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Role documentation Maintaining Char. Values/Derivation in Profitability Analysis  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Technical name: SAP_CO_PA_BASICDATA_CHARACTER

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In Profitability Analysis, sales and costs are analyzed by profitability segment. Profitability segments are made up of combinations of characteristic values. You can use the transactions for this role to maintain characteristic values and to arrange the characteristic values for a given characteristic in a hierarchical relationship. Furthermore, you can use these transactions to specify derivation rules, which enable you to determine characteristic values using other characteristics.

Activities in Profitability Analysis