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:

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

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

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

• 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 entered manually. In such cases, the Activity Source field can have different values. This field is also available in reporting.

• Geographic Region: You use this field to define the region which the data is related to. This field is used to compare different results with regard to the geographical, for example, the United States, Canada, Australia, and European countries.

• Product for Profitability Analysis: You use this field to defines the product or service that uses the activity value as a variable portion to allocate the activities.