The Account Assignment Area (SAP Library

The Account Assignment Area

In the account assignments area of Simple Maintenance, you can:

Directly assign cost centers to organizational units and positions
Assign default settings related to cost centers to organizational units and positions. (These, in turn, help to determine appropriate cost center assignments for various objects.)

The Simple Maintenance tree structure makes the assignment of cost centers and default settings faster and easier, since less data entry is involved. The tree structure also helps you to visualize how objects inherit cost center assignments and other default values.

You can assign cost centers and defaults in other areas of the system. For example, you can carry out both of these tasks in Detail Maintenance, by manually creating and maintaining Relationship (1001) Cost Distribution (1018) and Account Assignment (1008) infotype records.

Note

Note that the staffing percentage can have a great effect on cost distribution.

It also possible to enter cost center assignment in Personnel Administration. However, these methods are both more time consuming.

Cost center assignments are necessary in various situations.

Different Uses for Cost Center Assignments

If you plan to use

You can

Personnel Cost Planning

Transfer cost projections to Controlling (CO), where they can be incorporated into overall financial plans.
(Costing information is transferred through cost centers, and so your organizational plan must include cost centers that correspond with those in CO.)

Personnel Administration

Require cost center assignments so that payroll costs can be charged back to the appropriate area of your company. Payroll costs are charged back according to cost center.

If your company works with cost centers, you should consider setting some defaults to control, or guide, the cost center assignments.

Cost centers are determined according to a combination of different pieces of information, including business areas, company codes, and so on. So by setting defaults for these items, you narrow down the cost centers that can be assigned to an object. This helps prevent people from entering inappropriate information. This can be especially helpful if you have a complicated organizational plan.

Personnel Cost Planning

If you plan to use	You can
Personnel Cost Planning	Transfer cost projections to Controlling (CO), where they can be incorporated into overall financial plans. (Costing information is transferred through cost centers, and so your organizational plan must include cost centers that correspond with those in CO.)
Personnel Administration	Require cost center assignments so that payroll costs can be charged back to the appropriate area of your company. Payroll costs are charged back according to cost center.