FINANCE PROCESS
Record to Report
Explore how SAP turns business events into governed journals, a controlled close, and trusted entity and group reporting. Follow the learning path in sequence or open the topic you need.
R2R LEARNING PATH
Build from process understanding to project delivery
Each stage assumes the perspective developed in the stage before it.
What is Record to Report?
Understand continuous recording, period-end measurement, close ownership, reporting outputs, and the Universal Journal connection.
Start with the processSTART HERE · FINANCE FOUNDATION
Define the accounting spine
Establish the entity, ledger, account, period, and Universal Journal model before following a source transaction into Finance.
How is Finance structured in SAP S/4HANA?
Connect company codes, charts, ledgers, accounting principles, currencies, and controlling dimensions.
Open topicPOSTHow does SAP create and control a journal entry?
Understand the Universal Journal, account controls, periods, validation, workflow, and reversal.
Open topicOBJECT MODELHow is the Universal Journal put together?
See how ACDOCA combines ledger, company, account, amount, controlling, material, asset, and profitability dimensions at line-item level.
Open topicOPERATE · SOURCE TO SETTLEMENT
Record and settle operational value
Connect supplier, customer, cash, and operational source events to their controlled subledger and G/L outcomes.
How are supplier liabilities controlled in SAP?
Connect supplier accounting, reconciliation accounts, open items, clearing, and the Automatic Payment Program.
Open topicARHow are customer receivables controlled in SAP?
Connect customer accounting, reconciliation accounts, open items, incoming payments, clearing, and dunning.
Open topicINTEGRATEHow do operational processes reach the general ledger?
Trace source events, account determination, subledgers, dimensions, and journal references.
Open topicACCOUNT MAPHow does SAP determine FI-GL accounts?
See how operational events, valuation, mapping rules, and account objects connect to FI-GL.
Open topicBANKHow do bank statements confirm cash movement?
Connect payments and receipts to external bank confirmation, clearing, and reprocessing.
Open topicPERIOD END · CLOSE AND REPORT
Measure, reconcile, and report
Prove balances, place value in the correct period, coordinate the close, and turn approved ledger evidence into statements.
How are balances reconciled and open items cleared?
Prove populations, matching, clearing, exceptions, ownership, and review.
Open topicVALUEHow does SAP place value in the correct period?
Follow accruals, valuation, depreciation, allocation, reclassification, and reversal.
Open topicCLOSEHow is the financial close coordinated and controlled?
Manage daily, month-end, and year-end dependencies, evidence, exceptions, and period access.
Open topicREPORTHow do ledger balances become financial statements?
Build entity statements, drill to source, and hand approved data to group reporting.
Open topicHow does R2R close and report?
Trace operational cut-off, parallel subledger workstreams, GL close, reporting, group handoff, evidence, exceptions, and period control.
Open practitioner map R2R 404 · CONFIGURATION WORKBENCHHow do you configure Record to Report?
Build one controlled company-code close through ledgers, journals, integration, clearing, valuation, reporting, and period protection.
Open configuration workbench R2R 505 · LIVE PROJECT WALKTHROUGHHow does an R2R implementation unfold?
Follow one Finance transformation from policy discovery and Fit-to-Standard through mock close, cutover, first live close, and stabilization.
Enter the project R2R 606 · PRODUCTION SUPPORTHow do you support Record to Report when something goes wrong?
Trace accounting, reconciliation, close, and reporting issues back from the financial result to the first incorrect transaction or rule.
Open the support guide R2R 707 · SPECIAL EDITIONHow does SAP FI certification organize product knowledge?
Review SAP Financial Accounting certification clusters, published exam-area ranges, common S/4 topics, and a visual FI mnemonic.
Open the certification view