Lead Columns

Use

When planning data is entered, the total for all entries in the planning layout is always displayed in several lead columns. Furthermore, you can choose to have a subtotal displayed for each characteristic in the lead column. To make this setting, select/deselect the option Total in the relevant dialog box. If you are working with two lead columns and you select the option Total for just one of them, all the value fields for the characteristics in the other lead column are then summarized.

Planning layouts with only one lead column are the exception. The default setting is for no total to be displayed, but you can have it displayed by selecting the option Total .

Example Example

With the default settings, an overview screen could appear as in the following example:

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Cost center	Cost element	Value field
4711	400000	10
	410000	20
	420000	30
4712	400000	40
	410000	50
	420000	60
4713	400000	70
	410000	80
	420000	90
*Cost center	*Cost element	450

If you select the option Total in the dialog box for the cost center, the following representation appears:

Cost center	Cost element	Value field
4711	400000	10
	410000	20
	420000	30
	*Cost element	60
4712	400000	40
	410000	50
	420000	60
	*Cost element	150
4713	400000	70
	410000	80
	420000	90
	*Cost element	240
*Cost center	*Cost element	450

Note Note

In Customizing, you can make the subtotals be displayed using default parameters: when you are in CO‑PA, you do this in the parameter set, when you are in other applications, you do this during planner profile definition. When entering planning data in the application, you can alter this setting for the duration of that planning session.

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Activities

By choosing Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Lead Columns... End of the navigation path in Customizing as well as in the application, you can access the dialog box to set the subtotals display.