Hierarchy
SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN⤷
CO-OM (Application Component) Overhead Cost Controlling⤷
KALE (Package) Overhead Cost Controlling: ALE
IMG Activity
| ID | OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO | Cost Center Accounting |
| Transaction Code | S_ALR_87006635 | IMG Activity: OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO |
| Created on | 19981222 | |
| Customizing Attributes | OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO | Distribution of Cost Center Accounting |
| Customizing Activity | OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO | Distribution of Cost Center Accounting |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO |
In this activity, you make settings required for distribution in Cost Center Accounting.
There is a difference between settings for distribution method one (centralized Cost Center Accounting), and those for method two (decentralized Cost Center Accounting).
Consistency Check
The function in this section carries out a consistency check of the settings made here. We recommend you use this consistency check to make the relevant settings.
Execute the function in the decentralized systems. Then you can check whether the settings between the systems for the required message types have been correctly maintained.
Double-click on a line in the consistency check log to make the required settings.
You must have maintained the partner profiles in all the systems.
Notes on Overhead Cost Controlling
You make Overhead Cost Controlling settings in Customizing, under Controlling.
The following settings are required to distribute a controlling area:
- The distribution method must be defined in the controlling area for the basic data in the "Distribution method" field. You can choose between distribution method one or two.
- The logical system name of the central controlling system must be defined in the controlling area for the basic data in the "Logical system" field. The logical system name is defined in the installation and in the client settings. (In IMG under:
Basis Components
Distribution (ALE)
Sending and Receiving Systems
Logical Systems
Assign Logical System to a Client - If you use distribution method two, you also assign all cost centers to a master system, which is the logical system for the cost center.
- If you want to use the profit center accounting, read section Distribution scenarios -> Profit Center Accounting
- If you want to use profitablitity analysis, read section Distribution scenarios -> Profitablitity Analysis.
Synchronization of settings using the transport system
Some settings for overhead cost controlling need to be in all systems in the same form.
The easiest way to ensure this, is by doing your customizing in a centralized system, and then distributing the data to all systems affected.
The transport system is normally used for the first time that decentralized controlling is provided with customizing data.
For information on compiling the transport orders for decentralized controlling systems, see the Implementation Guide (IMG), under the section on Controlling -> General Controlling -> Productive Start Preparation -> Transport System Settings.
Individual setting synchronization
If you do not make the settings for overhead cost controlling centrally in a Customizing system, but individually in each of the affected systems, then ensure that they all contain the following data in the same form:
- Data for all controlling areas:
- Currencies
- Charts of accounts
- Attributes for the controlling area: Basic data
- Distribution method
- Logical system
- Currency type
- Currency
- Chart of accounts
- Fiscal year variant
- Standard hierarchy for cost centers
- Activated reconciliation ledger indicator
- Attributes of the controlling area: Control indicators
- Cost Center Accounting activated
- Indicator for all currencies
- Indicator for company code validation
Assignment of controlling area - company code
Assignmeents between controlling areas and company codes can only be maintained centrally and distributed, if the assignments between local and global company codes match.
Otherwise, you need to make the assignments individually in each system.
The concept of global company codes is explained in Customizing, under the following path:
Predefined ALE Business Processes
Accounting
Financial Accounting
Notes on Distributing Plan Prices
Plan prices for the cost center/activity type combination are distributed using the "COACTV" message category. Before you do this, you need to activate the integration for each planning version used and fiscal year.
To do this in the menu Cost Center Accounting,
choose Planning -> Planning aids -> Integration active in
For distribution method one, you need to activate the integration in the centralized system. For method two, you need activate integration in both the centralized and the decentralized systems.
Notes on Distributing the Reconciliation Ledger
When Cost Center Accounting is distributed, you also need to distribute the reconciliation ledger.
If centralized Cost Center Accounting is used in a system other than the centralized general ledger, then you also need to make some more settings in Customizing in addition to the setting for the message flow between decentralized and centralized cost accounting. This is for the distribution of the reconciliation ledger.
- The "RCLROL" message dispatch (from decentralized and centralized Cost Center Accounting to the centralized general ledger) must also be inserted in your distribution model with the company code filter object.
- You need to maintain these two message flows in the communication parameters.
- There is a restriction, whereby reconciliation postings can only be made on company code level.
Distribution Method One: Partner profiles
Partner profiles in the centralized cost accounting system
In the centralized cost accounting system, you need to maintain outbound partner profiles for each decentralized cost accounting system.
Message type Meaning
COSMAS Cost centers
COELEM Cost elements
COAMAS Activity types
COGRP1 Cost center groups
COGRP2 Cost element groups
COGRP5 Activity type groups
COCOKA Control data object/cost element
COACTV Prices for cost center/activity type
(RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger
if the centralized system
for the controlling area and
the company code are different)
You need to maintain the inbound partner profiles for the each decentralized cost accounting system for the following message types:
Message type Meaning
COSFET Requesting cost centers
COAFET Requesting activity types
CODCMT CO document
RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger
(RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger,
in the centralized system for
the company code
if the centralized system for
the controlling area and
the company code are different)
Partner profiles in the decentralized cost accounting system
In each decentralized cost accounting system, you need to maintain outbound partner profiles for the centralized cost accounting system for the following message types:
Message type Meaning
COSFET Requesting cost centers
COAFET Requesting activity types
CODCMT CO-Beleg
RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger
(RCLROL Roll-Up reconciliation ledger
in the centralized system for
the company code
if the centralized system for
the controlling area and
the company code are different).
You need to maintain inbound partner profiles for the centralized cost accounting system for the following message types:
Message type Meaning
COSMAS Cost centers
COELEM Cost elements
COAMAS Activity types
COGRP1 Cost center groups
COGRP2 Cost element groups
COGRP5 Activity type groups
COCOKA Control data object/cost element
COACTV Prices for cost center/activity type
(RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger,
if the centralized system for
the controlling area and
the company code are different).
Note
The COSCOR (cost centers (core)) and COACOR (activity types (core) message types are obsolete, and should not be used any more. Under no circumstances should they be used with the ZH>COSMAS (cost centers) and COAMAS (activity types) message types.
Distribution Method Two: Partner profiles
Partner profiles in the centralized cost accounting system
You need to maintain outbound partner profiles for each decentralized cost accounting system for the following message types:
Message type Meaning
COSMAS Cost centers
COELEM Cost elements
COAMAS Activity types
COGRP1 Cost center groups
COGRP2 Cost element groups
COGRP5 Activity type groups
COCOKA Control data object/cost element
COACTV Prices for cost center/activity type
CODCMT CO document
(RCLROL Roll-up reconciliation ledger
if the centralized system for
the controlling area and
the company code are different).
You need to maintain the inbound partner profiles for each decentralized cost accounting system for the following message types:
Message type Meaning
COSFET Requesting cost centers
COAFET Requesting activity types
COCOKA Control data object/cost element
COACTV Prices for cost center/activity type
COTOTL Totals records
CODCMT &nb
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 204 | Establish Functions and Processes |
| Mandatory / Optional | 2 | Optional activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 1 | Critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | OALE_DSTSCN_ACCCO | 0 | HLA0009401 | Cost Center Accounting |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| V_TKA01_ALE | V - View | OKKP1 | CCAKOKR | Maintain ALE Settings in Controlling Area | ||
| IMGDUMMY | D - Dummy object | BDD5 | ALE13 | Check Application Consistency |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990122 |
| SAP Release Created in |
