Cost Element in Costing Based COPA

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I have implemented Costing based COPA in the system because the revenue derivations happen SD condition records.

Given this background, for one the value fields, say price adjustment, client does some price adjustment (revenue) through FI (FB70 / FB75). They have different GL accounts (cost element = 11) for their different lines of business. So, here, I am required to use the cost element as a input characteristic to derive my "line of business" characteristic. However, cost element is not an input characteristic.

What should I do?

Thanks.

[ajaycwa1981 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Not a valid requirement I would say... Though you can derive cost element in Costing based COPA also, it has a limitation that you must not have 2 line items in the same doc posting to COPA... Else, it would fail...

You can write a derivation rule using "Enhancement" and use exit COPA0001 to derive the GL account in COPA... However, its not the right way of doing it... You need to find some other way...

I would suggest make a char (WWXXX) in COPA and use it to populate the line of business. Ask business to enter the value in it manually... You can make this char mandatory via Char group in KEPA and assign it in KE4G (This applies to all GLs posting to COPA) OR

using KEPA and Exit COPA0003 (This applies only to the GLs you want)

br, Ajay M

[Former Member]

Dear Ajay,

Initially I found problems, but now cost element based derivation works fine; even for 3 or more cost elements in a single document, it works fine.

So, I am closing this thread. Thanks for your reply

Debayan