Financial Planning Category
(Bucket)
Use
You use this Web application to manage financial performance at bucket level. This iView displays numerous rows, each row containing financial categories. The Financial Planning view allows you to display the data for the categories per planning periods.
You navigate to this view by choosing Portfolio Management → Portfolio Management. Choose Portfolio Structure of Buckets. Select a bucket. Choose Financial Planning.
Prerequisites
You have defined the following fields that are initially displayed when you create a bucket. You have defined them in Customizing, by choosing SAP xApp Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM) → Base System Interfaces → Financial Planning Settings → Define Financial Planning Settings.
Field |
Explanation |
Current Planning Period |
Displays the start and end dates for financial planning, which you specify when you create a bucket. This influences the first period displayed in the table below. Furthermore, the Total for the Planning Period field uses this period to calculate the totals. |
Period Breakdown |
Displays the period breakdown that you specify when creating a bucket. This governs the interval between the time periods in the table below. |
Currency |
Displays the currency that you specify when you create a bucket. The cost figures that you enter in the table below are recorded in this currency. |
Financial Category |
Displays the category selected on the previous screen. The category groups displayed in the column below refer to this category. |
Features
· You can navigate the columns or periods. A financial category comprises several category groups.
· Click View Chart to see the figures of the financial categories in a graphical format. You can filter by timeline, financial categories, and financial views. To return to the previous page, click Back.
· To expand/collapse all rows, click the overlapping triangles icon at the top right.
· You can display the financial planning as Financial Categories or as Financial Views.