Changes to the
IMG Structure in Profitability Analysis 
Use
The IMG structure in Profitability Analysis has undergone the following changes since Release 4.6B:
Master Data -> Valuation -> Set Up Valuation Using Material Cost Estimate
The following changes were made under this node:
- The activity "'Define Keys for Accessing Material Cost Estimates" has been renamed "Define Access to Standard Cost Estimate".
- The new activity "Define Access to Actual Costing/Material Ledger" has been added.
Planning
The following changes were made under this node:
- The new node "Planning Framework" has been added. The activity "Prepare Initial Planning Screen" has been renamed "Set Up Planning Framework" and moved to this new node, together with the node "Aids for Changeover to the Initial Planning Screen" (and the activities under this node), which has been renamed "Aids for Changeover to the Planning Framework". Previously, they both belonged to the former node "Manual Planning".
- The "Manual Planning" node has been renamed "Manual Entry of Planning Data".
- The "Automatic Planning" node has been deleted. Its subordinate node "Calculated Values as Reference for Top-Down Distribution" has been added under the "Planning Aids" node.
- Under the "Planning Aids" node, the activity "Maintain Plan Structure" has been deleted and the activity "Customer Enhancements for Planning Functions" has been renamed "Create Exit Number for Customer Enhancement".
Infomation System
The following changes were made under this node:
- The "Define Operating Concern" node has been deleted. The subordinate activity "Create Profitability Report" has been moved up a level, and the activity "Define Headers and Footers for Basic Reports" has been moved to beneath the "Report Components" node.
- The new "Define Forms" node has been created under the "Report Components" node. The activities "Define Forms for Profitability Reports" and "Define Forms for Reports Based on Line Items" have been placed under this new node.
- It was possible to delete the "Line Item Analyses" node for the following reasons:
- The activity "Define Line Item Layout" is obsolete in Release 4.6C (as is the "Line Item List" node).
- The activity "Create Reports Based on Line Items" has been moved up to the same level as the activity "Create Profitability Report" (see above).
- The activity "Define Forms For Reports Based on Line Items" has been moved to "Report Components -> Define Forms" (see above).
- The node "Assign Reports/Report Selection to Activity Groups" has been renamed '"Assign Reports/Report Selection to Role".
Tools
The following changes were made under this node:
- The new activity "Simulation of Document Transfer from Incoming Sales Orders" has been added under the "Analysis" node.
- Under the node "Data Transfers Between CO-PA and Other Systems -> CO-PA External Data Transfer", the Basis activities relating to the new node "Platform-Independent File Name Allocation'" have been placed beneath that node.
- Under the "Authorization Management" node, the activity "Create Activity Group/Profile and Assign Users" has been renamed '"Create Role/Autorization Profile and Assign Users".