Participants establish the process foundation for Group Reporting Foundation, Master Data, and Consolidation Units. The work is grounded in a multinational group consolidating diverse entities, currencies, ownership structures, and intercompany activity under a controlled close timetable and contributes directly to reliable group consolidation.
The instructor traces consolidation chart of accounts, financial statement items, consolidation units, version and period settings through the scenario, explaining navigation, decisions, dependencies, system responses, and the evidence retained in group reporting foundation and master data workbook. The walkthrough also investigates the condition where a consolidation unit is assigned to an inconsistent fiscal-year configuration.
Complete a controlled activity covering consolidation chart of accounts, financial statement items, consolidation units, version and period settings and preserve the result in group reporting foundation and master data workbook.
Start at the earliest point where expected behavior differs from the observed result. Review process sequence, relevant data, configuration, authorization, integration, and timing as separate hypotheses. Treat “a consolidation unit is assigned to an inconsistent fiscal-year configuration” as unconfirmed until settings, documents, logs, reports, and focused retesting support the cause.
Learners can apply Group Reporting Foundation, Master Data, and Consolidation Units, explain the resulting SAP behavior, and defend the outcome through group reporting foundation and master data workbook.