Example

You are manager of the controlling department and, once you have checked cost center planning, want to round off the plan financial statement according to the cost of sales method, by planning additional costs in the travel expenses area in the coming fiscal year. To do this, you start the query and specify in the selection screen for the following selection criteria the values for which you want to plan costs:

Once you have confirmed the selection criteria, the system displays a table with columns for the functional areas (the specified functional area), the general ledger accounts (cost elements), the actual values of the previous fiscal year, the planned values of the coming fiscal year, and a difference column. The fields in the plan column are ready for input. You can enter there your planned costs in the row for G/L account Travel Expenses.