Profit Center Groups (SAP Library - Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA))

Profit Center Groups

Definition

A profit center group is a hierachical structure of profit centers.

You can use profit center groups to group profit centers together according to company-specific criteria.

Use

Profit center groups are used for reporting, allocations or in various planning functions, where it does not make sense to enter or display data at the lowest level (with a high level of detail).

The standard hierarchy is a special type of profit center group. It has to contain all profit centers belonging to the controlling area and reflect the organizational structure of Profit Center Accounting.

You maintain profit center groups

in Customizing for Profit Center Accounting, under Master Data ® Profit Center ® Maintain Profit Center Groups.

in the Profit Center Accounting application menu, under Master Data ® Create/Change/Display Profit Center Group.