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  joergsiebert 10/23/23, 6:41 PM

  For Profit Center Accounting, the controlling area is the upper limit. You cannot post across controlling areas.
  In BW, you can of course merge the many controlling areas and carry out comprehensive reporting. However, all allocation options such as assessment and distribution are missing.

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  User #42247 10/23/23, 6:41 PM

  Hello,
  The problem of segment accounting does not exclude the problem of legal consolidation. That is, even if I allocate across cost accounting areas, I leave the boundaries of the legal entity in any case, which requires the use of a clean further allocation (use of internal order billing, etc.). By assigning the same segment descriptions in different controlling areas (or their assigned PCA) the NewGL gets the segment info. This means that even if an allocation is made from one segment (10) to another company code, where a CO object with segment assignment (10) is also used, there is strictly speaking no segment change in FI. In fact, segment changes can occur even within a company code. The use of an additional dimension (e.g. GSBER) remains additionally unaffected. The resulting question is, whether it is not better to switch to SEM-BCS on the reporting tool side in order to consolidate the matrix.
  Small remark at this point:
  Segment changes are "small sales" between the segments possibly with profit markup ("perfectly" mapped ;-) ...). There is still a lot unresolved at SAP *g*. As a result, you usually always have to build something ... if necessary roll-up via Special-Ledger exclusively for the dimension Segment from NewGL and then BCS or EC-CS for consolidation etc. is on the spot. Multiple stages sound complicated, but can increase transparency. Otherwise, it quickly becomes unclear which partner is now filled with which segment (inherited or substituted from wherever) in which cases. In addition, a segment consolidation entails certain postings, which may then also have to flow back into the operative company codes/system (corrections, etc.).
  Good Luck
  Matthias Kroner
  

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