Functional Area in Master Data (SAP Library - Functional Area in Master Data)

Functional Area in Master Data

Use

You can enter the functional area in the master data of the following objects:

G/L account
Cost element
Cost center
Orders

Order type
Internal orders
Sales order for make-to-order production and requirements class
Maintenance, service, and QM order
Production order, product cost controller, and cost object hierarchy

WBS elements

Project profile and project definition
WBS element

Networks

Network type
Network header
Network activity

During posting, the system derives the functional area from the master data of the assigned objects. For more information, see Derivation of the Functional Area.

Prerequisites

In order to be able to enter the functional area in the master data of the specified objects, the Functional area field in master data has to be ready for input. For this to be the case, cost of sales accounting for your company codes must either be active for preparation or active.

You make the settings in Customizing under Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting Global Settings ® Company Code ® Cost of Sales Accounting ® Activate Cost of Sales Accounting for Preparation or Activate Cost of Sales Accounting.

The master data of some objects is not company code dependent, rather it is assigned to higher-level organizational units. In such cases, the functional area field is ready for input in all company codes of a client, provided that cost of sales accounting is active for preparation or active for at least one company code of the client.

In the following cases, the master data of an object is not company code-dependent:

Object	Assigned organizational unit
G/L account	Chart of accounts
Cost element	Chart of accounts
Cost center category	Client
Order type	Client

Features

You have the following options for entry of functional area in the master data of the specified objects:

Entry of functional area

You can enter the functional area provided that no postings exist for this object.

Change functional area

You can change a functional area that has already been entered as long as no postings exist.

Where postings already exist, it is no longer possible to change the functional area.

Postings that have already been made cannot be changed automatically. The functional area is derived only in the case of new postings.

Where it is absolutely necessary to change the functional area for existing postings, you can find instructions on how to perform the change in Note 115840.