Drilling Down to the Functional Area From Your P&L  

The fact that a document has been posted to a functional area is transparent on the report executed in Executing the Profit and Loss Statement in FI-SL. In this process, you drill down to the document to see that a functional area is indeed posted to. The summarized version of your profit and loss statement is on the screen when you begin.

  1. On the IDES Cost of Sales: Result screen, select Administrative cost with a double click, if this line is not expand to the cost element level yet.

    2. The system displays a list of cost elements.

  2. In the Act. local column, double-click on the row for cost element 474100 - Travel expenses - lump sum allowances.

    3. The system displays a dialog box.

  3. Mark Period breakdown and select Choose.
  4. On the Period breakdown: Result screen, double-click on one line in the Act. local column.

    5. On the Actual line items for table GLFUNCT screen, you can see each line item that is posted to this account. For each line item, you can also see the functional area.

  5. To display the functional area on the FI-SL document, place your cursor on one line:
  6. Select FI-SL document.

    7. On the Display FI-SL Local Actual Documents: List screen, you can see in the field Reference the document number of the document you posted earlier.

  7. Return to the Actual line items for table GLFUNCT screen.
  8. You can also see the functional area in the original FI document. To display the functional area on the original FI document, place your cursor on the one line item:
  9. Select Document.
  10. On the Display Document: Overview screen, double-click on the first line.
  11. Choose Next Item.
  12. On the Display Document: Line Item ... screen, mark More (X) and select Enter.

    13. On the bottom right of the Coding Block dialog box you should see the functional area filled in.

  13. Return to the main SAP R/3 screen.

    14. A dialog box asks, if you want to exit the report.

  14. Select Yes.
  15. Return to the main SAP R/3 screen.

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