House Banks in S/4HANA – Change in SAP’s Approach – Summary

Below table summarizes the difference between ECC and SAP S/4HANA in area of House-BANKs and assciated Account-ids

Area	ECC	SAP S/4HANA	Impact / Observation
		setup Account ID for Business Partner (customer/vendor) bank master data & Account ID maintenance is now de-linked from House Bank setup
House Bank setup	* Is a Config (SPRO – IMG) Activity. * It required the the changes to be saved to a transport * Start in IMG, create House BANK and Account-id, Save them to transport and move the transport across landscape, to sync-up the setup across all systems	In SAP S/4HANA, the House-Bank set-up is like setting up as Master Data and not as a customizing setting	In ECC world as it was Configuration/Customization activity, it lead to a consistent process for bank master data maintenance, control, consistency of House Bank setup between SAP environments. In ECC there was NO risk of unwanted users having access to view and/or change company’s bank account details. In ECC there was NO need for additional security considerations
Customer/Vendor Bank	customer/vendor bank directory is setup as master data
FIORI-APP	FI01 – Create Banks FI02 – Change Banks FI04 – Display Bank Changes S_P00_07000008 – Display changes to a multiple bank master including House Banks BAUP – Transfer Bank Details	FI01 – Create Banks : Create Bank Directory Bank Master. (not the House Bank  Master) FI02 – Change Banks : Change banks created using “Create Banks” app or T-Code: FI01 FI04 – Display Bank Changes (App #1) : Displays changes to a single bank master including House Banks S_P00_07000008 – Display Bank Changes (App #2) BAUP – Transfer Bank Details : Used for transferring a bank directory to the SAP system (BNKA table) using a country-specific file	BAUP – For USA, SAP has predefined “Thomson Electronic Payment File” with function module FILL_BNKA_FIELDS_US1 (see transaction BA01)
HOUSE-BANK TCode/FIORI Apps	FI12 – Manage House Bank FI13 – Display HouseBank	FI12_HBANK – Manage House Banks [FIORI App – Can search for and display the details of house banks. Can create new house banks and change existing house banks. Cannot add HB account IDs ] FI13_HBANK – Display House Banks : Displays & EDIT existing house banks	FI12_BANK – Manage House Banks APP , 1610 (OP) version does not come with default role assignment. 1503 (sFIN) version had Role-assignment
Transport	In ECC, when a House Bank is included in the customizing transport, its associated bank accounts are also included in the transport	In S/4HANA, ONLY House Banks are transported ( Only the T012 table entry is included in the transport and so only the House Bank gets transported but not its associated accounts ) Therefore one additional Cut-over task is added : setup House Bank Account IDs  Bank Directory/Bank Master records are handled as a cutover data-load activity and not transported
Apps without default role-assignment		Manage Bank Accounts – Provides an overview of bank accounts and maintain bank account master data Manage Banks – Provides an overview of all the banks in the system. Can add new banks, contacts, and banking relationships. Can create, display, and change data for existing banks.	SAP_BR_CASH_MANAGER (Business role) – For both Apps SAP_SFIN_CASH_MANAGER (Authorization role) for Manage Bank-Accounts App. SAP_BR_CASH_SPECIALIST (Business role) – only Manage Banks FIORI App, not Manage Bank-Account

Further Reading

Following are some of the resources one can use for further reading on this topic

• SAP Note 2437574 – Transport of Bank Account Master Data in S4 HANA
• SAP S/4HANA 1610 documentation on Bank Master data