SAP S/4 Public Cloud - Historical Balances Migration - Opening Balances

[Luis_Amaral_Rib43]

Dear all,

We have a client that wants to migrate the opening balances of 2025.

We are using the migration object FI-Historical Balances to perform the migration of the account balances, but we would like to know if it is possible that this amount is visible as opening balance for 2025 in the reports (for example in app Display G/L account balances). Already performed some tests like to migrate the balance in the period 12 from 2024 but then the amount is reversed in period 1 from 2025 but the opening balance is 0. Are you aware of any workaround or are we doing something wrong?

Thank you very much

[Chuma · Accepted solution]

Hello @Luis_Amaral_Rib43 

Thank you for your question. I’ve reviewed your scenario, and what you are seeing is standard system behaviour in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition.

Why is the opening balance zero?

The migration object FI – Historical Balances posts balances as periodic entries within the chosen fiscal year. These are visible in reports such as Display G/L Account Balances.

However, these postings do not create an opening balance for the next financial year.

The “Opening Balance” line in the reports is filled only by the Balance Carryforward process (in on-premise this is FAGLGVTR; in Public Cloud this is either scheduled automatically at year-end or triggered via the Carry forward G/L Balances app).

If you load balances into period 12/2024, the system treats them as actual postings for 2024. When the year-end carryforward runs, these balances are reclassified into period 0/2025. That is why loading directly into 2025 does not populate the opening balance line.

What this means for your project

There is no supported way to migrate balances directly as an “opening balance” for 2025.

The recommended approach is:

Use the migration object to load balance up to fiscal year 2024.

Run the Balance Carryforward (automatically or via Carryforward G/L Balances).

The system will then generate the opening balances for 2025, which will appear correctly in reporting.

SAP Help Portal – Migrate Historical G/L Account Balances

SAP Help Portal – Carryforward G/L Balances

In summary

You are not doing anything wrong. The zero-opening balance for 2025 is expected if you try to migrate it directly. The correct process is to migrate up to 2024 and then let the system’s carry-forward logic generate the opening balance for 2025.

Let me know if you need further information

With regards

Chuma

[Luis_Amaral_Rib43 · Accepted solution]

Hello Chuma,

First of all thank you very much for your reply.

I have tried this approach but when i run the carryforward nothing happens to the opening balance in 2025, it continues as zero.

Thank you very much

[Chuma · Accepted solution]

You are always welcome

[SaadFeroz · Accepted solution]

@Luis_Amaral_Rib43 Try loading historical balance for all periods previous year, including period 16 in your case to populate ending balance in the row highlighted.