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SAP CO Account Assignment

Normally, when a financial document is entered in SAP FI module , user has the option of entering the cost center in the financial document. However, when documents are entered from different modules or a cross-module financial transaction occurs, such as from MM or SD , there is no option of entering the cost center in the document. In this situation, the SAP system will derive the cost center through automatic SAP CO account assignment, substitutions, or through default settings made in the primary cost element.

Automatic SAP CO Account Assignment

The automatic account assignment has to be configured in the transaction code OKB9 . For posting made in external accounting, such as for price differences, exchange rate differences, etc., the SAP system automatically checks entries in the OKB9 settings and derives the cost center.

If you do not enter a CO object (order, cost center, or project) in external accounting postings made in FI, MM or SD modules and the posting is cost relevant, then the automatic account assignment checks the relevant cost center and makes the posting.

Here are examples of automatic account assignments:

• Banking fees, exchange rate differences and discounts in FI
• Minor differences and price differences in MM

The account assignment objects that can be maintained in the transaction OKB9 are:

• Cost center
• Profit center (profitability segment)

Normally, the automatic account assignment runs on the company code level along with the CO object. However, if the user wants to make the posting on the business area level, valuation area level or profit center level, it is also available in OKB9 settings. So basically it includes the following levels:

• Company code level
• Business area level
• Valuation area level
• Profit center level

The above 3 excluding the company code level are used in cases when the account assignment is needed below the company code level.

Prerequisites

Here are the prerequisites of activating automatic SAP CO account assignment:

• Activation of the cost center accounting
• Creation of cost centers
• Maintenance of cost elements

Additionally, you can also create orders and profit centers as per the business requirements.

Settings in Transaction OKB9

Let’s discuss settings that are possible for automatic SAP CO account assignment in OKB9 transaction.

Start SPRO transaction and navigate to the following path:

Controlling – Cost Center Accounting – Actual Postings – Manual Actual Postings – Edit Automatic Account Assignment (OKB9)

Alternatively, you can start OKB9 transaction directly from the command bar.

• If you want to have the setting on the company code level only, then enter the company code and the cost element along with the corresponding CO object, i.e. a cost center, an order or a profit center.
• If you want to have the settings on the valuation area level, then enter the company code and the cost element and chose the ‘valuation area’ option in the account assignment detail as ‘1’.
• Similarly, if you want to have the settings on the business area or profit center level, then choose the option ‘2’ or ‘3’ respectively.

If you have chosen account assignment detail ‘1’ or ‘2’, then click on ‘Detail per business area/valuation area’ on the left sidebar.

Default SAP CO Account Assignment

In order to determine the correct CO account assignment, the SAP system performs several checks in the following sequence. First it checks the document which a user is posting. If the cost center is empty in the document, then the system checks if any substitutions are maintained for the particular G/L account . Next, if the substitution is also missing, then the system moves on to the OKB9 settings for automatic SAP CO account assignments. Finally, if these settings are also missing, the SAP system checks master data of the primary cost element (G/L Account) under the tab of Default Account Assignment . You can display this master data using the transaction KA03 .

You can maintain the cost center and the order in the master data of the primary cost element.

So, basically the order of checks the system makes is:

• Financial document – Cost center
• Substitutions – transaction OKC9
• Automatic account assignments – transaction OKB9
• Default account assignments – transaction KA03 / KA02

Lastly, if any of the above is not maintained, then the SAP system throws an error ‘Account X requires an assignment to a CO Object’ and doesn’t allow posting of a document.

SAP CO Account Assignment using Substitution

In cases where you don’t need OKB9 or default account assignment, the user can go for user exits where a specific G/L account is mentioned under the company and the value in the cost center is substituted by the cost center given in the substitution.

The transaction for maintaining the substitution is GGB1 .

Usage of substitutions for SAP CO account assignment is justified by the business requirement and usually SAP CO account assignment requirements are fulfilled by OKB9 or default account assignments.

