Business Term Status

The Business Term is currently validated by the Data Governance Committee.


Business Term Definition


A cost center hierarchy groups cost centers used for similar purposes in different levels and nodes.
The ZCBS alternative hierarchy has been created for reporting purposes to segregate costs by nature. It does not replace the cost center standard hierarchy, but is managed in parallel. Two principles must be followed: must be consistent with the GBU and P&L account.


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Data Sources, Type and Classification

SAP

Master Data

Internal Data


Data Protection and Update Frequency

At least once a year




Data Quality Issues and Rules

  1. All CC should be included in ZCBS;
  2. ZCBS should be consistent with assessment cycles.
  1. Consistency - Active CCs to L4 in the ZCBS hierarchy: The rule checks if all "Active" Cost Centers are in "Level 4" in ZCBS hierarchy EXCEPT the Cost Centers that are in EDISCXX, they are in Level 4 but they should be blocked and be Inactive.
  2. Consistency - Accuracy of assigning "Inactive" Cost centers to the EDISCXX node
  3. Consistency - All cost centers are assigned to an active GBU Cluster
  4. Conformity - SRM7 responsible codification: The rule checks if the position responsible field of the cost center has 8 digits and the first 3 digits (left to right) need to start with “500”
  5. Consistency - All cost centers are assigned to a BSA
  6. Consistency - All the cost centers should have a profit center associated
  7. Consistency - Active Cost Centers (Field Obsolete_Object = 0) should be considered as inactive, according with the following conditions:
    1. Creation date >= 18 months
    2. AND cross check with transactional data SE16 (tables COSP and COSS with "xxx" field) to see if we had any postings in the last 18 months
    3. AND Cost center does not exist in SAP Tcode OKB9 (column "Cost Center")


Related Business Terms

Data AttributeDescriptionLink
Cost CenterA Cost Center is an organizational unit within a controlling area that represents a defined location of cost incurrence. The main use of a cost center is to track actual expenses for comparison to budget.

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Person ResponsibleThe person responsible of a cost center is accountable for the elements allocated in the cost centerMore info
Budgeting HierarchyThe dimensions "Budget L1" through "Budget L5" contain the 5 levels of the Anaplan Budgeting Hierarchy, that reflects the organisation of the GBUs or functions to be used to enter and approve the budget

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BSA GroupGrouping of cost centers that are assigned to a hierarchy with the purpose to generate a monthly report to follow up BSA costs mixing HR (FTE) and finance data (costs). It answers the need for a transversal management of BSA in the Group beyond Corporate functions, SBS and GBUs with a visibility on costs & FTE/Headcount

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