20 FICO Tips - Series 1

Hello Everyone,
In this series, I would like to present a bunch of quick 20 Tips related to FI/CO/AA that may come handy to you.
I cant claim you will find all of them to be new, but there will be something for everyone, to a great extent

Sr. No.

Knowledge Item

Brief Description

Steps to activate Budget Check for

assets (without IM)

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)

Settle Production Variances by

Cost Component Structure in
COPA

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

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Track Origin line items of an AUC

asset

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

Display Cost Center Accounting

and Internal Order Accounting
reports in Multiple Currencies

Using RPC0 and RPO0

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

Down Payments in Asset

Accounting

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)

Smooth Calculation of Target Cost

during Variance Calculation

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

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Vendor OI upload during Go Live,

when vendor is liable to TDS

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

Profit Center in Special GL

Postings

If the Special GL indicator is

defined as for "Down payments"
Profit Center Field is naturally
available on the screen

Modify Vendor/Customer
reconciliation account during
postings

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 (but not MIRO)

10

Change Default Document Type in

Clearing transactions

T code OBXH: SPRO> FI > AR/

AP > Busn Trans > OI Clearing
> Define Posting keys

11

Enhance the Open Item Selection

Criteria during interest Calculation
(FINT)

Implement User Exit

RFINTITUSEREXT
Newly added selection fields
will be visible under "Cust.
Enhancement" Section of FINT
screen

12

Program to download SAP Forms / RSTXSCRP

Scripts

13

Program to download Custom

Programs / Objects

REPTRAN
Improvised version of this
program also available on
Google

14

Post Price Difference upon GR in

Sub Contracting (When Material is
valuated at 'S')

This must be specifically

activated under SPRO> MM>
Inventory Mngt & Phys Inv >
GR > Price Differences for
Subcontract Orders at Goods
Receipt

15

Post separate doc for Purchase

SPRO> MM> Valuation
account postings (instead of 2
and Account Assignment
additional GL accounts in the same
>Account Determination >
document)
Account Determination Without
Wizard > Purchase Account
Management > Separate

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Accounting Document for

Purchase Account Postings
16

COPA Planning (KEPM) - Plan

data for 12 periods at once

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

17

Distribute Usage Variances during

Repetitive Manufacturing Scenario
(Where inputs are back-flushed at
Std. Qty)

Use CKMDUVMAT functionality

of Material Ledger
This works even without the
activation of Material Ledger

18

Target Cost Tables

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

19

Find Variables used in Report

Painter Forms

Table CEFORMV

20

Analyze Shop floor performance

Use KKO0 reports (Product Drill

Down Reports)
OKN2 (Product Cost By Order
Scenario)
OKN4 (Product Cost By Period
Scenario)

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Regards
Ajay Maheshwari
SAP ERP Financials - Controlling SAP ERP Financials - Asset Accounting

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