Executing Ad Hoc Cost Estimates (SAP Library

Executing Ad Hoc Cost Estimates

Use

If you want to plan costs without creating an object in the system, you can use ad hoc costing to obtain a speedy result.

Prerequisites

If you want to use a planning from for the costing, you must have already defined this in the system. For more information, see Processing Costing Models and Assignment of Attributes.

Procedure

Choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Easy Cost Planning & Execution Services ® Edit Ad Hoc Cost Estimate.

Creating Ad Hoc Cost Estimates

Enter a description for your planning projects and choose Create.
On the tab page Additional data enter a company code or a plant.
To start an ad hoc cost estimate with a planning form directly, you have the following options on the tab page Create with planning form:

Click on any planning form displayed. The cost estimate is started immediately.

If no planning form is displayed for instance because you have not yet created an ad hoc cost estimate, then choose either All planning forms under Subject area or some other role-specific worklist.

Under With planning form, enter the (technical) name of a planning form direct, and choose Create.
To find a planning form enter a search term and choose Find. The search is made in the names and in the descriptions available in your logon language for the planning forms. You can also display the descriptions via next to the planning forms.

For more information, see Using Easy Cost Planning.

To forward a cost estimate to another user for further processing or analysis, choose the service Send ® Send object with note from the object services in the title bar of the symbol.(). You can find more information on object services under Services for object () ® Help for the object services. The user to whom the cost estimate has been sent accesses the display mode of the cost estimate on opening the attachment to the note.

Changing Ad Hoc Cost Estimates

You have the following options:

Under Description enter the name of the ad hoc cost estimate which you want to change and choose Change.
Choose the tab page Planning forms last used and click on the ad hoc cost estimate that you want to change. You go directly to change mode.

For more information, see Using Easy Cost Planning.

Triggering the Execution Service

To be able to trigger an Execution Service you have to assign an account assignment object. This is used to post all of the costs incurred through triggering the Execution Service (for instance through a purchase order).

You are in the create or change mode of the cost estimate. Choose .

Choose Object type.

Enter the key of the account assignment object that is to include the costs.

For more information, see Triggering the Execution Services.