Appropriation Request Variants
Use
In many cases, there are a number of alternatives for fulfilling an appropriation request. These can be of a technical or fiscal nature. Technical alternatives result from the various technical limitations on different methods of implementation. Fiscal alternatives could be different methods of procurement (purchase, leasing or in-house production).
You can also use variants to represent differing factors that affect the future implementation of the appropriation request, and thereby result in differing plan values.
Features
Appropriation request variants exist for every appropriation request. In the master data of the appropriation request, you describe what is to be done, and who in the organization is involved (refer to
Partner Management). In the variant, you describe how the appropriation request is to be carried out. Each appropriation request has to have at least one appropriation request variant.Each variant for an appropriation request has its own master data. The system manages planned costs and revenue at the level of the appropriation request variant. After the appropriation request is approved, you implement one of the variants.
Appropriation Request Variants
You can roll up different plan values of appropriation request variants using different plan versions of the investment program (refer to
Assignment to an Investment Program).