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Use

In the maintenance screen for standard hierarchies, you can create and maintain business processes and business process groups.

Note

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

  1. Choose either Business Process or Business Process Group in the Search area by clicking.
  2. The dialogue box Find Business Process or Business Process Group appears.
  3. Enter either a numeric key or a name.
  4. Choose an additional field to limit the search further. You can also use * for the search.
  5. To view the hit list before the search run, choose Display.
  6. To transfer the hit list to the selection area, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Find.

Note

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

  1. Choose the desired object by clicking on it. The Find dialog box appears.
  2. Enter the search criteria.
  3. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (save value as search variant) and give a name.
  4. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text. The system saves the entered selection criteria as search variant, and assigns it to the corresponding organizational unit in the search area.
  5. To check you entry, select the search variant, and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Display search variant).
  6. To delete a search variant, select the corresponding variant and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Delete search variant).

Note

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 This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Previous search results) or This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (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.

  1. To display the data of a business process or of a business process group, double click on the corresponding name in the selection area.
  2. 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.

  1. To change the column configuration, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  2. Select or deselect the columns that you want or do not want displayed respectively.
  3. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Creating and changing business processes and business process groups

Creating business processes

  1. In overview area, select the business process group that the business process should be assigned to.
  2. Choose Maintain ® Create Business Process
  3. Enter the master data for the business process in the detail area.
  4. 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

  1. Choose the business process group in the overview area by double clicking that should be assigned to the group.
  2. Choose Edit ® Create Group (same level), or Create Group (lower level).
  3. Enter the name, short description and report information for the group in the detailed area.
  4. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Save .

You will see the new groups in the overview area (scroll if necessary).

Change business process or business process group

  1. Choose a business process or business process group in the selection area or in the overview area by double clicking on it.
  2. You can view or edit the master data for this object in the detail area.
  3. To view or edit the master data, choose the corresponding tab page in the detail area.
  4. Enter data as required.
  5. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Save .

More information regarding editing business processes can be found under Editing Business Processes.

Moving Objects

Note

Also note the information for changing group assignments in Edit Business Processes.

Moving objects from the selection area

  1. Search for an object (see above section on "Search for business process or business process group").
  2. The selected objects are shown in the selection area.
  3. Choose one of the selected business processes or business process groups in the selection area.
  4. Assign the selected object to the upper level organizational unit using drag-and-drop in the overview area.
  5. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text 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

  1. Select an object in the structure appearing in the overview area that you want to move.
  2. To move an object within a group one position higher or lower, choose:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or Edit ® Change Sequence ® Move Up, or

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Edit ® Change Sequence ® Move Down.

  1. 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 This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Scroll backwards) or This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Scroll forwards).

Note

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

 

 

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