Configuration Steps for the New GL in ECC 5.

GL Account Balance Display

With the new GL, SAP has delivered a new GL account display transaction (FAGLB03)
– when displaying account balances, users can narrow down their selection further by
characteristic (e.g. profit center segment):

FS10N Selection Screen FAGLB03 Selection Screen

The selection criteria appear when the results have been returned:

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 1 of 6

It is also possible to make these selection criteria “interactive” i.e. to allow users to
change values after the initial selection by completing the following configuration task:

Click on New entries and enter a ledger (the leading ledger in this example). Up to 5
characteristics may be selected from this list:

Returning to the GL balance display after saving the changes:

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 2 of 6

Clicking on the new icons next to a characteristic allow for different values to be entered,
which are reflected immediately in the balances below.

Other functionality related to this configuration setting:

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 3 of 6

An account balance can be broken down further by the dimension of interest.

Define Rollup Ledgers (optional)

In the new GL, data is potentially stored in multiple ledgers, each containing numerous
dimensions. Each source ledger could contain thousands of totals records that would
need to be accessed when running reports.

To improve system performance, it is possible to define rollups where you specify how
data from one or many source ledgers is summarized into a rollup ledger. Reports are
then run against the rollup ledgers.

Details for doing this will not be documented here. However the IMG path is:

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 4 of 6

Note – the SAP help documentation on rollups points to an incorrect menu path. Rollup
configuration can be found under the Tools chapter as opposed to Periodic Processing.

De-activate Update of Classic General Ledger (GLT0)

Even after the new GL has been activated the “classic” ledger (GLT0) continues to be
updated with FI postings. SAP recommends for performance reasons that this be de-
activated once you are satisfied that the new GL is performing properly. SAP provides a
benchmarking tool that allows you to compare the results from both ledgers as a
prerequisite step to this de-activation.

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 5 of 6

Enter Ledger 0 for GLT0 and the leading ledger (0L in this example).

After verifying that there are no differences, the de-activation can proceed:

To de-activate, turn off the “Write Classic General Ledger (GLT0)” switch.

ECC 5.0 Config_Tools_Rollups & De-Activation of Classic GL Page 6 of 6