CO-OM-ABC: Business Process Quantities and Prices (SAP Library

CO-OM-ABC: Business Process Quantities and Prices

Technical name: 0ABC_C05

Use

This InfoCube contains all business processes for which planned and actual quantities have been entered and prices determined, and this data loaded from the source system or systems. This InfoCube contains the associated quantity information on activities, scheduled activities, output, and capacity. It also contains the price information (with and without cost components) and the associated base quantities for the prices.

The InfoCube contains two types of data records that differ in their key figures: business process quantities and business process prices.

Using this data, you can ensure consistent process planning in your company, and create and verify an activity-based budget.
This InfoCube also supplies data for benchmarking, which in turn can provide information that supports make-or-buy decisions.
It also supports the determination of fair prices for shared services.
In sum, this information enables you to verify and optimize your process model.

Note

You can also use this InfoCube to access your own fields. For more information, see Customer-Defined Fields.

For background information on the concept of InfoCubes, see InfoCubes in Controlling.

Prerequisites in the SAP R/3 System

Before you can transfer actual prices into the BW, you need to calculate the actual prices.

This InfoCube can be used from Release 4.0B upwards.

Higher-Level Objects

Roles

This InfoCube provides information on the following subject:

SAP_BW_CO_BUSINESS_PROCESS Activity-Based Costing

Queries

The titles of the Queries provide information on the contents and intended users. "Range" Queries supply data on multiple objects, while "Detail" Queries supply more specific information. "Analysis" queries are intended for cost management specialists. The other queries are intended for supervisors such as process managers.

0ABC_C05_Q0001 Process (Range): Analysis – Plan/Actual Business Process Quantity

0ABC_C05_Q0002 Process (Range): Analysis – Business Process Price – Plan/Actual

0ABC_C05_Q0003 Process (Range): Analysis – Plan/Actual Activity Quantity

0ABC_C05_Q0004 Process (Detail): Analysis – Business Process Price – Plan/Actual

0ABC_C05_Q0005 Process (Detail): Analysis – Business Process Price, Split, Plan/Actual

0ABC_C06_Q0006 Process (Detail): Process Quantity – Plan/Actual – Periods

0ABC_C05_Q0007 Process (Detail): Quantity Planning – Current Year/Previous Year

0ABC_C05_Q0008 Process (Detail): Business Process Price – Plan/Actual – Periods

InfoSources

0CO_OM_ABC_2 Business Processes: Activity Quantities

0CO_OM_ABC_4 Business Processes: Prices

Loading Behavior

The InfoCube is fed from the two InfoSources 0CO_OM_ABC_2 and 0CO_OM_ABC_4.

To keep the data to a minimum that is loaded into the BW, you should use the following characteristics to restrict the selection:

0CURTYPE Currency type

0VTYPE Value type for reporting

Each time you upload data, the system adds it to the existing values. You should therefore delete any existing values before repeating an upload.

Recommendation

SAP recommends that you load an InfoPackage (using certain characteristics, for example, FISCPER; selected dataset) for each posting period, once periodic tasks are complete. This has the advantage that you do not need to delete as much data when you reload. InfoPackages that are already complete can be retained.

The contents of InfoCube CO-OM-ABC: Primary Cost Component Split (Old Version) supplied in older releases is now part of this InfoCube.

InfoSource 0CO_OM_ABC_4 Business Processes: Prices supplies data records for prices both with and without cost components. This does not require any special settings when you load the InfoCube.

Even if no cost component split is available, a data record with cost component split is nevertheless updated (with cost component = 0). You can therefore define your reports for prices with cost components even when no cost component splits are available. This report always produces the correct business process price in total across all cost components (see also Restricted Key Figures).

If you want to fill the new InfoCube with cost component data from an older InfoCube, create an InfoPackage for the corresponding InfoSource, 0CO_OM_ABC_4 Business Processes: Prices, and load your legacy data for the desired time frame.

Caution

Note that the price is no longer scaled to a price unit base quantity (base quantity for price) of 1 as it was previously. Instead the price is loaded for the actual base quantity. To get the scaled price as before, you must divide the price by the base quantity in your reports.

Characteristics

InfoObject	Description
0VALUATION	Valuation view
0ABCPROCESS	Business process
0METYPE	Key figure type
0COSTELEMNT	Cost element
0CO_AREA	Controlling area
0ACTPRIND	Price Indicator: Calculate Allocation Price
0VERSION	Version
0VTYPE	Reporting value type
0COSTCOMP	Cost component
0CCOMPSTRUC	Cost component structure
0CURTYP	Currency type

Caution

Characteristic 0CSTCOMP from InfoSource 0CO-OM-ABC5 Business Processes: Cost Component Split has been replaced by 0COSTCOMP cost component.

