Characteristic Derivation in Profitability Analysis

Dear Experts,
I am finding it bit difficult to understand the concept fully when it comes to the Characteristic Derivation in Profitability Analysis.
I had gone through the various SAP explanations of MOVE, LOOK UP, ENHANCEMENT, DERIVATION RULEu2026. And now I am having rough understanding of all of it. But I am finding it difficult to understand on how these various steps or rule impact the COPA output. In other words if someone can explain the usage of all the MOVE, LOOK UP, ENHANCEMENT, DERIVATION RULE steps with an example?
Thanks in advance
Paul

Hello Paul,
Its purely clients decision/requirements  which determine whether derivation is required or not.  But in all COPA implemenation you need at least couple of derivations.
I will explain a simple scenario for Table Look up. Suppose you are settling production orders linked to a sales order ( Make to order scenario).
When the production order settles variances to COPA, system will not transfer Customer ( sold to party) characteristics.
But you can tweak the system through a small derivation rule to bring the customer from sales order and pass it to COPA when production order is settled.
For table look up first you have to identify the table, here our reference is sales order (VBAP-VBELN) and the required field is sold to party (VBAP-KUNNR), both are in VBAK
In the source field for table look up
VBAP- VBELN =  CO-PA- KAUFN ( means if sales order number from VBAP table is same as the COPA sales order number)
VBAK-KUNNR= CO-PA-KDNR  ( then pull the customer number associated with that sales order and populate the COPA customer field)
Please carefully go through SAP help for derivation, it is clearly explained with simple examples
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/7a/4c37ef4a0111d1894c0000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
thanks
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