... Introduction ... 11

... Target Group ... 11

... Objective and Content ... 11

... Acknowledgments ... 13

1 ... Introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 15

1.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Finance: History and Development ... 15

1.2 ... What Is SAP S/4HANA? ... 18

1.3 ... Advantages of SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 30

1.4 ... Changes for Profitability Analysis ... 32

1.5 ... Conclusion ... 33

2 ... Overview of Profitability Analysis ... 35

2.1 ... Introduction ... 35

2.2 ... Costing-Based Profitability Analysis ... 37

2.3 ... Account-Based Profitability Analysis ... 43

2.4 ... Comparing Account-Based and Costing-Based Profitability Analysis ... 47

2.5 ... Conclusion ... 50

3 ... Basic Settings ... 51

3.1 ... Creating the Operating Concern ... 51

3.2 ... Currencies ... 64

3.3 ... Number Ranges ... 69

3.4 ... Versions ... 74

3.5 ... Characteristics ... 76

3.6 ... Value Fields ... 107

3.7 ... Quantity Fields ... 114

3.8 ... Transporting the Operating Concern ... 119

3.9 ... Summary ... 122

4 ... Actual Value Flow ... 123

4.1 ... Introduction ... 123

4.2 ... Sales Order Stock ... 125

4.3 ... Billing Data Transfer ... 135

4.4 ... Costs of Goods Manufactured in Profitability Analysis ... 153

4.5 ... Splitting the Cost of Goods Sold ... 163

4.6 ... Variance Calculation ... 167

4.7 ... Order Settlement ... 189

4.8 ... Cost Center Assessment ... 200

4.9 ... Direct Account Assignment ... 221

4.10 ... Summary ... 226

5 ... Enriching Data ... 227

5.1 ... Enriching Data: Characteristics ... 227

5.2 ... Transferring Costings to Profitability Analysis ... 252

5.3 ... Summary ... 268

6 ... Planning in Profitability Analysis in SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 269

6.1 ... Changes for Planning with SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 269

6.2 ... Planning in Costing-Based Profitability Analysis ... 271

6.3 ... Summary ... 284

7 ... Reporting in Profitability Analysis in SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 285

7.1 ... Changes for Reporting with SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 285

7.2 ... Reporting in Costing-Based Profitability Analysis ... 293

7.3 ... Summary ... 303

8 ... Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 305

8.1 ... Migration Scenarios ... 306

8.2 ... Preparing the Migration ... 307

8.3 ... Migration Process ... 308

8.4 ... Central Finance ... 311

8.5 ... Summary ... 313

9 ... Outlook ... 315

9.1 ... Multicurrency Concept (SAP S/4HANA Finance 1605) ... 316

9.2 ... SAP Fiori 2.0 ... 317

9.3 ... Accelerated Closings ... 318

9.4 ... Statistical Conditions ... 318

9.5 ... Sales Order Stock ... 318

9.6 ... Realignments ... 319

9.7 ... Migrating Profitability Analysis ... 319

... Appendices ... 321

A ... Changes to the Data Model ... 323

B ... Additional Sources of Information ... 325

C ... The Author ... 327

... Index ... 329