Displaying the Line Items 

Use

In this scenario, you call up in Profitability Analysis the line item that has been created by the material posting.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Accounting ® Controlling ® Profitability Analysis ® Information System ® Display Line Items ® Actual

    Transaction Code

    KE24

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Currency type

    B0

    Date created

    Today’s date

    Entered by

    Your user name

    Product

    40-210

  3. Choose .

The system displays the Line Items: Selection Criteria dialog box.
  1. Choose Continue.
  2. Call up the document you created by double-clicking it.

Note in particular the record type B (top right). This record type has been defined especially for data transfers from Financial Accounting to Profitability Analysis.

  1. Choose the Characteristics tab.

Characteristics exist for all dimensions that can be used for analysis purposes in Profitability Analysis. These characteristic values are derived from the customer master data, the material master data and from SD partner roles (such as sales representatives) or from CO-PA-specific characteristics.

The entries for the invoice item data result, on the one hand, from the product and plant being entered directly in the MM posting and, on the other hand, from the derivation rules in CO-PA.

For the posting in this example, the material group is derived from the characteristics listed at the outset. No customer data is derived because the customer view is not relevant for the MM posting.
  1. Choose the Value fields tab.

You can see the detailed information for order and billing quantities, revenues, discounts, and detailed product cost components, which are derived from Sales and Product Costing. Note that the list of value fields covers multiple screens.
  1. Choose until the overview tree appears.