Account Assignment Derivation (SAP Library - Budget Control System (BCS))

Account Assignment Derivation

Use

In the Budget Control System the reference between posting address and corresponding budget adresses is not automatically determined by their hierarchical master data assignments, however you can define it as you wish in an account assignment derivation. The advantage of this is that you can also assign the budget for budget addresses for all hierarchies.

Use the CO-PA derivation tool for account assignment derivation of budget addresses. You define the derivation steps required for an account assignment derivation in a derivation strategy. You define an n:1 or 1:1 reference between posting addresses as source fields and budget addresses as target fields.

Using the CO-PA derivation tool is not just limited to using posting and budget addresses. Even if you have not defined budget structure elements (budget and posting addresses), you can define the account assignment derivation of postable FM account assignments on FM account assignments that can be budgeted.

Features

Standard delivery

If you do not define an account assignment derivation of budget addresses, SAP standard supports a 1:1 assignment. In practice, this means that the corresponding budget must exist on each FM account assignment on which consumables in the form of actual/commitment are posted.

Compare: Standard Delivery and Account Assignment Derivation of a Budget Account Assignment

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Inconsistency Check and Reconstruction

As soon as you make any changes in the account assignment derivation of budget addresses or "budget-bearing" FM account assignments, you must check that no inconsistencies have occurred and, if necessary, reconstruct the budget structure. For more information, see Inconsisteny Check and Reconstructing the Budget Structure.

Activities

You define a derivation strategy in the Customizing of Funds Management, under Master Data ® Budget Structure for the Budget Control System (BCS) ® Define Account Assignment Derivation for Budget Addresses. For more information on defining/maintaining a derivation strategy and source and target field parameters, see the IMG.

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You can also use the CO-PA derivation tool in Funds Management for updating. For more general information on account assignment derivation and derivation types, see Account Assignment Derivation.