SAP ABAP Data Element CK_KLVAR (Costing Variant)

Hierarchy

☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     ⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       ⤷ CK (Package) R/3 Application development: PP Product Costing

Basic Data

Data Element	CK_KLVAR
Short Description	Costing Variant

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	KLVAR
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	4
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	4
Value Table	TCK03

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID	KRT
Default Component name	CSTG_VRNT
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Cstg Vrnt
Medium	20	Costing Variant
Long	21	Costing Variant
Heading	20	Costing Variant

Documentation

Definition

Key that determines how a cost estimate is performed and valuated.

Use

Depending on the object being costed, either the functions of either unit costing or product costing can be used.

To calculate the costs of producing a material, you create a product cost estimate with or without a quantity structure

In a cost estimate with a quantity structure, the costing variant determines the following:

• Which dates are valid for the cost estimate itself and for exploding and valuating the quantity structure
• How the BOMs and routings are selected to create the quantity structure
• Which prices are selected to valuate the quantity structure
• How overhead is calculated

You create a unit cost estimate to cost the following objects:

• Materials (cost estimate without quantity structure)
• Materials (additive cost estimate)
• Production orders in Controlling
• Internal orders
• WBS elements
• Base planning objects
• Cost object IDs
• Sales documents

In unit costing, the costing variant determines the following:

• Which prices are selected to valuate the individual costing items
• How overhead is calculated

Costing variants are also used to calculate costs for the following objects:

• Production orders
• Networks
• Maintenance orders
• Run schedule headers
• Process orders
• Sales document items
• Appropriation requests
• Ad hoc cost estimates

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

A costing variant is linked to the following control parameters:

• Costing type
• Valuation variant
• Date control (in costing with and without quantity structure)
• Quantity structure determination ID (in product costing)
• Transfer control (in product costing)

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19981210
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