Activity Drivers

This Model Table function is used to provide periodic activity drivers for the relevant activities as well as products and services.

It defines the following fields:

• Version: If you connect a real general ledger, you use this field to enter a fixed value. There is no variance because a general ledger provides only real data. You can use this field if versioned data is provided along with real general ledger data.

• Posting Date: You use this field to provide plan and forecast totals on a yearly, quarterly, monthly, or even daily basis to run the profitability and cost management process.

• Activity Source: In some system landscapes, the activity driver data is derived from multiple systems (such as data warehouses, timesheet systems or production systems) or it is entered manually. In such cases, the Activity Source field can have different values. This field is also available in reporting.

• Activity: Activities are usually derived from company internal surveys or already defined in company internal processes.

• Activity Driver: You use this field to specify the unit description of the activity, such as pieces, hours and FTEs.

• Activity Driver Value: This field contains the key figure that is used to allocate activities to products and services and uses the Activity Driver field as a unit.

• Service: You use this field to specify the product or service that uses the activity value as a variable portion to allocate the activities.