You can process costing items in the list screen or detail screen of unit costing.
The list screen provides an overview of all costing items.
The detail screen provides an overview of a particular costing item.
You access the detail screen of a costing item by choosing (Details) in the list screen.
Depending on the item category, the detail screen of a costing item contains the following data:
Field | Definition |
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Item Category | Identifies an item as a material, base planning object, or internal activity. Specifies which data is determined automatically and which data you need to enter. |
Resource | Depending on the item category, contains the required master data (such as material master record for materials, activity type and cost center for internal activities) |
No cost comp. split indicator | For item categories M, E, and P, stipulates that the value of the item shall not be determined through a cost component split If you select this indicator, a price is selected based on the valuation strategy (for example, for a material from the material master). You can also enter the value for the item manually. Note This function is only applicable to material costing without quantity structure. In all other cases, the items are valued based on the valuation variant and not using cost component splits. End of the note. |
Work center and Plant of work center | Indicates which work center and resource were assigned to the item, and in which plant. The work center and the plant of the work center can be entered for each item. With item category E (internal activity), the cost center is determined from the work center and plant. |
Description | Either transferred automatically (for example, material, activity type, base planning object) or entered manually. |
Formula | The formula for the operation with item categories S and 0 is entered manually. |
Cost element | Either determined automatically (material, activity type, base planning object) or entered manually. |
Quantity | Must be entered manually. |
Unit of measure | Either determined automatically (material, activity type, base planning object) or entered manually. |
IndepOfLotSize indicator | Item is independent of the lot size. That is, the item is not adjusted if the lot size changes. |
Total price | Either calculated automatically (material, activity type, base planning object) or entered manually (variable items). The currency is in accordance with the currency display you selected. |
Fixed price | Portion of the total price that is treated as fixed costs. |
Price entered manually indicator | Set automatically if you have entered the price for an item manually |
Total value | Item quantity multiplied by the total price for each unit of measure |
Fixed value | Portion of the total value that is treated as fixed costs |
Currency | Depending on the currency display, this is either the controlling area currency, the foreign currency of the item, or the foreign currency of the costing header (menu option Settings). |