Guess what? As predicted, there's been a big change with Group Assets and how you can calculate Unit of Production (UOP) depreciation!
Secret Way to Tweak SAP Standard Processing Logic in S/4HANA Finance (Part 3)
SAP has so many secrets! So many back doors and side doors! I thought there were only two ways to influence SAP's standard processing logic with T811FLAGS and FIN_FLAGS but it turns out there is a third way available. Read this bonus blog to see what it is.
UPA & Asset Accounting in S/4HANA (Part 4): Focus on Fiori
In the ongoing blog series for SAP's new solution for UPA Fixed Assets, it's time to talk about the impacts and changes that are made with Fiori
Secret Way to Tweak SAP Standard Processing Logic in S/4HANA Finance (Part 2)
If you've worked with SAP long enough, you understand how configuration works and the various options within a given area. You also know that the logic used by SAP to handle it's processes (posting a journal entry, posting a GR on a PO, etc.) can't be touched. Read part 2...
Secret Way to Tweak SAP Standard Processing Logic in S/4HANA Finance (Part 1)
If you've worked with SAP long enough, you understand how configuration works and the various options within a given area. You also know that the logic used by SAP to handle it's processes (posting a journal entry, posting a GR on a PO, etc.) can't be touched. Read part 1...
Stop Assigning Assets to Locked Cost Centers!
SAP has quite a history in the fixed assets area of how an asset is assigned to a cost center. Obviously, we don't want to assign an asset to one that is locked since the month-end depreciation run will post depreciation expense and promptly be rejected because of it. Read...
UPA & Asset Accounting in S/4HANA (Part 3): New Fixed Asset Master
As the first detailed blog in our series of UPA Fixed Assets, what better place to start than the aster master record itself! Read this to get a thorough understanding of the technical and functional changes made to the asset as part of UPA Fixed Assets.
UPA & Asset Accounting in S/4HANA (Part 2): Fixed Asset Overview
Now that SAP has released Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA), it's time to go over what has changed in Asset Accounting. Part 2 in the blog series gives a highly detailed overview of the changes in UPA Fixed Assets (Intelligent Asset Accounting) and sets the stage for upcoming more detailed blogs.
UPA & Asset Accounting in S/4HANA (Part 1): Introduction
Ever since SAP released S/4HSAP Cloud, they've been continually revamping the finance solution to deliver real change and transformation to their customers. For those that have been implementing the OnPremise solution (or Private Cloud), a lot of those changes have not yet matriculated down to them. But with S/4HANA OP...
Change in S/4HANA Fixed Asset Reporting and Deactivated Assets
Ever since R/3 SAP has not included deactivated assets in its standard asset reports... and for good reason! But now in S/4HANA they've made a significant change to enable asset reporting regardless if the asset is active or not. If you work with the Asset Balance report in SAP, you'll...