Measurements 
Use
Measurements are generally used to determine the measurable characteristics of objects. Measurements replace the areas and apportionment units that were used in Classic RE.
Measurements of rental objects are used as follows:
a. They are the basis for calculation condition amounts (Measurement calculation formula)
For
more information, see Defining and Assigning
Conditions.
b. They are required in the service charge settlement and option rate determination processes to determine the result of the apportionment or the option rate. The measurement type that forms the basis of the calculation depends on the data specified in the settlement unit or option rate method.
If you
use the service charge settlement component, read the Service Charge
Settlement documentation and especially the section on editing apportionment
rules.
If you
use the input tax distribution component, read the documentation on Option Rate
Determination and Input Tax Distribution and especially the section on option rate
method.
Prerequisites
You have made the basic settings for using measurements in Customizing under the following path:
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide ® Flexible Real Estate Management (Enterprise Extension) ® Master Data ® Basic Settings ® Measurements ®
¡ Measurement Types (mandatory)
¡ Total Measurements (optional)
¡ Derivable Measurements (optional)
Furthermore, you can determine other optional settings and exceptions in Customizing for each usage type, rental object type and architectural object type. Read the documentation for the corresponding Customizing activity.
What Is a Measurement?
Measurement
200 m² retail space
Measurement Type
Describes the measurable characteristics of an object.
You can determine in Customizing (see Prerequisites section below) measurement types for the following object types:
· Architectural object
· Usage object (business entity, building, property, rental object)
· Settlement unit
You can define and name measurement types as you wish. Measurement types that refer to spaces are designated by a special indicator, in order to allow special reports on spaces and to allow the unit of measurement to be checked.
Parking
area, public area, retail space, office space, residential area, room capacity
in persons, number of enclosed parking spaces, water consumption, cubic
volume…
Measurement Unit
Measurement units must be assigned to measurement types in the same Customizing activity.
Square
feet, cubic feet, square meters, pieces, %
Measurement Amount
200 m²
If a measurement amount is
defined for a particular object (for instance, a room with a size of 20 m²),
the total for this object cancels out the same measurement amounts on any
subordinate objects. This means that the total size of the subordinate objects
is corrected.
Superior objects represent totals of the same measurement amounts of the subordinate objects (applies for all levels).
Other Measurement Types
Total Measurement
Total Space, Residential/Usable Space
SAP recommends using total measurements if you need different, separate measurements for reporting, but at the same time need to group measurements together for processes related to service charge settlement.
For objects with mixed usage, you can differentiate, for example, between measurement types “A004 Residential Space” for residential usage and “A003 Usable Space” for commercial usage. On the other hand, in service charge settlement based on area, you would combine these two measurement types under one type: “A200 Residential/Usable Space”.
You can specify fractional areas if certain areas are not chargeable in full. To calculate the size of apartments in Germany, for instance, only half the area of a balcony or terrace is added on to the living area under certain circumstances (minimum width). If you wish to enter this area separately, you can make the necessary settings in Customizing.
Measurement types that are identified in
Customizing as being total measurements (such as total area or usable space)
are automatically entered by the system in the table under the
Measurements tab in the application (such as creating a rental
object). They are identified with
. If you choose the icon, you can
find out how the value of the total measurement is determined (which
measurement types are used). Total measurements are entered for the whole
period in which the object is valid. They cannot be changed.
Derivable Measurements
Measurement amounts
of a rental object (for instance, those created by extracting a rental space)
can be derived from other measurement amounts. The derived value can be
changed when the rental object is being processed (“manual”
indicator on the Measurements tab page. When no manual changes
are made, the value for the derived measurement type is updated automatically
each time the basis measurement is changed.
Derivable measurements can be used, for
example, for the proportional distribution of specific measurement amounts.
Example
You occupy available office space according to the number of office employees, and you want the occupied office space to be calculated proportionally for the purpose of service charge apportionment.
Procedure
100 parking spaces (M005) are
assigned to a pooled space of 1000 m² office space (A101). Rental spaces are
extracted from the office space, and the parking spaces should be distributed
proportionately to the area.
You have to make the following entry in Customizing:
Der.Meas.: M005 Parking Space
Usage Type: 0005 Office
Deriv.Srce: Usage (U)
Number: Any
Source Measurement Type: A101 Office Space
Rounding Category: Round Down
Decimal Places: 0
If a rental space of 253 m² office space is extracted from the pooled space,
then the value 253 / 1000 * 100 = 25 (rounded off) is derived for measurement
type M005 "Number of Parking Spaces". When the rental spaces are being
extracted. The “No. of parking spaces” must be selected under
Distribute Measurements and the distribution is excecuted by
pressing 
in the Distribute Other Measurements
field.