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Activate Document Splitting. SAP Best Practices. Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps. Purpose The Activate Document Splitting is provided with the new General Ledger Accounting.
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Activate Document Splitting SAP Best Practices
Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • The Activate Document Splitting is provided with the new General Ledger Accounting. • Documents are enhanced with additional account assignment objects, or additional postings are done which split the original postings into lines referring to the account assignment objects. • Account assignment objects can be defined according to selected dimensions. In SAP Best Practices the dimensions are profit centers and segments. • Benefits • The postings are done in real time (online). • It is possible to draw up complete financial statements for the selected dimensions at any time (segment reporting). • Key Process Steps • The Activate Document Splitting is provided with the new General Ledger Accounting. • The Activate Document Splitting is based on segments. • The Activate Document Splitting must be activated before the start of postings in the client. Postings done before can cause subsequent Activate Document Splitting errors (see also note 891144).
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Finance Manager • General Ledger Accountant • Special Requirement of Activating Document Split • The document split has to be activated in a certain installation sequence. • Install choosen scope of SAP Best Practices • Activate document splitting • Install other building blocks which require the document split (e.g. Baseline: Cost of Sales Accounting scenario and Segment Reporting scenario).
Detailed Process Description • Activate Document Splitting • The document splitting is a feature in the new general ledger accounting which does not lead to own processes or separate scenarios. SAP Best Practices provides an example how to check the segment and profit center assignment in general ledger documents.
Process Flow Diagram Activate Document Splitting Event G / L Account Document with Different Segments Reporting Finance Manager / General Ledger Accountant Displaying a general ledger document
Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision