SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1 (Define Costing Variants)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-SFC-PLN (Application Component) Order Planning
     ⤷ CO0C (Package) Application Development ERP Customizing Orders
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1 Define Costing Variants  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87003847   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1   Define costing variants 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1   Define Costing Variants 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1    

Costing variants contain control parameters for all aspects of costing.

The costing variant forms the link between the application and Customizing, since cost estimates are created and saved with reference to a costing variant.

The costing variant controls how costing is executed, such as:

  • Whether the costing results are planned costs or actual costs
  • Which prices are used to valuate materials, internal activities, and external activities
  • How overhead is calculated

A costing variant includes the following groups of settings:

Note

Although it is technically possible to have two costing variants with the same costing type and valuation variant, this should be avoided to prevent data from being overwritten.

The reason for this is that the key structure for the costing results in the database uses the costing type and the valuation variant, rather than the costing variant.

Standard settings

The standard system contains a number of predefined costing variants.

SAP recommendation

You should assign a different valuation variant to each costing variant with which you intend to save cost estimates.

This one-to-one assignment enables you to change the valuation strategies later as required.

Actions

  1. Enter an alphanumeric key and a name for the costing variant.
  2. In the detail screen, assign a costing type and a valuation variant to a costing variant.

    If you want to use your own parameters, you must process Define costing types and Define valuation variants.

  3. If the costing variant is used for a base object cost estimate, you define whether the costing types are to be assigned to the costing items. For all other reference objects in unit costing, the costs have to be totalled by cost element.
  4. If the costing variant is used for product costing, you define:
    • Whether the costing results are saved
    • Whether a unit cost estimate is used for a specific assembly
    • Whether cost components should be entered manually
    • How error messages are displayed for a cost estimate
    • How you want the system to search for valid alternatives to create the quantity structure

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 SIMG_CFMENUOLPFOKK1 0 HLA0006242 O HLA0009426  
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_CK03 V - View OPL1 0000000005 Costing Variants: Production Orders 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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