BCS Configuration (UCWB)

Consolidation Area / Permanent Parameters

In customizing of the consolidation area, you define the characteristics that act as
permanent parameters:
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The version, fiscal year and period are required permanent parameters.
You can define additional permanent parameters, for example the
consolidation unit and consolidation group.
You can choose whether each permanent parameter is displayed in the
screen header.
On the Settings tab page, you can define whether the consolidation area is
displayed in the permanent parameters.
Characteristics that are not status relevant are not valid as permanent
parameters, for example, financial statement item, subassignment,
transaction type.

Consolidation Area is a data subset of Data Basis. You can select the Fields
(Characteristics and Key Figures) that are available in Data Basis.

Data Basis
Field Catalogue
InfoCube for Total Records provides the fields (Characteristics and Key Figures) for
Data Model. Its a real-time cube that allows BCS posts consolidation entries into it.
If additional Characteristics or Key Figures are required, select the Catalogues
correspondingly.

Source DB: A data basis used for linking data streams and field catalogues, which
are intended to serve as the data source in the Consolidation System. You can
assign a source data basis to an ordinary data basis for consolidation. When this is
done, the fields and data streams declared in the source data basis become

available for data collection (for example, in consolidation methods flexible

upload and load from data stream).

Data Model

1. Role Assignment
Consolidation functions are based on the Role. Each characteristic and each
key figure in a data basis has precisely one role. In more than one data basis,
a characteristic or key figure can have more than one role.

2. Currency-bearing Consolidation Unit

Establishes the local currency (that is, the local currency is assigned to the
characteristic).

3. Assets/Liabilities

Data Stream