- SAP Simple Finance Tutorial
- SAP Simple Finance - Home
- SAP HANA - Introduction
- SAP Simple Finance - Introduction
- SAP Simple Finance - Architecture
- Extend G/L Coding Block
- Universal Journal
- Document Number
- Display Financial Tables
- Deployment Options
- Post & Reverse Documents
- Reporting Options
- SAP Simple Finance - Migration
- Manual Reposting of Costs
- SAP Simple Finance - G/L Accounting
- Create a Primary Cost
- Create a Secondary Cost
- SAP Simple Finance - Ledger Mgmt
- Asset Accounting
- Create an Asset
- SAP Simple Finance - Asset Scrapping
- Create Default Account Assignment
- Management Accounting
- Profitability Analysis
- Period Lock Transaction
- New Period Closing Program
- SAP Simple Finance - Integration
- SAP Simple Finance - IBPF
- Consultant Capabilities
- SAP Simple Finance Resources
- SAP Simple Finance - Quick Guide
- SAP Simple Finance - Resources
- SAP Simple Finance - Discussion
SAP Simple Finance - Universal Journal
A Universal Journal entry consists of a header and respective items and in some scenarios it is possible to have item entries without a header value. Universal Journal is a one-line item table with full detail for all the components. No reconciliation is required and data is stored only once.
Header Table – BKPF
Respective Item Table – ACDOCA
Respective item table ACDOCA consists of all the fields required for General Ledger, Asset Accounting, and Material Ledger, etc.
Universal Journal contains 6-digit line item numbering
Universal Journal contains 23-digit currency fields
For each business transaction in one of the application components, a journal entry is created −
- General Ledger Accounting
- Asset Accounting
- Controlling
- Material Ledger
- Profitability Analysis
The Journal Entry removes the separation between Financial Accounting and Controlling hence there is no need for any reconciliation between FI and CO, or between FI - General Ledger and FI - Asset Accounting.
Following are the details of the technical component of Simple Finance −
| Technical Name | SFIN_20_ACCOUNTING_UJE |
| Country Dependency | Valid for all countries |
| Software Component Version | SAP_FIN 720 |
| Application Component | Financial Accounting (FI) Controlling (CO) Accounting General (AC) |
As mentioned above, a universal journal entry maintains 23-digit currency fields which brings the currency concept for FI and CO.
For each journal entry, there is a ledger maintained in which the business transaction is posted. You can also enhance the journal entry by extending the coding block and adding CO-PA characteristics.
All Universal Journal entries are written to a new table - ACDOCA and no entries are made to the old tables. However, you can continue to use reports that use data from the old tables.
Navigate to SAP Easy Access → Accounting → Controlling → Profitability Analysis → Planning → Integrated Planning → Transfer Plan Values to FI-GL (New).
Navigate to SAP Easy Access → Accounting → Controlling → Profitability Analysis → Planning → Tools → HANA Integration.