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it is helpful material i ask for more clear details for using substitution method for Account Assignment. thanks in advance

Sir, I am not receiving the training mails from yesterday 7/1/2019. I have completed my training till here(SAP CO Account Assignment) please do send the rest of the training emails for SAP CO. Hope you will do the needful.

I am getting the same error “Account 500911 requires an assignment to a CO object”. In OKB9, we have given company code, Cost element and ticked the check box ‘Indicator: Find profitability segment using substitution’ (V_TKA3A-BSSUBST) and not filled anything like cost center, order and profit center. in OKC9 we have created substitution. All the process happening through Idoc Message Type SINGLESETTRQS_CREATE and inside BAPI BAPI_SINGLESETTREQS_CREATEMULT triggering and raising this error. Cost center is not maintained in 1. Financial document – Cost center 2. Automatic account assignments – transaction OKB9 and 3. Default account assignments – transaction KA03/KA02 But we have substitution in transaction OKC9 to determine cost centre.

Where woulbe be the issue?

good explanation

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SAP CO Account Assignment

• Created 2021-09-19
• Author SAP Online Tutorials
• Category SAP CO

Welcome to the tutorial about  SAP CO Account Assignment . This tutorial is part of our free SAP CO training. You will learn how account assignment works in SAP ERP and what are different sources of information about account assignment that the SAP system uses.

Normally, when a financial document is entered in SAP FI module, user has the option of entering the cost center in the financial document. However, when documents are entered from different modules or a cross-module financial transaction occurs, such as from MM or SD, there is no option of entering the cost center in the document. In this situation, the SAP system will derive the cost center through automatic SAP CO account assignment, substitutions, or through default settings made in the primary cost element.

Automatic SAP CO Account Assignment

The automatic account assignment has to be configured in the transaction code  OKB9 . For posting made in external accounting, such as for price differences, exchange rate differences, etc., the SAP system automatically checks entries in the  OKB9  settings and derives the cost center.

If you do not enter a CO object (order, cost center, or project) in external accounting postings made in FI, MM or SD modules and the posting is cost relevant, then the automatic account assignment checks the relevant cost center and makes the posting.

Here are examples of automatic account assignments:

• Banking fees, exchange rate differences and discounts in FI
• Minor differences and price differences in MM

The account assignment objects that can be maintained in the transaction  OKB9  are:

• Cost center
• Profit center (profitability segment)

Normally, the automatic account assignment runs on the company code level along with the CO object. However, if the user wants to make the posting on the business area level, valuation area level or profit center level, it is also available in  OKB9  settings. So basically it includes the following levels:

• Company code level
• Business area level
• Valuation area level
• Profit center level

The above 3 excluding the company code level are used in cases when the account assignment is needed below the company code level.

Prerequisites

Here are the prerequisites of activating automatic SAP CO account assignment:

• Activation of the cost center accounting
• Creation of cost centers
• Maintenance of cost elements

Additionally, you can also create orders and profit centers as per the business requirements.

Settings in Transaction OKB9

Let’s discuss settings that are possible for automatic SAP CO account assignment in  OKB9  transaction.

Start  SPRO  transaction and navigate to the following path:

Controlling – Cost Center Accounting – Actual Postings – Manual Actual Postings – Edit Automatic Account Assignment (OKB9)

Alternatively, you can start  OKB9  transaction directly from the command bar.

• If you want to have the setting on the company code level only, then enter the company code and the cost element along with the corresponding CO object, i.e. a cost center, an order or a profit center.
• If you want to have the settings on the valuation area level, then enter the company code and the cost element and chose the ‘valuation area’ option in the account assignment detail as ‘1’.
• Similarly, if you want to have the settings on the business area or profit center level, then choose the option ‘2’ or ‘3’ respectively.

If you have chosen account assignment detail ‘1’ or ‘2’, then click on ‘Detail per business area/valuation area’ on the left sidebar.

Default SAP CO Account Assignment

In order to determine the correct CO account assignment, the SAP system performs several checks in the following sequence. First it checks the document which a user is posting. If the cost center is empty in the document, then the system checks if any substitutions are maintained for the particular G/L account. Next, if the substitution is also missing, then the system moves on to the  OKB9  settings for automatic SAP CO account assignments. Finally, if these settings are also missing, the SAP system checks master data of the primary cost element (G/L Account) under the tab of  Default Account Assignment . You can display this master data using the transaction  KA03 .

You can maintain the cost center and the order in the master data of the primary cost element.

So, basically the order of checks the system makes is:

• Financial document – Cost center
• Substitutions – transaction  OKC9
• Automatic account assignments – transaction  OKB9
• Default account assignments – transaction  KA03 / KA02

Lastly, if any of the above is not maintained, then the SAP system throws an error ‘Account X requires an assignment to a CO Object’ and doesn’t allow posting of a document.

SAP CO Account Assignment using Substitution

In cases where you don’t need  OKB9  or default account assignment, the user can go for user exits where a specific G/L account is mentioned under the company and the value in the cost center is substituted by the cost center given in the substitution.

The transaction for maintaining the substitution is  GGB1 .

Usage of substitutions for SAP CO account assignment is justified by the business requirement and usually SAP CO account assignment requirements are fulfilled by  OKB9  or default account assignments.

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Assign Number Ranges to Customer Account Groups in SAP

How to assign number ranges to customer account groups.

In this SAP tutorials, you will learn how to assign number ranges to customer account groups step by step by using transaction code OBAR. In our previous training tutorial, we have learned how to create customer account groups in SAP .

Configuration steps

You can assign number range intervals to customer account groups by using one of the following navigation method.

• Transaction code: – OBAR
• Menu Path: – SPRO > Financial Accounting (New) -> Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable –> Customer Accounts —> Master Data —-> Preparations for creating customer master data —–> Assign number ranges to customer account groups.

Assignment Procedure

Step 1) Enter T-Code “OBAR” in the SAP command field and press enter.

Step 2) On change view “Assign Customer Acct Groups –> Number Range overview screen, click on position button and enter customer account group key in the given field. So the customer account group key displays on top of the screen.

Step 3) Now update the customer account group number range interval “TK” in the field number range as shown below.

Click on save button to save the details.

Step 4) Now you are prompted for customizing request number, choose the request and save the assigned details.

Successfully we have assigned number ranges to customer account groups in SAP .

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This post will describe you briefly, which basic configuration steps to be followed for SAP FICA module implementation.

Other detailed configuration & business transaction related posts would be updated separately in same blog.

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01 Set up Company Codes for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

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02 Define Company Code Groups

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04 Application Area

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Table of Contents

Introduction, display obyc accounts with se16n, more information.

You use configuration Transaction OBYC to assign SAP General Ledger (GL) accounts in Financial Accounting (FI) to movement types in Materials Management (MM), also known as SAP MM-FI Automatic Account Determination or Assignment.

End users do not typically have the authorization to run configuration Transaction OBYC. 

You can easily display automatic account assignments as follows:

View table T030, which stores OBYC configuration settings, with Transaction SE16N.

Type in Table T030 and press Enter to display the selection screen shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 : Table T030 Selection Screen To Display SAP MM-FI Configuration Settings

You restrict the table entries displayed on the subsequent results screen by making entries in the Selection Criteria section. To display G/L accounts posted during goods issues (GI) to production orders, make the following entries:

• Chart of Accounts : Restrict your selection by your chart of accounts, INT in this example
• Transaction : You display inventory movements with Transaction  GBB
• Valuation Grouping Code : A group of company codes (set up with transaction OMWD)
• Account modifier : VBR for GI to production orders
• Valuation Class : You assign a valuation class in the Costing 2 view 

Click the execute icon to display the screen shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 : Table T030 Entries Display SAP MM-FI Configuration Settings

This screen displays the G/L Accounts posted during goods issues to production orders.

