Transfer of incoming sales orders to Profitability Analysis
Description
As of Release 3.0 you can transfer incoming orders from SD to CO-PA.
This function is especially useful if a certain period of time lapses between when the sales order is opened and when the customer is billed. This function lets you see the results earlier.
In addition to the expected revenues and sales deductions, you can also use planned costs from product costing (for schedule-related production) for valuation. Make-to-order manufacturers can transfer the value planned in the sales order using unit costing.
The interface is transaction-based, which means that the data is transferred to CO-PA automatically each time an order is opened or changed. The system then stores the values apart from the billing data under record type A.
Installation information
Number ranges must be defined for the transfer!
Change system parameters in customizing
You activate the function by setting a switch in Customizing. There you also assign the fields in the order (such as the quantity delivered) to fields in CO-PA the same way that you assign billing document fields to CO-PA fields.
Activate transfer of sales orders
Assign SD fields to CO-PA fields
Procedure for removing dataset errors
If errors occur during the transfer, the system writes the data to a file. You can correct the error by starting a program to correct the records in the error file.