Creating Allocation Cycles 

Use

You define allocation cycles if you want to perform an assessment or a distribution. Every cycle consists of one or more allocation segments. Within each allocation segment, you define the sender and receiver for the allocation segment, as well as the allocation rules.

Procedure

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       1.      To create allocation cycles and allocation segments, go to the SAP Easy Access screen and chooseAccounting ® Financial Accounting ® General Ledger → Periodic Processing → →

¡        Closing → Allocation → Actual Assessment / Actual Distribution → Create

¡        Closing → Allocation → Actual Assessment / Actual Distribution → Create

The General Ledger: Create <Allocation Type> Cycle: Initial Screen appears.

       2.      Make the following entries:

¡        Ledger

¡        Allocation Cycle

The first character of the allocation name cannot be a number. If you use the same name for an allocation more than once, the allocations must have different starting dates. When allocation cycles have the same name, but different starting dates, the system processes the cycles as independent objects. In the event of a change, this allows you to keep your old cycle and to create a new cycle with the same name but a different start date. If you define cycles that have the same name, the valid period of the first cycle should normally end before the second cycle starts.

¡        Start date for the allocation cycle

¡        Use the reference information, if you want to copy an existing allocation cycle, for example.

2.       Choose Execute.

3.       The General Ledger :Create <Allocation Type> Cycle: Header Data screen appears.

For more information, see:

§         Creating Header Data for Allocation Cycles

§         Creating Allocation Segments for an Allocation Cycle