COST CENTERS: ACTUAL/PLAN/VARIANCE

  Trigger:  Requirement for Cost Center report.

 

Business Process Procedure Overview

 

 This report will show the comparison of planned and actual spending by cost center.   During the HR/Payroll implementation, partial financials are being implemented.  The budget portion will not be used in this implementation so there will not be any amounts in the Plan field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input - Required Fields

Field Value / Comments

 Controlling Area, Fiscal Year, and Periods.  

 Controlling Area =NC01                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output - Results

Comments

 

 

 Plan/Actual Comparison Report

 

 

 

 

 

Tips and Tricks

 

·          None

 

 

Access Transaction:

 

Via Menu Path

ACCOUNTING > CONTROLLING > COST CENTER ACCOUNTING > INFORMATION SYSTEM > REPORTS FOR COST CENTER ACCOUNTING > PLAN/ACTUAL COMPARISONS

Via Transaction Code

S_ALR_87013611

 

 

 

Procedure:

 

SAP Easy Access

1. Update the following required and optional fields:

Field Name

Description

R/O/C

Values

Command

  

R

Enter value in Command.

Example: S_ALR_87013611

2. Click Enter button.

Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance: Selection

3. Update the following required and optional fields:

Field Name

Description

R/O/C

Values

Fiscal Year

  

R

Enter value in Fiscal Year.

Example: 2007

Cost Center Group

Code identifying a grouping, for internal reporting purposes, of cost centers with similar characteristics

R

Enter value in Cost Center Group.

Example: NC_DENR

Information:  Enter the fiscal year and fiscal periods of interest.  Enter the Cost Center Group to produce a report of all cost centers under that specific group.  In this example, the report will show all cost centers under NC_DENR.

4. Click Execute (F8) button.

Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance

5. Click Back (F3) button.

Information:  The report on the right is showing all the entries to the cost elements for DENR.  There is a list of the cost centers under DENR on the left side of the screen.  Select one of these cost centers to update the report on the right with only the cost elements for that specific cost center.

Exit Report

6. Click Yes button.

7. The system task is complete.