Sap Fico Training

Tags: SAP FICO

The course covers both configuration and end-user processes for SAP FICO module

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.3

- Configuration and Implementation for SAP FICO module
- Requirements gathering for the Business Record to Report process cycle
- SAP Business analysis to improve financial activities

What you'll learn

Configuration and Implementation for SAP FICO module
Requirements gathering for the Business Record to Report process cycle
SAP Business analysis to improve financial activities
Hands-on experience with SAP system
Be able to take SAP FI Certification exam
Be able to work as both SAP End-User and Consultant
Understand how a required business process runs on SAP
Integration of SAP FICO with SAP MM and SAP SD

* Requirements

* Basic knowledge of Accounting
* Basic knowledge of Finance Business Processes
* Access to SAP ERP system (Optional)

Description

SAP FICO Course will prepare the students to learn and understand all the end-to-end implementation steps to configure SAP FI and CO modules for any organization. 

The course also highlights the necessary documentation and methodology which are used in SAP FICO implementation projects.

After this course, the students will be able to identify and analyse the business requirements of any organization for Record to Report process cycle and to configure SAP FICO modules accordingly.

Disclaimer: SAP and other products of SAP mentioned in the training is a trademark or registered trademark of SAP SE, Germany. I am not related or affiliated to that.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn SAP FICO configuration and implementation
  • SAP Users who want to extend their knowledge to configure SAP FICO
  • Other ERP Consultants who want to learn SAP FICO configuration and implementation

Course content

7 sections • 84 lectures

Introduction to the Course Preview 25:40

  • Introduction to the Course

Introduction to SAP - Part 01 Preview 23:04

  • Introduction to SAP ERP

    • SAP ABAP/4 Language   

    • What is SAP R/3?

    • Development view of R/3 (System Landscape/Client-Server Approach)   

    • Hardware view of R/3 (Presentation server, Application server and Database server)

    • What is a Client?   

    • What is ERP?

    • SAP Product offerings as per company-size   

    • SAP's new dimensional products/applications

    • SAP's Industry-specific solutions 

Quiz 1:

Introduction to SAP - Part 02 Preview 10:32

  • Introduction to SAP ERP

    • Benefits of SAP

    • Introduction of SAP NetWeaver

ASAP Methodology Preview 42:42

  • ASAP Methodology 

    • Different Phases to implement SAP

    • SAP Team Mapping (Functional/Technical Consultants & Business Users)   

    • Introduction of different Business Blueprint documentations

    • What is GAP Analysis?   

    • Introduction of WRICEF Elements

    • Introduction of AS-IS and TO-BE Methodology   

    • Overview of Enterprise - Organizational Structure

    • Introduction of Software Testing (UT, IT, DT, UAT, RT), HPQC and QT   

    • Introduction of Data migration and cut-over strategies

Quiz 2:

SAP GUI & SAP Navigation Preview 22:14

  • Introduction to SAP GUI

  • SAP Navigation

    • Three different ways to access transactions in SAP

    • SAP GUI options (Theme, Local Data, Font etc.)   

    • SAP system status, version and component information

  • Overview of IMG (Implementation Guide)

  • User Maintenance

  • Overview of Transport Organizer

  • Overview of existing Clients in the system 

Quiz 3:

Enterprise Structure - Part 01 (Configuration) Preview 38:34

  • Enterprise Structure in IMG (Implementation Guide)

    • Defining the Company   

    • Automatic recording of changes in the Client settings (Customizing request dialogue box)

    • Introduction and creation of Company code   

    • Change the Company code details

Quiz 4:

Enterprise Structure - Part 02 (Configuration) Preview 44:25

  • Definition

    • Introduction and creation of Business Areas

    • Introduction and creation of Consolidated Business Area   

    • Global parameters for Company code

    • Introduction of Functional Area   

    • Introduction of FM Area

    • Introduction of Credit Control Area

  • Overview of Controlling, LG, SD, MM, LE, HR in Enterprise structure

  • Assignment

    • Assignment of company code to company

    • Assignment of company code to credit control area   

    • Assignment of business area to consolidated business area

    • Hierarchy levels

Quiz 5:

Variant Principle and Currencies (Configuration) Preview 01:44:11

  • Introduction of 3-step methodology of Variant Principle

    • Three types of Variants (Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period Variant & Field Status Variant)   

