how to create a company, company code, business area in sap enterprise structure

ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE

DEFINE COMPANY:

 A company in SAP -refers ot the smallest organisational unit for which individual financial statement can be drawn according to the legal and commercial requirements.A company can accept more than one company code and also these companies code use the same operative chart of account and same fiscal year variant , in addition above these companies code can use different currencies also.

Path: Tools - Customizing –IMG (implementation guide) - Execute project (trns.code SPRO)        

SPRO stands for SAP Project Reference Object

           

Select SAP reference IMG button : This is called customization area or configuration area or implementation  area         

Path:SPRO- Enterprise structure - Definition - Financial accounting - Define company ( Tr code is OX15)

It we select IMG activity documentation button: It gives description part about company  

To select IMG activity button: To do customization       

Select IMG activity button

           

Select New Entries button.
  

Company                      : AVG             

Company name           :Aravind group                     

name of company 2    :Blank            

street                            :Ameerpet                 

postal code                  :500034

country                         :For country select dropdown(pull down) button, select IN for INDIA"

Language key              :select drop down button select EN for English

Currency                       :select drop down button here Select INR for Indian rupees

Select save button or Ctrl+s                                                          

Development  client                                    production client                                         

            |                      

consultant     -           Customization          Transport request→

By default it gives the latest request we have to create our own request and afterwards to transport to production client

For each step we need not create separate request.               

For Basic settings                :1^st request

For General ledger              :2^nd  request             

For Account payable           :3^rd request

For Accounts receivable      :4th request              

For Asset accounting           :5^th request

For Controlling                     :6th request              

Select create request button (F8)             

Give the short description :FI basic settings for Aravind Mills Ltd                  

Press enter               

Press enter once again to save in the request. We get a message data was saved: Data was saved in two places:1.Development client 800  2. In Transport request                       

2.DEFINE COMPANY CODE:                  ( Tr code is OX02)

Path:  Tools - Customizing - IMG- executive project (SPRO)                     

Select sap reference button IMG             

SPRO - path up to select sap reference IMG button is same.                         

SPRO                         No SPRO     

Consultant job          End user        job

Note the path SPRO                                  

Path:  Enterprise structure - Definition- financial accounting - edit, copy, delete, check company code              

Edit company code data

Select new entries button                         

Give company code :AML

City                             :Hyderabad

Country                      :IN

Currency                   :INR

Language                  :EN

Select save button or Ctrl+S                                 

Title                            :Select company

Name                         :Aravind mills ltd

Street                         :Ameerpet

Post code                  :500034

City                             :Hyderabad

Country                      :IN

Press enter                           

To select our request number select dropdown button beside request number.    

We can see here number of requests.    

Select request number by seeing the description.       

Press enter to save in the request.          

Description can be same should be different    

3.ASSIGN COMPANY CODE TO COMPNAY  

Path:  SPRO - Enterprise structure - Assignment - Financial accounting -  Assign company code to company ( Tr code is OX16)

Select position button give the company code AML enter      

For company AML assign company AVG          

Select save button or Crtl+S         

Select dropdown beside request number          

Select your request number                     

Press enter to save in the request                       

4.Define Business Areas 

           

Path:  SPRO- Enterprise structure- Definition -financial accounting- define business area ( Tr code is OX03)

Select New Entries button             

Business area        :AMLH

Description              :Hyderabad AML

Bangalore business area link this number                    

Select save button or Ctrl+s                      

Press enter to save in your request                     

*Assignment of business areas to company code is not required   
         

                                    Aravind Group

|                                  

Aravind Mills Ltd                  Aravind Steels Ltd                           Aravind Industries ltd         

            |                                         |                                                           |

HYD   BGL                            HYD   BGL                                        HYD               BGL

                        AML accounts person                                 ASL accounts person        

At the time of posting                                                                     

Company code         :           AML                ASL               

Business area          :           HYD               HYD              

* Without giving company code we can not pass to business area                                      

At the time of request generation:                                                            

Company code                     AML                                        ASL

Business area                      HYD                                       HYD

We get HYD data of company                                           HYD data of company

Code AML only                                                                    code ASL only

                                                           

Some business area can be used by number of company codes in the client assignment of business area to company code is not required.                                                                

HYD incharge for AML, ASL and AIL in the report                                                                   

Company code                     AML +ASL+AIL                                            

Business area                      HYD                                      

8Hyderabad data for all company codes we have Hyderabad business area separately for each company code.                                                                    

HYD   Hyderabad business area                                                             

HYD1 Hyderabad business area                                                             

HYD2 Hyderabad business area                                                             

AML accounts person                                                                                

Company code                     :AML                           ASL                           

Business area                      :HYD/HYD1              HYD1/HYD2                        

There will be a mixup