Business area vs profit center togather

HI, FRIENDS
friends i need to know that can we use business area and profit center to gather at a time.
eg
1). business area at different region in the country.(different branchs)
2)  profit center at product line level.( different products)
please help me to understand this.
thank you in advance.
Moderator: Please, avoid asking basic questions

Hi,
Business area and PCA both functionality same, on ECC 5 onwards PCA become a part of FI.(New GL)
Business area and PCA both are Reporting tools to view (B.S & P&L)
PCA is more flexible compare with Business area.
Business area not supporting for OKB9 settings.
Note: As per standard we are using only one tool  Business area or PCA.
i hope this information helpful to you...!
Rds,
Anil
Edited by: anil  kumar on Apr 18, 2011 9:58 AM

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