  • Fiscal Year (with Shortened Fiscal Year) Variant

    • Year dependent Fiscal Year   

    • Year Independent Fiscal Year

    • Calendar Fiscal Year   

    • Non-calendar Fiscal Year

    • Introduction of Shortened Fiscal Year   

    • Introduction of Fiscal Year standard templates

    • Creation of Fiscal Year Variant (Non-calendar Fiscal Year)   

    • Introduction of Special Periods

  • Creation of Posting Period Variant

    • Define the values for Open and Close Posting Periods   

    • Assignment of Posting Period Variant to the company code

  • Introduction of Currencies (3 methods)   

    • Reference/Base Currency

    • Exchange rate spread   

    • Inversion

    • Check Exchange Rate Types (SAP NetWeaver)   

    • Introduction of 3 Types of Exchange Rate

    • M (Average exchange rate)

    • B (Bank selling rate)

    • G (Bank buying rate)

    • Introduction of inversion method (Direct and Indirect quotation)   

    • Enter Exchange Rates (SAP NetWeaver)

    • Introduction of Alternative Exchange Rate Type (EURX, EURO)   

    • Maintain Exchange Rate Spreads (SAP NetWeaver)   

  • Overview of Transport Organizer Requests

Quiz 6:

General Ledger Master Data (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:53:56

  • Chart of Accounts (General Ledger)

    • What is Master Data?

    • Introduction of Chart of Accounts (Highest level of hierarchy in GL Accounts)

    • Three types of Chart of Accounts

    • Operative or Company Code Chart of Accounts

    • Group Chart of Accounts (Consolidated Financial Statements)

    • Country Chart of Accounts

    • Introduction of Chart of Accounts Segment and Company Code Segment

    • Different transaction codes for the creation of different chart of accounts

    • Creation of Operative or Company Code Chart of Accounts

    • Assignment of chart of accounts to the company code

  • Account Groups

    • Introduction and creation of Account Groups (Assets, Liabilities, Expenses and Income)

  • Define Retained Earnings Account (P&L statement account type symbol: +)

  • Introduction of Field Status Variant and Field Status Group

    • Introduction of G/L Account Groups Field Status and its Priority Level: (Suppress, Display, Req. Entry, Opt. Entry)

    • Creation of Field Status Variant and Field Status Group

    • Introduction of how to display the transaction code through Additional information

    • Transaction code: OBC4 to change Field Status Variant

    • Assignment of field status variant to the company code

  • General Ledger Master Data - TC: FS00

    • Creation of GL Accounts (Chart of Accounts Segment and Company Code Segment)

    • External number range for the GL Accounts

    • Alternative account number

    • The concept of Open item management and Line item display

    • Creation of Reconciliation Account (Assets), Retained Earnings account (Liabilities), P&L accounts (Expense & Revenue)

    • Introduction of Sort Key for Line item display

    • Field Status Groups for Expense and Revenue accounts

  • Introduction of Chart of Account information: TC: F.10

Quiz 7:

Master Data - Customer & Vendor (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:17:05

  • Accounts Receivable/Customer Master Record

    • Introduction of 3 Segments: General data (FI), Company code segment (FI) and Sales area segment (SD)

    • Difference between Decentrally and Centrally Master data

    • Preparations for creating Customer Master data (IMG)

      • Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Customers)

      • Creation of Customer Account Group with/without One-time account

      • Overview of Screen Layout per Company code (Customers)

      • Overview of Screen Layout per Activity (Customers)

      • Overview of Change Message control for Customer master data

      • Overview of defining Industries

      • Creation of Number Ranges for Customer Accounts

        • Internal and External Number Ranges (Alpha-numeric)

        • Assignment of Number ranges to Customer account groups

    • Creation of Customer Master Data (Easy access)

      • Introduction of SAP GUI options to show keys within dropdown list

  • Accounts Payable/Vendor Master Record

    • Introduction of 3 Segments: General data (FI), Company code segment (FI) and Purchasing area segment (MM)

    • Creation Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts

      • Internal and External Number Ranges (Alpha-numeric)

      • Assignment of Number ranges to Vendor account groups

  • Creation of Vendor Master Data (Easy access)

Quiz 8:

Assignment 1:

1. Number Ranges 2. Customer / Vendor Account Group 3. Customer General data Table 4. Dual Control

Bank Master Data (Configuration & End User) Preview 13:46

  • Bank Master Data   

    • Define House Banks

    • Set Country-Specific Checks (SAP NetWeaver)   

