SAP process table reference: Finance (FI)
Tables touched by each Finance (FI) business process, shown side by side for SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
10 processes · 130 tables · Back to the process index
FI-01 · Manual G/L / journal posting (incl. VAT)
16 tables · 2 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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G/L account master at chart-of-accounts level — the account numbers you post to. |
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G/L account master at company-code level — field status, currency, and controls. |
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G/L account names and descriptions, per language. |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Company code definitions — the legal entities you post within. |
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Document types (SA, KR, DR…) that classify each posting. |
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Tax codes — the VAT keys applied to a line. |
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Tax code names. |
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Automatic account determination — maps transactions to the accounts they post to. |
III. Documents
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Accounting document header — one row per FI document. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — posted amounts live in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items — the debit/credit lines. |
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Universal Journal line items — the single source of truth for postings in S/4 (uses RCLNT/RBUKRS). |
S/4HANA only |
IV. Tax & index
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Tax line items — VAT and base amounts split out per document. |
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Open G/L account line-item index (secondary index for reporting). |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA — query the physical source. |
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Cleared G/L account line-item index. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA — query the physical source. |
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G/L account period totals — replaced by on-the-fly aggregation of ACDOCA in S/4. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
FI-02 · Cross-company code posting (PC & PPC)
15 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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G/L account master, chart-of-accounts level. |
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G/L account master, company-code level. |
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Profit centre master data. |
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Profit centre names. |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Company codes — a cross-company posting spans two of them. |
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Account determination, including cross-company clearing accounts. |
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Set hierarchy nodes — used for profit-centre groups. |
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Set leaf values — the individual members of those groups. |
III. Documents
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Accounting document header — one document per company code. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items (uses RCLNT/RBUKRS). |
S/4HANA only |
IV. Cross-company & splitting
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Cross-company transaction index — links the two documents posted in each company code. |
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Document splitting information — how each line was split by profit centre/segment. |
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Document splitting amounts that accompany the split information. |
FI-03 · Accounts payable (vendor invoice)
20 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Vendor master, general data — name, address number, country. |
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Vendor master, company-code data — reconciliation account, payment terms. |
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Vendor bank details. |
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Business partner general data — the BP behind the vendor. |
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Business partner address assignments. |
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Business partner roles (uses MANDT). |
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Maps the business partner to the classic vendor number (uses CLIENT). |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Company codes. |
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Document types. |
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Tax codes. |
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Special G/L account determination (down payments etc.). |
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Automatic account determination. |
III. Documents
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Accounting document header. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items. |
S/4HANA only |
FI-04 · Accounts receivable (customer invoice)
17 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Customer master, general data. |
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Customer master, company-code data. |
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Business partner general data. |
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Business partner address assignments. |
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Business partner roles (uses MANDT). |
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Maps the business partner to the classic customer number (uses CLIENT). |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Company codes. |
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Document types. |
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Tax codes. |
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Special G/L account determination. |
III. Documents
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Accounting document header. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items. |
S/4HANA only |
FI-05 · Bank accounting (house banks & statement)
13 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Bank master (bank keys / SWIFT) — has a MANDT column. |
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House banks per company code. |
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House bank accounts. |
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House bank account names. |
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Business partner bank details (S/4 BP model). |
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Vendor bank details. |
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Customer bank details. |
FI-06 · Automatic payment program (F110)
15 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Vendor master, general data. |
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Vendor master, company-code data. |
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Vendor bank details. |
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Bank master. |
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House bank accounts used for the payment. |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Payment program company-code configuration. |
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Payment methods. |
III. Payment run
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Payment run control and status header. |
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Payment run settlement data — one row per payment (payee, bank, amount). |
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Processed open items — the invoices each payment settles. |
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Payment medium / TemSe reference data. |
IV. Accounting
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Payment document header. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Payment document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items. |
S/4HANA only |
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Cleared vendor items after payment. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA/BSEG. |
FI-07 · Dunning (F150)
10 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Customer master, general data. |
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Customer master, company-code data. |
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Customer dunning data per company code (dunning level, last dunned). |
FI-08 · Tax on sales & purchases
8 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Tax codes. |
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Tax code names. |
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Tax account determination — accounts posted per tax code. |
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Country global settings (tax procedure per country). |
FI-09 · Foreign currency valuation
9 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Company codes. |
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Exchange rates. |
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Exchange rate types. |
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Exchange rate conversion factors. |
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Valuation / adjustment account determination. |
II. Documents & index
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Universal Journal line items — the valuation postings. |
S/4HANA only |
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Open customer items being valued. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA/BSEG. |
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Open vendor items being valued. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA/BSEG. |
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Open G/L items being valued. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA. |
FI-10 · Customer / vendor down payments
7 tables · 1 differs between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Special G/L account determination — the down-payment accounts. |
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Automatic account determination. |
Other functional areas
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Financial supply chain (FSCM) — 2 processes, 27 tables
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Controlling (CO) — 3 processes, 25 tables
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Asset accounting (FI-AA) — 1 process, 17 tables
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Sales & distribution (SD) — 5 processes, 67 tables
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Procurement (MM) — 8 processes, 123 tables
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Inventory management (IM) — 2 processes, 23 tables
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HR / Payroll — 3 processes, 26 tables
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Master data (cross-cutting) — 6 processes, 62 tables