Activate Commitments Management 

You activate commitments management:

If Commitments Management is activated in the controlling area, then it is automatically activated at the same time for projects.

Activating Commitments Management for Controlling Area

  1.

    In Customizing under

    Choose the following:

    Controlling ® Cost Center Accounting ® Commitments and Funds Commitments

    Activate Commitments Management.

    Controlling ® Internal Orders ® Commitments and Funds Commitments

    Activate Commitments Management.

    Project System ® Costs

    Activate Project Management in Controlling Area

  2. Activate Commitments Management and save your entries.

Activating Commitments Management for Order Types

  1. In Customizing, chose Controlling ® Internal Orders ® Define Order Types.
  2. Activate Commitments Management and save your entries.

Activate Commitments Management for Cost Center Types (Default Value for Cost Centers)

  1. In Customizing, choose Controlling ® Cost Center Accounting ® Master Data ® Cost Centers ® Maintain Cost Center Types.
  2. In the cost center category that you want to activate commitments management for, deselect the commitments-lock indicator. Save your entries.
    You activated commitments management for the selected cost element. The setting is used as a default value for cost centers that are to be created. You can change the setting if required.

Activating Commitments Management for Cost Centers

  1. Choose Financials ® Controlling ® Cost Center Accounting ® Master data ® Cost center ® Individual processing ® Create/Change.
  2. Choose Master data.
  3. Choose Control
  4. If you require the system to update commitments to the cost center, do not select the Commitments update lock indicator