delta versions of activity-based costing

Introduction

In the version maintenance you determine whether transactions in the reference versions or in thedelta version should be carried out.

Select the corresponding field:

Field is selected: transaction remains in reference version where it is carried out; transaction data is transfered to the delta version.

Field is not selected: transaction is transfered to the delta version from the reference version and carried in the delta; transaction data is written in the delta version.

The transaction data from primary costs in actual, and overhead charges in plan and actual are transfered by the R/3 system from reference version to the delta version.

Recommendation

Due to internal dependencies between the business transactions, you are recommended to transfer the following transactions out of the reference version:
Primary costs (plan and actual)
Accrual (plan and actual).
This selection ensures that all primary costs are transfered from the reference version to the delta version of the activity-based costing. This allows you to allocate these costs in a reconciled parallel calculation to business processes.

While selecting a transaction, note the sequence of allocations and the relevant and existing dependencies between them. More information is available in Help for applicaitons of Activity-Based Costing under "Process plan -> Scope process plan" and "Period-end closing -> Scope period-end closing".

More information about working with the delta version is in Help for applications of Activity-Based Costing under "Methods of Activity-Based Costing -> Parallel Activity-Based Costing".