BCS Breakdown Check - how to adjust individual records?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I just arrived at a new client and have found several thousand inconsitent records.

Breakdown check shows us how many there are and also allows entry of a vlue for missing subassignments.

However, there is no option to adjust individual lines (not even to differentiate between totals records and journal entries), eg Item 800210 now requires breakdown by Partner Unit, however, there are 15 records with a blank value but only one line in breakdown check in which to enter a partner.

Obviously the user wants to enter different partners depending on further details (eg cons unit, amount, other breakdown values etc.),

where/how can such selections be made?

[dan_sullivan · Accepted solution]

I too find this frustrating. However, the approach I've taken is to choose the value most common and make adjusting entries to reclassify to the other values where needed.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Dan,

Here is a response from SAP developers themselves:

If a customer introduces a new breakdown later and adopts old data, it

is very appropriate a fair to fill the newly introduced breakdown by one fixed value in all old data records. Otherwise, we would project a

degree of detail into historic data records, which was not available at

the time when these records were created.

So, this requirement does not make really sense, and we cannot support

it. For historic records, we only support entering one fix breakdown

value for all affected records. From that time on, the customer can of

course maintain a higher degree of detail on new postings.

[dan_sullivan · Accepted solution]

How is that different from what I said?

Choose one value and make "new" entries to reclassify this to the appropriate value.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

No difference, just putting up the official response for others to see.

Thanks again.