SAP S4HANA Profitability Analysis COPA (Margin Analysis)

Description

This course will explain how to configure and use the Accounting Based Profitability Analysis (COPA) which is called Margin Analysis in SAP S4HANA.

I always explain the business concepts first and then follow with a demo of the process and the configuration steps on SAP S4HANA 1809.

The course is mainly targeted at SAP Consultants who want to learn Profitability Analysis from scratch or to upgrade their knowledge from SAP ECC to SAP S4HANA.

Some of the content of this course is already available for free in a playlist on my YouTube channel, you can check it anytime on YouTube @AbdullahGalal. This course has more content and also covers the questions asked on YouTube by the audience.

***Note that the course currently doesn't include Profitability Analysis Planning and Reporting***I may or may not add this in the future.

The course covers the below topics:

• Meaning and Importance of Margin Analysis (Profitability Analysis)

• Meaning of Operating concern, and the configuration steps

• Meaning of Profitability Characteristics, and the configuration steps

• Adding the characteristics to the Universal Journal (ACDOCA)

• Difference between accounting-based and costing-based profitability analysis

• Actual and statistical posting to Margin Analysis from Sales

• The flow of sales order conditions

• Actual and statistical posting to Margin Analysis from Materials Management

• The flow of Purchase Order Commitments

• Posting to Margin Analysis directly from Finance

• Predictive Accounting meaning, configuration, use, and troubleshooting

• Settlement of Internal Order Values - Attributed Profitability Segments

• Characteristics derivation methods

  • Derivation Rules

  • Table lookups

  • Move

  • Clear

• Characteristics realignment

• Predictive Accounting configuration.

• Creating and assigning extension ledger for predictive accounting.

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