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SAP R/3 is one of the most popular ERPs today. SAP offers a lot of flexibility to organziations. It can be implemented to suit business requirement with many customizations. My topic for discussion today is how Configurable Controls in SAP R/3 can help achieve Sarbanes Oxley Compliance. Controls in SAP can be classified as Inherent Controls, Configurable Controls, Security Controls, Reporting Controls and finally Policies and Procedures. An organization which is on SAP can look into the belwo mentioned SAP configurable controls which will be helpful in Sarbanes Oxley Compliance in the long run. Configurable Controls in SAP R/3 include -
1. Edit Checks
2. Data Entry Validations
3. Document Blocking
4. Tolerance Levels
5. Authorization Groups
6. Payment Blocking
7. Document Types
8. User defined Error / Warning Messages
9. Automatic Posting with predefined posting keys
10. Reason Codes
11. Predefined Master Data
12. SAP Workflow
13. Mandatory and/or System populated fields
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Post Goods Issue PGI , SAP Authorizations , SAP Number Ranges
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