Variance Categories
Report that you can use with product drilldowns to analyze individual variance categories for the following application components:
Product Cost by Order
Product Cost by Period
The reporting time frame can be cumulative or periodic.
You use this report for detailed analysis of variances. The results of variance calculation differ depending on the target cost version.
You can normally navigate from product drilldowns to the variance categories report.
You can compare the following costs:
Target costs calculated on the basis of standard costs against actual costs (without work in process and scrap variances)
Target costs calculated on the basis of a preliminary cost estimate of an order (product cost collector or manufacturing order) against actual costs (without work in process and scrap variances)
Target costs calculated on the basis of an alternative material cost estimate (for example, modified standard cost estimate, current cost estimate) against net actual costs (without work in process and scrap variances)
Target costs calculated on the basis of standard costs against planned costs of manufacturing orders
Integration
Variance Categories
The following variance categories are shown based on key figures and/or original cost elements:
Scrap variance
Input price variance
Input quantity variance
Resource-usage variance
Remaining input variance
Mixed price variance
Output price variance
Lot size variance
Remaining variance
Header Information
Object information
Reporting time frame
Prerequisites
Make sure that variances have been calculated for the target cost version in the relevant reporting time frame.
You need to execute a data collection run before starting the report.
More Information
For basic information on variance calculation, see Variance Calculation.
For detailed information on variance categories, see Variance Categories.
Information on the target cost versions and their resulting comparison values can be found in the following: