SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUCX01_KA06 (Define Methods)
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_KA06 Define Methods  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87003125   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUCX01_KA06 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUCX01_KA06   Define methods 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUCX01_KA06   Define methods 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUCX01_KA06    

In the methods for interunit (IU) elimination, you specify how elimination will be performed.

  • You determine which item sets are eliminated against each other.
  • You determine which items are to be posted with any differences arising from elimination.
  • You can also choose additional control options for each elimination. However, this is only necessary if your elimination deviates from the basic techniques.

The methods are not dependent on the consolidation chart of accounts. However, the item set/method assignments are dependent on the cons chart that is set in the global parameters during method definition. If you look at the method definition later on, you see the item sets assigned to the current cons chart of accounts.

Example

You might want to use the following methods for interunit elimination:

  • A method for the elimination of IU receivables and payables, in which the A/R and A/P items of different consolidation units are eliminated against each other.
  • A method for the elimination of IU revenue and expense, in which the revenue and expense items of different consolidation units are eliminated against each other.

    For the sake of simplicity, you could perform the elimination of IU revenue and expense on the basis of the income disclosed. However, this is method assumes that the revenue and expenditure amounts match exactly.

  • A method for elimination of IU investment income, which eliminates the investment income items of the upper units against the distribution items of the investee units.

Standard settings

The standard SAP system contains predefined methods for the elimination of IU payables and receivables, revenue and expense, and investment income. The IDs of the methods can be defined as needed. The methods delivered by SAP use the following ID logic:

  • Digits 1 and 2 of the ID are "01".

    The methods are not cons chart-dependent; thus, '01' does not stand for the cons chart of accounts. As a result, these two digits can be modified as needed.

  • Digits 3 and 4 of the ID represent the document type of the method, that is, the document type for the elimination of payables and receivables, of revenue and expense, or investment income.

    All methods that share the same document type differ from each other in their control options.

Example: 01211 Elimination of IU Payables and Receivables

The assignment of the item set is cons chart-dependent. When you display a method definition, you always see those item sets that belong to the cons chart specified in the global parameters.
The IDs of the item sets delivered by SAP use the following logic:

  • Digits 1 and 2 are "CS".
  • Digits 3 and 4 represent the cons chart of accounts to which the set is assigned.
  • After a hyphen, there are 4 more digits that indicate the set contents. These digits contain an extract of the item numbers within the set.

Example: CS01-1300 Receivables (from affiliates)

Activities

Maintain the methods for IU elimination. Proceed according to the hierarchy sequence:

  1. Methods for IU elimination
  2. FS item sets
  3. Further control options (if needed)

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional 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_KA06 0 HLA0100231 Interunit Elimination 
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_TF550_1 C - View cluster CXE7 0000000001 Methods for Interunit Elimination 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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