Creating a Realignment Request 

Use

In this process, you create a realignment request for the realignment run you have just defined.

Procedure

  1. Position your cursor on your realignment run, then choose Request.
  2. Enter the text "Sales Org. for Customer 1360".
  3. In the Selection of CO-PA Characteristics table, select the Customer characteristic (you may need to scroll down the list).
  4. Choose .

    5. You have now moved this characteristic to the Selected Characteristics table.

  5. In the Characteristic value column, overwrite the # sign by entering 1360.
  6. To define the rules for adapting the characteristics, choose the Conversion rules tab page.

For each characteristic, you need to specify how the realignment request is to change the characteristic value. There are 3 possibilities.

a) Derive the characteristics as new (Characteristics to be derived again): This option is the default for all characteristics that may be changed by realignments. This table should contain all characteristics that are to be adjusted by the realignment.

b) Leave the characteristics unchanged (Characteristics not to be changed): This applies to characteristics for the organization structure and the unit of measure fields. Characteristics that are highlighted in color cannot be changed. This ensures the consistency of the database with upstream applications (such as FI or CO-OM). The other characteristics from this table can be used for the realignment.

c) Overwrite characteristics with a fixed value (Characteristics to have value replaced w): The characteristic is set to the specified fixed value for all profitability segments. If you do not enter a fixed value, the characteristic is initialized.
  1. Select the Sales organization characteristic in the Characteristics NOT to be changed column, then choose the selection arrow to set this characteristic in the Characteristics to have value replaced w table.
  2. In the Characteristic value column, enter 1000 (sales organization Frankfurt, Germany).
  3. Choose .
  4. Choose .
  5. Remain on the CO-PA: Maintain Realignments screen.