[Nami]

Hi all,

I’m new to SAP system. What is the implication on changing exising”business area” where many cost centers are already tagged.

I understand that it will impact to external reporting. Any significant area that i should be aware of especially all charges under exisiting centers are related to people Salary e.g. SOX / audit / stweardship implication ?

Thank a lot

Illinois CPA 02/15

[Jazzy87]

I work with a different system (Deltek) but they are similar in nature. What exactly are you changing, are you adding to the cost center? Adding a project/org? It can have a wide range of effects depending on how your system is set up. If you have employees charging time in the system, that can be a major impact. Billing (A/R) can be a major impact. If you don't have the proper account/project/org links set up then that can effect internal and external reporting. So it kind of depends what you are trying to do….

[Nami]

hi thanks a lot

Yes, currently, there are a lot of bill in and out via existing cost centers under old business area. They act as a pass through RU

I plan to create new cost centers to tag with new profit center in another different business area and notify the user to use new cost centers.

there are many functions and a large volume of data, mainly from payroll. Currently balances are zerorize in existing cost centers (pass through )since the charges were bill out to another RU. Appreciate your advice. Thanks again

Illinois CPA 02/15

[Jazzy87]

RU=reporting unit? Are you dealing with inter-company transactions?

If it's a lot of data and you are dealing with multiple reporting units and you're new to the system, I would highly advise talking to an SAP consultant. You can mess up A LOT if it's not done properly even down to doing things in the proper order (huge timing aspect). Usually there are so many funny areas to the systems, that we don't think about (especially if we aren't familiar) and if you don't update the right piece it can mess up a whole slew of things. With payroll i'm sure each employee belongs to a certain cost center and reporting unit (depending on how the company is set up and how they account for the employees) so I presume each employee has to be changed manually in their master file; which can be time consuming if you have a lot of employees and a small payroll staff. Just one small example of what needs to be looked at. I have been through multiple implementations, and missing the smallest things can cause a huge mess.

Good luck! Hope everything goes well.

[Nami]

Yes, i’m dealing with impat/expat payroll which are billed in and charge out to another reporting unit

This seems to be complicated. Thanks

Illinois CPA 02/15

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