Dependencies
Use
When you create an overhead rate (during
overhead structure definition), you must assign a dependency to the overhead rate. You use dependencies to determine the overhead percentages used for the cost centers participating in accrual calculation. The overhead rates are stored according to various criteria (for example, cost center category, business area or company code).
Note that changing the assignment between overhead rate and dependency can lead to inconsistent data.
Features
You can define single-level and double-level dependencies. Single-level means that only one criterion determines how to calculate the overhead rate.
Double-level means that two criteria in combination determine the rate. The R/3 System checks first whether overhead rates already exist that satisfy the first criterion. Depending on the results of the first step, the R/3 System searches for overhead rates that match the second criterion.
You want to calculate accrual for non-wage labor costs on all the firm’s cost centers; however, the costs for special insurance payments apply only to the production cost centers. To accrue the non-wage labor costs, you define an overhead rate with the dependency Controlling area; to accrue the insurance costs, you define a rate with the dependency Cost center/controlling area. This allows you to use special overhead rates for the production cost centers.
Standard Dependencies
The standard R/3 System includes the following dependencies:
Dependency |
Assignment of Overhead Rate |
BKR1 |
By company code |
BKR2 |
For an entire controlling area, including special overhead rates for given company codes |
BKS1 |
By cost center in a company code |
BKS2 |
For an entire company code, including special overhead rates for given cost centers in a controlling area |
GBR1 |
By business area |
GBR2 |
For an entire controlling area, including special overhead rates for given business areas |
GKS1 |
By cost center in a business area |
GKS2 |
For an entire business area, including special overhead rates for given cost centers |
KKS1 |
For cost centers of a given cost center category |
KKS2 |
For an entire cost center category, including special overhead rates for given cost centers |
KSA1 |
Per cost center category in a controlling area |
KSA2 |
For an entire controlling area, including special overhead rates for given cost center categories |
KST1 |
By cost center in a controlling area |
KST2 |
For an entire controlling area, including special overhead rates for given cost centers |
KRS1 |
For an entire controlling area |
The dependency names in the standard R/3 System are based on their structures. The single-level dependency names use the field abbreviation and the numeral 1; the names of the double-level dependencies use the field abbreviation and the numeral 2.
Activities
To display the standard dependencies in the SAP R/3 System, choose Environment
® Extras ® Dependencies in overhead rate maintenance.When you create an overhead rate, select one of the dependencies listed above. If the standard R/3 System dependencies do not meet your particular requirements, you can create your own. To do so, you must create:
See also:
Creating and Maintaining Condition Tables Defining Custom Dependencies