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• Activate order management in controlling area
• Activate commitment management in controlling area & Order type
• Enable Budgetary control in Internal Order
• Create statistical IO with “Object class – Investment”
• Assign the statistical IO in asset master in the “Origin” Tab – “Investment Order” Field
• Create asset recon account as statistical cost element (Category 90)
• The FSG of asset recon account must allow IO (OBC4)
• Activate the investment order as the additional account assignment object for asset acquisition (ACSET)
• Enter budget for the statistical internal order (KO22)

• Create PA Transfer Structure with as many assignments as Cost Components in Cost Component Structure
• Choose the Option “Costs / Revenues” in each assignment, instead of “Variances”
• Assign each assignment to a different value field

Traditionally, variances are settled to COPA as per Variance Categories. But this is also an interesting way of doing the Variance Settlement

• Activate “Settlement By Cost Element” in the Allocation Structure
• Assign the Allocation Structure to Settlement Profile of the Internal Order and the Co. Code
• Use Program RAHERK02 to see Origin line items

• Using RPC0 and RPO0 respectively, you can switch between Controlling Area currency and Object Currency (Co. Code Currency)
• These settings are per SAP User

• To avoid capitalizing the asset at the time of Down Payment, modify the TTY 180 and remove the check “Capitalize FA”.
• However, once the Asset GR is posted and Asset is capitalized, Depreciation will be calculated on Down Payment amount + Asset Value. This continues till the time Down Payment is cleared
• To avoid these issues, you can avoid updating Down payment in Asset Accounting as below
  • Create a new FSG for Vendor recon accounts (OBC4) in which Asset is SUPPRESSED
  • Modify Message F5 378 to W (OBA5)

• Ensure Std cost cost estimate is released before GR from Production Order. Details can be found here on how to do this. POD – Series 2 – Validate standard cost existence at various business processes
• Allow Std. Cost in Controlling Area Currency in the Costing Variant. If the same is not done, implement note 1229004 as an alternate solution

• Create Vendor Masters, Load Open Items and then update WHT Codes in Vendor Masters (OR)
• Create a Posting Key (Copy of 31/21) and suppress the WHT in the new posting Key

• If the Special GL indicator is defined as for “Down payments” Profit Center Field is naturally available on the screen

• FS00 – Check the field “recon acct. ready for input”
• Recon. Accounts can be manually changed during FB60/FB70
• Recon. Accounts can be changed during SD postings as well
• During MIRO, Standard SAP does not allow to change the same. Starting EhP6, a new business function can be activated to achieve this. Refer note  1836997. Else, Exit LMR1M001 can be used too. [Courtesy Aleksey Tkachenko)

• T code OBXH: SPRO> FI > AR/AP > Busn Trans > OI Clearing > Define Posting keys

• Implement User Exit RFINTITUSEREXT
• Newly added selection fields will be visible under “Cust. Enhancement” Section of FINT screen

• RSTXSCRP

• REPTRAN
• Improvised version of this program also available on Google

• This must be specifically activated under SPRO> MM> Inventory Mngt & Phys Inv > GR > Price Differences for Subcontract Orders at Goods Receipt

• SPRO> MM> Valuation and Account Assignment >Account Determination > Account Determination Without Wizard > Purchase Account Management > Separate Accounting Document for Purchase Account Postings

• In the planning package, enter start period as, say, 001.2009.
• In the planning layout, remove the char “PERIO”, from general data selection.
• In the column for the Value field “Sales qty”, include the char PERIO and enter variable as “1”. This variable will be supplied with the value from Planing package.
• Copy the column and change the variable as 1+1, 1+2, etc

• Use CKMDUVMAT functionality of Material Ledger
• This works even without the activation of Material Ledger

• COSP: For External Postings (Target/Plan/Actual)
• COSS: For Internal Postings (Target/Plan/Actual)
• COSPD (Actual only): Settlement entries i.e. GR and GI upon confirmation, for Primary cost elements
• COSSD (Actual only): Settlment entries i.e. activity confirmation

• Table CEFORMV

• Use KKO0 reports (Product Drill Down Reports)
• OKN2 (Product Cost By Order Scenario)
• OKN4 (Product Cost By Period Scenario)