This SAP Press Essentials guide teaches you how to optimize your use of SAP for liquidity calculation and planning. SAP Liquidity Planner consists of SAP Actual Calculation (liquidity calculation) and SAP BW/SEM. The first part of the book describes how you can successfully implement actual calculation in SAP R/3. Each relevant area of SAP Actual Calculation, from the technical settings (via customization) through to the liquidity analysis processes is described in great detail. The subsequent sections provide you with a fundamental introduction to reporting and planning using SAP BW/SEM. The last chapter concludes with details of an exclusive workaround that enables you to perform liquidity planning and reporting without SAP BW/SEM.

About the Author(s)

Stephan Kerber is a Senior Consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co KG in Hamburg, Germany. As a project manager and accredited expert he has implemented SAP Liquidity Planner in various national and international companies. In addition to that he has profound knowledge in the areas of accounting, cash management, in-house cash and cash budget management. Prior to joining SAP he worked as an audit manager in a globally operating auditing company. Stephan Kerber is also working as an instructor at SAP's international training center.

Dirk Warntje is a Senior Consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co KG in Hamburg, Germany. He is an expert in SAP R/3 Controlling, Project System, SAP BW and SAP SEM. Apart from that he has an extensive knowledge in SAP R/3 process integration and planning. Dirk Warntje is also working as an instructor at SAP's international training center.

Highlights include:

• Business Overview
• Case Scenario: Implementing Cash Accounting and Liquidity Planning
• Liquidity Analysis Using SAP Actual Calculation
• Liquidity Planning and Reporting Using SAP BW/SEM
• Liquidity Planning and Reporting Without SAP BW/SEM

Table of Contents

Introduction ... 3

1. Business Overview ... 5
... 1.1 The Concept of Cash Accounting ... 5
... 1.2 Tasks of Cash Accounting and Liquidity Planning ... 6
... 1.3 Recipients and the Need for Information ... 7
... 1.4 Financial Accounting and Cash Accounting ... 8
... 1.5 Differences to Cash Management ... 9
... 1.6 Conclusion ... 11

2. Case Scenario: Implementing Cash Accounting and Liquidity Planning ... 13
... 2.1 Conclusion ... 15

3. SAP Liquidity Planner: Liquidity Analysis Using SAP Actual Calculation ... 17
... 3.1 Overall Process and System Integration ... 17
... 3.2 Technical Settings in SAP Actual Calculation ... 17
... 3.3 SAP Actual Calculation (Cash Accounting) ... 19
... 3.4 Cash Accounting Processes ... 28
... 3.5 Conclusion ... 37

4. SAP Liquidity Planner: Liquidity Planning and Reporting Using SAP BW/SEM ...      39
... 4.1 Modeling in SAP BW/SEM ... 40
... 4.2 The Liquidity Planning Process ... 63
... 4.3 Extracting Actual Data ... 64
... 4.4 Reporting in SAP BW ... 67
... 4.5 Conclusion ... 69

5. Liquidity Planning and Reporting Without SAP BW/SEM ... 71
... 5.1 Overview ... 71
... 5.2 Customizing ... 71
... 5.3 Master Data and Actual Data ... 75
... 5.4 Planning ... 76
... 5.5 Reporting ... 77
... 5.6 Conclusion ... 78

6. Outlook ... 79

Appendix ... 81

Index ... 85