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Problem:

You are processing the standard hierarchy using group maintenance.

In the current fiscal year, you want to carry out cost center planning for the following fiscal year, based on the standard hierarchy . However, in the new fiscal year, changes are made to the standard hierarchy structure. This could be, for example, because cost centers are removed or added, or because the hierarchy assignment of the cost centers has changed. To carry out planning using the standard hierarchy structure that is valid for the next fiscal year, you must make the appropriate changes to the standard hierarchy.

However, the existing standard hierarchy is required for reporting in the current fiscal year, because only this hierarchy portrays the structure in the current fiscal year.

Solution:

Copy the current standard hierarchy, and then make the changes to the structure.

You now have two hierarchies available in the system:

  • The standard hierarchy for the current fiscal year, which you use for reporting

  • The modified standard hierarchy, with which you carry out planning for the next fiscal year