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 Settlement of Results Analysis Data to FI and EC-PCA

Use

You can transfer results analysis data to Financial Accounting (FI) when you settle. This allows the results analysis data to be posted in the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement. For example, this enables inventories to be capitalized or reserves shown as a liability in FI.

Prerequisites

You make the required settings in Customizing for Product Cost by Sales Order under Start of the navigation path Period-End Closing Next navigation step Results Analysis End of the navigation path .

  • You define posting rules .

To be able to use revenue-based or quantity-based results analysis, you define posting rules for the following data, for example:

Posting Rules for Revenue-Based and Quantity-Based Results Analysis

Category

Meaning

WIPR

Work in process (requirement to capitalize)

WIPP

Work in process (prohibition to capitalize)

WIPO

Work in process (option to capitalize)

RUCR

Reserves for unrealized costs (requirement to capitalize)

RUCO

Reserves for unrealized costs (option to capitalize)

RUCP

Reserves for unrealized costs (prohibition to capitalize)

RCCR

Reserves for the cost of complaints (requirement to capitalize)

RCCO

Reserves for the cost of complaints (option to capitalize)

RCCP

Reserves for the cost of complaints (prohibition to capitalize)

RIML

Reserves for imminent loss

The posting rules are closely linked to other settings in Customizing for Product Cost Controlling :

  • You use the assignment rules to specify which costs (such as material usage costs) are costs that must be capitalized.

  • You use the update rules to specify the cost elements under which this information is updated when results analysis is performed on the sales order item.

To be able to use the POC method, you define posting rules for the following data:

Posting Rules for the POC Method

Category

Meaning

POCI

Revenue in excess of billings

POCS

Revenue surplus

POCL

Loss

POCR

Realized loss

You must also make sure that a settlement rule has been created for the sales order item.

Features

You can transfer the following results analysis data to G/L accounts in Financial Accounting by period:

  • Work in process

  • Reserves for imminent loss

  • Reserves for unrealized costs

  • Reserves for the cost of complaints and commissions

If you perform results analysis using the POC method, you can make postings for the following results analysis data to G/L accounts in Financial Accounting by period:

  • Revenue in excess of billings

  • Revenue surplus

  • Reserves for imminent loss

During settlement, the system generates an accounting document in FI. The number of the order for which work in process or reserves were transferred to Financial Accounting is shown in the Assignment field of the FI document. This ensures that the postings to Financial Accounting can be explained.

If you assigned the sales order item to a profit center, this information is also transferred to Profit Center Accounting .