Using SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Contract Accounting Manager

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to use SAP Fiori analytical apps for the Contract Accounting manager

SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Contract Accounting

SAP Fiori analytical apps for the contract accounting manager:

  • Provide a total overview of the overdue items, as overdue items are a potential lack of revenue – the longer an item is (over)due, the smaller the chance of it being cleared.
  • Provide a total overview of the open credits in the system – there might be the need to clear or refund them.
  • Provide an overview of the different ways in which the receivables in the system have been cleared.
  • Provide an overview of all returns.
  • Provide an overview of write offs.
  • Provide an overview of payment processes in general and in this context receivables that caused exceptions during a payment run.
  • Are available for the business role Contract Accounting Manager.
This is, how the tile group of the SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Contract Accounting Manager looks like.

The contract accounting manager needs analytical apps to support in daily business. There's an overview, for example, about overdue items, of exceptions that happen in dunning and payment run, or analyze locks, which are maintained in contract account processes.

Screenshot of the SAP Fiori app Analyze Overdue Items.

With the Analyze Overdue Items app, you can follow the number of overdue items that are overdue in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) or the total value of those overdue items. You can total or filter the amount and number of overdue items by various criteria. It's possible to display the total number of open items within a period, or, for example, filter the amount and number of overdue items by company code, contract account category, segment, business area, main transaction, net due date, dunning procedure, and collection strategy, among others. Furthermore, you can display additional information for selected business partners from the list of business partners, as, for example, the business partner financial overview.

Screenshot of the SAP Fiori app Clearing Reason.

The Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager (FI-CA) needs to have an overview of the different ways in which the receivables in the system have been cleared. Within the Analyze Clearing Reasons app, you can follow the clearing reason of receivables of a certain time frame to check what has already been cleared and how, as well as information about the open amount of the analyzed receivables.

It's also possible to display the total amount of receivables presented in a chart as predefined groups of clearing reasons. You can further filter the receivables, for example, by company code, contract account type, payment method, lock reason, start date, end date, or duration using the tile.

Analyze Overdue Items and Dunning Volume

Business Example:

You are a manager and need an overview of the current financial situation of your company.

You have to use SAP Fiori analytical apps to provide this kind of information.

Note

We recommend, to perform all exercises within one week in the correct sequence. If this is not possible, you should use the recordings instead.

Note

You must assign the business roles from the following table to your user. For more information about roles assignment, see the System Setup Guide.

Business Roles

Business RoleBusiness Role ID
Z_S4C_GENERIC_ROLESAP S/4HANA Cloud Generic Role
BR_APR_ACCOUNTANT_FICAContract Accounting Accountant
BR_APR_MANAGER_FICAContract Accounting Manager
BR_COLL_SPECIALIST_FICAContract Accounting Collections Specialist
BR_CONF_EXPERT_APR_FICAContract Accounting Configuration Expert
BR_ADMIN_APR_FICAContract Accounting Administrator
BR_RECONC_SPEC_APR_FICAContract Accounting Reconciliation Specialst
BR_INVOICING_ADMIN_CINVConvergent Invoicing Administrator
BR_INVOICING_SPEC_CINVConvergent Invoicing Specialist

Note

Whenever ### is used, replace it with your group number.

Note

This exercise is based on the results from exercises:
  • Execute Invoicing and check the Document.
  • Create a Billing Request for Invoice Correction.
  • Post a Contract Accounting Document.
  • Execute the Payment Run.
  • Execute the Dunning Run.
  • Create an Installment Plan.

Exercise Options

To perform this exercise, you have two options:

  1. Watch the simulation: to start the simulation, choose Start Exercise in the figure below.
  2. Perform the steps, as described below.

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