Functions in Line Item Reports

For information on how to display line items, see the SAP Library, under Start of the navigation path Getting Started with the SAP System Next navigation step The SAP Window Next navigation step List Next navigation step ABAP List Viewer (ALV) Grid Control End of the navigation path .

In addition, you can use the following functions to display profit center line items:

  • Technical display of the profit center document ( actual line items only )

    To display the entire actual line item, position the cursor on the desired row and choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Detail display End of the navigation path . The system displays the entire document with all items. This display includes additional information such as the user who created the document and the date it was created, which are not available in the normal line item list due to lack of importance.

  • Period breakdown ( plan line items only )

    The basic list shows the total for all the selected periods in each document line. To break this total down by periods, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Period breakdown End of the navigation path .

  • Original document display

    To display the original document in the application that sent the data to Profit Center Accounting, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Original document End of the navigation path or double‑click on the desired document line. For example, if a document line originated with a primary posting to a cost center in Financial Accounting (FI), the system displays the FI document. (See also “Display FI/CO document”).

  • Display FI/CO document ( actual line items only )

    When you choose the function Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step FI/CO document End of the navigation path , the system displays a dialog box containing all the documents in accounting that were created in connection with the corresponding profit center document. In the example above (primary posting to a cost center in FI), these would be the FI document, the CO document, the profit center document and possibly other documents (such as FI­‑SL).

    Note Note

    This function is not available for documents from Controlling (document type K).

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  • Display documents with the Document Relationship Browser ( for actual line items only )

    You can use the function Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Relationship Browser End of the navigation path to display all original and follow-up documents for a profit center. To access the Document Relationship Browser (DRB), you first have to select a profit center document in the dialog box.

For more information on the Document Relationship Browser, see the SAP Library, under Introduction to the DRB , Document Relationship Browser (DRB) in Accounting , and Profit Center Accounting in the DRB (EC-PCA) .

  • Display master records

    With this function you can display certain characteristics of the document line. To do so, position the cursor on the desired characteristic and choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Master data End of the navigation path . At this time you can display the master data for the following objects:

    • Profit centers

    • Partner profit centers

    • Accounts (FI accounts and CO cost elements)

    • Cost centers

    • CO orders

    • WBS elements

    • Assets

    • Materials