SAP + Go Fig
Connect SAP to Go Fig for true cost by SKU, production-order variance, and margin by product reconciled to the GL and loaded into the Excel your finance team already uses, every day, automatically.
SAP runs financials, production, and supply chain for mid-market and large manufacturers across S/4HANA, ECC, and Business One. It is a deep, governed system of record, but the answers a cost accountant or controller actually needs, true cost by SKU, production-order variance, overhead absorption, and margin by product and customer, still get rebuilt by hand across CO, FI, and MM every month, usually ending in a private spreadsheet that is stale before the close pack ships. Go Fig does not replace SAP. It connects to it, lands your material masters, BOMs, production orders, cost-center and activity rates, inventory valuation, and the FI and CO postings that drive them, reconciles standard cost against actual and against the production-floor reality, and loads fresh, traceable cost data into the Excel your finance team already uses, every day, automatically. Plant, profit center, material, and order context are preserved on every line so segment-margin and absorption analyses run against one governed dataset rather than a stack of exported reports. Celeste, Go Fig's AI analyst, can then answer 'why did unit cost on this material rise this period' with an audit trail back to the production order and activity confirmation behind it. Your financial data stays in your environment. It is never pasted into a public chatbot and never used to train an outside model. Celeste works only on your data, with a full audit trail.
Key facts
- Supported products
- S/4HANA, ECC, Business One
- Sync grain
- Production-order, material, and posting level
- Reconciles to
- FI general ledger and CO postings
- Historical backfill
- Multiple fiscal years of orders and postings
- Auth
- Read-only service user via supported interface
What you can do with SAP data in Go Fig
True cost by SKU, reconciled to FI and CO
Standard cost estimates rolled through the BOM and routing, compared against actual cost collected on production orders, and reconciled against FI postings, so the cost accountant sees true unit cost by material without rebuilding the rollup across CO and MM every period.
Production-order variance and overhead absorption
Production and process orders compared standard versus actual on material, activity, and overhead, with absorption and production variances surfaced by plant, work center, and material. Pricing and mix decisions get made off reconciled numbers instead of stale standards.
Margin and inventory valuation by product and customer
Inventory valued at reconciled cost and margin computed by material, profit center, and customer from the same governed dataset, so the controller can defend valuation at close and the VP Finance can see exactly where margin comes from across the product line.
Data available from SAP
Go Fig extracts and normalizes the following data from your SAP account:
How to connect SAP
Provision a read-only SAP service user
Work with your Basis team to create a dedicated service user (commonly 'GOFIG_API') with a role scoped to read-only access on the FI, CO, MM, and production data you want exposed. Keep the user separate from your human operators so authorization changes and audit trails stay clean.
Confirm your landscape and integration interface
Confirm whether you run S/4HANA, ECC, or Business One, and which supported interface your landscape uses for extraction (OData or RFC for S/4HANA and ECC; the service layer or database for Business One). Go Fig routes the connection accordingly and works with your Basis team on network access.
Pick the historical window
Most cost accountants backfill several fiscal years of production orders, cost estimates, and FI and CO postings so true-cost and variance trends have history to lean on. After the initial backfill, Go Fig syncs deltas incrementally, keyed on change date and the posting date for transactional streams.
Wire up the manufacturing cost flows
Celeste ships starter flows for true cost by SKU, production-order variance, inventory valuation, and margin by product and customer. Point them at your SAP connection and the cost data lands in Excel on day one, with drill-down back to the production order and posting behind every number.
Authentication: Go Fig connects to SAP through a dedicated read-only service user with a role scoped to the financial, controlling, and production data you want exposed. For S/4HANA and ECC, the connection uses SAP's supported integration interfaces (OData or RFC-based extraction, depending on your landscape); Business One connects through its service-layer or database access. The exact interface is confirmed with your Basis team during setup, and the service user is kept separate from your human operators so authorization and the audit trail stay clean.
Common Questions About SAP Integration
Does Go Fig replace SAP?
No. SAP stays your system of record for financials, production, and supply chain. Go Fig connects to it, reconciles its production and cost data against the general ledger and the production floor, and loads fresh, traceable cost data into the Excel your finance team already uses, every day, automatically. Nothing about how SAP runs your operations changes.
Which SAP products and editions are supported?
Go Fig connects to S/4HANA (cloud and on-premise), ECC, and Business One. The connection uses the supported integration interface for your landscape, confirmed with your Basis team during setup. Because SAP is a heavy enterprise system, the access pattern, interface, and authorizations are scoped carefully so Go Fig reads only the financial, controlling, and production data you choose to expose.
How does Go Fig handle standard versus actual cost?
Go Fig pulls your standard cost estimates rolled through the BOM and routing alongside the actual cost collected on production orders, then reconciles both against FI and CO postings. Production, material, and absorption variances are surfaced by plant, work center, and material, so the cost accountant can see where actual diverged from standard rather than discovering it at close.
Is our financial data safe and private?
Yes. Your financial and production data stays inside your Go Fig environment. It is never pasted into a public chatbot and never used to train an outside model. Celeste, our AI analyst, works only on your data, and every answer carries a full audit trail back to the underlying production order, material, or GL posting. The SAP service user is read-only and scoped to exactly what you expose.
What is the impact of Go Fig on SAP performance?
Go Fig runs incremental syncs that read a small fraction of available capacity in steady state, and schedules the initial backfill during off-peak windows so close and production jobs keep their headroom. Your Basis team controls the service user's authorizations and can confirm exactly what Go Fig reads and how often through the connector dashboard.
