Controls testing is key to SOX 404 compliance. Every year, the financial auditor is faced with a question "Which Controls should be tested for SOX Compliance?". Controls testing should be performed to ensure the auditor's conclusion whether controls address the risk of material mis-statement. To take a simple example, management assertion for completeness may include that accounts within the Accounts Receivable area are complete and accurate.

http://big4guy.com/index.php/2010/05/28/security_strategy_in_bw_vs_sap_r_3_ecc SAP BW turns data stored in SAP R/3 into more reportable knowledge. SAP BW is not about creating or updating data, but it is about turning the data into information for decision making. As with SAP R/3 where security is controlled via authorizations, in SAP BW implementation as well, security is a key aspect of BW model implementation. SAP BW Security is not focused on transaction codes or actions that can be executed by users, but is more focused on the data itself.

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http://big4guy.com/index.php/2010/05/26/basics_of_function_modules_in_sap_abap One of the key concepts for an ABAP programmer to understand is that of function modules. Recently, I discussed the concept of function groups within ABAP. Today, lets us focus on function modules. From a definition viewpoint, function modules can be defined a modular units with interfaces that can be called from any ABAP programs.

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http://big4guy.com/index.php/2010/05/04/document_splitting_in_sap_new_gl_general SAP ECC 6.0 New GL has a new functionality to create segment financial statements. With the help of document splitting one can allocate an expense line item between two segments. FI Document split and segment is covered via a 'segment field' which is a standard field in the
totals table in the New General Ledger FAGLFLEXT. So how does one go about document splitting.

Document splitting needs to be enabled first at the client level customizing.

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SAP ECC 6.0 New GL has a new functionality to create segment financial statements. With the help of document splitting one can allocate an expense line item between two segments. FI Document split and segment is covered via a 'segment field' which is a standard field in the
totals table in the New General Ledger FAGLFLEXT. So how does one go about document splitting.

http://big4guy.com/index.php/2010/04/08/sap_bw_7_0_netweaver_new_functions_and_f SAP BW 7.0 Business Warehouse is SAP's latest offering to the business intelligence market. BW is nothing new within the SAP's suite of business software. With the release of SAP BW 7.0, SAP is now offering an enhanced product with some key improvements which help in generating better and quicker queries. This results in a better user experience and ultimately better delivery of business objectives especially reporting.

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http://big4guy.com/index.php/2009/10/28/sap_abap_changes_to_database_tables In SAP, data is stored in backend database tables. Such data may include master data, transactional data, configuration data and so on. In order to ensure that ABAP programs get the right access to the database table, the runtime object for the table should be in sync with the structure of the table in the database. Changes to Database tables can be made in the ABAP dictionary.