Fiscal year change from July – June to Jan-Dec

One of our customer needs a Fiscal year change from July – June to Jan-Dec.

Please let me know any one of you had the experience in doing the fiscal year change in a live system and also the necessary steps for this. 

Solution:

SAP provides a separate service (SLO) for your scenario.  Once the client takes (generally they charge separately ) this services, then SAP will perform/run several compatible programs to effect the change.

The consultant should not try change in live system.

The main reason for this request is generally a change in the corporate conditions due to  selling the company, merger/acquisition or  splitting the company or takeover of another company. The fiscal year or the fiscal periods of the company must be adjusted to the new conditions. When two company are merged, one may be using different fiscal period hence need to align with parent organization.

Impact of change: Fiscal period change  in a live/production  SAP system affects many modules, , FI, FI-AA, FI-SL, FI-LC, EC-CS, IM, CO, EC-PCA, MM, PP, SD, PS, PM and almost every module of the landscape. Associated risk can arise due to can arise from incorrect changes to the fiscal year or from incorrect changes to the fiscal periods in a live SAP system.

Services from SAP:  SAP Provides System Landscape Optimization (SLO) provides consulting services for changing the fiscal year and changing the fiscal periods. The consulting services consist of analysis and support. The service is called as Consulting for Change of Fiscal Periods"

·        Analysis The team analyzes the specific situation in your live SAP System (for example modules, organizational structures, Customizing, master data, transaction data). Analysis will determine whether the necessary prerequisites for the intended change of the fiscal year or the fiscal periods are fulfilled.

·        Support Based on the analysis results, you receive specific support for your intended change of the fiscal year or the fiscal periods.

·       Necessary support for the setup of a shortened fiscal year, the setup of an extended fiscal year,, grouping the fiscal year by weeks and for any other changes of fiscal periods.

·       Risk involves Data inconsistency , Open Items carry over etc.