20 FICO Tips - Series 1

Hello Everyone,

In this series, I would like to present a bunch of quick 20 Tips related to FI/CO/AA that may come handy to you.
I cant claim you will find all of them to be new, but there will be something for everyone, to a great extent

Sr. No. Knowledge Item Brief Description

1 Steps to activate Budget Check for
assets (without IM)
2 Settle Production Variances by
Cost Component Structure in
COPA
• Activate order management in
controlling area
• Activate commitment
management in controlling area
& Order type
• Enable Budgetary control in
Internal Order
• Create statistical IO with
“Object class - Investment”
• Assign the statistical IO in asset
master in the "Origin" Tab -
"Investment Order" Field
• Create asset recon account
as statistical cost element
(Category 90)
• The FSG of asset recon
account must allow IO (OBC4)
• Activate the investment order
as the additional account
assignment object for asset
acquisition (ACSET)
• Enter budget for the statistical
internal order (KO22)
• Create PA Transfer Structure
with as many assignments
as Cost Components in Cost
Component Structure
• Choose the Option "Costs /
Revenues" in each assignment,
instead of "Variances"
• Assign each assignment to a
different value field

Traditionally, variances are

settled to COPA as per Variance
Categories. But this is also an
interesting way of doing the
Variance Settlement

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3 Track Origin line items of an AUC • Activate "Settlement By Cost

asset
4 Display Cost Center Accounting
and Internal Order Accounting
reports in Multiple Currencies
Element" in the Allocation
Structure
• Assign the Allocation Structure
to Settlement Profile of the
Internal Order and the Co.
Code
• Use Program RAHERK02 to
see Origin line items
• Using RPC0 and RPO0
respectively, you can switch
between Controlling Area
currency and Object Currency
(Co. Code Currency)
• These settings are per SAP
User

5 Down Payments in Asset • To avoid capitalizing the asset

Accounting
6 Smooth Calculation of Target Cost
during Variance Calculation
at the time of Down Payment,
modify the TTY 180 and
remove the check "Capitalize
FA".
• However, once the Asset GR is
posted and Asset is capitalized,
Depreciation will be calculated
on Down Payment amount +
Asset Value. This continues
till the time Down Payment is
cleared
• To avoid these issues, you can
avoid updating Down payment
in Asset Accounting as below
• Create a new FSG for
Vendor recon accounts
(OBC4) in which Asset is
SUPPRESSED
• Modify Message F5 378 to
W (OBA5)
• Ensure Std cost cost estimate
is released before GR from
Production Order. Details can
be found here on how to do
this. POD - Series 2 - Validate
standard cost existence at
various business processes
• Allow Std. Cost in Controlling
Area Currency in the Costing
Variant. If the same is not done,
implement note 1229004 as an
alternate solution

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7 Vendor OI upload during Go Live,
when vendor is liable to TDS
8 Profit Center in Special GL
Postings
9 Modify Vendor/Customer
reconciliation account during
postings
10 Change Default Document Type in
Clearing transactions
11 Enhance the Open Item Selection
Criteria during interest Calculation
(FINT)
12 Program to download SAP Forms / • RSTXSCRP
Scripts
13 Program to download Custom
Programs / Objects
14 Post Price Difference upon GR in
Sub Contracting (When Material is
valuated at 'S')
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There are two ways of doing this
• Create Vendor Masters, Load
Open Items and then update
WHT Codes in Vendor Masters
(OR)
• Create a Posting Key (Copy of
31/21) and suppress the WHT
in the new posting Key
• If the Special GL indicator is
defined as for "Down payments"
Profit Center Field is naturally
available on the screen
• FS00 - Check the field "recon
acct. ready for input"
• Recon. Accounts can be
manually changed during FB60/
FB70
• Recon. Accounts can be
changed during SD postings as
well
• During MIRO, Standard SAP
does not allow to change
the same. Starting EhP6, a
new business function can
be activated to achieve this.
Refer note 1836997. Else, Exit
LMR1M001 can be used too.
[Courtesy Aleksey Tkachenko)
• T code OBXH: SPRO> FI > AR/
AP > Busn Trans > OI Clearing
> Define Posting keys
• Implement User Exit
RFINTITUSEREXT
• Newly added selection fields
will be visible under "Cust.
Enhancement" Section of FINT
screen
• REPTRAN
• Improvised version of this
program also available on
Google
• This must be specifically
activated under SPRO> MM>
Inventory Mngt & Phys Inv >
GR > Price Differences for
Subcontract Orders at Goods
Receipt
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15 Post separate doc for Purchase
account postings (instead of 2
additional GL accounts in the same
document)
16 COPA Planning (KEPM) - Plan
data for 12 periods at once
17 Distribute Usage Variances during
Repetitive Manufacturing Scenario
(Where inputs are back-flushed at
Std. Qty)
18 Target Cost Tables
19 Find Variables used in Report
Painter Forms
20 Analyze Shop floor performance
Hope you enjoyed reading this. Expect more in the upcoming series
Your actions:
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• SPRO> MM> Valuation
and Account Assignment
>Account Determination >
Account Determination Without
Wizard > Purchase Account
Management > Separate
Accounting Document for
Purchase Account Postings
• In the planning package, enter
start period as, say, 001.2009.
• In the planning layout, remove
the char "PERIO", from general
data selection.
• In the column for the Value
field "Sales qty", include the
char PERIO and enter variable
as "1". This variable will be
supplied with the value from
Planing package.
• Copy the column and change
the variable as 1+1, 1+2, etc
• Use CKMDUVMAT functionality
of Material Ledger
• This works even without the
activation of Material Ledger
• COSP: For External Postings
(Target/Plan/Actual)
• COSS: For Internal Postings
(Target/Plan/Actual)
• COSPD (Actual only):
Settlement entries i.e. GR
and GI upon confirmation, for
Primary cost elements
• COSSD (Actual only): Settlment
entries i.e. activity confirmation
• Table CEFORMV
• Use KKO0 reports (Product Drill
Down Reports)
• OKN2 (Product Cost By Order
Scenario)
• OKN4 (Product Cost By Period
Scenario)
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Regards

Ajay Maheshwari
PS: Link to Second document in the Series is 20 FICO Tips - Series 2

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