For more information on entries in table T030, follow IMG menu path: 

Materials Management • Valuation and Account Assignment • Account Determination • Account Determination Without Wizard • Configure Automatic Postings

Figure 3 displays the menu path.

Figure 3 : Configure Automatic Postings Menu Path

Click the paper and glasses icon to the left of Configure Automatic Postings at the bottom to display standard SAP documentation on setting up automatic postings.

Activity Type

An activity type identifies activities provided by a cost center to manufacturing orders. The secondary cost element associated with an activity type identifies the activity costs on cost center and detailed reports

Alternative Hierarchy

While there can only be one cost center standard hierarchy, you can create as many alternative hierarchies as you like. You create an alternative hierarchy by creating cost center groups

Automatic Account Assignment

Automatic account assignment allows you to enter a default cost center per cost element within a plant with Transaction OKB9.

Condition Type

A condition type is a key that identifies a condition. The condition type indicates, for example, whether the system applies a price, a discount, a surcharge, or some other pricing, such as freight costs and sales taxes.

Cost Center Accounting

A cost center is a function within an organization that does not directly add to profit but still costs money to operate, such as the accounting, HR, or IT departments. The main use of a cost center is to track actual expenses for comparison to the budget.

Cost Estimate

A cost estimate calculates the plan cost to manufacture a product or purchase a component. It determines material costs by multiplying BOM quantities by the standard price, labor costs by multiplying operation standard quantities by plan activity price, and overhead values by costing sheet configuration.

Cost Object

An SAP Cost object such as a cost center or internal order describes where the cost occurs. A cost element or account describes what the cost is.

Costing Lot Size

The costing lot size in the Costing 1 view determines the quantity cost estimate calculations are based on. The costing lot size should be set as close as possible to actual purchase and production quantities to reduce lot size variance.

Goods Issue

A goods issue is the movement (removal) of goods or materials from inventory to manufacturing or to a customer. When goods are issued, it reduces the number of stock in the warehouse.

Goods Receipt

It is a goods movement that is used to post goods received from external vendors or from in-plant production. All goods receipts result in an increase of stock in the warehouse.

Internal Order

An internal order monitors costs and revenue of an organization for short- to medium-term jobs. You can carry out planning at a cost element and detailed level, and you can carry out budgeting at an overall level with availability control.

Production Variance

Production variance is a type of variance calculation based on the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory. You calculate production variance with target cost version 1.

Profit Center

A profit center receives postings made in parallel to cost centers and other master data such as orders. Profit Center Accounting (PCA) is a separate ledger that enables reporting from a profit center point of view. You normally create profit centers based on areas in a company that generate revenue and have a responsible manager assigned.

If PCA is active, you will receive a warning message if you do not specify a profit center, and all unassigned postings are made to a dummy profit center. You activate profit center accounting with configuration Transaction OKKP, which maintains the controlling area.

Purchasing Info Record

A purchasing info record stores all of the information relevant to the procurement of a material from a vendor. It contains the Purchase Price field, which the standard cost estimate searches for when determining the purchase price.

Scheduling Agreement

A scheduling agreement is a longer-term purchase arrangement with a vendor covering the supply of materials according to predetermined conditions. These apply for a predefined period and a total purchase quantity.

Standard Hierarchy

A standard hierarchy represents your company structure. A standard hierarchy is guaranteed to contain all cost centers or profit centers because a mandatory field in cost and profit center master data is a standard hierarchy node.

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Standard Price

The standard price in the Costing 2 view determines the inventory valuation price if price control is set at standard (S). The standard price is updated when a standard cost estimate is released. You normally value manufactured goods at the standard price.

You can apply surcharges to material prices and activity prices in order to take into account increases or decreases in item prices over time when calculating the lifecycle costs for a project.

Target Costs

Target costs are plan costs adjusted by the delivered quantity. For example, if the quantity delivered to inventory is 50% of the plan quantity, target costs are calculated as 50% of the plan costs.

Material Master

A material master contains all of the information required to manage a material. Information is stored in views, and each view corresponds to a department or area of business responsibility. Views conveniently group information together for users in different departments, for example, sales and purchasing.

Origin Group

An origin group separately identifies materials assigned to the same cost element, allowing them to be assigned to separate cost components. The origin group can also determine the calculation base for overhead in costing sheets.

Price Control

The Price control field in the Costing 2 view determines whether inventory is valuated at standard or moving average price.

The price unit is the number of units to which the price refers. You can increase the accuracy of the price by increasing the price unit. To determine the unit price, divide the price by the price unit.

Process Order

Process orders are used for the production of materials or provide services in a certain quantity and on a certain date. They allow resource planning, process order management control, and account assignment and order settlement rules to be specified.

Procurement Alternative

A procurement alternative represents one of a number of different ways of procuring a material. You can control the level of detail in which the procurement alternatives are represented through the controlling level. Depending on the processing category, there are single-level and multilevel procurement alternatives. For example, a purchase order is single-level procurement, while production is multilevel procurement.

Production Order

A production order is used for discrete manufacturing. A BOM and routing are copied from master data to the order. A sequence of operations is supplied by the routing, which describes how to carry out work-steps. An operation can refer to a work center at which it is to be performed. An operation contains planned activities required to carry out the operation. Costs are based on the material components and activity price multiplied by a standard value.

Product Drilldown Reports

Product drilldown reports allow you to slice and dice data based on characteristics such as product group, material, plant, cost component, and period. Product drilldown reports are based on predefined summarization levels and are relatively simple to setup and run.

Production variance is a type of variance calculation based on the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory. You calculate production variance with target cost version 1. Production variances are for information only and are not relevant for settlement.

Production Version

A production version determines which alternative BOM is used together with which task list/master recipe to produce a material or create a master production schedule. For one material, you can have several production versions for various validity periods and lot-size ranges.

Purchase Price Variance

When raw materials are valued at the standard price, a purchase price variance will post during goods receipt if the goods receipt or invoice price is different from the material standard price.

Profitability Analysis

Costing-based profitability analysis enables you to evaluate market segments, which can be classified according to products, customers, orders (or any combination of these), or strategic business units, such as sales organizations or business areas concerning your company’s profit or contribution margin.

SAP Profit Center is a management-oriented organizational unit used for internal controlling purposes. Segmenting a company into profit centers allows us to analyze and delegate responsibility to decentralized units.

A purchasing info record stores all the information relevant to the procurement of a material from a vendor. It contains the Purchase Price field, which the standard cost estimate searches for when determining the purchase price.

Raw Materials

Raw materials are always procured externally and then processed. A material master record of this type contains purchasing data but not sales.

A routing is a list of tasks containing standard activity times required to perform operations to build an assembly. Routings, together with planned activity prices, provide cost estimates with the information necessary to calculate labor and activity costs of products.

Sales and Operations Planning

Sales and operations planning (SOP) allows you to enter a sales plan, convert it to a production plan, and transfer the plan to long-term planning.

S&OP is slowly being replaced by SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain (SAP IBP), which supports all S&OP features. S&OP is intended as a bridge or interim solution, which allows you a smooth transition from SAP ERP to on-premise SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP. See SAP Note 2268064 for details.

SAP Fiori is a web-based interface that can be used in place of the SAP GUI. SAP Fiori apps access the Universal Journal directly, taking advantage of additional fields like the work center and operation for improved variance reporting.

Work in process (WIP) and variances are transferred to Financial Accounting, Profit Center Accounting (PCA), and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) during settlement. Variance categories can also be transferred to value fields in CO-PA.

