Processing Cost Centers
Use
You can use the following functions to create, change and display cost centers:
Features
The following graphic explains these functions:
Changing Cost Center Master Data
You can change basic data, such as name, description, cost center category, department, person responsible, indicator or address, as often as required.
You can only assign a cost center to a node in the standard hierarchy or change the currency of a cost center in certain cases (see: Assignment Fields in the Cost Center Master ).
Changing Group Assignments
You define the group assignment of a cost center for the entire lifetime of the cost center. You can also only change the group assignment for the entire lifetime. This means that unless you select the entire lifetime of the cost center, the SAP System does not accept the change. If you have divided the analysis period into different periods, you can select the complete analysis period by selecting the complete object interval list in the
Analysis Period: Choose
dialog box (see:
Processing Master Data
).
If you change the group assignment, the system creates a change document. To display the change documents, choose
Environment
Change documents
For field/For cost center
.
Evaluations Using Older Group Assignments
For evaluations in the information system, you can only use the current assignment in the standard hierarchy. If you require older group assignments for evaluation, you can do the following:
If you use group maintenance to process the standard hierarchy, create a copy of the hierarchy first. Next, make the necessary changes.
see Example: Copying The Standard Hierarchy of Cost Centers
If you process the standard hierarchy on the maintenance screen for the enterprise organization, create an alternative hierarchy at the required time.
See Time-Dependency of The Enterprise Organization
See also