SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01 (Define Task Group)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   ⤷ EC-CS (Application Component) Consolidation
     ⤷ FC00 (Package) Cons: General consolidation (cannot be assign.to FC01-FC09)
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01 Define Task Group  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87003143   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01   Define task group 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01   Define task group 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01    

In this step, you define the task group for the consolidation monitor. In each task group, you assign the tasks to be executed in the consolidation monitor.

You can divide the task groups into:

Global task group

This is a task group which you assign to the dimension. You assign all

tasks, which you need for the consolidation process in total, to this

global task group.

Consolidation group dependent task group

This is a task group, whose tasks represent a partial quantity of the global task groups. You assign this task group to one or more consolidation groups. When you enter the consolidation group in the

global parameters while executing the consolidation, then the

consolidation monitor only shows the tasks of the consolidation group

dependent task group.

While defining consolidation group dependent task groups you must

observe the following criteria:

The first task of the consolidation group dependent task group must

match the first task of the global task group.

There must not be any gaps in the consolidation group dependent task

group: the preceding task must be included for every task.

In general, all assigned tasks must also be executed for each of the consolidation groups. The exceptions to this are the tasks for manual postings and the preparation for consolidation group changes. You can manually block these tasks without them being executed.

Example

You might define a task group for the consolidation monitor with the following tasks:

INTER UNIT    Task for interunit eliminations

CONS INV     Task for consolidation of investments

CONS VALID    Task for validating consolidated data

Requirements

You must define each task before it can be assigned to a task group. The following sections describe how to define tasks in the various customizing contexts. From there you can link back to this section.

Recommendation

Once you start the consolidation process for a period, you should no longer modify the task group involved. Therefore, ensure that the task group contains all of the required tasks before starting the consolidation process.

Standard settings

The standard SAP system includes several task groups for the consolidation monitor which can be used for various consolidation scenarios.

Activities

  1. Check the predefined task groups and create one if necessary.
  2. Assign the tasks to a task group. Determine each task's attributes for its treatment in the monitor:
    1. Determine whether the task is to be automatically blocked after an error-free execution.
    2. Determine whether the system should be a milestone. This means that the system stops before this measure with a successive execution (run successive tasks). In this way you get back the control over the execution. For example it can make sense to specify measures for manual posting as milestones.
      3. Nevertheless when you specify milestones you can choose a successive task run where the system does not stop before the milestone (run successive tasks without stopping). Instead the system closes the milestone-task and goes on to the next task.
    3. If you have tasks with the same sequence level, determine their order in the monitor (see also step 3).
  3. Determine each task's preceding task (predecessor).

    The following logic applies to the entire sequence of tasks:

    1. Status management ensures a mandatory sequence of internal blocks of tasks. The 'data monitor tasks' are allocated to blocks 1 through 7, and the 'consolidation monitor tasks' are allocated to blocks 8 and 9. The mandatory sequence is dictated by the internal block numbers. Within each block, however, you can execute the tasks in any sequence.
      2. The internal blocks 8 and 9 of the consolidation monitor are listed with their allocated tasks: Block    Task
      8    Manual posting
      8    Interunit elimination
      8    Elimination of interunit profit/loss in transferred inventory
      8    Consolidation of investments
      8    Reclassification
      8    Preparations for consolidation group changes
      9    Validation of consolidated values
      9    Rollup into consolidation groups
      Furthermore, status management lets you execute custom tasks at any point in time. In other words, you can insert custom tasks into any block.
      Notes
      You can include in the task group the tasks which you require for your consolidation process.
      A task group can contain a task more than once, with the exception of 'validation of consolidated values' and 'rollups'. For example, the task group for consolidation of investments might contain the same task more than once, each of which performs a different activity or uses a different accounting technique.
      You can also differentiate the same types of tasks by the assignment of different document types.
    2. For business or organizational reasons it might also be necessary to determine a sequence within a single block. To do this, you can assign a predecessor task to a task. Then you can only execute the task if its predecessor has been blocked.
      3. In order to insert custom tasks into the task group you ensure that the task is correctly arranged among the other tasks by defining preceding tasks and, if needed, by specifying a number (see sub-step 2). (If you specify a number, you should assign a number for all tasks, taking into account the other conditions affecting the sequence.)
    3. In sub-step 2 of this step you can determine the sequence of the remaining same-level tasks within a block in the monitor. If the system finds two or more same-level tasks within a block, the monitor displays the tasks from left to right in ascending order by task number.
    4. However, this sequence does not mean that the same-level tasks need to be executed in this order. They can still be executed in any order.

Further notes

A list of the master data of the defined task groups can be displayed and printed by choosing Print and entering the selection criteria for the list. The list is generated using the ABAP List Viewer. You can use the functions of the ABAP List Viewer to set filters or to individualize the data columns (see also the documentation for the ABAP List Viewer in the SAP Library).

This list and print function is also available for tasks (in the respective IMG steps for defining the tasks).

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUCX01_CM01 0 HLA0100227 Monitor 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VC_TF530 C - View cluster CXE0 0000000002 Task Groups 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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