Brijesh Singh is a lead SAP solution architect at SAP America, Inc. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in SAP financial solutions, including financial accounting and controlling, financial close, Central Finance, joint venture accounting, financial supply chain management, and revenue accounting and reporting. Brijesh has been part of multiple SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud project implementations in the United States and Europe in various industries like manufacturing, IT, high-tech, engineering, retail, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), chemicals, and oil and gas. He has worked as a developer, consultant, and team lead in the past and currently offers expert guidance to SAP global customers and partners as a trusted advisor to their digital transformation journey to SAP S/4HANA.

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... Preface ... 15

... Target Audience ... 15

... Book Structure ... 16

... Acknowledgments ... 18

1 ... Introduction to Business Reporting with SAP S/4HANA ... 19

1.1 ... The What: Introduction to Business Reporting ... 19

1.2 ... The Why: Build the Case for Business Reporting with SAP S/4HANA ... 24

1.3 ... The How: Establish Business Reporting with SAP S/4HANA ... 37

1.4 ... Summary ... 41

2 ... The User Experience ... 43

2.1 ... SAP's New User Experience ... 43

2.2 ... SAP Fiori Analytics Powered by SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ... 53

2.3 ... Summary ... 66

3 ... Financial Reporting Use Cases ... 67

3.1 ... Financial Reporting Requirements ... 67

3.2 ... Ledger-Based Reporting ... 69

3.3 ... Finance Operations-Based Reporting ... 90

3.4 ... Asset Accounting-Based Reporting ... 114

3.5 ... Financial Statements-Based Reporting (Balance Sheet/Income) ... 120

3.6 ... Financial Cash Flow-Based Reporting ... 134

3.7 ... Summary ... 141

4 ... Management Reporting Use Cases ... 143

4.1 ... Profitability-Based Reporting ... 144

4.2 ... Responsibility-Based Reporting ... 169

4.3 ... Multiple Valuation-Based Reporting ... 184

4.4 ... Restatements-Based Reporting ... 197

4.5 ... Summary ... 203

5 ... Consolidation Reporting Use Cases ... 205

5.1 ... Consolidation Reporting Requirements ... 206

5.2 ... Group Data Analysis ... 208

5.3 ... Intercompany Elimination Analysis ... 242

5.4 ... Summary ... 245

6 ... Reconciliation-Based Reporting Use Cases ... 247

6.1 ... Reconciliation Reporting Requirements ... 247

6.2 ... Reconciliation by Balances ... 249

6.3 ... Reconciliation by Reporting Dimensions ... 274

6.4 ... Reconciliation Close Reporting ... 282

6.5 ... Summary ... 286

7 ... Statutory/Compliance Reporting Use Cases ... 287

7.1 ... Statutory/Compliance Reporting Requirements ... 287

7.2 ... Indirect Tax Reporting ... 289

7.3 ... Direct Tax Reporting ... 317

7.4 ... Summary ... 319

8 ... Procurement Use Cases ... 321

8.1 ... Procurement-Based Reporting Requirements ... 321

8.2 ... General Purchase Order Reporting and Analytics ... 322

8.3 ... Operational Purchasing Analysis Using Dashboards and Measures ... 340

8.4 ... Summary ... 357

9 ... Sales Use Cases ... 359

9.1 ... Sales-Based Reporting Requirements ... 359

9.2 ... General Sales Order Reporting and Analytics ... 360

9.3 ... Delivery Performance Analysis Using Dashboards and Measures ... 384

9.4 ... Fulfillment-Based Reporting ... 392

9.5 ... Summary ... 397

10 ... Hierarchy-Based Reporting Use Cases ... 399

10.1 ... Hierarchy-Based Reporting Requirements ... 399

10.2 ... SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Fiori Approach to Enable Hierarchy Reporting ... 400

10.3 ... Accounting Hierarchy-Based Reporting Use Cases ... 403

10.4 ... Logistics Dimension-Based Hierarchies ... 438

10.5 ... Summary ... 444

11 ... Self-Service and Key Performance Indicator-Based Use Cases ... 445

11.1 ... Ad Hoc Reporting Requirements ... 445

11.2 ... End-to-End Approach for Extensibility ... 446

11.3 ... Self-Service and KPI-Based Business Use Cases in SAP S/4HANA ... 449

11.4 ... Summary ... 487

12 ... SAP Analytics Cloud-Based Business Reporting ... 489

12.1 ... Prerequisites ... 489

12.2 ... Standard Business Content-Based Reporting ... 492

12.3 ... Enhanced Content-Based Reporting ... 499

12.4 ... Example of Finance Models, Stories, and Digital Boardrooms ... 505

12.5 ... Summary ... 507

13 ... Implementation ... 509

13.1 ... Integrated Business Reporting ... 509

13.2 ... Deployment Perspectives ... 513

13.3 ... Implementation Best Practices ... 518

13.4 ... Learning Resources ... 522

13.5 ... Summary ... 523

... The Author ... 525

... Index ... 527