Use
You can edit costing items in the
list screen of the unit cost estimate or in the detail screen for the costing item. The list screen gives you an overview of all costing items. The detail screen gives you more information on a particular costing item.You can also create costing items with
multilevel unit costing instead of (or in addition to) single-level unit costing.Features
In unit costing, you enter the costing items manually. Each costing item must be assigned to an item category.
The item category determines what data you enter and what data is read or calculated by the system:
Item Category |
Your Entry |
Data Read or Calculated by the System |
B (base planning object) |
Name of base planning object, quantity |
Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value |
E (internal activity) |
Cost center, activity type, quantity |
Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value |
F (external activity) |
Purchasing info record, plant, purchasing organization, quantity, cost element |
Price, unit of measure, text, item value |
G (overhead) |
- |
Overhead rate, cost element |
I (raw material cost estimate) ® cost estimate without quantity structure only |
- |
Raw material costs (see also Raw Material Costing) |
L (subcontracting) |
Purchasing info record, plant, purchasing organization, quantity, cost element |
Price, unit of measure, text, item value |
M (material) |
Material number, plant, quantity |
Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value |
N (service) |
Service, quantity |
Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value |
O (operation) |
Formula, cost element |
Result of formula |
S (total) |
- |
Sum of item values above this item or above the item values that you specify in a formula |
P (manual process costs) |
Quantity, process |
Process costs, activity price |
T (text) |
Description |
- |
V (variable item) |
Quantity, price, cost element |
Item value |
X (process costs determined) |
- |
Process costs, quantity, unit of measure, cost element, text |
If you don’t specify an item category, the system proposes V (variable) as a default.
You can enter the prices of individual costing items manually if you want. If you do so, the item is indicated accordingly and the field Price entered manually is activated for that item.
The system finds the cost elements for the items as follows:
Item Category |
Used by the System to Find the Cost Element |
B (base planning object) |
The master data of the base planning object |
E (internal activity) |
The activity type master record |
F (external activity) |
Your manual entry |
L (subcontracting) |
Your manual entry |
G (overhead) |
The costing sheet |
P (manual process costs) |
Your manual entry |
X (process costs determined) |
The process template |
M (material) |
Automatic account determination |
N (service) |
The service master |
V (variable item) |
Your manual entry |
In unit costing, you can determine whether the system found a cost element for each costing item by choosing Functions
® Determine Cost Element.For base object cost estimates, you can specify in the costing variant in Customizing whether the entry of cost elements is optional, required, or forbidden. For further information, see
Preparation for Base Object Costing and the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Reference and Simulation Costing.