Object documentationObject List

 

An object list comprises all objects of an object type (such as "Material") that are included in the reorganization.

 

An object list contains information such as the following:

  • The objects that are included in the reorganization

  • The new profit center that has been assigned to an object

  • The person who made this new assignment

  • The amounts that need to be transferred for this object and from which ledgers

Structure

Each object list only contains objects of one object type. Using the general and specific restrictions in the reorganization plan, the reorganization manager specifies which objects are contained in the object list.

Generation of the Object Lists

When generating the object lists, the system finds all relevant objects and places them in the appropriate object lists. This applies for all object lists of the first level of the derivation hierarchy version used.

An object list can be generated multiple times.

In the reorganization plan in the Generation area on the Object Lists tab page, the reorganization manager sees the following information for each object type:

  • No Generation: When this indicator is set, you do not need to generate the object list.

    If you use object types from the standard version of the derivation hierarchy, the following applies: For the Cost Center object list, the system sets the No Generation indicator.

  • Log with messages

  • History: The history indicates when the object list was generated and by whom. Moreover, it displays messages or logs from preceding generation runs.

  • Generation Date and Generated By: These fields indicate when / by whom the object list was last generated.

  • The Job Status and Generation Planned For fields relate to the background jobs.

  • Object list processed completely: This field shows whether there are still objects in the object list to which no new profit center has been assigned.

  • Not Processed: This field shows how many objects for a given object type have not yet been assigned.

  • Objects: This field specifies the total amount of objects in the object list.

The detail view of an object list contains the following information:

  • The objects that are included in the reorganization

  • The status of the objects

  • The assignment from the old profit center to the new profit center

  • The object owner who proposed the profit center assignment

  • Other information that you have specified in Customizing for the Reorganization.

  • For receivables and payables, the detail view can contain information on invoice-related items (see Generating the Object List for Receivables and Payables).

Reassignment

The system does not determine the objects from lower levels of the derivation hierarchy until during the reassignment. Once it has determined them, it stores them in the relevant object lists.

During the reassignment, there are two ways of displaying the object lists:

  • List Display: The system displays all objects for the selected object type, regardless of the derivation hierarchy level on which they are located.

    Example Example

    All payables are combined in one object list: This applies to payables belonging to purchase order items as well as to payables belonging to internal orders.

    Consequently, when you start the reassignment for the object list Payables, the system reassigns all payables.

    End of the example.

  • Hierarchical Display: For the selected object type, the system reassigns all objects on the selected hierarchy level.

    Example Example

    You reassign all payables belonging to purchase order items but not payables belonging to internal orders.

    End of the example.

As with the generation of object lists, you also find the relevant information of the relevant object lists during the reassignment.

There is the following information about the progress of processing:

  • List Display:

    • Object list processed completely column: :

      All objects in the object list are reassigned.

    • Object list processed completely column: :

      Objects for this object list still need to be reassigned. (You need to perform the reassignment again for this object list).

  • Hierarchical Display:

    • Object list processed completely column: :

      All objects on this node of the hierarchy have been reassigned.

    • Object list processed completely column: :

      Objects for this object list still need to be reassigned. (You need to perform the reassignment again for this object list).

    • Hierarchy processed completely column: :

      All object lists in the hierarchy have been reassigned. (Object lists beneath this node have also been completely reassigned).

    • Hierarchy processed completely column: :

      There are still object lists in the hierarchy that need to be reassigned. (Not all object lists beneath this node have been completely reassigned).

    Note Note

    If the system finds a new object on the first level of the derivation hierarchy when the object list is generated again, this is reflected in the reassignment as follows: The corresponding symbol for Object list processed completely switches back to Objects in this object list still need to be reassigned (Objects in this object list still need to be reassigned) for the node of the new object as well as for lower-level nodes.

    End of the note.
Transfer Postings

The object lists are displayed in the list display for the transfer postings. For each object type, similar information is displayed as that for the reassignment.

In the detail view for an object type (on the Transfer Posting Object List: <Object Type> screen), you can display for the individual objects the balances that have been transferred or need to be transferred. You can also display other details, such as the company code, ledger group, amount, old profit center, new profit center, document number, and fiscal year of the transfer posting document.

Object List Overview for the Object Owner

Whereas the reorganization manager can access all of the above information from the Object Lists tab page in the reorganization plan, the object owner uses the object list overview.

In an object list, the object owner sees for an object type all objects that are assigned to him or her. For each object, the object owner needs to specify a new profit center and set the object status. An object list can be considered a worklist for the object owner.