Espresso Tutorials Schnelleinstieg in SAP Margin Analysis (CO-PA) in SAP S/4HANA

With SAP S/4HANA, the further development of calculative and accounting result reporting has been initiated. SAP Margin Analysis, as the successor to the classic CO-PA, enables reporting by market segments and a cost of sales method in the general ledger (Universal Journal). In this book, users and key users from controlling, as well as SAP project participants from the S/4HANA environment, will learn how to represent processes and functions from the previously familiar result reporting in SAP Margin Analysis. After an overview of the innovations in S/4HANA result reporting, you will delve into Predictive Accounting and extension ledgers. You will become familiar with the Fiori apps related to customer order intake, but you will also learn where you might encounter limitations of margin analysis. In terms of value flows, the focus will also be on the process logics of margin analysis: the new allocation of cost of sales, adjustments in variance determination, universal allocation with overheads and top-down distributions, as well as attributed accounting. Finally, the author describes the possibilities that arise from Margin Analysis for reporting with SAP S/4HANA. Current functionalities of SAP Margin Analysis. Structure of result reporting based on practical examples. Process logic in SAP Margin Analysis. Setup and use of extension ledgers.