Funds Management for the Public Sector with SAP: Configuration and Use (Hardcover)

... Preface ... 11

... The Objective of This Book ... 11

... Target Audience ... 11

... Structure of This Book ... 11

... Acknowledgments ... 14

1 ... Budget Management at a Glance ... 15

1.1 ... Reviewing Customers' Needs ... 16

1.2 ... The General Funds Management Process ... 17

1.3 ... Customization and Key Activities ... 19

1.4 ... Summary ... 31

2 ... Master Data and Budgetary Structure ... 33

2.1 ... Funds Management Master Data and Use ... 34

2.2 ... Mapping Funds Management Objects with Financial/Logistical Entities ... 36

2.3 ... Budget Structure Concept ... 38

2.4 ... Budget Derivation Strategy and Use ... 40

2.5 ... Configuration Settings ... 42

2.6 ... Summary ... 57

3 ... Budgetary Management ... 59

3.1 ... Multiple Budget Ledgers Concept ... 60

3.2 ... Available Budget Attributes and Use ... 61

3.3 ... Budget Flow Controls ... 64

3.4 ... Customization and Key Activities ... 66

3.5 ... Summary ... 96

4 ... Actual/Commitment Updates ... 97

4.1 ... The Update Profile Concept ... 97

4.2 ... Period-Based Versus Annual-Based Tracking ... 99

4.3 ... Financial and Logistical Flows ... 100

4.4 ... Earmarked Funds and Funds Transfers ... 103

4.5 ... Customization and Key Activities ... 105

4.6 ... Summary ... 127

5 ... Availability Control ... 129

5.1 ... Availability Control Ledgers ... 130

5.2 ... Availability Control Objects and Filters ... 131

5.3 ... Multiannual and Annual Regimes ... 132

5.4 ... Availability Control Derivation Strategy and Tolerance Profiles ... 134

5.5 ... Customization and Key Activities ... 135

5.6 ... Summary ... 145

6 ... Closing the Financial Year ... 147

6.1 ... Introduction to Closing Operations ... 147

6.2 ... Carry-Forward of Open Commitments ... 149

6.3 ... Carryover of Residual Budget and Closing Activities ... 154

6.4 ... Year-End Exercise Under Multiannual Budget Regime ... 156

6.5 ... Configuration Settings ... 157

6.6 ... Summary ... 170

7 ... Workflows ... 171

7.1 ... Workflow Roles ... 171

7.2 ... Workflow Definitions ... 174

7.3 ... Summary ... 177

8 ... User Activities in Funds Management ... 179

8.1 ... Introduction to User Activities in Funds Management ... 179

8.2 ... Master Data Maintenance ... 181

8.3 ... Budgeting ... 190

8.4 ... Earmarked Funds and Other Postings ... 196

8.5 ... Closing Procedures ... 205

8.6 ... Reports ... 219

8.7 ... Summary ... 221

9 ... Auxiliary Postings in Funds Management ... 223

9.1 ... Change of Funds Management Account Assignment ... 224

9.2 ... Subsequent Data Transfer to Funds Management ... 234

9.3 ... Mass Data Deletion ... 241

9.4 ... Mass Data Reconstruction ... 245

9.5 ... Summary ... 257

... The Author ... 259

... Index ... 261