Profit Center Master Data

Definition

Profit center master data serves as the hierarchical term according to which you can post and subsequently analyze data relevant to Profit Center Accounting.

Structure

Profit center master data consists of the following objects:

  • Profit centers

  • Standard hierarchy of the profit centers

  • Dummy profit centers for nonassigned postings

  • Possibly alternative profit center hierarchies

Integration

You can configure the system so that the profit center data is updated in new General Ledger Accounting . For this, you assign the Profit Center Update scenario to your ledger.

For more information on the Profit Center Update scenario, see the following sections: