Segment Reporting and Cost of Sales Accounting

Hi Experts,
Will there be an impact if we won't activate cost of sales accounting but we activated document online splitting and segment?
Thanks.

Hi,
They are different. Cost of Sales Accounting requires the functional area to be assigned or a subsitution rule activated.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Gimmo

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Functional area and cost of sales accounting (company code 2000) active

Hi There!
I hope someone can help.
In our sandbox system, whenever I try to convert a Purchase requistion into a Purchase Order I get the following error message : "Functional area and cost of sales accounting (company code 2000) active".
Anyone know how I can resolve this issue?
Kind regards,
Karl

Hi,
Double click on the error message & check the message Number..
Then go to
Spro>MM>Pur
Attributes of system messages & change the Message from Error to Warning..
Thx
Raju

Period accounting vs Cost of Sales accounting

Hello all,
Could someone explain to me the difference between Period accounting and Cost of Sales accounting? Where is period accounting configured in ECC 6.0?
I am trying configure PCA. The client wants the Profit centers to be setup product-wise. They have 3 products: a) a handheld GPS device, b) the accessories for the GPS device, c) and the subscription. I have setup 3 profit centers according to the 3 products.
Does either cost of sales accounting or period accounting come into the picture in my scenario? What I mean is, do either of the two methods have to be configured? And if so, why?
I have read in some places ("Configuring FICO" by Hurst & Nowak) that preparing PCA to accept actual postings can be very simple or complex. On the simple side, all that is required is to activate the fiscal year control parameters, create the proper document types, and define the necessary number ranges. For more complex solutions, additional account assignment may be maintained, and internal goods movement can be defined.
My client is just looking for a plain vanilla implementation of PCA at this time. Does that affect whether we use period or COS accounting?
Thanks in advance! Points available.

Hi,
Do check out the following documentation :
http://help.sap.com/bp_bblibrary/600/html/N74_EN_GCC.htm
Cost of Sales Accounting
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/b3/c3e040852f712ae10000000a155106/content.htm
Period Accounting
In period accounting, the performance of a particular business unit (profit center) - that is, its revenues, changes in inventory and capitalized services - is set off against the total costs of the period. This occurs at the G/L account level and adheres to the formal structure of Financial Accounting. This gives you a uniform structure of report data and lets you reconcile the data of cost and financial accounting on the basis of cost elements.
Hope this helps.
cheers,
Gimmo

Re-route sales and cost of sales for shipments to vendors.

We are increasing a process where we will ship raw materials to a vendor, they will use this material in production for a finished good that the vendor will sell back to us. It is not sub-contracting, since we would sell these raw materials in bulk. This is also not our normal course of business, so we can not have these shipments mixed in with our regular sales and cost of sales accounts.
We would like to ship these materials out on a delivery and set up a receivable from our vendor, but do not want to record the billing / pgi transaction in regular sales / cost of sales. We have a method to re-route the sales, but from the cost of sales side the possibilities I see are only valuation class.
Does anyone else have a good process for re-routing sales and cost of sales where the process will consistantly re-route cost of sales whenever the sales account is re-reouted?
Thank you!

Hi Elex,
I Appriciate your interest in giving clarity while posting a thread.
Since you are already using REFX and SD is not implemeted, the best option is go a head with REFX module only.
Try to create a saparate Contract type as "Real Estate RES. Sales" and create various conditions related to "Sales" based on your business requirement, (Because we dont have any special pricing procedure to adopt in this ).
As per my understanding you can use the below conditions as an example :
RE Sale Price
RE Sales Installment
RE Sales Discount
RE Sales Commission...etc. based on your pricing you can add the conditions.
All the above charges you can make as one time charges based on your business requirement except Sales installment.
Even though rental objectis sold but the propery is located in your premises you mught have provideing some services to the sold property as well, so you can add one more condition type as
RE Common maintenence / Annual maintenence charges( which is recurring ).
Adopting this process in REFX module will be one best advise for RE SALES.
Based on your requirmeent you can integrate the REFX with PS ( for new devolopments / constructions / porjects ) & Pm modules for services.
Since you are already using REFX leasing process its like entention of the existing process.Hope it may helps you.
Regards,
Subbarao.Narne

Cost of Sales Accounting

Functional Area "0100" assigned in one General ledger Which one the requirement of 2 company, But Functiona Area should be derived from respective object ( Cost center/ Order etc) for one company which is located in another country.
How it can be achived?

1) activate cost of sales accounting (FI/global settings/company codes/cost of sales accounting ...
-> interesting is you can choose between in preparation en production. The first one means the' functional area' field becomes active for master data assignments but is not posted yet in produciton. Ideally if you need some time to make all the master data assignments.
2) define functional area (under enterprise organisation / Structures ...
3) assign functional area's to CO objects (cost centers / production order types / internal orders , ... and optionally to P&L accounts
4) as of version 47, allow functional area as CO object when working with fixed assets (in fixed assets customizing).
5) define reports in report painter
that is.
-> most of the work is thinking about and setting up the master data assignments (of the functional area). Configuration part is very little.
regards
D

OKB9 - Cost of sales accounts assigned to profitability segement

Hi All,
I am brand new in an SAP team and I want to understand how OKB9 works and how I could control it.
I want that all Cost of sales accounts ( included cycle count adjustment, difference when posting MIRO ) are posted to profitability segment.
At the moment account for cost difference between inventory price and invoice price is defined in OKB9 with a default cost center.Can I change that to PSG ?
Also if I define the accounts as PSG, how can I prevent people from booking manually to cost center for example on those accoutns where I only want profitability segment bookings ?
Hope this is clear enough to receive good help.
Thanks
Stéphane

If you dont want people to post to a cost center you can control this via the FSG (Field Status Group)
This is linked to the GL account, and defined at posting key level.

Item Interface error - "The Cost of Sales Account specified is not a valid"

A week back we migrated from 11.5.10 to 12.1.3
Since then, many items are failing in Item Interface with the error "The Cost of Sales Account specified is not a valid account or has expired in organization ITEM MASTER INV."
Item Master being the 'Inventory master organization'. I checked the cost of sales account & sales account. and they are Valid also their corresponding segments are valid in their respective value sets.
Log message for 'Item Import'
Import Items
Argument 1 (ORG_ID) = 167
Argument 2 (ALL_ORG) = 1
Argument 3 (VAL_ITEM_FLAG) = 1
Argument 4 (PRO_ITEM_FLAG) = 1
Argument 5 (DEL_REC_FLAG) = 1
Argument 6 (PROCESS_SET) = 77
Argument 7 (MODE) = 2
Argument 8 (Gather Stats) = 1
TRANSACTION ID : 42878726
ORGANIZATION ID : 174
TABLE NAME : MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE
COLUMN NAME : COST_OF_SALES_ACCOUNT
MESSAGE NAME : INV_IOI_ERR
ERROR MESSAGE : The Cost of Sales Account specified is not a valid account or has expired in organization ITEM MASTER INV.
TRANSACTION ID : 42878726
ORGANIZATION ID : 174
TABLE NAME : MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE
COLUMN NAME : SALES_ACCOUNT
MESSAGE NAME : INV_IOI_ERR
ERROR MESSAGE : The Sales Account specified is not valid or has expired for the organization ITEM MASTER INV.
Please help.

The Cost_of_sales_account & Sales_account as defined in the MTL_PARAMETERS are different from those in MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B for the corresponding item. The values for these accounts in the interface tables are same as that in the MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B table and hence not same as those defined in MTL_PARAMETERS.
Actually we have a Custom trigger on the MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B table which updates these accounts, once the item is created in the Master Organization.
To verify this issue, I updated the accounts on the MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE table to match with that of MTL_PARAMETERS. Ran the 'Item Import', now those records are processed.
Does this means that, the Interface is validating the cost_of_sales_account & sales_account to match with that of the 'Organization' ??.
But we never had this issue in 11i. Is this a part of R12??

Changing Cost of SAles Account form Profit Centre to Cost Centre

In order to be able to forecast against Cost of Sales accounts within the same process and plan version as expenditure accounts, I am proposing to create Cost Elements on the G/L accounts associated (they currently post to Profit Centre).
Apart from losing history reporting, are there any issues to consider before making this change (e.g automatic account assignment)

Hello Shirley,
Here are the areas that I can think of:
1) Field Status Group for Cost objects- OB41 and OB14: For all the GL's that will be created as Cost Element, ensure that Cost Center is not a "Suppressed" or "Display" field, it has to be a "Required" or at least an "Optional" field. (Internal Orders, if used, need similar treatment)
2) Field Status Group for Profit Centers: Similarly, if you have made Profit Center a "Required" field, then you may want to make it "Optional" and allow it to be defaulted from the Cost Center or Internal Order
3) Profit Center Derivation: 3KEH / 3KEI: Entries in these tables, if any, need to be removed for the Accounts that are being created as Cost Elements.
4) Default Account Assignment: OKB9: In case you are not able to enter Cost Center / Internal Order at the time of FI Document entry, then you will need to include these in OKB9.
Hope this information helps.
Regards.
Ashish.

Inventory Audit Report and Inventory G/L Account discrepancy

Good Day!
Hi Everybody. I had experienced a discrepancy between the Inventory Audit Report and Inventory G/L Account.
Before everything else, our client does not have any PO, GRPO. Only A/P Invoice and A/P Credit Memos so there are no difference being posted.
There were also no transactions posted directly in Inventory G/L Account but from observation, there is a minor difference. This only happened with two transactions in AP Invoice with Negative Quantity.
The AP Invoice is composed of a single item, the unit price is 180.00 x -58 pcs quantity. Total amount is -10,440.00.
G/L Account posting is
Inventory 10,440.00
A/P 10,440.00
In the FIFO layering, the item cost is 200.00 (based on the current stock value) and the current stock quantity before posting is 80 pcs . Since this is a negative quantity A/P Invoice, it seems that the cost of the item when the transaction will be posted is 200 (based on the current stock value) so when I view the Inventory Audit Report amount, it says the inventory cost/posting is -11,600 (200 x -58).
But on actual G/L Account, the posting is -10,440.00 from A/P Invoice, that's why the inventory discrepancy occurs. It seems that SAP B1's Inventory Audit Report confuses the FIFO cost posted versus G/L Account's posted based on the document. Since the document is A/P Invoice, SAP B1 assumes that the transaction will post the amount as the additional inventory cost and posting the inventory cost into Inventory G/L Account. However, since this is a negative document, the system is releasing the items, thus, FIFO kicks in. The Inventory Audit Report catches the amount based on FIFO costing. The problem is that the Inventory Audit Report is more accurate than the Inventory G/L Balance.
Any suggestion to fix this guys?

HI,
i'my afraid you're in the wrong place. This is the Chinese forum. Please go to SAP Business One Application for help.
Best

Subsequent / re-activation of Cost of Sales Accounting

We are currently engaged at a new SAP customer (ECC6) that does not currently require COS Accounting to be activated /functional area functionality, but might require it at a later stage / subsequent to the initial go-live.
Based on the contents of SAP Note 740519, it appears that when COS Accounting is subsequently activated, the functional area cannot be repopulated for historic data when using ECC6.
QUESTION:
Should the customer decide to subsequently activate COS Accounting at the start of a new fiscal year (i.e. post go-live), all the P&L data will be populated with the functional area from the start of the new fiscal year. However, what about the carry forward balances for the Balance Sheet accounts? Is there a way to repopulate the "carried forward" balances in the Balance Sheet with a functional area, else the balance sheet will always contain incomplete functional area data for the carried forward balances.
Also, please advise if there is a program available to repopulate functional areas subsequently in the event of a subsequent activation of COS Accounting. If not, if the customer activate COS Accounting even though they don't require it at present, because it appears that you cannot change the functional area assignments once updated with transactional data?
As such, what is the recommended course of action:
1. Only activate COS Accounting when required, but resulting issues with updating historic data with functional area.... OR
2. Activate and configure pre go-live, but then cannot change functional area assignments once populated with transactional data.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Dolf

Hi Dolf
   I have exactly the same requirement now with respect to cost of sales accounting. My client went live a couple of months back and now wants to activate Cost of Sales Accouting. I have the same question of how to populate the existing historic data with the functional areas.
   What did you do when you had this issue? Did you find out any way or work around to update the historic data with functional area? What approach did you take during your implementation?
    Your response would be highly appreciated and rewarded.
Vamsi

Substitution for "Cost of sales Accounting" not working with cycle-trx KSC5

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I have a problem that it seems that a created Substitution for "Cost of sales Accounting" is not executed in our System when running a cycle for Indirect Activity Allocation (Trx. KSC5).
Now I want to debug the Indirect Activity Allocation but I don't know how those Substitution Steps are generated as code that I can set a breakpoint when executing the cycle with Trx KSC5.
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I also saw some OSS Notes that there are problems with "Cost of Sales Accounting" but I don't know concretely what to do to solve that special problem.
Kind regards
Udo

thanks for your answer.
I added the filed FKBER in table VWTYGB01.
Now I can select field "functional area" for CO Substitution.
nevertheless substitution does not work and set functional area on Dummy FB 9990 for CO postings to CO-object without Functional area.
Thats curious because I maintained exactly the same Substitution on an other SAP System (IDES Test System) and here it works.
Any ideas?
Are there further settigs required after maintenance of table VWTYGB01??
Thanks in advance

Cost of sales accounting & period accounting

Hi folks,
I want to know the difference between cost of sales accounting & period accounting. where do we use them and which is preferable. thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vijay

Two accounting methods used for generating profitability statements are the cost-of-sales method and the period accounting method. Applying either method to a given set of business transactions under a given set of laws yields the same bottom-line result (profit) in concept. The difference is in how the overall profit and loss picture is presented.
 Companies must choose to use one of these methods for generating their legal financial statements. The choice is often determined by country-specific legal requirements.
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 With this method, the emphasis is on matching the revenues for goods and/or services provided (the value that a company gains as a result of sales) against the related expenses for those items (the value that is lost when products are transferred out of the company). Therefore, this accounting method displays profit and loss information in a manner optimized for conducting margin analyses, and as such it is optimal for the sales, marketing, and product management areas.
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Cost of sales accounting inactive

hello Guru,
         My client implementing ECC 6.0 . we have activated the cost of sales accounting Global Parameters. we r trying to deactive the COS , system is not allowing to deactive throwing error message
When cost of sales accounting is active, the functional area characteristic is derived and saved in documents and totals records.
Deactivating cost of sales accounting has the following consequences:
     No functional areas are derived for costs posted after cost of accounting has been deactivated.
If you reactivate cost of sales accounting, these same costs remain without a functional area. It is not possible to derive functional areas for these costs at a later stage. Costs that are posted after cost of sales accounting has been reactivated have functional areas derived for them once again.
     The cost of sales accounting ledger, 0F, continues to be updated even after cost of sales accounting has been deactivated, but without the functional area characteristic.
To prevent this happening, SAP recommends that you also deactivate the cost of sales accounting ledger 0F.
Effects on Customizing
You can define when this system message is to be issued in accordance with your requirements.
You do this in Customizing as follows: Controlling -> Controlling: General -> Change Message Control.
The application area and message number can be taken from the technical documentation

Hello
Once Cost of Sales Accounting is active the Ledger 0F will be updated
for all costs posted with functional area.
When you deactivate "Cost of Sale Accounting", this Ledger will still be
updated but without functional area.
To prevent this data inconsistency, the message is set as "Error Message",
that is why you receive this error, and why it recommends that you
change the message to a warning message instead of an error.
Please check your settings in GCL2 to deactivate 0F.
It is recommended that you then set this message back to 'Error' after
deactivation to prevent any other ledger being deactivated by
accident.
Regards
Javier Reviriego

Cost-of-sales accounting / DUMMY-substitution for CO posting w/o func. area

Dear experts,
we activated Cost-of-sales accounting (special ledger - no use of NewGL functionalities).
We use the SAP "Standard substitition" in FI to make sure that all postings on P&L accounts go to special ledger. If no functional area can be derived, posting is assigend to Dummy functional area.
So far so good.
My question is: Is it possible to set up a "similar" substituition in case of CO postings with secondary cost element (e.g. Internal activity allocation, Overhead Rates) on other CO-object without functional area.
e.g. Internal activity allocation from Cost center to production order. No functional area assigned to production order.
I hope you unterstand my question for this issue.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
regards,
Butch

thanks for your answer.
I added the filed FKBER in table VWTYGB01.
Now I can select field "functional area" for CO Substitution.
nevertheless substitution does not work and set functional area on Dummy FB 9990 for CO postings to CO-object without Functional area.
Thats curious because I maintained exactly the same Substitution on an other SAP System (IDES Test System) and here it works.
Any ideas?
Are there further settigs required after maintenance of table VWTYGB01??
Thanks in advance

Cost of sales accounting implementation

Hi
Can we implement cost of sales accounting in the mid of the Fiscal year
if so ,
how to capture functional area in the transactions , changing in the master data will not allow as balances exist
what are all prequisities and configuration to be made for this to implement

It is not possible to transfer existing/old data to funactional area. Only new data from now on will flow.

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