Settlement Profile

A settlement profile contains the parameters necessary to create a settlement rule for manufacturing orders and product cost collectors and is contained in the order type.

Settlement Rule

A settlement rule determines which portions of a sender’s costs are allocated to which receivers. A settlement rule is contained in a manufacturing order or product cost collector header data.

You need setup time to prepare equipment and machinery for the production of assemblies, and that preparation is generally the same regardless of the quantity produced. Setup time spread over a smaller production quantity increases the unit cost.

Simultaneous Costing

The process of recording actual costs for cost objects, such as manufacturing orders and product cost collectors in cost object controlling, is called simultaneous costing. Costs typically include goods issues, receipts to and from an order, activity confirmations, and external service costs.

Source Cost Element

Source cost elements identify costs that debit objects, such as manufacturing orders and product cost collectors.

Source List

A source list is a list of available sources of supply for a material, which indicates the periods during which procurement is possible. Usually, a source list is a list of quotations for a material from different vendors.

You can specify a preferred vendor by selecting a fixed source of supply indicator. If you do not select this indicator for any source, a cost estimate will choose the lowest cost source as the cost of the component. You can also indicate which sources are relevant to MRP.

The standard price in the Costing 2 view determines the inventory valuation price when price control is set at standard (S). The standard price is updated when a standard cost estimate is released. You normally value manufactured goods at the standard price.

Subcontracting

You supply component parts to an external vendor who manufactures the complete assembly. The vendor has previously supplied a quotation, which is entered in a purchasing info record with a category of subcontracting.

Tracing Factor

Tracing factors determine the cost portions received by each receiver from senders during periodic allocations, such as assessments and distributions.

Universal Journal

The efficiency and speed of the SAP HANA in-memory database allowed the introduction of the Universal Journal single line-item tables ACDOCA (actual) and ACDOCP (plan). The Universal Journal allows all postings from the previous financial and controlling components to be combined in single items. The many benefits include the development of real-time accounting. In this book, we discuss both period-end and event-based processing.

Valuation Class

The valuation class in the Costing 2 view determines which general ledger accounts are updated as a result of inventory movement or settlement.

Valuation Date

The valuation date determines which material and activity prices are selected when you create a cost estimate. Purchasing info records can contain different vendor-quoted prices for different dates. Different plan activity rates can be entered per fiscal period.

Valuation Grouping Code

The valuation grouping code allows you to assign the same general ledger account assignments across several plants with Transaction OMWD to minimize your work. The grouping code can represent one or a group of plants.

Valuation Type

You use valuation types in the split valuation process, which enables the same material in a plant to have different valuations based on criteria such as batch. You assign valuation types to each valuation category, which specify the individual characteristics that exist for that valuation category. For example, you can valuate stocks of a material produced in-house separately from stocks of the same material purchased externally from vendors. You then select procurement type as the valuation category and internal and external as the valuation types.

Valuation Variant

The valuation variant is a costing variant component that allows different search strategies for materials, activity types, subcontracting, and external processing. For example, the search strategy for purchased and raw materials typically searches first for a price from the purchasing info record.

Valuation Variant for Scrap and WIP

This valuation variant allows a choice of cost estimates to valuate scrap and WIP in a WIP at target scenario. If the structure of a routing is changed after a costing run, WIP can still be valued with the valuation variant for scrap and WIP resulting in a more accurate WIP valuation.

Valuation View

In the context of multiple valuation and transfer prices, you can define the following views: – Legal valuation view – Group valuation view – Profit center valuation view

Work Center

Operations are carried out at work centers representing; for example, machines, production lines, or employees. Work center master data contains a mandatory cost center field. A work center can only be linked to one cost center, while a cost center can be linked to many work centers.

Work in Process

Work in process (WIP) represents production costs of incomplete assemblies. For balance sheet accounts to accurately reflect company assets at period end, WIP costs are moved temporarily to WIP balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. WIP is canceled during period-end processing following delivery of assemblies to inventory.

