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New GL Migration Service

SAP AG

Purpose and Benefits of New GL Migration ServiceDetails New GL Migration ServiceAvailability of New GL Migration ServiceWhere to find further information

? SAP AG 2006, Title / First Name Last Name / 4

Purpose of New GL Migration Service

New General Ledger offers quite a number of new reporting functionalities

Numerous business source and target scenarios for migration from Classic to NewGeneral Ledger

Unique / individual customer situation

Experience showed that the various source and target scenarios require additionalmeasures regarding safety of migration project

Accounting is sensitive area (various accounting principles), therefore dataintegrity is essential

The migration performs fundamental changes on the database

To achieve a high degree of safety in the migration projects,SAP decided to accompany the migration in the form of a required service

Provide scenario-based migration functionality and guidancecombined with service sessions to check data consistency


Content of New GL Migration Service

Scenario-based New GL Migration Cockpit? Step-by-step guidance through the migration via process tree and monitor? Status administration with logs

Remote Service Sessions? Service session to assure right migration approach? Service session including technical validation and plausibility checks in

migrated test data

Development Support? On call 24h/day development support at production weekend? Development support for test migrations during working hours

Complete migration service offered at fixed price


Benefits for the Customer

Reduced complexity of migration due to scenario-based functionality and guidance

Efficient and targeted data migrationEasier to handle

Safe data migration and quality assurance ofmigration project via service sessions

Lower risk of migration project

Additional assistance by competent and experiencedSAP experts in New GL Migration Back Office

Knowledge Base / Knowledge Ware

Lower cost of data migration through standardized andhigh quality migration procedure

Overall cost of the New GL implementation project will be reduced

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Timeline

Schedule for the implementation of New GL

? Complete Upgrade from R/3 to mySAP ERP

? New GL Implementation Project Blueprint of New GL (determination of business requirements) Customizing and implementation of New GL Customizing of Migration Migration Execution

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Separate projects for ERP Upgrade and New GL implementation

Project Timeline ERP Upgrade and New GL Implementation

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New GL Migration Principles

Migration principles? Date of migration is at the beginning of a fiscal year (current or future)? Year-end closing of old fiscal year must be completed prior to migration

and activation of New GL? After successful data migration, New GL will be activated

Old Fiscal Year

Date of migration =

Fiscal Year Change Date of activation

New Fiscal Year

Run New GLRun Classic GL

Close fiscal year

Run Classic GL

Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2


New G/L Migration Project Steps

Old Fiscal Year

Date of migration =

Fiscal Year Change Date of activationNew Fiscal Year


Close old fiscal year

Run Classic GL


New GL is live? De-activation of classic

general ledger aftertransitional period? Blueprint of NewGL

? Customizing of NewGL? Planning and conception of

migration

Planning &Configuration

Migration Testing? Customizing of Migration? Testing and Validation of New GLand migrated test system

Go Live? Perform migration of productionsystem? Activation of New General Ledgerafter successful migration


How does the New GL Migration Service Support the Project?

Old Fiscal Year

Date of migration =

Fiscal Year Change Date of activationNew Fiscal Year


Close old fiscal yearRun Classic GL


? Validation of migration scenarioand system analysis (ServiceSession 1)

? Scenario-based New GLMigration Cockpit

? Development Support

? Scenario-based New GL MigrationCockpit

? Consistency checks against targetcustomizing of New GL (ServiceSession 2)

? Technical plausibility checks inmigrated test data (Service Session 2)


New GL Migration Service provides:

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1st Service Session: Scenario Validation

Data checks are carried out in ERP productionor recent test system

General data checks? Required Support Package Level? New GL inactive at client and company code level? Currencies (number and consistencies)? Controlling Areas, e.g. when segmentation is to be implemented)? .

Financial Accounting data checks? Transaction data records in GLT0, GLFUNCT, GLT3 and others? Balance sheet adjustment (SAPF180)? Documents and line items (document types, required accounts)? .

