Profit Center Accounting

S_ALR_87004478 - Assign Profit Center to Cost Center

TOPIC OBJECTIVES

Business Process Procedure Overview

Background
You need to assign cost centers to profit centers so that you can reflect all the
primary costs from Financial Accounting and all secondary allocations from Cost
Center Accounting in Profit Center Accounting.
The assignment of a cost center also implicitly assigns all the assets which belong
to that cost center to the profit center.

Scenario
Assign Cost Center 5217000 (R&T) to Profit Center 6100 (R&T)

Prerequisites
A cost center and profit center must exist.

PROCEDURAL STEPS

Menu Path Accounting  Controlling  Profit Center Accounting 

Master Data  Current Settings  S_ALR_87004478 -
Assignment: Cost Center
Transaction Code S_ALR_87004478

Tip: You can use alternatively transaction KS02 – Change Cost Center, assuming
you have the right authorization.

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CASE FLOW DIAGRAM

Maintenance
Material Fixed Asset Order

Internal
Sales Order Order

Profit Center Cost Center

Production
Order

Process Project
Order CO Cost Object
Production
Order

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Perform the following steps of how to Assign Profit Center to a Cost Center using the
information below:

Menu Path: SAP Menu  Accounting  Controlling  Profit Center Accounting  Master
Data  Current Settings  S_ALR_87004478 - Assignment: Cost Center

SAP Easy Access

1. Double Click on S_ALR_87004478 - Assignment: Cost Center.

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Change Cost Center: Initial screen

2. Update the following required and optional fields:

Field Name Description Values

Cost Center Cost Center Number Example: 5217000

3. Click Master data Button .

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Change Cost Center: Basic screen

4. Update the following required and optional fields:

Field Name Description Values

Profit center Code identifying an Example: 6100
organizational object for which
an independent operating profit
is calculated

5. Click Save .

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SAP Easy Access

6. The message bar displays “Cost center has been changed.”

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