Subassignment (SAP Library - Master Data and Hierarchies)

Subassignment

Definition

Characteristic used to further differentiate (break down) the values of the characteristic financial statement item.

Structure

Any characteristic can be used as a subassignment.

Standard Subassignments

SAP delivers standard, pre-defined subassignments.

Standard subassignments with special consolidation logic

The following subassignments use special consolidation logic – that is, these characteristics have roles with special properties:

Partner Unit

A partner unit is a consolidation unit that has a business relationship with a (primary) consolidation unit.

Each characteristic with the role consolidation unit must have an identical partner characteristic partner unit.

A financial statement item (or simply item) is either broken down by all existing partner characteristics or by no partner characteristics at all. (Bear in mind that when an item has a breakdown, this can be either required or optional.)

The characteristic with the role partner unit is needed, in particular:

for interunit elimination and reconciliation

for the elimination of interunit profit/loss in inventory

Investee Unit

The investee unit is used for recording values at investment holding items.

Transaction Type

You can use the transaction type to see the changes to financial statement items over time.

Example

Changes to assets – from the opening balance to ending balance
Changes to appropriations
Changes to investee equity

You need the transaction type, for example, to create an asset history sheet.

Transaction Currency Key

The transaction currency key is stored in the data basis whenever a transaction currency is used.

Unit of Measure

The unit of measure is stored in the data basis whenever quantities are used. It must be fixed in the breakdown category.

Year and Period of Acquisition

The year and period of an acquisition are analogous to the fiscal year and period. The current fiscal year and period are used as defaults. The period of acquisition requires that the year of acquisition is contained in the data basis.

Standard subassignments without special consolidation logic

In addition, you can also add the fields country and product group to the data basis of consolidation.

Custom Subassignments Defined by the Customer

Finally, you can use any additional characteristics as subassignments.

Integration

You use the breakdown category to determine which subassignments a financial statement item has.