Resource Drivers

This Model Table function is used to provide periodic resource drivers for the relevant resources and activities.

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.

• Resource Source: In some customer system landscapes, the resource driver data comes from multiple systems (such as data warehouses or timesheet systems) or is entered manually. If this is the case, the Resource Source field has different values and is available in reporting.

• Resource: To abstract the data that comes from general ledger systems and planning systems from the profitability model and to make reassignments easier, the resource driver data is based on an explicit Resource field instead of the original source system fields (such as GL Account, Cost Center, Profit Center). The Assign Resources function enriches the original data using the Resource field. This means that even if new accounts are added or become obsolete in the underlying GL account, you only need to update the resource assignments data and not the calculation model.

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

• Activity: You use this field to define the activity that uses the resource value as a variable portion to allocate the resources.

• Resource Value: This field contains the key figure used to allocate resources to activities and refers to the resource driver as a unit.