  • Creation of Bank Master Data (Easy Access)

Quiz 9:

Document Structure & Postings (Configuration & End User) Preview 02:39:40

  • Document Control and Structure

    • Header Level and Item Level

    • Document Type (Controls the Header Level, Number Ranges and Account Types)

    • Posting Keys (Controls the Item Level, Field Status and Account Types)

  • Simple Documents in Financial Accounting

    • Creation of G/L Account Document (TC: FB50)

      • Accounting Editing Options (Doc. Type option, Display periods)

      • Introduction of Controlling Area hierarchy to fix the issue (Same chart of accounts and fiscal year variant)

        • Maintain Controlling Area

        • Assignment of Company code to the Controlling

        • Maintain Number Ranges for CO Document

      • Posting of G/L Account Document

      • Document Display with Ledger 0L, Header and Item Information (TC: FB03)    

    • Creation and Posting of G/L Account Posting (TC: F-02)

    • Enter rate INR/GBP rate type M (SAP NetWeaver)

    • Activation of components/control indicators for Controlling Area

    • Display/Change Line Items (TC: FBL3N)

    • Display G/L Account Balances (TC: FAGLB03)

  • Reference Documents

    • Account Assignment Model (TC: FKMT and TC: FB50)

  • Recurring Model with the reference of Account Assignment Model (Periodic Processing – TC: F.15)

    • Recurring Entries List (Periodic Processing – TC: F.15)

    • Recurring Entries Execute (Periodic Processing – TC: F.14)

    • Batch Input Session (TC: SM35)

  • Creation of Accounts Receivable/Customer Invoice (TC: FB70 or F-22)

    • Document Display (TC: FB03)

    • Display Currency for Document

    • Display/Change Line Items (TC: FBL5N)

    • Display Balances (TC: FD10N)

  • Creation of Accounts Payable/Vendor Invoice (TC: FB60 or F-43)

    • Document Display (TC: FB03)

    • Display Currency for Document

    • Display/Change Line Items (TC: FBL1N)

    • Display Balances (TC: FK10N)

Quiz 10:

Assignment 2:

Document Structure & Postings

Credit Memo & One-time account (End User) Preview 10:28

  • Customer/Vendor Credit Memo

    • One-time Customer/Vendor

    • Document Display

    • Display/Change Line Items

    • Display Balances

Quiz 11:

Posting Period - Posting Authorization - Layout - Screen Variant (Configuration) Preview 39:13

  • Posting Period Variant (End-User)

  • Materials Management View on Company Codes

  • Posting Authorizations

    • Definition and Assignment of Tolerance Groups to Users/Employees   

  • Customization for Line items Layout and Screen Variant for Line Item Display and Reporting

Quiz 12:

Default Values - Document Change Control (Configuration & End User) Preview 18:10

  • Posting Control

    • Default Values

      • Document Type

      • Posting Key

  • Document Changes

    • Document Change Control

Document Reversal (End User) Preview 22:32

  • Document Reversal

    • Normal Reverse Posting

    • Negative Reverse Posting 

Quiz 13:

Payment Terms - Cash Discount - Clearing (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:03:13

  • Payment Terms and Cash Discount

  • Post with Clearing – Incoming and Outgoing Payments (Cash Discount)

  • Account Clearing – Credit Memo

Quiz 14:

GL Document Posting (End User) Preview 09:02

  • GL Document Posting and Clearing

Quiz 15:

Exchange Rate Differences (Configuration & End User) Preview 34:34

  • Exchange Rate Differences

Quiz 16:

Taxes (Configuration & End User) Preview 45:42

  • Taxes (Input tax and Output tax)

Payment Differences - Tolerance Groups - Reset Cleared Items (Configuration & En Preview 31:48

  • Clearing – Payment Differences

    • Payment Differences

      • Partial Payment

      • Residual Items

  • Tolerance Groups (G/L, Customers/Vendors)

  • Reset Cleared Items  

Quiz 17:

Special GL Transactions (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:03:58

  • Special G/L transactions

    • Configuration of Special G/L Transactions

    • Down Payment Received   

    • Down Payment Made

Quiz 18:

Cash Journal (Configuration & End User) Preview 42:08

  • Cash journal (Bank Accounting)

    • Cash Journal Configuration

    • Cash Journal Transaction  

Holding and Parking Documents (End User) Preview 21:58

  • Parking and Holding Documents

    • Basics of Document Parking Versus Hold Document

    • Parking Documents and Processing Parked Document  

Quiz 19:

