Multilevel Unit Costing (SAP Library - Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP))

Multilevel Unit Costing

Use

Multilevel unit costing uses a highly flexible screen layout for the editing of material cost estimates without quantity structure and base planning objects.

The following graphic illustrates the functions of multilevel unit costing:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Multilevel unit costing differs from "classic" (that is, single-level) unit costing in the following ways:

The costing structure can be displayed hierarchically
The screen layout can be arranged in various ways, such as by positioning the hierarchical costing structure and the list screen of the unit cost estimate next to each other
A worklist facilitates access to frequently used data, such as internal activities, business processes, material cost estimates, and base planning objects
You can display material cost estimates with quantity structure and use them as a reference
You can access numerous functions simply by clicking on the right mouse button. These functions include creating material cost estimates and base planning objects, and inserting items into the worklist
Drag and drop functions are available, which you can use to move costing items from the worklist to the costing structure, for example
You can branch to Materials Management to create new materials

Prerequisites

To enjoy the full range of the multilevel unit costing functions, SAP recommends that you use a 21" screen.

Features

The screen is divided into various areas (see the above graphic):

Costing Structure

This screen area can be used to display or edit a material cost estimate or base planning object.

By double-clicking on a costing item, you can go to the list screen for that item or to the costs display. You can use the drag and drop function to move items from the worklist to the costing structure.

For more information, see Editing Multilevel Cost Estimates.

Worklists

This screen area is used to manage and sort information that you require on a regular basis to edit a material cost estimate or base planning object on a multilevel basis.

You can move costing items from the worklist to the costing structure or the list screen of the unit cost estimate using the drag and drop function. By double-clicking on a material cost estimate or base planning object in the worklist, you can go to other sources of information such as the list screen of a unit cost estimate, or the detailed information on a material cost estimate.

For more information, see Using the Worklist.

Detail List

This screen area displays detailed information, such as the itemization, the cost component split or the message log.

List Screen or Costing Information

This screen area is used for the following:

To display or edit the list screen of a unit cost estimate

To display the costing data for a material cost estimate both with and without quantity structure

The type of information displayed depends on whether the cost estimate involved is a unit cost estimate (that is, a base object cost estimate or a material cost estimate without quantity structure) or a product cost estimate (a material cost estimate with quantity structure).

You can do the following:

Change the size of the individual screen areas with the mouse pointer
Display or hide the screen areas using the following:

Costing structure on or off

Worklists on or off

Detail list on or off

The following functions are also available:

Button	Function
	Enables you to define the default values for the copying of cost estimates (example: costing variant)
	Displays legend explaining the symbols in the costing structure and worklist of multilevel unit costing
	Displays information about a costing item in the list screen of the unit cost estimate, such as details on the costing type or material The type of information available depends on the type of costing item; for example, you can only go to the material master from a material item.
	Displays a log containing the system messages shown in the Detail list screen area
	Goes to the SAP Library and displays the documentation