Changing and Displaying Cost Centers with Collective Processing 

Use

Collective processing allows you to change or display several cost centers in one workstep. Deletion with collective processing is described under Deleting Cost Centers.

1. To change cost elements in collective processing, choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Cost Center Accounting ® Master data ® Cost center ® Collective processing ® Change.

To display cost centers in collective processing, choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Cost Center Accounting ® Master data ® Cost center ® Collective processing ® Display.

2. You can select cost centers by the following criteria:

1. Cost center or cost center interval
2. Cost center group
3. All cost centers in a controlling area
4. Selection variant

1. Select one of the criteria and enter the appropriate selection parameters.
2. Enter a time period in which the selected cost centers are valid.
1. Cost centers that you want to change must exist in the selected time period. The validity period for the cost centers must lie completely within the time period you have selected.
2. Cost centers that you want to display must also exist in the selected time period. However, you can select these cost centers even if the validity period for the cost centers overlaps with the selected time period.
3. If you want to change cost centers, enter a list variant or use the F4 help to select one of the existing list variants.

The list variants allow you to control the list display for the selected cost centers.

SAP offers you standard list variants, which differ in the number of master data fields that can be maintained. You can also define your own list variants, for which you can select all standard master data fields for maintenance. To create your own list variants, choose:

1. Environment ® Maintain list variants or
2. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Cost Center Accounting, choose Master Data ® Cost Centers ® Define List Variants for Collective Processing

If you want to display cost centers, you do not need any list variants.

4. Choose Execute.

The system displays a list of all the selected cost centers.

5. To maintain fields in collective processing that have not yet been displayed, choose Format ® Other list variant or Previous list variant or Next list variant
6. To maintain the master data for a single cost center from list processing for cost centers, select the appropriate row and choose Goto ® Master data.

You can make further changes in the cost center master data and save these changes.

7. From list processing for cost centers, choose Goto ® Cost center list to access the cost center list display.

The system executes the cost center list using the selection criteria you entered in the initial screen for cost center collective processing.

8. If you want to change cost centers, you overwrite the entries in the ready-for-input fields and save your entries.

11. When you display cost centers, the system displays the list using the ABAP List Viewer (see: ABAP List Viewer).