Responsibility area: Maintain Costing Master Data
Table of contents
Scope
ERP
Frequency
References
KAH2 - Change Cost element group
Forms
Attachments
Rules - Cost element Group XCS-ALL
Rules - Cost element Group ZSOLV
I create a secondary cost element >> I maintain cost element hierarchies
1. Objective and Scope
1.1. Objective of this Operation
The purpose of this procedure is to explain how to maintain a hierarchy of cost elements in SAP.
The hierarchies of cost elements are important in
- the costing model: they are used in assessment cycles
- in the reporting: they are used in fixed costs reports & Co$ta
There are 2 core hierarchies to be maintained carefully:
- XCS-ALL is used to split variable / fixed / depreciation cost elements in PF2 & WP2. It is also used in the assessment cycles of some cost centers in PF2 and in the reporting IMEP.
- ZRCS-FC is used in assessment cycles in PF2 & WP2 and in fixed costs reports & Co$ta.
From it is replaced by the hierarchy ZSOLV and ZRCS-FC will not be maintained anymore.
When you change one of these cost elements hierarchies, you must carefully follow the following rules:
- A cost element hierarchy needs to be maintained in WP2 & PF2. For instance if you do a change in the hierarchy in WP2, you have to do it in PF2 (or vice versa).
- All cost elements should be included in the core hierarchies
- A hierarchy is unique. A cost element can not be included in 2 groups (even if SAP does not prevent you from doing it). There are 10 exceptions in the hierarchy XCS-ALL in WP2 (no new exceptions are accepted without prior validation by a costing expert)
- There is a standard number of levels in each core hierarchy, do not create new ones.
- All cost elements should be included in the lowest group.
Examples:
there are 5 levels in the ZSOLV hierarchy, it is forbidden to create a 6th level >>
All cost elements should be included at the lowest level of the hierarchy >>
3. Tasks description
3.1. I update the cost element hierarchy
STEP 1 Start the transaction using transaction code KAH2 Double-click Change cost element group : Initial Screen STEP 2 Enter the cost element group to be updated and Then you can: Click on the group above where you want to add a new subgroup and then click Enter the code of the new group and its description Be careful, when the code is created, you can not change it anymore. If it is wrong and not consistent with the existing codification, you must delete the group and create a new one. Click on the group you want to delete and then click The group to be deleted is highlighted in red Click the button remove Before deleting a group, make sure there is no more cost element included in the group otherwise you must move them before in another group. Click on the group you want to move and then click The group to be moved is highlighted in red Click on the group in which you want to include the group and then click The group has moved You can easily change the description of a group Remember that hierarchies are used in reporting tools. To make them easier to read: Click the group in which you want to include a new cost element and then click you can click several times if you want to include more than 5 cost elements Enter the code of the cost element you want to include Click on the cost element you want to move and then click The cost element to be moved is highlighted in red Click on the group in which you want to include the cost element and then click The cost element has moved STEP 4 Once your changes are done There is a message at the bottom of the page You can leave the transaction 
STEP 31. Create a new group
2. Delete an existing group
3. Move an existing group
4. Rename a group
5. Include a new cost element
6. Change the group of a cost element
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