Creating Ad Hoc Cost Estimates 

Use

As the person responsible for costs you simulate the costs of preparing to use your team of consultants using the ad hoc cost estimate. For this you use the planning form ZXXX that you created in Controlling.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost-Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Easy Cost Planning & Execution Services ® Edit Ad hoc Cost Estimate

    Transaction Code

    CKECP

  2. Enter the controlling area 1000 if necessary.

    3. The screen Ad Hoc Cost Estimate appears.

  3. Enter a suitable text in the field Description.
  4. In the Create with planning form tab page, enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Data

    With Planning Forms

    ZXXX
    the planning form that you created

  5. In the Additional data tab page, enter the following data:
    6.

    Field

    Data

    Costing Variant

    PADH

    Company Code

    1000

    Plant

    1300

  6. Choose Create.

    7. The screen Ad Hoc Cost Estimate: Change appears. On the left-hand side of the screen the costing structure is displayed, and on the right side the entry screen for the planning form.

  7. Enter the following data:

    8. Field

    Data

    Internal working hours

    110

    Additional cost (Euro)

    5000

  8. Choose Confirm.

    9. Depending on the data you entered the system determines the costing items and inserts them in the costing structure.

    As you have planned more than 100 hours labor time, the system inserts the node ZPS004 IT: With External Consultants in the costing structure and not the internal activity item. You have not defined any conditions in the planning form for the variable costing item additional costs and the item is activated in each case.

  9. In the costing structure click on the planning form With External Consultants.

    10. In the work area the system displays the entry screen for the planning form IT: With External Consultants.

  10. Enter the following data:
    11.

    Field

    Data

    External Consultant Hours

    50

    Internal Working Hours

    60

  11. Choose Confirm.

    12. The system determines the costing items and transfers these to the structure.

  12. If you would like an overview of the meaning of the symbol legends displayed in the costing structure, choose .
  13. If you want to see the total costs in the screen area Costing structure, either change the column width as appropriate or increase the screen area.
  14. To show the item overview in the lower half of the work area, choose Show/hide item view.
  15. Choose .

The ad hoc cost estimate is saved.