8.

Information System

SAP2School End User Course

SAP2School.com
2008

Information System

The information system within Cost Center Accounting enables you to

evaluate planned and actual data according to various selection
criteria.
Chapter Objectives

Understand the functionality of the information system (e.g. variation,

summarization)

Use the drill-down function in line item reports

Get familiar with extract management

Information System: Overview

The Report Tree

Comparison Reports

Reports for
Variance Analysis

Planning Reports

Other Report Groups

User Settings

Standard Reports

Cost Centers: Actual / Plan / Variance

Area: Cost Centers
Area: Statistical Key Figures
Cost Center: Variances
Planning overview

Cost elements /
Cost centers
4110
4130
Service cost centers
4210
Shop floor area
...

Actual
30,000
70,000
100,000

Plan abs. Plan var.

35,000
5,000
60,000
10,000
95,000
5,000

Interactive Information System

Cost Elements

Actual Cost

400000 Material consum.

100,000.-

Line items

400000

FI Document

40
50

Plan Cost

Var.(abs.)

Var.(%)

100,000.100,000.-

USD

400000 Material consum.

113100 Bank

100,000.100,000.-

Extract Management

Extract
Data
source

Current

Archive

R/3
Database

Extract
Administration

Report

Variation

S01000
IDES Inc

S02000
S02000
Logistics

S01100
Board of
Managers
1100
Board of
Managers

S02100

S02200

S02300

S02400

Storage

Energy

Buildings

Motor Pool

2110
Incoming
Inspection

2210
Electricity

2310
Admin
Building

2410
Trucks

2120
Receiving

2220
Water

2320
Warehouse
Buildings

2420
Cars

2130
Shipment

2230
Gas

2330
Production
Buildings

User Settings

Area of
Responsibility

Your
Report
Extracts

User settings

Variation

Period-End Reporting
Summarization

S02100
Storage

re c
Totals

S02300
Buildings

2110
Inspection

2210
Electricity

2310
Admin

2120

2320

Receiving

2220
Water

Warehouse

2130
Shipment

2230
Gas

2330
Production

ords

Summarization
table

Plan/ actual
comparison

hoc
Ad

S02200
Energy

tion run

Ad
hoc

S02000
S02000
Logistics

riza
Summa

Target /actual
comparison

Summary

Key Terms

Information system

Report tree

Variation

Extracts

Summarization