SAP General Ledger Migration

Mastering the Implementation of General Ledger Functionality in SAP ERP Financials

The migration from classic to new General Ledger, or the subsequent implementation of further functionality within new G/L, are major projects. The technical migration of data is a central part of such a project. Depending on your business scenario, this migration could mean a significant change to the live database, which must be safeguarded to ensure that historical data is kept intact. For this reason, SAP will accompany your migration with a service to address the technical aspects of such a project and help guide you safely through the migration process.  

SAP General Ledger Migration Implementation

The new G/L implementation project starts with the definition of a new G/L concept. After completing the blueprint and starting with the required customizing accompanied by experienced consultants, the SAP General Ledger Migration service can be ordered by completion of a questionnaire. On the basis of this questionnaire the technical service supports your migration project in addition to consulting. The service itself does not contain any consulting support neither for blueprinting nor for customizing.

The SAP General Ledger Migration service is offered in the form of several standardized fixed-price migration packages ranging from the straight merging of financial ledgers to more complex migration projects that take into account aspects such as document splitting and parallel accounting. In addition, more complex migration scenarios can be addressed on an individual project basis. Since the technical migration of the data is only a part of an overall G/L implementation project, customers may want to obtain additional application consulting support from their local SAP subsidiaries or certified partners for the business-related aspects of a migration project.

The general information about SAP General Ledger Migration applies to both the migration from classic to new G/L (Scenario 1-5) and the subsequent implementation of further functionality within new G/L (Scenario 6-8).

By leveraging our standardized migration procedures such as migration functionality and consistency checks, the collective feedback and best practices from previous new G/L migration projects and the active support of our general ledger migration back office, customers can have the confidence that they will experience a safe and efficient data migration process where data integrity is preserved.

SAP General Ledger Migration for Migration from Classic G/L to New G/L

The migration scenarios 1 - 5 comprise migrations from the classic General Ledger to the new General Ledger accounting. Such a migration can range from an implementation of the requirements already represented, such as parallel accounting using the account approach, to an adjustment of your accounting representation to new circumstances and therefore switch to new accounting methods, such as by implementing a balance sheet at the segment level.

To order the service after completing your blueprint just download and fill in the corresponding questionnaire and send it back to the General Ledger Migration back office (NewGLMigration@sap.com).

Questionnaire for migration from classic to new G/L (scenarios 1 - 5)

SAP General Ledger Migration for Subsequent Implementation of Further Functionality within New G/L

The migration scenarios 6 - 8 support subsequent changes of an already active new G/L if you perform a transition to new G/L step to by step. This means, your migration to new General Ledger Accounting is finished and new G/L is already active. In a next step a further new G/L feature should be implemented which has not been considered in your migration from classic to new G/L. Scenarios 6 to 8 allow to subsequently implement document splitting or further ledgers as well as the switch from account to ledger solution.

To order the service after completing your blueprint just download and fill in the corresponding questionnaire and send it back to the General Ledger Migration back office (NewGLMigration@sap.com).

Questionnaire for subsequent implementation of further functionality (scenarios 6 - 8)

Customer Stories

Phased general ledger migration solves data volume issues

When Autodesk Inc. migrated to the new SAP General Ledger application, it established a center of excellence with standardized processes and support for local statutory reporting. Autodesk also perfected a new phased data-migration technique, which minimized business disruption. Check out the business transformation study and check out the reference slide.

Migration from classic to new General Ledger with the SAP General Ledger Migration service

As part of its upgrade to the current SAP ERP Financials solution, W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace) implemented SAP General Ledger to provide a single reporting data source that would be used for all of Grace's reporting requirements. Get the success story and check out the reference slide. Read the case study that was published in SAP NetWeaver Magazine (Winter 2008).

Subsequent implementation of document splitting

India's leading retailer, Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited has implemented document splitting subsequently after implementing SAP General Ledger in their SAP ERP system without using this functionality. Read the full success story to find out how SAP General Ledger Migration service assisted them, or get the reference slide about this project.

SAP General Ledger Migration service helps harmonizing the financial accounting and controlling processes

The Automotive Group of Continental AG has successfully migrated to New GL with the minimum production downtime using SAP General Ledger Migration Service – Incremental approach. They had 25 software systems and 32 clients to be migrated to the latest version of SAP General Ledger. Read the full success story to know how SAP General Ledger Migration service helped them to achieve the goal.

Training Options

Self Studies

  • Learn more about the functionality of the General Ledger Migration cockpit with the I-Tutor session (SAP I-Tutor Player required)
    I-Tutor-Session for the Migration Cockpit

  • SAP Press book titled New General Ledger in SAP ERP Financials (Das neue Hauptbuch in SAP ERP Financial) is available through SAP Press. This book focuses on the conception, customizing and functionality of the new General Ledger, and provides detailed information about the migration.

Classroom Training

For the migration to new General Ledger, we are currently offering a five-day training class (AC212). Detailed course information as well as the course schedule can be found on the SAP Training Portal.