Cost Centers: Actual/Plan Variance 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.
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Output
The report has the following row and column structure:
Report rows:
The report has four sections.
- 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 .
- Section: a list of booked statistical costs sorted per cost elements.
- Section: List of activity types.
- 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.
- 1. Section one (cost elements):
- Column block 1: actual and plan costs within the analysis period, as well as their absolute and percentage variance
- Column block 2: actual and plan quantities within the analysis period, as well as the absolute and percentage variance
- 2. Section two (statistical bookings):
- All column blocks: statistical actual and plan values within the analysis period, as well as the absolute and percentage variance
- 3. Section three (activity types):
- all columns: actual and plan activities within the analysis period, as well as the absolute and percentage variance
- 4. Section three (statistical key figures):
- All column blocks: actual and plan quantities as well as their absolute and percentage variance
The system can show quantities only when the summed bookings in a row use the same unit of measure.