SAP FICO Configuration

In this activity you are assigning the profit center standard hierarchy already created to the Controlling Area. If it is not created, the system will created for you. You should know that once entered, the profit center hierarchy could not be changed if you have transactional data. If you still do not have transactional data, then you should remove all assignments to this hierarchy. Transaction Code: S_E38_98000135 IMG Path: Financial Accounting (New) -> General Ledger Accounting (New) -> Master Data -> Profit Center -> Define Profit Center Standard Hierarchy in Controlling Area Table: TKA01     After opening the transaction, find your …

Operating concern is organizational structure used in CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) module. The master data and the functional characteristics will be defined later in Profitability Analysis component. Here we will just create the name and the short description.   Transaction: KEP8 IMG Path: Enterprise Structure -> Definition -> Controlling -> Create Operating Concern Table: TKEBT   When we open the transaction, we get following screen. Click on “New Entries”.   Fill the name and the description and hit on save button.    

After we activated the cost of sales accounting we should now define functional areas that we will assign to accounting and controlling objects in the system. Examples of functional areas are Finance, Manufacturing, R&D, Sales, etc.   Transaction: FM_FUNCTION IMG Path: Enterprise Structure -> Definition -> Financial Accounting -> Define Functional Area Table: TFKB     As at ECC 6.0 EHP6 the transaction is not accessible through the img path. Use directly the transaction instead. When you are in the transaction scree, click on new entries.     Fill the necessary fields and save the entry.

Before we move to defining Functional Areas, we should first Activate Cost of Sales Accounting. Activation is based on the highest organizational structure in FI – Company Code. When we activate it, we will be able to assign functional areas to different objects like – GL Account, Cost Centers, Cost Elements, Internal Orders, Fixed Assets, etc. With the help of it you are able to create income statements based on the defined functional areas. Transaction: S_ALR_87009606 Financial Accounting (New) -> Financial Accounting Global Settings (New) -> Ledgers -> Ledger -> Activate Cost of Sales Accounting …

When we have already defined Controlling Area assigned to our company code, it is time to activate the controlling components that we are going to use. The activation of submodules is done on Controlling Area organizational structure and therefore it is applicable to all company codes.   Transaction: OKKP IMG Path: Controlling -> General Controlling -> Organization -> Maintain Controlling Area Table: TKA00       When you open the transaction through IMG menu you will get following screen.  Click on “Maintain Controlling Area”.   On the next screen, mark your Controlling Area and click on “Activate components/control indicators”. …