| Step 1 | Define Company |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Define company |
| Step 2 | Define Company Code |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Edit, Copy, Delete, Check Company Code |
| Step 3 | Assign Company Code to Company |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Assignment-Financial Accounting-Assign company code to company |
| Step 4 | Define Credit Control Area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Define Credit Control Area |

| Step 5 | Assign Company Code to Credit Control Area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Assignment-Financial Accounting-Assign company code to credit control area |

| Step 6 | Define Business Area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Define Business Area |
| Step 7 | Maintain consolidation business area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Maintain consolidation business area |
| Step 8 | Assign business area to consolidation business area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Assignment-Financial Accounting-Assign business area to consolidation business area |
| Step 9 | Define Functional Area |
| TCODE | FM_FUNCTION |
| Step 10 | Maintain FM Area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Definition-Financial Accounting-Maintain FM Area |
| Step 11 | Assign company code to financial management area |
| IMG | Enterprise Structure-Assignment-Financial Accounting-Assign company code to financial management area |
| Step 12 | Fiscal Year Variant |
| IMG | Financial Accounting – Financial Accounting Global Settings -Ledgers-Fiscal Year and Posting Periods-Maintain Fiscal Year Variant |

| Step 13 | Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year Variant |
| IMG | Financial Accounting – Financial Accounting Global Settings -Ledgers-Fiscal Year and Posting Periods-Assign Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant |
| Step 14 | Chart of Accounts |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting -Master Data-G/L Accounts-Preparations-Edit Chart of Accounts List |
| S/4 CHANGE | CO Integration field removed |
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| Step 15 | Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting -Master Data-G/L Accounts-Preparations-Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts |

| Step 16 | Define Account Group |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting -Master Data-G/L Accounts-Preparations-Define Account Group |

| Step 16.1. | Account Group Field Status (Optional, Required, Surprises) |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting -Master Data-G/L Accounts-Preparations-Define Account Group |
| Step 17 | Define Retained Earnings Account |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting -Master Data-G/L Accounts-Preparations-Define Retained Earnings Account X – PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT (Gross Profit) Y- PROFIT & LOSS APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT (Cost of Sales A/C) |

| Step 19 | Define Posting Period Variant |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -Financial Accounting Global Settings-Ledgers-Fiscal Year and Posting Periods-Posting Periods-Define Variants for Open Posting Periods |
| Step 20 | Assign Variants to Company Code |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -Financial Accounting Global Settings-Ledgers-Fiscal Year and Posting Periods-Posting Periods-Assign Variants to Company Code |
| Step 21 | Open and Close Posting Periods |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -Financial Accounting Global Settings-Ledgers-Fiscal Year and Posting Periods-Posting Periods-Open and Close Posting Periods |
| Step 22 | Maintain Number range for Document Type |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -Financial Accounting Global Settings -Document-Document Types-Define Document Types |


| Stepp 24 | Define Field Status Variant/Group/Field Status(Suppress, Req.Entry, Opt. Entry) |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -Financial Accounting Global Settings-Ledgers-Fields-Define Field Status Variants |
| Step 24.1 | Assign Company Code to Field Status Variants |
| Step 25 | Define Tolerance Group for Company Code |
| IMG | Financial Accounting -General Ledger Accounting-Business Transactions-Open Item Clearing-Clearing Differences- Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts Define Tolerance Groups for Employee |
| Step 25.1 | Define Tolerance Group for Employees |
| Step 25.2. | Assign Users to Tolerance Groups |
| Step 26 | Enter Global Parameters |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-Financial Accounting Global Settings -Global Parameters for Company Code-Enter Global Parameters |

| Step 27 | Define Document Splitting (Activate/Deactivate) |
| SM30 | V_FAGL_SPLIT_ACT |
| Step 28 | Assign Country to Calculation procedure |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-Financial Accounting Global Settings-Tax on Sales/Purchases-Basic Settings-Assign Country to Calculation Procedure |
| Step 29 | Maintain Controlling Area |
| IMG | Controlling-General Controlling-Organization-Maintain Controlling Area |

| Step 29.1 | Assign Company Code to Controlling Area |
| IMG | Controlling-General Controlling-Organization-Maintain Controlling Area |

| Step 29.2 | Activate components/control indicators |
| IMG | Controlling-General Controlling-Organization-Maintain Controlling Area |

| Step 30 | Maintain Number Ranges for Controlling Documents |
| IMG | Controlling-General Controlling-Organization-Maintain Number Ranges for Controlling Documents |

| Step 31 | Maintain Versions |
| IMG | Controlling-General Controlling-Organization-Maintain Versions Extras-Set Controlling Area->Version (0)-> |
| Step 32 | Classify G/L Accounts for Document Splitting |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-General Ledger Accounting-Business Transactions-Document Splitting-Classify G/L Accounts for Document Splitting |

| OB41 | Posting Key Field Status Group (Optional step) |
| Step 33 | Define Document Splitting Characteristics for General Ledger Accounting |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-General Ledger Accounting-Business Transactions-Document Splitting-Define Document Splitting Characteristics for General Ledger Accounting |

| Step 34 | Define Settings for Ledgers and Currency Types |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-Financial Accounting Global Settings-Ledgers-Define Settings for Ledgers and Currency Types |

| Step 35 | Define Ledger for CO Version |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-Ledgers-Integration of Controlling with Financial Accounting-Define Ledger for CO Version |

| Step 36 | Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling |
| IMG | Financial Accounting-Ledgers-Integration of Controlling with Financial Accounting-Check and Define Default Values for Postings in Controlling |
