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Customizing Settings
In this activity, you can display the
customizing settings for an operating concern. A number of functions let you
analyze the various areas of Customizing:
- You can obtain an overview of the
organizational structures for an operating concern.
- The functions Value field
analysis, Overview of valuation, and
Overview of derivation provide you with several options for detailed
analysis.
- You can draw up a where-used
list for the characteristics and value fields in an operating
concern.
Overview of
Organizational Structures
In the overview of the organizational
structures for the operating concern, all assigned organizational units are
listed and detailed information is displayed from the relevant master
data.
Analysis
Options
Value Field
Analysis
The value field analysis function lets you
analyze all the flows of actual data to Profitability Analysis. You can find
inconsistencies by looking at individual value fields. The report shows you
what value flows the value field is involved in and what condition types or
cost elements it gets its values from. In all, you can analyze the following
actual value flows:
Transfer of billing documents and
incoming sales orders
By analyzing the interface with SD, you can
answer the following questions:
1. Which SD
condition types are mapped to which value fields?
2. In which
pricing procedures are those condition types used?
3. Should a
condition type be transferred with its +/- sign?
4. Is the
condition type "statistical"?
5. Is the
condition type used for reserves?
6. Which FI
accounts are found by the account keys in the pricing procedure?
7. Are these FI
accounts defined as cost elements of the category "11" (sales revenues) or
"12" (sales deductions) in CO?
Possible causes of
errors that are referred to:
- For each G/L account found for the condition
types, the system checks whether the corresponding CO cost element was defined
for the category "11" or "12". If the cost element does not exist or was
defined for a category other than "11" or "12", the "Type" field is displayed
in red because that condition type cannot be transferred to CO-PA as it is
currently defined.
- This analysis is only carried out for those
condition types which are not defined as "statistical" in the
pricing procedure. Statistical condition types are normally transferred to
CO-PA once they are assigned to a value field. The only exception to this are
condition types which are used for reserves. These lead to postings in FI,
even if they are marked as statistical in the pricing procedure. Consequently,
the system checks the cost element for these condition types, provided that a
cost element was defined for the corresponding reserves account in FI.
Reserves are normally regarded as irrelevant for CO and consequently are not
defined as cost elements in CO. In that case, the value field analysis ignores
the account key of the reserves account.
- If the current Customizing setting calls for a
condition type to be transferred
with its +/- sign , the system displays a warning, because this
setting should only be made in rare instances (such as for bonus
conditions).
Customizing:
It is not possible
to simulate the complete logic for determining revenue accounts. The accounts
shown in the overview are found using the account keys defined in the pricing
procedures. These account keys are used as selection criteria to read the
account determination tables. The system selects all the records in those
tables that contain the account key. For the system to be able to find the
relevant accounts, you first need to define the account determination tables
that should be analyzed before running the analysis. To do so, choose
"Settings -> Value field analysis -> Account determination tables"
. You can only use tables that have the field "KVSL" (account key) in their
key.
- Direct postings from FI and
MM
a) Which cost
elements or cost element groups are mapped to each value field?
b) Are the
fixed and variable costs split?
c) Have CO cost
elements been defined in PA transfer structure for the accounts found using
automatic account determination?
Possible cause of
errors that is referred to:
If both fixed and variable costs are transferred to the same value field in
one assignment line, this is marked as a possible error. For the accounts
found using automatic account determination, the system checks whether the
corresponding CO cost element is contained in PA transfer structure
FI.
- Order and project
settlement
This option analyzes
all the PA transfer structures except structures FI and CO, which are treated
separately.
The data
for
order and project settlement is shown just like that for FI and
MM direct postings, except that there is no information regarding automatic
account determination.
Possible cause of
errors:
If the "Transfer
billed/delivered quantity" flag has been selected, there must be a quantity
field defined for this assignment line, otherwise no quantity is transferred
to CO-PA during settlement.
- Direct and indirect activity
allocation
This option gives
you information about PA transfer structure CO and displays the information
like that for order and project settlement.
Cost center assessment and process
assessment
The option
Cost center assessment and process assessment answers the
following questions:
a) Which cycles
and segments populate which value field?
b) Which value
fields do fixed and variable costs flow into?
c) Is a value
field assigned explicitly in the segment, or is a PA transfer structure used
instead?
Note:
This overview only shows those assignments that are used for assessment.
Assignments with a source "Variance category" or "accounting indicator" are
not displayed.
a) What data
interfaces ("sender structures") contain a given value field?
b) To which
external field is the CO-PA value field assigned?
As well as providing an overview of what value
flows each value field is involved in, the function "Value field view"
also offers you the option of creating a where-used list for the
assigned value fields.
Overview of
Valuation
The overview of valuation shows you all the
customizing settings for CO-PA
valuation. You can use this function for the following record
types:
- Incoming sales orders (A)
- Direct postings from FI and MM (B)
- Order and project settlement (C)
- User-defined record types
The analysis is possible for different actual
and plan points of valuation.
Overview of
Derivation
This option displays the following
information:
- Derivation of Planning Functions:
- Derivation of Planning Functions:
- Template determination for
Where-used
list
This option provides you with an overview of
the occurrences of a characteristic or a value field in CO-PA Customizing. It
is possible to call up the overview for the current client or for all clients
in the system. By double-clicking in the overview, you can access the
corresponding maintenance transaction directly, where you can then delete a
characteristic or value field, for example.