Hierarchy
SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN⤷
EC-CS (Application Component) Consolidation⤷
FC00_UC (Package) Cons: General consolidation (cannot be assign.to FC01-FC09)
Basic Data
| Data Element | FC_REF_PERID |
| Short Description | Reference period |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | FC_REF_PERID | |
| Data Type | NUMC | Character string with only digits |
| Length | 3 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 3 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Ref.period |
| Medium | 15 | Refer. period |
| Long | 20 | Reference period |
| Heading | 4 | RPer |
Documentation
Definition
The reference period in a report is the period for which the system determines the composition of consolidation units a given consolidation group has for a certain date when the transaction data is selected. If the organizational units (consolidation unit, partner unit or investee unit) have version and date sensitive attributes, the reference period also determines the period for the attributes of an organizational unit.
In addition to the reference period, a "regular" period can also be specified. The characteristic "period" determines the period to be used to read the transaction data, whereas the reference period determines the period to be used to read the consolidation group hierarchy and the attributes. The consolidation group hierarchy and the attributes are the basis for interpreting the transaction data.
If no reference period is specified, then the characteristic "period" is used for the hierarchy breakdown and the attribute determination. If the period is specified in a cell (or entire row or column) of the report, then the highest period specified is used as the reference period. If the period is not specified in a cell, then the value "16" is used for the reference period.
The reference period may be used in a report only if the consolidation group, the totals consolidation group or a version- and date-sensitive attribute exists. If the reference period is not defined in the general selection condition in a form definition, but instead is defined in the cell definition, then the reference period must be specified in all cells.
Characteristics related to the reference period are the reference version and the reference fiscal year.
Example
Period Comparison: Temporal Restatement via Reporting
You define a form with a coordinate, in which you specify a single value in the general selections for each of the following parameters: Dimension, Totals Consolidation Group, Consolidation Version, Fiscal Year, and Reference Period. You define two columns which use the same key figure. In the first column you specify the period range of "0 - 12", in the second column you specify a different range of periods: "0 - 6". The report then shows in both columns the transaction data (year-to-date values) for both semi-years; however, the report uses the reference period as the basis for the composition of the consolidation group. If you specify as the reference period the ending period of the first column ("12"), then the data of the second column is "re-interpreted" by the report. This means that the data of the second column is selected for the period range "0-6". But the composition of the consolidation group is based on period "12". Thus, the report is able to show a breakdown by the characteristic consolidation group using a hierarchy for the specified fiscal year and period "12".
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990520 |
| SAP Release Created in |
