Activity quantities in CK11N

Hello sap gurus
When I try to calculate cost of my product at CK11N, it shows "0" (zero) quantities for my activities. I checked this from routing screen (ca03), I can see quantities for each activities. So, I have quantity values for each activity in routing screen but somehow they come to CK11N screen as zero.
How can I fix this problem, thanks a lot already.
Best Regards

Dear,
Confirm us one thing.
Do you see the Activity types along with Cost center in CK11N?
Means, Like below
PROD 1000 0
SETUP 1100 0
LBHR 1200 0
Major things to look after is
1. Routing - Cost elements have been included in OKTZ
2. Activity types rates in KP26
3. Activity types - Cost element category - KL02
4. Lot size in Material master - MM03 - Costinf View 1 and CK11N and BOM
5. Costing Variant configuration - OKKN
Verify the above first
Thanks

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please lemme know the diff between Direct Activity Allocation & Indirect Activity Allocation.

Hi Hussein,
Direct Activity Allocation and Indirect Activity Allocation
Hi Joshi,
Direct activity allocation involves the measuring, recording, and allocating of business services performed. To do this, you must create the relevant (measurable) tracing factors (allocation bases which can be used as cost drivers). In Cost Center Accounting these are known as activity types. Activity allocation occurs, for example, when business transactions are confirmed or when posting activity quantities to accounts. The system multiplies the activity produced by the price of the activity type.
To do so, for the cost centers or business processes involved, you must plan activity types either using prices set manually or using subsequent iterative price calculation.
If the receiver of the activity allocation is not a cost object (such as, cost center, business process, or internal order), then the following applies: If no price was set manually, then the plan price is used. If you have not executed an iterative price calculation, then the manually set price for the activity type is used for direct activity allocation (the price in the plan/actual (000) version).
If the receiver of the activity allocation is a cost object (such as, a production order or a product cost collector), then the price used for valuation is determined according to the valuation variant (which is linked to the cost object for the simultaneous costing via the costing variant). If the receiving cost object is not linked to a costing variant for the simultaneous costing, then the plan price for the valuation period is used.
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2 hrs X 15 USD/hr = 30 USD
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Indirect activity allocation can be used to automatically allocate planned and actual activities.
You can specify keys to allocate activity, which is not possible when you use manual activity input in the plan or actual activity allocation. In addition, if calculating the sender activity quantities involves too much time or expense, the system can determine the activity quantity inversely based on the activity of the receivers.
If you execute indirect activity allocation without completing planning for the combination cost center/activity type, you must activate the actual price indicator in the activity type master data.
A special type of indirect activity allocation for actual allocation is the plan=actual activity allocation. In contrast to other types of indirect activity allocation, the plan=actual activity allocation allows for a multiple level activity network to be determined iteratively with the operating rate as the tracing factor.
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For certain activity types you can determine the total activity quantity for each sender. These are category 3 activity types, Manual entry, indirect allocation.
Using indirect activity allocation, these posted activity quantities are distributed by the senders among the receivers defined in the segment according to their allocation bases. The corresponding segment must use the sender rule Posted quantities. Any receiver rule can be used, with the exception of Fixed quantities.
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The price per activity unit for the Quality control cost center is 50 USD/hr. This results in activity output costs of 50,000 USD. The receiver cost centers are debited with the following costs based on the tracing factor TI.
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Hi All,
We would like to track activities for cost centers, but don't necessarily have the need for a sending cost center/object. I understand in a traditional manufacturing set-up, you have sending and receiving cost objects that incorporate the use of activities. Our business is a service that we provide, not a tangible product that we produce.
Here is the scenario. We have activities that a cost center performs. Cost center 1 will perform 2 types of "pick-up" activities, so this would require two activity types. Throughout the course of the month, the activity quantities would get posted to the cost center. So my first question is how can you post only quantities to a cost center--what is the t-code? We're not concerned with incorporating an activity price, we just want quantities.
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What we're trying to do is a makeshift ABC scenario. Since the use of true abc seems almost non-existent, there's not much info out there on it. Does anybody have any good docs on abc in SAP?
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Hi,
1. I understood your case in this way .
Cost Center A performs 2 activities . The cost center collects cost by Fi posting through out the month.
Now you want the activity type should nt have price , only it should have quantities.
And now you want to allocate the cost of the cost center to other object by activity types.
If i am right..
then instead of activity types why not create SKF(statistical key figures) . At the month end by t.code Kb31n post the activity qts. for combination of cost center and SKFs.
Then as per your requirement run allocation cycle.
The kind of you are planning , in that case activity types to be converted as cost object ( it can be done in control area setting) and then you want to allocate.. seems to be little complicated..
Hope i understood and in turn i conveyed the message properly..
Assign points if found helpful
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Hi
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You can plan, allocate, and control costs either at the activity type level of a cost center, or at the cost center level.
You can also assign the activity type of a cost center directly example: deprecitation postings.
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I hope this helps.
Regards
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Can any one make me understand Conseptually, what is Cost Center and Activity Type

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Cost centers represent areas of responsibility (management areas) that generate and influence costs.
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When the activities produced by a cost center are used by other cost centers, orders or projects, this means that the resources of the sending cost center are being used by the receiver objects.
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Dear Gurus,
1. I have defined activity type say "Power" through KL01
2. Maintained the planned price through KP26 for the cost center which is going to use this activity type. say
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3. Now there is something as actual activity price calculation at period end
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Actual
7. The cost of the power will be booked in FI and posted to Production Cost Center for the month.
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Our PP is not yet live now.
While going through the system settings, it is found that many activities (approx. 15 for indirect expenses also) are planned in the Production Cost Centres.
However, these activities are not included in the master data of the Work Centre. Only one activity type is mentioned there for machining.
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Is there any other way these activity costs will appear in the Cost report ?

Hi,
You are almost on the right line, activity quantities will be triggered in the cost center report based on the routing master and through the confirmation from the production orders.
For the creation of the work center - Activity Planning KP26 is required. Cost center/Activity
where we can plan the activity quantities.
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Based on the above information we can calculate the plan price - KSPI
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Expenses Analysis and Its splitting - Part 1
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Diagnosis
No activity quantities are planned in controlling area AMAD for fiscal year 2008, version 0 and the objects you have specified.
System Response
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Procedure
Plan activity quantities and activity input in controlling area AMAD.
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Elizaa

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Hi,
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