The field "Department" of the profit center is a critical field that is used in BW to assign a cost center to a plant and then to a site. 

ex:

  • The cost center 7512-1022 is assigned to the profit center 7512-I0449
  • The department of the profit center 7512-I0449 is 7512

=> The cost center is assigned to the plant 7512

Depending on the type of profit center the department code can be: 

  • a plant code = a code maintained in table T001W in WP1 or PF1 (1) 

  • a generic plant code (only in WP1) created by GBU (2). This code doesn't exist in the table T001W. 



Rule by ERP + type of profit center


ERPType of profit centerDepartmentExample
PF1Reporting profit center= "blank"

Organizational profit center 

= plant code 

= profit center code without the letter C

ex: department of profit center C RBAA = RBAA 


WP1Profit center used in the master data of production cost centers (the codification of the cost center starts with the plant code (star))

= plant code 

= first digits of the profit center code (star)

ex: department of profit center 7512 -I0449 = 7512 

Profit center used in the master data of SG&A / CBS / Financial cost centers (the codification of the cost center starts with the company code (star))

= generic GBU code 

= BFC GBU code + 00

ex:  Novecare = CS00 


Last update:  

GBUGeneric codeGBUGeneric code
CB Corporate Business ServicesCB00OG Oil & GasOG00
CH Special ChemCH00PA AromaPA00
CM Composite MaterialsCM00PE PeroxydePE00
CS NovecareCS00SD Soda AshSD00
CT CoatisCT00SI SilicaSI00
GY Energy ServicesGY00SP Specialty PolymersSP00
NB New Business DevelopmentNB00TS Technology SolutionTS00



Exception: Facilities cost centers included in the group ZCBS-FFAC of the ZCBS hierarchy

= plant code 

= first digits of the profit center code (star)

ex: department of profit center 7925-I0569  = 7925

(star) For historical reasons, there can be some exception of the codification