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Elimination of a Consolidation Group

Former Member
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Hi all,

I have a scenario where a number of consolidation groups are being eliminated. These groups only contain a shell company - the parent and another, lower-level group. Here is an example:

CG1

  CU1 - parent

  CG2

     CU2 - parent

     CG3

       CU3 - parent

       CG4

          ... and so on

For simplicity, let's assume all companies are 100% owned by the immediate parent. In the above mentioned scenario, company CU3 is dissolved and everything under it is transferred directly under CU2. The trial balance of CU3 was completely reversed. Here is what the hierarchy should look like after the changes (not in BCS):

CG1

  CU1 - parent

  CG2

     CU2 - parent

     CG4

        ... and so on

However, because there are COI entries posted to CG3, CG3 cannot be removed from the hierarchy.


My Question: What is the best way to record the changes in the system so that CU3 no longer appears on the hierarchy and CU4 appears under CU2?

You input is appreciated.

Thanks,

John

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dan_sullivan
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SAP has good documentation of how to accomplish such changes as does this forum.

In brief, the cons units C4 etc. must be added to CG2 but remain in CG3. In CG3 update the period if divestiture in the cons group master data. In CG2 master data be certain the newly added cons units have a period of first consolidation corresponding to the date for their divestiture from CG3. After master data changes are complete, post AFD for transfer of cons units.

Former Member
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Hi Dan,

Thank for responding to my post. Here are the challenges I am facing with the proposed approach:

1. CU4 is the parent of CG4. If it is divested from CG4, the next period I run Consolidation of Investments, I get an error that the group has no parent. It also doesn't have any other units.

2. CU4 forms a group on its own, i.e. CG4 which includes a subgroup of units and subgroups. several levels deep. I do not just want to make CU4 part of CG2, I want to move the entire CG4 under CG2.

I did go through the documentation and the forum posts everything I found deals with moving a consolidation unit from one group to another which is fairly simple but the scenario where the whole group moves doesn't seem to have been dealt with, in my opinion. I did also refer to SAP note Note 805709 - Organizational changes in the CG & CU hierarchy. I didn't propose any solution in my question because I didn't want to drive the responses in the direction I have been going and that's why I left the question open.

Thanks,

John

dan_sullivan
Active Contributor
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Moving a cons group is not advised. Creating a new cons group and transferring the cons unit is the SAP suggested method in this case.

I haven't read the note recently, but that is what it suggests, I think.

Former Member
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That's my interpretation of the note as well and if I am correct, that means creating a new group for every consolidation group "below" the change in the hierarchy and that's quite a few of them. I was desperately hoping for a better way to handle this because there are quite a few of these changes happening on a regular basis.