Check Order Types
In this step you check the control parameters for the order types . The order type is client-specific, so each order type can be used in all controlling areas and plants.
The following parameters are important with regard to the product cost collector:
- Order category
Product cost
collectors have the
order category 05 .
The order categories
are predefined in the SAP system and characterize the technical
characteristics of the orders. For example, an order category establishes
which transactions can be used to process with the order in
question.
- CO-partner update
This determines
whether information on the partner is retained when dealing with allocations
between orders and other CO objects (such as cost centers or projects), and
whether a record should be written.
- Order classification
You can specify that
orders of this order type are classified. As a rule, it is not necessary to
classify orders. See the Cost Object Controlling Information
System document in the R/3 library for more
information.
- Commitments management
For each order
category, you specify whether you want to use commitments
management.
In thesettlement
profile, you specify the objects on which orders of this category may be
settled. You can also assign a settlement profile to an order type at a later
time.
- Field attributes
You can define field
attributes to specify that an order's fields are display or input fields, or
to hide them. For further information, see the Implementation Guide for 
overhead cost orders.
overhead cost orders.- Residence time of orders in the system
Here you can define
the length of time that finished orders will remain in the system before they
are archived.
You must assign each
order type to a number range.
- TheFunction area
When a product cost
collector is created, the default value for the function are is transferred
into the master data of the product cost collector. This default value
corresponds to the value of the function area that was specified in the order
type of the product cost collector. The function area in the master data of
the product cost collector can no longer be changed.
Activities
Check whether the order types provided in the standard system meet your requirements.