Preface About This Book Acknowledgments Introduction Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer Benefits of SAP S/4HANA Finance Functional Changes with SAP S/4HANA Finance System Architecture with SAP S/4HANA Finance Migration to SAP S/4HANA Finance Summary Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Finance Preparation Check Functional Scope and Restrictions Feasibility Checklist The Maintenance Planner and Prechecks Check Custom Coding Check Sizing Precheck for Migration to New Asset Accounting Activate Business Functions Check and Activate New Depreciation Calculation Consistency Checks Perform Period-End Closing Activities Consistency Check before Activation of SAP S/4HANA Finance Execute Business Reconciliation Summary Installation and Upgrade Installation and Upgrade Checklist Review Data Model Changes Use the Maintenance Planner Install the Related Software Component Version Apply SAP Notes Content Deployment with SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management Perform HANA-tization Optimization Summary Preparation and Migration for General Ledger Activate SAP Reference Implementation Guide for Financial Accounting (New) Check and Adopt Fiscal Year Variants Define Currency Settings for Migration Migrate General Ledger Customizing Define Settings for Ledgers and Currency Types Define Ledger Groups Assign the Accounting Principle to the Ledger Group Review the Assignment of Ledger and Company Code to Accounting Principles Define the Ledger for the Controlling Version Define Document Types for Postings in Controlling Define Document Type Mapping for Controlling Business Transactions Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling Define the Offsetting Account Determination Type Define the Source Ledger for Migration of Balances Check and Define Settings for Substitution for Cost-of-Sales Accounting Check and Define Settings of Controlling Area Execute Consistency Check of General Ledger Settings Activate Business Functions Key Changes to the General Ledger Key Changes to Period-End Closing Summary Preparation and Migration for Asset Accounting Prerequisites Install SAP S/4HANA Finance with New Asset Accounting Migrate Charts of Depreciation Customization Prior to Activation Check Prerequisites for Activating New Asset Accounting Determine Active Charts of Depreciation Change Definitions of Depreciation Areas Specify Transfer of Acquisition and Production Cost Values Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms Activate New Asset Accounting Adjust Parameters in Charts of Depreciation Display Migration Log Key Changes to Asset Accounting Summary Preparation and Migration for Controlling Execute SAP Business Warehouse Delta Extraction for Account-Based Profitability Analysis Adapt Settings for Profitability Segment Characteristics Maintain the Operating Concern Activate Account-Based Profitability Analysis Transport Operating Concern Preparations and Migration for Material Ledger Key Changes to Controlling Key Changes to Profitability Analysis Key Changes to Cost Center and Profit Center Accounting Summary Preparation and Migration for House Bank Accounts Define Number Ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs Define Number Ranges for Change Requests Define Settings for Bank Account Master Data Summary Data Migration Partitioning of the Universal Journal Entry Line Items Table Regenerate CDS Views and Field Mapping Analyze Transactional Data Display Status of Analysis of Transactional Data Start and Monitor Data Migration Migration of Cost Elements Technical Check of Transaction Data Material Ledger Migration Enrichment of Data Migration of Line Items into New Data Structure Migration of Balances Calculation of Depreciation and Totals Values Migrate General Ledger Allocations Migrate House Bank Accounts Credit Management Migration Complete the Migration Migration with Near-Zero Downtime Summary Postmigration Activities Run Reconciliation Reports to Check Data Consistency Validate Business Process to Ensure Successful Migration Transfer Application Indexes Display Status of Application Indexes Transfer Fill Due Dates in FI Documents Display Status of Filling Due Dates in Financial Documents Fill the Offsetting Account in Financial Documents Display Status of Filling Offsetting Account in Financial Documents Enrichment of Balance Carryforward Manual Activities for Credit Management Deactivate Reconciliation Ledger Summary Postmigration Testing Test SAP HANA-Optimized Report Transactions Test Multidimensional Reporting Capability Test Database Footprint Reduction Test Intercompany Reconciliation Test the New Process Redesign Test Closing Improvement Test the Universal Journal Execute Change Management Summary Setting Up New Financials Functionality SAP Cash Management Validate Prerequisites Set Up Bank Account Master Data Define the Payment Approval Process Enable SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management Create Cash Pools for Cash Concentration Manage Cash Operations Load Data to One Exposure from Operations Set Up Cash Management Transaction Data Set Up SAP Liquidity Management Set Up Liquidity Planning Key System Changes Summary SAP BPC for SAP S/4HANA Finance Planning Overview and Activation Architecture Authorizations Activate Embedded SAP Business Warehouse Activate the SAP BusinessObjects BI Content Bundle Test the SAP Business Warehouse Installation Activate Services and Test Planning Applications Planning Modeler SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office Key System Changes Summary SAP Fiori Applications SAP Fiori Project Phases Architecture Configure SAP Fiori Install SAP Fiori Apps SAP Fiori Launchpad SAP Fiori Application and Roles SAP Smart Business Application and Roles Summary Appendices Central Finance Project Plan for SAP S/4HANA Finance Migration The Author.