In this IMG activity, you define value categories. Value categories are cost elements, intervals from cost elements or cost element groups.
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You store keys and names for the new value categories in this workstep. You also specify which cost elements belong to a value category and can check the assignment of the cost elements to the value categories. With correct assignments, only cost elements of the same category should exist for each value category (that is, only costs or only revenues). Each cost element can be assigned to only one value category.
As this consistency check adversely affects system performance, you should perform it only when you have maintained all value categories.
After the consistency check, the system creates a list containing information for each controlling area about the assignment of value categories.
The traffic lights at the end of the nodes help you to perform targeted searches.
The state of the traffic light is transmitted upwards through the hierarchy.
Cost elements are displayed in different colors depending on their category.
The following cost element categories are distinguished by colors:
If you change value categories at a later data and planning data already exists, you must Reconstruct the Project Info Database . You need to reconstruct the project info database, to avoid data inconsistencies.
It is therfore advisable, to summarize cost elements in value categories to reduce the volume of data. If you still want to create a value category for each cost element, you can get the system to create the value categories automatically. For more info see the IMG for the Project System under Set Update Controlling.