Maintaining Business Process/Groups in the Hierarchy
Use
In the maintenance screen for standard hierarchies, you can create and maintain business processes and business process groups.
While maintaining standard hierarchies, no alternative groups can be created or processed (see:
Business Process Groups).
Procedure
General Requirements
Calling up the function
You can reach the transaction using the menu for Activity-Based Costing and path: Master Data ® Standard Hierarchy
® Change ; or in the IMG for ABC, use path Master Data ® Business Process
® Maintain Standard Hierarchy of Business Process.
Search for business processes or business process groups
Choose either Business Process or Business Process Group in the Search area by clicking.
The dialogue box Find Business Process or Business Process Group appears.
Enter either a numeric key or a name.
Choose an additional field to limit the search further. You can also use * for the search.
To view the hit list before the search run, choose Display.
To transfer the hit list to the selection area, choose Find.
When searching for business processes, you can also set "person responsible" as an additional search criteria (Goal and with). In Value, enter a search term.
Creating, displaying and deleting search variants
Choose the desired object by clicking on it. The Find dialog box appears.
Enter the search criteria.
Choose (save value as search variant) and give a name.
Choose . The system saves the entered selection criteria as search variant, and assigns it to the corresponding organizational unit in the search area.
To check you entry, select the search variant, and choose (Display search variant).
To delete a search variant, select the corresponding variant and choose (Delete search variant).
You view the results of a search directly in the selection area. Choose the corresponding search variant by double clicking on it.
You can page through the search result. In Search Range choose (Previous search results) or (Next search result).
Choose objects to display or process
In the selection area either business processes or business process groups are displayed; that is, a search must have already occurred.
- To display the data of a business process or of a business process group, double click on the corresponding name in the selection area.
- The (respective) business process group is displayed in the overview area. The master data for the object is shown in the detail area.
Changing the column configuration
You can choose which columns are to be displayed in the selection area as well as the overview area.
- To change the column configuration, choose .
- Select or deselect the columns that you want or do not want displayed respectively.
- Choose .
Creating and changing business processes and business process groups
Creating business processes
In overview area, select the business process group that the business process should be assigned to.
Choose Maintain
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Create Business Process
Enter the master data for the business process in the detail area.
Choose Save (above menu).
In the overview area, you can see which group the process is assigned to. Further information regarding creating business processes is in
Editing Business Processes.
Creating business process groups
Choose the business process group in the overview area by double clicking that should be assigned to the group.
Choose Edit
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Create Group (same level), or Create Group (lower level).
Enter the name, short description and report information for the group in the detailed area.
Choose Save .
You will see the new groups in the overview area (scroll if necessary).
Change business process or business process group
Choose a business process or business process group in the selection area or in the overview area by double clicking on it.
You can view or edit the master data for this object in the detail area.
To view or edit the master data, choose the corresponding tab page in the detail area.
Enter data as required.
Choose Save .
More information regarding editing business processes can be found under
Editing Business Processes.
Moving Objects
Also note the information for changing group assignments in
Edit Business Processes.
Moving objects from the selection area
Search for an object (see above section on "Search for business process or business process group").
The selected objects are shown in the selection area.
Choose one of the selected business processes or business process groups in the selection area.
Assign the selected object to the upper level organizational unit using drag-and-drop in the overview area.
Choose Save .
If the organizational unit of the structure was already assigned, the old assignment is deleted. The organization unit is then moved to the new position.
Moving objects from the overview area
Select an object in the structure appearing in the overview area that you want to move.
To move an object within a group one position higher or lower, choose:
or Edit
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Change Sequence
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Move Up, or Edit
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Change Sequence
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Move Down.
- Use drag-and-drop to move an object within the standard hierarchy or group to the new position. The old assignment is deleted.
To navigate between work steps, choose (Scroll backwards) or (Scroll forwards).
You can activate and delete the master record version for cost centers, profit centers and business processes. To do this, you must first go to the overview screen and select the corresponding objects in the selection list or the structure tree.
See also:
Active and Inactive Master Records