Procedure
Most layouts usually contain variables for certain characteristics (profit center, account, and so on). By entering individual values for these variables on the characteristic screen, you specify which characteristics you want to plan/enter in this session.
If default parameters were set for a characteristic when the corresponding layout was defined, this characteristic appears on the characteristics screen, but cannot be changed. Instead, the value displayed is a fixed value, corresponding to the value assigned to the characteristic when the layout was defined.
If you plan costs and revenues in the transaction currency, see
If you select Free, the system displays all the objects (characteristic values) that meet the selection criteria and already have data entered to be changed. In addition, you can add further objects and plan these as well.
If you select Form-based, the system displays all those objects that meet the selection criteria, regardless of whether or not plan data has been planned/entered for them. Each time you call up a form-based layout, the system displays the same structure of characteristic values. You cannot add any new characteristic values.
You enter/plan statistical key figures centrally for all profit centers belonging to the profit center group "ABC". On the initial screen of the planning transaction, you enter profit center group "ABC". This group contains profit centers 4110, 4120, 4130 and 4140. No values have yet been entered/planned for profit center 4110.
If you select Free, the system displays profit centers 4120, 4130, and 4140 along with the corresponding plan data. The system does not offer you the possibility of changing profit center 4110. You can add the profit center you still want to enter/plan.
If you select Form-based, the system displays all profit centers from the above-mentioned group which are to be entered/planned; it is not possible in to add extra profit centers to these rows.
You cannot make any changes here, as the purpose of this screen is merely to display how the data was entered.
In Planning, the following functions are available:
Displays the current planning profile with the corresponding layouts.
Allows you to scroll between characteristic screens of the other layouts in the current planning profile.