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Create Costing
Variant
You can use
costing variants to combine all the controlling parameters for
costing.
The costing variant represents the link between
the application and customizing because all costings must reference a costing
variant as they are made and stored.
The costing variant controls how the costing is
to be carried out. With it, you control:
- Whether the costing results are to be regarded
as plan costs or actual costs
- Which prices are used to value the materials,
internal activities and external activities
- How overhead surcharges are
calculated
The following are part of the costing
variant:
Note
It is technically possible to have more the
same costing type and valuation variant in more than one costing variant, but
you should avoid this because it can lead to one variant overwriting the data
for another.
The reason for this is the key format for
costing results in the database. This key form is based on the costing type
and valuation variant, no the costing variant.
Standard
Settings
The SAP standard system contains a number of
predefined costing variants
SAP
Recommendation
When you use Easy Cost Planning, we recommend
you use costing variant PS06 , which we deliver as
standard.
Assign a different valuation variant to each of
the costing variants you want to use to store costings. If you do this, you
will subsequently be able to change the valuation strategies as and when you
want.
Activities
1. Enter an
alpha-numeric key and an appropriate short text for the costing
variant.
2. In the
detail screen, assign a costing type and a valuation variant to the costing
variant.
3. If you are
using the costing variant for a model costing, you stipulate whether cost
elements have to be assigned to the costing items. The costs for other
reference objects in the unit costing must be totaled using cost
elements.
Further
Notes
You need the costing variant for:
- The costing (plan costs) and cost
determination (actual costs) for networks and network activities.
Store two costing
variants: one for plan costs and one for actual costs
- As default values for the application in the
Project System implementation guide in the network parameters for the network
type
- In the application, in the extras for the
network header (if you did not define a costing variant in the network
parameters
In the network header data, choose Goto -> Network header ->
Supplement.
- The unit costing for projects or WBS
elements
You define the
costing variant:
- As a default value for the application in the
cost planning profile
- In the application, when you access the unit
costing from structure- oriented cost planning