Service session to assure right migration approach


2nd Service Session: Test Validation

Data checks in test system after test migration

General data checks? Required Support Package Level? System Landscape (productive systems, productive clients)? Check components in use (e.g. FI-CA)? ..

Other checks? Application and scenario-specific checks, e.g. check if periodic

postings in Asset Accounting are conform with migration scenario? Analysis of migration job logs and control tables, e.g. manual

changes of status by customer ..? .

Make sure that the test migration was consistent from atechnial point of view


New GL Migration Cockpit

contains a process tree (left-hand side) and a monitor (right-hand side) provides you with scenario-based guidance through the migration

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New GL Migration Cockpit: Step-by-step Guidance

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Scenarios Supported by New GL Migration Service (1)

Scenario 1: Merge of FI ledger? Merging of classic GL ledger, consolidation preparation ledger and

cost-of-sales ledger

? Benefits Reduced data redundancy Reduced effort for period end closing Harmonized reporting

Scenario 2: Merge of FI, PCA and/or SL ledger? Scenario 1 and additional merging of Profit Center Accounting and

Special Ledger

? Benefits Replacement of Special Ledger Accounting by NewGL Enhanced auditability Better integrated reporting



Scenario 3: Scenario 2 + Document split (e.g. for profitcenter, segment or business area reporting)

? Document split allows balance sheet on additional dimensions such asprofit center, segments

? Benefit Flexible reporting on entities other than company code

Scenario 4: Scenario 2 + Change to ledger solution forparallel accounting

? Switch from parallel accounting by parallel accounts to parallel ledger

? Benefit more transparent chart of accounts, reporting, auditability



Scenario 5: Scenario 3 + Change to ledger solution forparallel accounting )

? See descriptions of scenarios 2,3,4

Any scenarios that differ from the above standardscenarios are migrated project-by-project based onscenario 5


Planned Availability New GL Migration Service on ERP 2004

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End of Q2 2007Mid Q2 2007January2007

General availabilityscenarios 1-3

and Service Session 1

Scenarios 1-3and Service Session 1

ready for piloting

First shipmentscenarios 1-3,

Service Session 1 andService Session 2

End of April2007

General availabilityscenarios 1-3,



Planned Availability New GL Migration Service ERP 2005

TimeTime

End of Q2 2007Mid Q2 2007End of January2007

Scenarios 1-3and Service Session 1

First shipmentscenarios 1-5,


General availabilityscenarios 1-5,



Training courses about New GL and Migration to New GL

New GL and migration to New GL is covered in greaterdepth in the following SAP training courses:

? AC210: New General Ledger Accounting

? AC212: Migration to New General Ledger Accounting Pre-version covering the first three scenarios planned for end of Q1 2007 Full version covering five scenarios planned for second half of 2007

Please refer to the SAP Education Service to find out when thesecourses are being held in your region. You also find this informationat www.service.sap.com/trainingcatalog


You will find further information about the New GL MigrationService? On the SAP Service Market Place under the following link:

http://service.sap.com/GLMIG See also Migration Guide on this page

? In OSS note no. 812919 (and related ones)

If you have further questions or want to order the service, please send anemail to [email protected]

You will find further information about the New GeneralLedger in mySAP ERP:? On the SAP Service Market Place under the following link:

http://service.sap.com/gl

Further Informationen on New GL and New GL Migration Service


Additional SAP Consulting offering:? NewGL implementation consulting (please contact your local subsidiary)? Review of New GL blueprint and project plan (please contact your local

subsidiary)? Chart of account conversion (System Landscape Optimization service,

http://service.sap.com/slo)? Depreciation area change (System Landscape Optimization service,

http://service.sap.com/slo)? Fiscal year change (System Landscape Optimization service,

http://service.sap.com/slo)

Additional SAP Solution Support offering? SAP Safeguarding program: to ensure technical robustness of your

solution (http://service.sap.com/safeguarding)? SAP Solution Management Optimization Services: to keep your SAP

solution running optimally (http://service.sap.com/smo)

Additional SAP New GL Offerings


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