Validations and Substitutions (Configuration & End User) Preview 44:51

  • Validations and Substitutions

Quiz 20:

Automatic Payment Program (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:27:15

  • Automatic Payment Program (APP)

    • Payment Run – Overview

    • Payment Program Configuration   

    • Running the Payment Program

    • Edit the Payment Proposal   

    • Debit Balance Check

Quiz 21:

Automatic Dunning Program (Configuration & End User) Preview 44:43

  • Automatic Dunning Program

    • Dunning Run - Overview   

    • Dunning Program Configuration

    • The Dunning Run   

    • Edit the Dunning Proposals

    • Printing Dunning Notices 

Quiz 22:

Correspondence (Configuration & End User) Preview 38:50

  • Correspondence

    • Correspondence – Overview

    • Correspondence Types  

Quiz 23:

Financial Statement Version (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:06:28

  • Standard Reports in General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statement

  • Financial Statement Version

Quiz 24:

Introduction to Controlling (Configuration & End User) Preview 02:01:27

  • Introduction to Controlling

    • Integration between FI and CO

    • Cost Element Accounting   

      • Primary Cost Elements and Secondary Cost Elements

    • Cost Centre Accounting 

      • Creation of Cost Centres

    • Profit Centre Accounting

      • Creation of Profit Centres

Quiz 25:

Actual & Plan Data (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:22:51

  • Actual/Plan Data

    • Cost Elements/Activity Input Planning (Primary Cost Element)

    • Activity Type/Price Planning (Activity Type/Secondary Cost Element)   

    • Actual Flow of data from FI / Variance

  • Cost Centre Reports/Profit Centre Reports

Quiz 26:

Distribution and Assessment (Configuration & End User) Preview 58:57

  • Distribution and Assessment (Month-End Closing / Year-End Closing) 

Quiz 27:

Internal Order (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:18:18

  • Internal Order

Quiz 28:

Asset Accounting (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:45:03

  • Organizational Structures

    • Chart of Depreciation

    • Account determination   

    • Screen Layout rules

    • Number ranges   

    • Asset Classes

    • Integration with the General Ledger   

    • Assign G/L Accounts

Quiz 29:

Asset Depreciation (Configuration & End User) Preview 46:05

  • Depreciation

    • Valuation Methods – Depreciation Keys

    • Valuation – Depreciation Areas   

    • Determination of Depreciation Areas

    • Master Data (Configuration)

    • Screen Layout for Master data and Depreciation Areas

Quiz 30:

Transaction types and Form for History Sheet (Configuration & End User) Preview 09:02

  • Transactions and Information System

  • Transaction types to Depreciation Areas

  • Define or Assign Forms (History Sheet) 

Segments for Profit Centers (Configuration & End User) Preview 23:53

  • Cost Centres/Profit Centres for Assets

Asset Master Data & Postings (End User) Preview 01:24:15

  • Master Data and Postings

    • Asset Master Records

    • Asset Acquisition 

Quiz 31:

Asset Postings & Closing (End User) Preview 01:25:40

  • Asset Retirement

  • Assets under Construction (AuC)

  • Intracompany/Intercompany Asset Transfer   

  • Miscellaneous Posting (Add the Acquisition Value)

  • Periodic Processing   

    • Depreciation Posting

    • Fiscal Year Change   

    • Year-End Closing (Asset Accounting)

  • Information System

  • Report Selection  

  • Year - end Closing (Foreign Currency Valuation, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger)

Quiz 32:

New General Ledger (Configuration & End User) Preview 01:48:12

  • New General Ledger

    • Introduction

    • Ledger Definition   

    • Document Splitting

    • Segment Reporting   

    • Periodic Processing and Information System (New)

Quiz 33:

Cross Company Code Transactions (Configuration & End User) Preview 37:21

  • Cross-Company Code Transactions 

Quiz 34:

Integration of CO with FI - New GL (Configuration & End User) Preview 15:20

  • Integration of CO with FI (New GL)

Quiz 35:

Integration of FI with MM and SD Preview 01:10:25

  • Integration of FI with MM and SD 

Quiz 36:

SAP Data Migration Preview 02:04:38

  • SAP Data Migration through LSMW

Quiz 37:

Bonus Lecture - SAP S/4HANA Finance Training & Additional Information Preview 09:23