Chapter 1

Overview of the FI Module

The SAP Financial Accounting (FI) module provides

integrated, on-line, real-time functionality for processing,
recording and maintaining the financial accounting
transactions of the business for external reporting
purposes.

Chapter Objectives
Provide a general overview of the Financial Accounting
module and its sub- modules.
Highlight the various integration points among the
FinanciaI Accounting sub-modules and other
SAP modules.

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SAP R/3 Applications

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Sub-Modules of FI

General Ledger

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Fixed Assets (Asset Accounting)

Legal Consolidation

Special Purpose Ledger

Funds Management

Travel Management

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General Ledger (FI-GL)

Integrated with other application modules and FI submodules

Financial Data Entry

User-defined balance sheet / profit and loss statement

versions

Multiple Currencies

Flexible Report Generator

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Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)

Real-time integration with the General Ledger

Integration with Sales and Distribution (SD) and Materials

Management (MM) as a part of the Sales Cycle

Integration with Treasury

Credit Management

Incoming Payment Processing

Automatic Dunning Function

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Accounts Payable (FI-AP)

Real-time integration with General Ledger

Integration with Materials Management as a part of the

Procurement Cycle

Integration with Treasury

Outgoing Payment Program

Vendor Correspondence

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Fixed Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

Real-time integration with the General Ledger.

Batch processing and posting of depreciation expense,

interest and replacement values.

Integration with:
Material Management (MM)
Production Planning (PP)
Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
Cost Accounting (CO)
Plant Maintenance (PM)

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Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL)

Provides summary information from multiple SAP

applications at a user defined level

Flexible Reporting Tool

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Treasury

TR
TR
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SAP and Integration

Technical

Accounting

Logistics

Information Flow
Integration

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Benefits of Integration
Timely access to common information
Flexible and adaptable to growth
Elimination of duplicate entries
Increased visibility of business results across functional
boundaries
Minimization of system interfaces and maintenance
requirements while maintaining portability
Immediate reflection of financial impacts
Capture of decisions at the source for better control
and accuracy.

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Overview of the FI Module Chapter Summary

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Key Terms:
SAP Financial Accounting Module
FI-GL
FI-AR
FI-AP
FI- AA
FI-LC
FI-SL
FI-FM
TR-CM
Integration

Overview of the FI Module

Overview of the FI Module

-Chapter Summary

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Key Terms:
SAP Financial Accounting Module
FI-GL
FI-AR
FI-AP
FI- AA
FI-LC
FI-SL
FI-FM
TR-CM
Integration

Overview of the FI Module