Activity Type Master Data

You can maintain cost activity type master data using time-based dependencies (see Time-Dependency of Master Data ). The following time-dependencies are possible:

Time independent (I)
Fiscal-year-based (Y)
Period-based (P)
Day-based (D)

The following table shows the activity type master data according to time dependency:

Time-Independent and Time-Based Master Data for Activity Types

Time-independent fields (I)	Fiscal-year based fields (Y)	Period-based fields (P)	Day-based fields(D)
None	Basic data	None	Basic data
	Activity unit		Name
	Activity type category		Description
	Actual activity type category		Cost center categories
	Allocation cost element
	Output
	Output unit
	Output factor
	Indicator		Indicator
	Price indicator		Lock indicator
	Actual price indicator
	Average price
	Predistribution of fixed costs
	Plan quantity set
	Actual quantity set

The following table shows:

Field usage

Time base of these fields

Activity Type Master Data

Field	Use	Time base
Basic data
Name	Name of activity type	T
Description	Description of activity type	D
Activity unit	Unit of measure in which the activity is allocated	Y
Cost center categories	Cost center categories for which the activity types is valid for planning and allocation	D
Activity type category, Actual activity type category	Defines whether and how the activity type is to be entered and allocated (default value)(see: Activity Type Category )	Y
Allocation cost element	Secondary cost element, under which the activity type is allocated (default value, can be overwritten in activity type planning)	Y
Price indicator,Actual price indicator	Defines how the price of the activity type is to be calculated on a cost center (default value)(see: Price Indicator )	Y
Average price	Defines whether the prices of cost centers/activity types remain constant for the complete fiscal year (default value) (see: Procedure for Price Calculation )	Y
Predistribution of fixed costs	Determines whether fixed costs are distributed in advance to the cost centers receiving the activity (see: Predistribution of Fixed Costs )	Y
Plan quantity set	If this indicator has been set, then the planned activity quantity not changed by the plan reconciliation - even if planning for the object is not to be reconciled.	Y
Actual quantity set	Determines whether, in addition to the allocated activity type quantity credited to the cost center, you can also post a manual quantity (default value)	Y
Indicator
Lock indicator	Locks the activity type against the planning of activity inputs	D
Output	( See also:Example)
Output unit	Alternative output unit	Y
Output factor	Alternative output factor	Y

You can specify an alternative output unit if the output of the activity type is measured in a different unit from that used by the activity type itself.

Example Example

One hour of the activity "Lathing" produces 10 drills. The activity unit is "Hour", the alternative output unit is "Piece". You can also specify an output factor, in this case “10”.

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The system is able to automatically derives the output from the scheduled activity, using the alternative output unit and the alternative output factor.

Note Note

You can add user-defined additional fields to activity type master data. To do this, use the enhancement COOMLA01 Activity type: User-defined additional fields in the master data record . You can maintain the additional fields on a tab page in the relevant individual processing of the master data. You can use these additional fields to select master data in selection variants for deletion or for list display

You create additional fields in Customizing (IMG) for Cost Center Accounting .Choose Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Activity Types Program Enhancements for Activity Type Master Data End of the navigation path .

For more information on enhancement COOMLA01, see the documentation for the enhancement. You can display this documentation when using the enhancement transaction CMOD by choosing Display SAP doc.

For more information on procedure for enhancements, see BC - Changes to the SAP Standard .

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