Assignments for Cost Accounting 

Use

To post objects in cost accounting, the system first has to determine the correct objects. The system can carry this out automatically during account assignment. You can also enter the assignments manually.

Prerequisites

If you want the system to determine the objects in cost accounting, you must make certain that certain settings have been made in Customizing.

Features

The system automatically determines the objects to be posted in cost accounting. The following parameters are important:

The account assignment category determines which object needs to be posted to (e.g. cost center or order) and which account assignment data are necessary. In order to define account assignment categories, go to the IMG and choose Logistics Execution ® Transportation ® Shipment costs ® Settlement ® Maintain account assignment category.

The cost apportionment determines the level at which the costs are to be forwarded. You can apportion the costs at more detailed levels than the shipment cost item, depending on the how closely you want to follow costs. Possible apportionments are:

- Shipment cost item

- Delivery

- Delivery item

These apportionments are completely independent of the calculation bases. If they do agree with the calculation bases, then the system apportions costs according to origin. If the costs are apportioned to a more detailed level than the calculation bases, then this is carried out according to the proportional weight. (Example: calculation basis = delivery; cost apportionment by delivery item).

If costs are not to be apportioned by the proportional weight, then you can program the apportionment according to other rules in customer enhancement V54SFRC.

You can use the origin of the CO assignments to restrict the possible levels of the cost apportionment.

- You assign the cost apportionments in Customizing for the shipment cost item category. To make this setting, go to the IMG and choose Logistics Execution ® Transportation ® Shipment costs ® Shipment cost document ® Shipment cost types and item categories ® Assign shipment cost types and item categories.

This parameter determines the origin of the information used for determining the CO object. The possible sources of this information are:

- G/L account

If the G/L account is determined by the system or entered manually, then the system accesses a Customizing table in which a CO assignment is maintained for each G/L account. You can find this table in the IMG by selecting Logistics Execution ® Transportation ® Shipment costs ® Settlement ® Automatic determination of CO assignments.

- Delivery, order

The system first searches the delivery for CO assignments. If it doesn’t find any, it searches the order.

- Delivery, order, G/L account

The system first searches the delivery for CO assignments. If it doesn’t find any, it searches the order. If it doesn’t find any in the order, it accesses the Customizing table where the CO assignments for the G/L account assignments are maintained.

See also:

Carrying out Account Assignment