Friends, I have already discussed about old archive index ARIX_BKPF. Archive index ARIX_BKPF is replaced by new indexing tool called SAP AS or SAP Information system as of SAP_APPL release 600. Within Archive Information System, the archive indexes are created in structures called Archive Information Structures or just Infostructures. Archive Information System can be used [...]
Friends, some time ago I discussed SAP Archiving Procedure wherein one question remained unanswered regarding whether is it mandatory to perform Delete phase and then Storage. Is it possible to perform Storage first and then Delete phase? I am taking this opportunity to explain in brief the answer of above question and some other customizing [...]
Friends, I just came across quite exhaustive SAP SD configuration material which was made available by my friend Eddai on his blog. Below are some details. SAP Configuration related guidelines information is rare to find on web However this one is the best I have come across for SD Module so far, at least in [...]
Friends, in this post I am going to discuss about archive index. I have already discussed about archiving procedure. During write phase of archiving, data is read from database and the same is written is a file which is called as archive file. This is a flat file and contains data in sequential format. Now, [...]
Friends, earlier I discussed about Line item display flag in G/L account customizing. There is another flag called ‘Open item management’ just above Line item display in the customizing of G/L accounts. At times, this flag can be a a source of confusion in terms of what will happen if this flag is checked or [...]
Friends, in this post I would be discussing clearing process in SAP FI. Quite often we hear about the terms like clearing of an FI document, clearing process, clearing has not gone through properly, clearing is not balancing to zero etc etc. But, What is clearing? What is clearing In very simple words, clearing is [...]
A few days ago I discussed about Archiving procedure and SAP Archiving Objects. In this post I would be discussing about what data gets archived through SAP Archiving Object FI_DOCUMNT. This is an archiving object which helps in archiving financial data (FI documents) from SAP R/3 system. A number of times, people have confusion as [...]
Friends, anyone who have ever worked or read SAP FI must be aware of Line item display flag. In this post I would be discussing about the affect of checking this flag. Transaction to display G/L account’s customizing FS03 is the transaction through which we can view the customizing settings of a G/L account. The [...]