Navigation Attributes

The navigation attributes listed below have been activated. This is a sample selection. You are free to activate additional attributes, or deactivate attributes to improve performance.

InfoObject	Description
0ABCPROCESS__0PERF_TYPE	Cost behavior
0ABCPROCESS__0PROC_TYPE	Category
0ABCPROCESS__0PROFIT_CTR	Profit center
0ABCPROCESS__0VALAAD_EXT	External value added
0ABCPROCESS__0VALADD_INT	Internal value added

Time Characteristics

InfoObject	Description
0FISCPER	Fiscal year/period
0FISCVARNT	Fiscal year variant
0FISCYEAR	Fiscal year
0FISCPER3	Posting period

Key Figures

InfoObject	Description
0ACT_OUTPUT	Output
0ACT_CAPACT	Capacity
0ACT_QUANTY	Activity quantity
0PRICEFX	Fixed price, not split
0PRICECOMFX	Fixed price, split
0PRICE	Total price, not split
0PRICECOM	Total price, split
0PRICEVR	Variable price, not split
0PRICECOMVR	Variable price, split
0PRICE_BASE	Base quantity for price
0ACT_SCHEDL	Scheduled activity quantity

Restricted Key Figures

The restricted key figures fall into six groups.

Note

The basic key figures cannot be used without restricting some of the characteristics. For this reason you should use only the supplied restricted key figures in queries you have defined yourself, or analyze the supplied restricted key figures and modify them to suit your requirements.

InfoObject	Restriction
"Price" Group A business process price with a cost component split aggregated across all cost components supplies exactly the same information as a price without a cost component split. If the price has a cost component split, you also see the costs by cost component (provided this information is available; see Loading Behavior).
Data for all restricted key figures of the group	Key figure category = 1030 (overhead cost prices) Valuation view = 0 (legal valuation) Version = 0 (current variant)
0ABC_C05_RK001 Plan Price (key figure = total price) 0ABC_C05_RK014 Plan Price, Fixed (key figure = price, fixed, with cost component split) 0ABC_C05_RK015 Plan Price, Variable (key figure = price, variable, with cost component split)	Price indicator: 1 (automatically based on activity) 2 (automatically based on capacity) 3 (manually determined) Value type = 20 (plan)
0ABC_C05_RK002 Actual Price (key figure = total price) 0ABC_C05_RK011 Actual Price, Fixed (key figure = price, fixed, with cost component split) 0ABC_C05_RK012 Actual Price, Variable (key figure = price, variable, with cost component split)	Price indicator: 5 (Actual price automatically based on activity) 6 (automatically based on capacity) 7 (manually determined for actual allocations) Value type = 10 (actual)
"Activity" Group
Data for both restricted key figures	Key figure = activity quantity Key figure category = 2030 (activity quantities) Version = 0 (current variant)
0ABC_C05_RK003 planned activity quantity	Value type = 20 (plan)
0ABC_C05_RK004 actual activity quantity	Value type = 10 (actual)
"Scheduled/Allocated Activity" Group
Data for both restricted key figures	Key figure = scheduled activity Key figure category = 2030 (activity quantities) Version = 0 (current variant)
0ABC_C05_RK008 Scheduled Activity (Plan)	Value type = 20 (plan)
0ABC_C05_RK009 Allocated Activity (Actual)	Value type = 10 (actual)
"Output" Group
Data for both restricted key figures	Key figure = output Key figure category = 2030 (activity quantities) Version = 0 (current variant)
0ABC_C05_RK005 Plan Output	Value type = 20 (plan)
0ABC_C05_RK006 Actual Output	Value type = 10 (actual)
"Capacity" Group
0ABC_C05_RK007 Capacity (Plan)	Key figure = capacity Key figure category = 2030 (activity quantities) Version = 0 (current variant) Value type = 20 (plan)
"Base Quantity" Group
0ABC_C05_RK013 Base Quantity of Plan Price	Key figure = base quantity for price Value type = 20 (plan)
0ABC_C05_RK010 Base Quantity of Actual Price	Key figure = base quantity for price Value type = 10 (actual)

Units

InfoObject	Description
0OUTP_UNIT	Output unit
0UNIT	Unit of measure
0ACT_UNIT	Activity unit
0CURRENCY	Currency

Structures

InfoObject	Description
0ABC_C02_S001	Periods
0ABC_C02_S002	Quarters