Assign FS Item Mappings
Application component: Master Data
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Finance
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Corporate Close (S/4)
Scope items: Inventory Valuation for Year-End Closing
Description:  With the Assign FS Item Mappings app, you assign the existing financial statement (FS) item mappings to consolidation versions and effective periods. This this assignment, the the mappings between FS items in a consolidation chart of accounts and general ledger (G/L) accounts in a G/L chart of accounts can be applied to a certain consolidation version within the specified time frame. 
This app is for user to assign FS item mappings
Key features:  This app provides the following key features:  Display or Delete Assignment  You can view the current assignments of FS item mappings, for example, for a certain mapping revision, the valid-from and valid-to periods, and which consolidation version it's assigned to. You can delete the assignment of an FS item mapping. In this case, the assignment for its earlier period will apply, provided that it is assigned to the same consolidation version, consolidation chart of accounts, and G/L chart of accounts.Example You deleted the assignment for the period 008/2015 to 999/2016 from the following list:  Start of Assignment End of Assignment  Consolidation Version   Consolidation Chart of Accounts   G/L Chart of Accounts   FS Item Mapping   FS Item Mapping Revision      001/2015   007/2015   Y10   Y1   YCOA   Y1   001     008/2015   999/2016   Y10   Y1   YCOA   D01   001     001/2017   999/9999   Y10   Y1   YCOA   Y1   002   The assignment for the earlier period, mapping Y1 and revision 001 take effects for the period 008/2015 to 999/2016.Note The assignment of the FS item mapping you're trying to delete may already be used in transactional data. Please delete assignments with caution.  New Assignment You can assign an existing mapping revision to a certain start of assignment and consolidation version by choosing the New button. In the New Assignment dialog box, the consolidation chart of accounts, the G/L chart of accounts, and the FS item mapping are automatically populated after you enter an FS item mapping revision. However, you can also fill these fields to filter value help lists of subsequent fields. You only need to additionally specify the start of assignment and consolidation version. Then, the assignment is created.   Change Assignment After selecting an assignment row and choosing the Edit button, you can change the assigned FS item mapping and FS item mapping revision for the start of assignment and consolidation version. When changing an assignment, the consolidation chart of accounts and G/L chart of accounts are not editable. If you want to change them, you need to delete the assignment and create a new one.  
Business roles: Group Accountant| External Auditor - Group Reporting| General Ledger Accountant - Group Reporting| Administrator - Group Reporting
Consolidation Specialist : 
Is responsible for the Consolidation setting, processing for the FI or other business data from subsidiaries. Generates the legal & management consolidated reports.

External Auditor - Group Reporting : 
Ensures adherence of group data to legal accounting standard and process governance standards.

Administrator - Group Reporting : 
Performs business oriented parts of configuration, such as  master data maintenance, universal hierarchy maintenance, reporting items table, exchange rate, rule definition.

Group Accountant : 
Executes and monitors group processing tasks, such as data adjustment, and inter-company elimination.

General Ledger Accountant - Group Reporting : 
Ensures adherence of local data to group quality standards.