You have just completed the corporate close. Now you need to prepare for next year. You'll run balance carryforward to populate the balance sheet opening balances and other selected FS items into period 1 of the next year.
Running Balance Carryforward for the New Year
Objective
After completing this lesson, you will be able to run balance carryforward for the new year
Consolidation Process: Run Balance Carryforward
Run Balance Carryforward
Balance carryforward is run in the data monitor for the first period of the new year.
To run the Balance Carrryforward task, follow these steps:
- Set your global parameters to period 1 of the new year.
- Run the Bal. Cfwd task.
- View the log.
The log only displays FS items where the source FS item isn’t the same as the target FS item. For example:
- 317000 - Retained Earnings Current-year in the prior year is the source.
- 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year in the current year is the target.
In the following image, the 317000 - Retained Earnings Current-year FS Item for 2025 is carried forward to 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year in 2026.
In the following 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year and subitem rollups example, the 2025 value for 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year resides on the 915 variation transaction type as part of a start-up scenario data. Normally, 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year will only have values for the opening balance.
In the 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year and subitem rollups figure:
- FS item 311000 Issued Capital was carried forward to the same FS item for the local currency and group currency amounts.
- FS item 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year for 2026 = 316000 - Retained Earnings Prior-year for 2025 + FS item 317000 - Retained Earnings Current-year for 2025.
Consolidation Process Completed
You have successfully performed the corporate close with SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Group Reporting. Congratulation Anthony!
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Run Balance Carryforward and Report on the Results
Business Scenario
To prepare for a new year, the prior-year balances are rolled over into the new-year opening balances.
What skills will you develop in this practice exercise?
- Set your global parameters to 2023 January
- Run the balance carryforward task
- Report on the data that has been carried forward