Duplicate Postings: Multiple cost objects allowed for PO with Unknown Account Assignment in MIRO

[Oscar_DC]

Hi all !

My company is using Framework Purchase Orders with Account assignment category Unknown (U) and Limit (B) Item categories. When posting an invoice in MIRO, we allow for any CO object to be used in the account assignment (PM order, Cost Center, Internal Order, etc) .

I recently found out that when entering the account assignment in MIRO, I can technically enter 2 objects on the same line, and generate the accounting document with both of those objects. I can enter an actual PM Oder (non statistical) with a Cost Center and MIRO will generate actual postings for the PM Order and the Cost Center. Essentially accounting for the expense twice ! Once in the PM Order and once in the Cost Center.

MIRO screen: double-acct-assignment.jpg

Accounting Document: accounting-document.jpg

Screenshots from KOB1 and KSB1: ksb1-kob1.jpg

We are in ECC 6.0 -Does anyone know how to prevent this from happening while still allowing to use any object as the account assignment?

[raymond_giuseppi · Accepted solution]

Only one object will receive 'actual' costs, the other one 'actual statistical' costs. There is a hierarchy between the objects, e.g. the order before the cost center. A "statistics" object will always receive " actual statistical costs" which allows to bypass the hierarchy.

• Check/Filter the 'Value Type' in the reports (04 = Actual, 11 = Statistical Actual)
• If the standard behavior causes you problems, you can forbid this entry in a CO validation rule, transaction OKC7 (may require an exit to check statistical status of CO objects).

[Oscar_DC · Accepted solution]

I knew I had seen this before somewhere ... I had completely forgotten about value types. Thanks so much for the reminder! This is now closed.

[Garcia]

Hey Oscar,

Have you rechecked this with someone in FI/CO in the meanwhile?

As far as I know SAP still only allows one true cost object per line. I guess the order is either statistical or points to the same cost center.

Regards,

[Oscar_DC]

I forgot about being able to have a statistical posting on a non-statistical order. Now everything makes sense again.

Thanks!