Costing-Based Profitability Analysis in the DRB (CO-PA) (SAP Library

Costing-Based Profitability Analysis in the DRB (CO-PA)

Use

The following object type is linked to the DRB and can therefore be displayed including any links:

Object Type with related Field Catalog and Archive Information Structure

Object Type	Archiving Object	Field Catalog	Information Structure
Costing-based profitability analysis	COPA1_nnnn*	SAP_DRB_PA1nnnn	SAP_DRB_PA1nnnn

* where nnnn is the operating concern. The archiving object is generated per operating concern.

Integration

For one business transaction there can be a sequence of line items in costing-based profitability analysis. These have been integrated in the DRB.

Note

You should note that the line items for account-based profitability analysis are found in cost accounting documents. You can find details on their integration in the DRB under Cost Accounting Documents in the DRB.

Prerequisites

To optimize the DRB functions for archived costing-based profitability analysis line items, you are recommended to proceed as follows:

Establish in which operating concerns the line items you wish to display are found. If you are in doubt, repeat the following procedure for all operating concerns present.
Activate the archive information structure SAP_DRB_PA1nnnn (where nnnn stands for the operating concern).
Construct the archive information structure SAP_DRB_PA1nnnn for the required files.