SAP ABAP Data Element PLIS_KOST_P (Plan/Actual Cost Variance in Percent)
Hierarchy
SAP_FIN (Software Component) SAP_FIN
   CO-PC-IS (Application Component) Product Cost Controlling Information System
     KKB (Package) Reporting for Costing
Basic Data
Data Element PLIS_KOST_P
Short Description Plan/Actual Cost Variance in Percent  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type KKB_PROZABW    
Data Type DEC   Counter or amount field with comma and sign 
Length 15    
Decimal Places 2    
Output Length 10    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
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Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 P/A var(%) 
Medium 16 Plan/act. var(%) 
Long 22 Plan/act. cost var (%) 
Heading 20 Plan/actual var. (%) 
Documentation

Definition

Percentage variance between the planned costs and the actual costs, based on the planned costs.

Use

Target costs are necessary so that the variances between the planned costs and the actual costs are calculated using the same basis.

How the target costs are calculated depends on the variances to be calculated. For example, for the total variances the planned costs for the material are used as the basis for calculating the target costs. The variable costs of the standard cost estimate are converted to the order quantity, while fixed costs of the standard cost estimate (such as setup costs) are used as target costs directly.

To ensure that only true variances are calculated, the system calculates control costs from the actual costs. For the calculation of total variances and production variances, the control costs are the actual costs less the work in process and scrap. For the calculation of planning variances, the control costs are calculated using the preliminary cost estimate for the order. For the calculation of total variances and production variances, the reference base is the actual quantity delivered to stock, while for the calculation of the planning variances the reference base is the planned order quantity.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19980218 
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