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Account Assignment Categories and Document Types for PR in SAP

How to assign categories and document types for purchase requisition.

The following training tutorials guide how to assign account categories and document types for PR. You can assign categories and document types for PR by using one of the following navigation methods.

• SAP IMG Path : – Project system >> material >> procurement >> Account Assignment Categories and Document Types for Purchase Requisitions
• Transaction code: – OPS8

Refer below step by step procedure to assign account assignment categories to document types for purchase requisition in SAP.

Step 1: – Enter transaction code “OPS8” in the SAP command field and press enter key.

Step 2: – On material flow in the network overview screen, click on new entries to assign categories and document types

Step 3: – On new entries of the Account assignment screen, update the following fields.

• Procurement: – Update the three digits alpha-numeric id that identifies the procurement indicator and updates the descriptive text.
• Priorities: – Priorities control various stock types, for example, you can set priority project to 1, priority plant to 2, and priority sales to 3.
• Control data: – Control data control the purchase requisition network, third-party material is delivered to customers, and preliminary purchase requisitions.
• Default item category: – Update the default item category for the item category MRP (Material Requirement Planning)

After maintaining the required details Account Assignment Categories and Document Types for PR Click on the save button to save the configured data.

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Specify account assignment types for account assignment objects | acset.

In this FICO configuration activity we are able to specify account assignment types for account assignment objects.

Transaction: ACSET

IMG Path: Financial Accounting (New) -> Asset Accounting -> Integration with General Ledger Accounting -> Additional Account Assignment Objects -> Specify Account Assignment Types for Account Assignment Objects

Tables:  AAACC_OBJ, T093, T093_ACCOBJ, TABW, T093T, T093_ACCOBJT, TABWT, T093C, T001

On the first screen select a company code and move to depreciation area.

In the depreciation area view select a area and jump to account assignment.

On the last screen you can maintain account assignment object settings according to your requirements.

Tags AAACC_OBJ ACSET Integration T001 T093 T093C T093T T093_ACCOBJ T093_ACCOBJT TABW TABWT

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2952807 - New Account Assignement Category added in SSCUI 101815 can not be used in application 'Create Purchase Requisition'

New Account Assignement added in SSCUI 101815 can not be used in application 'Create Purchase Requisition'.

Environment

• Sourcing and Procurement
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

• Account Assignement Category added in SSCUI 101815.
• Open application 'Creaet Purchase Requisition' to create Purchase Requisition.
• The Account Assignement Category created in step 1 cannot be used.

In SSP PR ( Create Purchase Requisition application ) we limit the possible Account Assignment Category to only those which has a mapping between standard item category ( ‘ ’ ) to Account Assignment Category. This limitation is because SSP PR only support standard Item category.

configuration should be done both SSCUI 101815 and SSCUI 101655.

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Purchase requisition generated from PM order – Cost Center

Hi All. We are creating a purchase requisition from a PM Order using the control key PM02. The purchase requisition has been created with Account assignment category ““K””, however the Cost Center is blank. Please, does anybody know if there is any configuration where we could tell the system to use the same Cost Center from the equipment used in the PM order? Thanks! Soraia

Hi Soraia, I hv made a doc with the steps & screen shots of Account assignment configuration for order but ittoolbox admin restrict to send any attachment. anyway check the following steps:

SPRO>>IMG>>Materials Management>>Purchasing>>Account Assignment>>Maintain Account Assignment Categories If account assignment category F - Order is not there, you have to create as a new entry. If Account Assignment Category F is there, then please check the details of the config.

SPRO>>IMG>>Plant Maintenance & Customer Service>>Maintenance & Service Processing>>Maintenance & Service Orders>>General Data>>Define Account Assignment Cat. and Document Type for Purchase Requisitions

then check & assign as follows:

Order Category: 30 - Maintenance Order Document Type: NB - Standard Procurement Account Assignment Category General: F - Order

Save & then check by assigning external material / service in maintenance order. Then the PR should be created with the account assignment category F.

