Customer Name Here Date Here Presenter: Jim Halepaska
Agenda Introduction and Z Option Company Background GLSU Product Overview Why you need a General Ledger Spreadsheet Uploader How GLSU works Functional Demo Hands-On/ Show and Tell Specific Examples Wrap-Up
Z Option Company Background Located in Lewisville, Texas (Near Dallas) Formed in 1998 Started by accountants and programmers SAP Software Partner World-class products and support Customers of all sizes in all industries
Z Option Customers
General Product Overview
Why you need FI Document Uploader: Functional: Use all the standard Excel functionality to calculate values Never re-key your GL entries again Minimize the chance of errors Create more detailed data in less time with less effort Improve variance analysis
Why you need a General Ledger Spreadsheet Uploader: New Implementation / Re-Implementation: avoid throw-away, custom legacy data interface programs use for FI balances and have an everyday tool on day one of go-live free up development resources to work on enhancements you can't buy off-the-shelf
Why you need a General Ledger Spreadsheet Uploader: Technical: GLSU works now (Free Remote Installation Assistance requires 1 – 2 hours) Reduce support and ongoing development costs Simplify SAP upgrades Thousands of users to let us know of problems
How GLSU Works: Easy user interface Leverage existing Excel skills Directly posts from the spreadsheet Flexible layouts SAP Document Numbers returned to the spreadsheet Attach source workbook to posted document in SAP
How GLSU Works (cont’d): Pre-validation of data before loading Master Data lookups Post more than 1,000 line items Post multiple documents from 1 worksheet Post / Park / Accrual / Foreign Curr Adj 双重字节字符 (Asian character support)
How GLSU Works (cont’d): Free Trial Period Premium and Standard Users SAP 4.6c and later Unicode Support ECC 6.0? / NewGL? SAP GUI
LSI Logic Efficiencies using GLSU Prepared by Laurie Keene at LSI Logic
User-Configuration
On-line Pre-Validation of Data
Off-Line Pre-Validation of Data
Pre-Validation of Data Business Area Business Area Fund Commitment Item Company Codes Cost Centers Cost Element Currency Customer Document Types Employee Number Field Status Group Fixed Asset Fund Fund Center GL Accounts Internal Order Material Posting Keys Profit Centers Tax Code Trading Partner Vendor WBS Element
Additional Validation Info Custom Pre-Validations Write your own GLSU pre-validations Written in ABAP using your own resources All errors are returned to Excel SAP validations All SAP occur at posting Displayed one at a time in Excel
Direct Posting Process
Hands-on Portion of Demo Spreadsheet Walkthrough Initialize a new GLSU page Key two-line JV with minimum field status group requirements Show balancing feature Add/change/delete columns with GLSU-> Choose Fields Validate Documents with GLSU->Validate Add Blank Columns =glsu_description functionality Add formulas to columns Add document number to header and show auto-population “Skip” feature in “A” column Spreadsheet Options Multiple Systems Post/Park/Accrual Formatting options Posting Save file GLSU->Post Document Show error handling Login is maintained between postings Exporting GLSU->Export Document
Hands-on Portion of Demo (cont’d) ZGLSU Walkthrough Post an Export file Maximum lines per document Balancing account maintenance User History Show history for user Show reset functionality Configurable retention period (new in version 2.1) Validation Options Turn on/off specific fields Turn on/off master data texts for specific fields Premium user site-wide configuration over Suppressed/Required/Optional Company Code specifier Initial order of fields in picklist Administrative Functionality Upload/Download Templates Maintain License Maintain Premium Users Technical Settings
GLSU Example Templates Expense Report Journal entry form Multiple Misc. Vendor invoices Asian character support
Travel & Expense Form
Journal Entry Form
Multiple Misc. Vendor Invoices* *Dropped Header feature may be used on most header fields on any transaction
Asian Character Support (unicode)
Z Option Future Focus Planned Enhancements Development Prioritization Annual Attendance at SAPFI, ASUG, and GFOA Events
Wrap-Up General Q & A Contact Information: www.zoption.com Shari Alexander (512) 259-7277 shari@zoption.com Charles Cathcart (972) 315-8800 ext. 202 charles@zoption.com Jim Halepaska (972) 315-8800 ext. 205 Jim@zoption.com