Difference between account based and cost based in co-pa

hi friends,
what is main deffirencebetween account based and cost based in co-pa. what scenerio we use account based and what scenerio we use cost based.
Thanking u
suneel.

Hi,
It all depends on the OPerating oncern which you are going to use for the CO-PA implementaion.
For a account based Operating concern you can define accopund based copa.
For a Cost Based Operating concdern you will have tp define account based Copa.
You can create account based Copa on cost based operating concern and vice versa.
In most of the FI implemntaion is done before BW inplemetation and therefore Operating concerns are already defined by the FI people.
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