SAP School + SAP Library

Learn SAP FI. Understand postings.

From a business transaction to a traceable document: build your FI knowledge or fill specific gaps. SAP School guides you through financial accounting; SAP Library supports quick reference in daily work.

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What is SAP FI?

SAP FI means Financial Accounting. It records business transactions in the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and asset accounting. The aim is to understand the effect of a posting, as well as the steps used to enter it.

Your SAP FI learning path

Foundations and documents

General ledger and subledgers, the Universal Journal, company codes and charts of accounts. Understand the structure of an FI document and how corrections remain traceable.

G/L accounts and posting logic

G/L master data, postings, tax and recurring transactions. Follow a balance down to its individual documents.

Payables and receivables

Business partner roles, supplier and customer invoices, open items, payments and dunning. Place FI within Purchase-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash.

Assets and closing

Asset master data, acquisitions, retirements and depreciation. Then explore posting periods, valuation and financial statement structures.

Build knowledge. Keep it fresh.

For beginners and module switchers

New to SAP? Start with the business and SAP foundations in the app. Debits and credits, company codes and documents provide the basis for the FI learning path.

For consultants and key users

Already working with SAP? Refresh the logic behind postings, test your understanding with quizzes and build knowledge beyond your day-to-day responsibilities.

Sample lesson

Experience a lesson from ERP Coach

Adapted excerpt from „Reversal Instead of Deletion“.

The situation

A colleague at Northwind Cycles is reviewing documents and finds a reversed document. She wants to know why it was reversed and where the correction landed.

What do you think?

Where can she trace this?

A.Right in the document: original and reversal reference each other
B.Nowhere, the reversal replaces the old document
C.Only in the IT department's system logs

Show answer and explanation

Right in the document: original and reversal reference each other

A reversal creates a separate reversal document. The original and reversal remain linked, and a reversal reason documents the correction. This preserves a traceable record. Whether a document can be reversed directly depends on factors such as its status and the posting periods.

This example explains a typical business concept. Specific features and workflows depend on the SAP version, edition and system settings.

The full lesson also covers changeable fields and negative postings. Other FI lessons connect document logic, master data and business processes.

Continue learning in the app

Further SAP documentation for this example: SAP Learning: Managing Supplier Invoices and Line Items

Learning content and editorial adaptation: ERP Coach · BTF Consulting GmbH

SAP Library

Learn in School. Look it up in the Library.

Alongside the learning path, SAP Library describes transactions and Fiori apps, processes, tables and data objects. For FI, this helps you look up a document, master record or process step in context.

Transactions & Fiori apps
Processes
Tables
Data objects

SAP Library describes content for FI, CO, MM, SD, PM, IM, PP and HCM. FI, CO, MM and SD have the most extensive coverage. Library coverage is distinct from the availability of complete School learning modules.

The Library covers ECC and S/4HANA. Choose the system view that fits your use case.

Connect knowledge across modules

FI provides the financial accounting view of business transactions. CO adds the internal view of costs and responsibility. In purchasing, MM connects the logistics process with accounting.

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Learn together at work

Training several employees? The Teams offer bundles licenses for using SAP School and SAP Library across your team.

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Questions about learning SAP FI

Can I learn SAP FI without prior experience?

Yes. Begin with the business and SAP foundations in SAP School, then build on them with the FI path. This introduces key concepts before specific system processes.

What is the difference between SAP FI and CO?

FI records business transactions for financial accounting. CO supports internal cost and performance management. The views complement each other, for example when an expense is assigned to a cost center.

Which devices and languages does ERP Coach support?

ERP Coach is an iOS app in English and German. See the App Store for current device requirements and subscription prices.

Is ERP Coach an official SAP course?

ERP Coach is an independent learning and reference product by BTF Consulting GmbH. It is not endorsed or sponsored by SAP SE.

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