Use
The settlement process allocates the actual costs incurred for a general cost object to one or more receiving objects (such as a profitability segment or cost center). This automatically generates one or more offsetting entries to credit the general cost object.
Prerequisites
Settlement is only possible if a settlement rule exists for the general cost object.
Settlement Rules
You create a settlement rule for each general cost object. The settlement rules define how the costs are settled.
A settlement rule consists of one or more distribution rules. The distribution rules establish the following:
Settlement Type
Your entries in the cost object category determine which settlement type is set by the system.
The system sets the settlement type PER (periodic).
The system sets the settlement type FUL (full settlement).
Integration
Integration
You can use the Schedule Manager to assist you in performing the period-end closing activities. For more information, refer to the following sections:
Scheduler Monitor Flow DefinitionIf you use the Schedule Manager with the flow definition, you can use the multilevel worklist to reprocess the faulty objects. For more information, see the following section:
Multilevel WorklistFeatures
You can post the settlement on the last day of the period, or specify a different posting date. The posting date must lie within the period for which overhead is calculated.
Improving Performance
You can use parallel processing to reduce the runtime of the settlement process.
Schedule Manager: Multilevel Worklist
You can view and edit the objects with errors that were processed with the individual functions. You use the multilevel worklist for this purpose. The multilevel worklist enables you to edit the faulty objects of an individual processing step (that is, a single function) or of an entire processing step sequence.
A prerequisite for the multilevel worklist is that you are using the Schedule Manager in conjunction with a flow definition.
See: Integration in this section.
See also:
Control Parameters for Settlement Creating a Settlement Rule for a General Cost Object