Cost Element Master Data 

You can maintain cost element master records using time-based dependencies (see: Time-Based Dependencies of Master Data). The following time-based dependencies are possible in the SAP System:

The following table shows the cost element master data according to time dependency.

Time-Independent and Time-Based Master Data for Cost Elements

Time-independent fields (I)

Fiscal-year based fields (Y)

Period-based fields (P)

Day-based fields
(D)

Description

Cost element characteristics

None

Default account assignment

Name

Cost element category

    
 

Record quantity indicator

    
 

Unit of measure

    

 

The following table shows:

Cost Element Master Data

Field

Use

Time base

Basic data

    

Description

Description of the cost element
(default transferred from general
ledger account)

I

Cost element category

Classification of primary and secondary cost elements (see: Cost Element Category)

Y

Attribute mix

Additional classification option/evaluation in reporting

Y

Indicator

    

Record quantity

Recording of consumption quantities; warning for actual postings without consumption quantities; no effect on quantity updates

Y

Internal unit of measure

Determines which unit of measure is recorded

Y

Default account assignment

    

Cost center/
order

Assignment to cost center/order

D

 

You can add user-defined additional fields to cost element master data. To do this, use the enhancement COOMKA01 Cost elements: User-defined fields in the master data record. You can maintain the additional fields on a tab page in the relevant individual processing of the master data. You can use these additional fields to select master data in selection variants for deletion or for list display

To create additional fields, go to Customizing for Cost Element Accounting and choose Master Data ® Cost Elements ® Develop Enhancements for Cost Element Master Data.

For more information on enhancement COOMKA01 see the documentation for the enhancement. You can display the documentation if you assign the enhancement to a project in the enhancement transaction CMOD.

For more information on how to use enhancements, see BC - Changes to the SAP Standard.