Definition
An internal order is used to monitor parts of the costs, and under certain circumstances, the revenues of the organization.
Use
You can create an internal order to monitor the costs of a time-restricted job or the costs (and revenues, if required) for the production of activities. Internal orders can also be used for the long-term monitoring of costs.
You can find further information on the internal order types mentioned above, in
Orders Classified by Content.Integration
You can use the following transaction-related postings on internal orders for the allocation of costs between different areas of cost accounting:
The system posts internal activities (such as those supplied by the cost center) to the internal order that received the activity, using the corresponding
For example, if you want to post all the costs incurred for a trade fair to a trade fair order, you create statistical key figures for the following:
This function allows you to enter costs, which you know will definitely occur, but you do not yet know through which transaction they will be caused (for example, purchase order, material reservations, and so on).
You can thus reserve parts of the order budget at an early stage.
For more information on funds commitment, see
You can allocate overhead costs to internal orders using
For more information on allocations, see
Manual Actual Postings.