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Use

The report compares the actual and plan figures in cost center accounting. The booked activity quantities and statistical key figures are shown next to the costs.

Features

Selection

On the selection screen you can determine which data the system should evaluate.

The variation in this report is active.

You can control the report contents through the output parameter.

You can produce extracts from this report.

Note

For more information on working with Report-Painter reports (selecting, generating extracts, setting output parameter, and more) see Execute the Report-Painter Report.

Output

The report has the following row and column structure:

Report rows:

The report has four sections.

  1. Section: the system generates rows for each cost element and cost element group. Debits and credits are shown separately. The debit and credit bookings are totaled and balanced in row Over/Under absorption .
  2. Section: a list of booked statistical costs sorted per cost elements.
  3. Section: List of activity types.
  4. Section: the booked statistical key figures are listed here.

Report columns:

The report shows blocks consisting of cost and quantity columns; the system displays a block for each, the statistical bookings, activity types and statistical key figures.

Caution

The system can show quantities only when the summed bookings in a row use the same unit of measure.

 

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