Unit 1: SAP Document and Reporting Compliance - Overview

Challenge: Multiple Representations of the Same Information

Figure 6: Challenge - Multiple Representations of the Same Information

Animation: Challenge - Multiple Representations of the Same Information

For more information on Challenge - Multiple Representations of the Same
Information, please view the animation in the lesson Identifiying the SAP
Document and Reporting Compliance Functionality in your online course.

The general problem for any customer, is that they have multiple representations of the same
information. These need to be kept in sync.
Let's start with the sales document as an example. It triggers the creation of an accounting
document.
For the respective process, either the sales or the accounting document is viewed as the
source document.
In a next step, an exchangeable format is created (such as, xml or json). However, for the
authorities, that is actually the source of truth. This is the document that they will receive,
process, and store on their side. Often, it is defined by the authorities and it can either be an
electronic document transmitted in (near) real-time, or a statutory report transmitted at
period end. The linkage to the source document can be 1:1 or n:1, and can include individual
document information or be aggregated on a box level.
As the exchangeable format transferred from machine-to-machine is a technical document,
usually, a human-readable representation, such as a PDF or a view, is needed. This
information has to be accurate.

LESSON SUMMARY
You should now be able to:
● State the training purpose and goals
● Outline the real-time and statutory reporting digitization journey

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