Controlling (CO)

A collection of rules for cost allocation.

A specific cycle can contain a number of segments. A segment consists of the following elements:

• Sender objects, whose values to be allocated are computed using the same rules
• Receiver objects, whose allocation bases are computed using the same rules

The sender-receiver relationships defined in a cycle are processed iteratively. If you want to process hierarchies separately, you must define a cycle for each level of the hierarchy. You then process the cycles in succession.

Cycles are valid only in the environment in which they were defined (such as planned assessment). When you create a new cycle, you can copy the values from a cycle in a different environment (such as an actual assessment cycle).

You use the following to define cycles:

• Cost center groups
• Cost element groups
• Order groups
• Cost object groups
• Work breakdown structure element groups
• Business process groups