Date of Legacy data upload

[Former Member]

Gurus,

If I were to go live with Asset accounting as of 01/04/2011,

do I need accum APC and accum dep as of 12/31/2010 or

can the legacy data be transferred as of 03/31/2011?

Can someone please explain what would be implications of both,

i.e data transfer as of 12/31/2010 and 03/31/2011.

Or in other words, id it a must to have accum data as of 12/31/2010??

Appreciate a detail reply.

Thanks

Ven

[former_member205661 · Accepted solution]

Hi Ven,

When is your fiscal year start:01.01.2011 or 01.04.2011?

There is a distinction in legacy transfer whether the takeover date is at the end of the last closed fiscal year or during the fiscal year. Depending of the scenario a different approach to value transfer from the old into the new system applies.

There is lots of information in the SAP Library about both scenarios.

Also have a look at the blog: http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPFI/Takeover+Date

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Brigitte

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Brigitte,

Thanks for yr reply.

Our FY closing date is 12/31. So as of 12/31 the Fy has been closed.

I may not have consistent data as of 12/31 due the handling of the legacy system

and incorrect numbers in the dep areas.

So business wants to correct it and are willing to have correct data as of 02/28 or 3/31 in 2011.

So is it a must to have the legacy data as of 12/31 or will data as 02/28 or 03/31 be ok.

Want to know how this will affect my AA implementation.

Best regards

Ven

[former_member205661]

Hello Van,

You will have to decide if you want to do a end of fiscal year legacy data transfer or a during the fiscal year legacy data transfer. This is a major question that you need to discuss with your customer first.

Then please familiarize yourself with the difference of the two transfer options. Look up the SAP documentation via link http://help.sap.com/

But also in IMG (transaction SPRO in SAP system) you will find documentation regarding the two different legacy data transfer options (end of last closed fiscal year vs during the fiscal year).

Maybe if you still have issues to resolve in the old system, you want to wait and opt for the transfer

during the fiscal year. However, this you must discuss with your local SAP consultant and your customer as this is a major business decision at your end.

I hope this further clarifies.

Kind regards,

Brigitte

[Former Member]

Thanks Brigitte.

You replies appreciated.

Ven

[former_member205661]

Hi Ven,

In addition, I would also encourage you to read the Documentation provided to the relevant customizing transactions as well as the F1 Help of the relevant fields in SPRO/IMG in your SAP system: menu path is Asset Accounting - Asset Data Transfer - Parameters for Data Transfer - Date Specifications etc.

Regards,

Brigitte