Cost center variances

Hi All,
Could you please help me in finding out
- below problem is for settling cost center variances (KSS1) and not regarding production order variance.
1) Where is target cost version (used for cost center variances) assigned in the controlling version '0'.
I could not find any option for mentioning target cost version in controlling version '0'.
2) How are cost center variances allocated to CO-PA.
If they are done through assessment, where is the settings for assigning value fields for each variance category.
3) Is there any CO posting done by system during cost center variance calculation (or) is it just classification of cost center balance into variances and no postings in CO?
Thanks in advance for the time and help.
Regards,
DSK

Hello DSK
1) There is no target cost version for cost center. The amount left in cost center is not called as variances but as under/over absorption. This is the difference between actual costs posted in the cost center and the costs actually charged to production orders.
2) The variances can be taken to COPA through COPA assessment cycle where you enter the cost center as sender and the respective value fields as receiver. The variance category refers to production variance categories and to cost center.
3) There is no such thing as cost center variance calculation and no entry for this as such.
Refer help.sap for more details.
Sangram

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