With the TOP Simplification List Items approach we want to start a S/4HANA SCN Blog series to provide more information about dedicated simplification items. Simplification items where we assume that any customer project has to deal with. The following S/4HANA SCN Blog is collecting these TOP Simplification Items with the links to the dedicated S/4HANA blogs.
The TOP Simplification List Items
Within this blog we want to provide additional information regarding the Simplification Item:
FIN - Technical Changes in Controlling
Description
With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 several general data model simplifications have been made to Controlling area. Those are:
- Actual data (value type = 04) that was formerly in COEP (CO line item table) is now in ACDOCA (universal journal)
- Statistical data (value type = 11) is stored in additional columns in ACDOCA (universal journal) and in COEP for compatibility access
- Totals tables for primary costs (COSP) and secondary costs (COSS) are replaced by views
- Actual data for long running orders and projects that were in COSP_BAK and COSS_BAK (back up for former totals tables) is now in ACDOCA
- Value types other than 04 and 11 continue to be stored in COEP, COSP_BAK and COSS_BAK (examples include planned costs and target costs)
- Table header COBK is updated as before
- Compatibility Views such as V_COEP and V_COEP_ORI provide access to data as before
Business Impact
- No impact on the standard SAP business processes
- Existing CO programs such as allocations and settlements are gradually being adjusted to read the universal journal directly
- Views aggregate data on the fly allowing select statements in SAP coding and customer coding to work as before
- It might be required to adapt Custom Code if fields have been added to the totals table or CO line item table.
- Write statements and customer DDIC objects must be adapted according to the instructions in the Note 1976487
- Replace access via compatibility views with direct access to ACDOCA for value types 04 and 11 (see Note 2185026)
Recommended Action
- Check existing totals tables and line item table to determine whether fields have been added
- Adjust access to read from ACDOCA directly
For more details see the PPT attached to the following SAP Note:
http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2270404
