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Alternate option for having 2 Controlling Areas

Former Member
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Hi Experts,

Please analyse the below business requirement and provide your valuable feedback.

Currently the business side has only one Controlling Area -1000 and all reports are built off of the Controlling Area and

not Company code. Also, all consolidated Company codes roll up to the Controlling Area 1000. Now business want's 2 different reports for there 2 major business lines. And there is no way to run a report for those 2 business lines.

Is it advisable to have 2 diffrent controlling areas. In my opinion it should not be advised and its not a best practise.

Any other way to fulfill the reporting requirement by having current controlling area only?

Can Version design be of use in this scenario ? If yes kindly throw some light on version control as well.

Thanks in Advance!

Regards,

Ajay

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Former Member
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Ajay,

Controlling Area need not be split for Lines of Business. Lines of Business are classically defined in SAP using Business Areas, or if you are on ECC 5/6 and using the New G/L, then Profit Centers can provide this functionality.

Reporting at the level of BA or PC is built into standard SAP, and there are numerous standard reports you can use, as well as tweak around, to suit your business requirements.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Gulshan

kishore_babu15
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Hi Ajay,

If the Business is vertical you can define two controlling areas

Example:

Constructions

Telecom

Trading

Manufacturing etc...

If not you can difine Company codes/Plants would be better.

Hope it will clear

Regards,

Kishore K