20 FICO Tips – Series 1

• 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

There are two ways of doing this

• 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)