SAP ERP Financials and FICO Handbook

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dimensions . You can use the SPL for statutory reporting or management reporting
purposes. It also helps in doing single-entry, adjustment posting, such as income
tax depreciation.
69. After entering a document, can you delete the entry? Can you change
the document? Which fields cannot be changed?
After posting a document, you cannot delete the document. However, you can
change certain fields like cost objectives, reference texts, etc.
70. Why and when would you use business areas?
Business areas in SAP solutions are used to differentiate transactions originating
from different points/lines/locations in business. Take a look at an example:
Company ABC has three company codes. These three company codes are doing
similar business selling TVs and laptops but on different continents. Now ABC
wants to have a balance sheet and P&L account based on products. In this case, ABC
will create a product-wise business area, which will solve its requirement.
The advantages of using the business area are:
■ You can use these business areas if other company codes require the same
business areas.
■ The configuration is simpler, as in the case of the company code, you would be
required to go through the entire configuration of creating COAs, fiscal year
variants, posting period variants, and so on. With the business area option,
you just need to attach it to the company code and the rest of the details in
the business area are attached by default from the company code you are
using it in.
■ Using the options in CO (Enterprise CO, Profit Center Accounting [EC-PCA]),
you can even draw up balance sheets and PL statements for the business
areas.
This example demonstrates when the company wants to separate entries according
to the lines of business it operates. Another case could be when the company
wants to find out the profitability of its operations in various cities and differentiates
these cities into business areas.