SAP ABAP Data Element CO_DRVTP (Business Process Attribute: Allocation Category (CO-OM-ABC))
Hierarchy
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Basic Data
Data Element CO_DRVTP
Short Description Business Process Attribute: Allocation Category (CO-OM-ABC)  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CO_DRVTP    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table CBDT    
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name COST_BEHAVIOR   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Cst Bhvr 
Medium 15 Cost Behavior 
Long 20 Cost Behavior 
Heading 3 ACt 
Documentation

Definition

Indicator showing the factors influencing business process costs.

Example

  • Number of lots:

    Costs are dependent on the number of lots to process.

  • Activity-independent:

    Costs are not affected by activity quantities (such as the personnel costs for the cost center manager).

Cost behavior is one of five attributes included in the standard R/3 System.

Attributes characterize processes. When allocating processes to processes/cost objects, attributes are transferred to the transaction data where the receiver views and evaluates them. Overwriting attributes defined in the master data record is possible within the allocations (cycles). This makes detailed evaluation and analysis possible in reporting.

You can assign any attributes you wish to the classifications.

The classifications are as follows:

  • process category
  • ranking of internal value added
  • ranking of external value added
  • cost behavior
  • additional attribute

Up to and including Release 3.0, the attributes can be directly assigned to business processes only. They can assigned indirectly to other objects when defining the assessment cycle.

These attributes are then visible on the receivers.

Example: Processes A, B, and C allocate to cost object Y. Process A is of category "Sales", B of category "Administration", and C of category "Sales".

Process A Process B Process C
$1000 $2000 $3000
\ | /
\ | /
Cost Object Y
(Total $6000)
Sales $4000
Admin $2000

In the cost object you see, among other data, that $4000 was allocated from sales processes and $2000 from administration processes. This example could be used for any of the other classifications. All the data is passed on to the receiver.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990629 
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