SAP Controlling and Financial Configuration Reference

Core SAP Controlling and Financial Concepts

CDS Views

• CDS views have ready-to-use content.
• CDS views are considered system modifications.
• CDS views have no latency.

WIP (Work in Progress)

• Update table
• Assignment table
• Posting rule table
• Version, Category, Cost Element

Activity Type

• Valid sending cost center types
• Activity type category for allocation
• Secondary costs G/L account for internal activity allocation
• Activity type category, Price indicator, Valid cost center categories

Actual Prices

• Work breakdown structure elements
• Profitability segments
• Profit centers

Characteristic Derivation

• System response when unsuccessful
• Overwriting authority
• Conditions for execution

Cost Center

• Secondary cost accounts
• Statistical key figures
• Non-operating expense accounts
• Valid cost center categories, Price indicator, Activity type category

Cost Component

• Assignment of cost component to cost component group
• Assignment of cost component to calculation base for overheads in costing sheet
• Relevance of cost component to results analysis

Cost Object

• Business process
• Internal order
• Cost center

Costing Run

• Costing version, Costing variant, Transfer control
• Costing levels report, Analysis report, Material list report

Costing Sheet

• Calculation base
• Credit key
• Overhead rate

Cross-Company-Code

• Company code currency
• Controlling area currency
• Transaction currency

HANA

• Financial accounting, Profitability analysis, Profit center accounting
• Company code, Controlling area, Plant

HANA / Activity Allocation

• Cost center
• Network
• Sales order item

Internal Order

• Whether settlement is necessary
• The accounting document type
• The valid receivers
• Initial status (Created or Released), User status, Transaction permissions
• Sales order item, WBS element, Network

Planning Layout

• Formulas
• Characteristics
• Value fields

Profit Center Accounting

• Accruals
• Revenues
• Sales deductions

Results Analysis

• Work in progress
• Cost of sales
• Reserves for unrealized costs

Sales Order

• Account assignment category
• Requirements class
• Requirement type

Statistical Key Figures

• Cost centers
• Internal orders
• Profit centers

System

• Work breakdown structure
• Customer service orders
• Internal order