SAP ERP Financial Accounting and Controlling: Configuration and Use Management

CHAPTER 1

Customizing Organizational Structure in SAP ERP

In this chapter, you learn how to customize the key organizational units in Financial Accounting (FI). At the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Define a company
• Define a company code
• Assign a company to a company code
• Define a business area
• Define a segment
• Define and assign fiscal year variants to a company code
• Define open and closing periods variants and assign variants to a company code

Organizational Structure

Organizational structure is a formal line of command structured systematically to highlight the order of authority, relationships, position, communication, duties, responsibilities, ...