The graphic below illustrates how the system determines the profit center for an SD billing document. In Profit center Accounting, the data in the MM document is posted to the profit center determined by the system.
For an SD billing document, the profit center is - with one exception - always determined indirectly via the preceding document.
Cross-Company Scenario
With cross-company transactions, the sales order item always contains the sender profit center.
This profit center is used both for the internal settlement and the goods issue (see normal case in the graphic).
The profit center making the sale must be determined using a substitution when the customer billing document is created (see cross-company transaction in the graphic).