Siva Ram DJan 20, 2014 3:33 PMThanks Vinod.... good analysis and very helpful to me.

please can you explain in what cases uses the user exit in valuation and how to config?awaiting for your answer.best regardsSiva Ram

Vinod Vemuru in response to Sada Bandla on page 12Jan 20, 2014 1:36 PM

Thanks a lot Sada

Sada BandlaJan 20, 2014 12:57 PM

Nice Documentation Mr.Vinod

Vinod Vemuru in response to Mukesh Patel on page 13



Dec 17, 2013 2:24 PM

Thanks Mukesh. Happy learning

Mukesh PatelDec 17, 2013 11:56 AMVery Useful

Vinod Vemuru in response to Ankur Sharma on page 13Dec 16, 2013 4:59 AM

Thanks Ankur

Ankur SharmaDec 14, 2013 5:23 PMVery useful. Thanks for sharing.

Vinod Vemuru in response to Krishna Chaitanya on page 13Dec 3, 2013 7:16 AM

Thanks a lot Krishna

Krishna ChaitanyaDec 3, 2013 6:33 AM

Useful and informative. Thanks for sharing.

Vinod VemuruNov 18, 2013 2:05 PM

Thanks NSK, Murali

Murali Babu Nallamothu in response to Vinod Vemuru on page 13Nov 18, 2013 1:51 PMOh. Congrats for that.

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Vinod Vemuru on page 13Nov 18, 2013 1:38 PMSurprise award from SCN. Good to hear that you selected as a Thought Leader and the second one after Ravi.

Great achievement Vinod........Congratulations.

Keep rocking

NSK


Thanks a lot Satya, Murali, Daniel, Swapnoneel



It's a pleasant surprise to see Thought leader badge for this content

November seems to be a great month for me both personally and professionally

Thanks,Vinod.

Swapnoneel MukherjeeNov 18, 2013 12:49 PMThanks a lot for the document .... very informative.

Regards,Neel

Daniel CarvalhoNov 18, 2013 12:26 PMHey Vinod!

Very good document!

Thanks a lot!

Regards,Daniel.

Murali Babu NallamothuNov 17, 2013 3:09 AMHi Vinod,

Very useful information.Thanks for the sharing.

RgdsMurali. N

Satya YenumulaNov 14, 2013 7:59 AMHi Vinod,

Nice presentation...Thanks for sharing.

ThanksSatya



Vinod Vemuru in response to praveen kumar on page 15Nov 7, 2013 8:20 AM

Thanks Praveen

praveen kumarNov 7, 2013 8:11 AMHi Vinod,

Very good document, Thanks for sharing.

Regards,Praveen


Thanks Aakash, Satendra

Aakash GujjaNov 6, 2013 11:24 AMHi Vinod,

Nice document.. Thanks for sharing with us.

BR

Aakash G

Satendra MishraNov 6, 2013 11:13 AM

Nice doc......

~SM

Vinod Vemuru in response to Lakshmi Sama on page 15Nov 6, 2013 10:53 AM

Thanks Lakshmi. I am happy to share what I know and learn by exploring

Regards,Vinod

Lakshmi SamaNov 6, 2013 10:33 AMHello Vinod,



Very helpful doc and a very valuable one. Expecting more contributions from your end in futute also.Thanksalot for sharing ur knowldge.

Regards,Lakshmi S

Vinod Vemuru in response to rohit singh on page 16Nov 1, 2013 3:53 AM

Thanks Rohit. I am glad to know this doc helped you to understand COPA reconciliation

rohit singhOct 31, 2013 1:15 PMThis Doc. very helpful for me , i was waiting this type of doc . now i got

Thanks a lot Vinod

Vinod Vemuru in response to Ranu Eugene on page 16Oct 31, 2013 10:21 AM

Thanks a lot Ranu. Such kind of words definitely motivates to contribute more

Regards,Vinod.

Ranu EugeneOct 31, 2013 10:12 AMHi Vinod,

Much awaited part two doc is out.

Must say very useful document.Please do keep sharing.

Keep up the good Work .

Best of Luck.

RegardsEugene

Sudhir Krishna Kumar SinghOct 31, 2013 10:09 AM



good

Vinod VemuruOct 31, 2013 9:16 AM

Thanks Satendra, Gaurav

Gaurav TibrewalOct 31, 2013 8:21 AMvery useful info Vinod..

Satendra MishraOct 31, 2013 7:19 AM

First tanks for sharing a valuable information...

Really nice information.. ]

Regards,SM

Ramanjaneyulu Korrapati in response to Vinod Vemuru on page 17Oct 31, 2013 6:36 AMThanks for consideration. Its not an urgent. Take your own time.

Thank You

Vinod Vemuru in response to Ramanjaneyulu Korrapati on page 17Oct 31, 2013 6:35 AMThanks Rama. Sure. Will do that in couple of days. As year end is approaching, would be packed up for next 2

months

Regards,Vinod.

Ramanjaneyulu KorrapatiOct 31, 2013 5:18 AMGood information. Thanks for sharing Vinod. if your familiar about operating concern ceration pls share usefulstuff on it. as BW consultant very interested know FI stuff

Thanks

Vinod VemuruOct 31, 2013 5:13 AM

Thanks Naresh, Srinivas, Diwa

Diwa p



Oct 30, 2013 12:26 PMgood one thanks for sharing

RegardsDiwa

Srinivas SalpalaOct 30, 2013 12:10 PMHi Vinod,

Nice presentation of integration. Keep sharing knowledge.

BR, Srinivas Salpala

Naresh KrishnamoorthyOct 30, 2013 11:41 AMGood one...Thanks.

Best Regards,Naresh K.

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