If you want that doc please send me a mail to [email protected] .

Thanks, Nizam

Soraia, This can be set in the following IMG area: Plant Maintenance and Customer Service>Maintenance & Service Processing>Maintenance & Service Orders>General Data>Define Account Assignment Category & Document Type for Purchase Requisitions We have set ours up as follows: Order Category 30 Document Type NB Account Assignment Category General F ORDER Account Assignment Category Projects Q Do not use Account Assignment Category S. Order E Do not use Sales Doc - Project D Do not use. Also bear in mind that the cost center will be pulled in from your equipment master data record if you have set up the settlement profile correctly to settle to cost center. Wendy

Maintenance and Service Orders > General Data > Define Account Assignment Cat. and Document Type for Purchase Requisitions.

From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:04:35 -0400 Subject: RE:[sap-log-pm] Purchase requisition generated from PM order - Cost Center Hi Caroline. I think you made a confusion… Type order is what I want but the PR has been created using “K” (Cost Center). It must have some configuration where I can set that this kind of PR (created by a MO) should be created as “F” (order). Thanks! Soraia

Hi Caroline. I think you made a confusion… Type order is what I want but the PR has been created using “K” (Cost Center). It must have some configuration where I can set that this kind of PR (created by a MO) should be created as “F” (order). Thanks! Soraia

Hi Md. Nizam I could not find any SPRO configuration where I could determine that this kind of PR must be F (order). Please, can you give more detail where I can change it? Thanks!

Try this Plant Maintenance>Maintenance and Service Processing>Maintenance and Service Orders>General Data>Define Account Assignment Cat. and Document Type for Purchase Requisitions.

Hi Opiedog. Yes, that is what I want to do, but instead of Account Assignment Category “F”, the system is creating it using “K”. I could not find where this should be configured. So, either I use K but then with the cost center for the equipment being filled in, or use F. The point is, now the system is creating the purchase requisition with Account Assignment Category “K” (cost center), but with this field blank. Do you know how is it actually configured? Thanks!

Soraia this is correct. The category K means “order”. When the PR is created, them converted to PO, the reference object is the work order, not the cost center. Once you receive the good or service (MIGO), the costs first go to the WO. Then, when you settle the WO, the cost go to the cost center assigned in the WO settlement rule (that should be the same of the equip/floc). There is no configuration in this case, since the costs go to the cost colector, that is the WO. Hope be helpful Caroline

The account assignment category should be F (order). check in SPRO>>IMG>>Materials Management>>Purchasing>>Account Assignment.

Please check the Control Key Indicator Cost is Ticked, When the Service Entry will be performed actual Cost will be settle on Order you can see Order Cost Tab it will show Planned value Which is in your PR value and actual will be updated after SE. So your Cost will be settle on Order. So make sure the Order has correct Cost Center. I hope will be clear, in case of further clarification please feel free to contact.

Rana A Ali[cid:[email protected]] Planning Engineer/SAP PM Power User", Maintenance Planning Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company A SABIC Affiliate Al-Jubail 31961 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia T +966 (3) 357 6710 F +966 (3) 357 6466 E [email protected] From: Soraia via sap-log-pm [ mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:37 PM To: Ali ,Rana Anwar Subject: [sap-log-pm] Purchase requisition generated from PM order - Cost Center [ http://userimages.toolbox.com/user/b_743329.jpg ] Hi All. We are creating a purchase requisition from a PM Order using the control key PM02. The purchase requisition has been created with Account assignment category “K”, however the Cost Center is blank. Please, does anybody know if there is any configuration where we could tell the system to use the same Cost Center from the equipment used in the PM order? Thanks! Soraia

In my experience the Account Assignment Category for the requisition would be order. The settlement receiver for the order would then be the cost center for the equipment. Would this accomplish what you want to do?

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