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Create Activity Type and Activity Type

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Creating Activity Type Master Data

Test Administration
Customer project: Fill in the project-speciic parts.

Test Case ID <X.XX> Testing Date:

Tester Name: Duration:

Business Role(s): Responsibility: <State the Service Provider,

Customer or Joint Service
Provider and Customer>

Procedure

Test Step # Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Comments

1 Log On Log on to the SAP Fiori The Start page appears.

Launchpad as a Cost Accountant
- Overhead.
2 Open Manage Activity Type Open Manage Activity Types A new window opens,
Master Data (F1605A). showing the Manage
Activity Types (F1605A)
screen.

3 Choose Create Choose Create.

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Test Step # Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Comments

4 Enter Activity Type Data On the New Activity Type: New A new section opens,
screen, in the General Data tab , showing the General Data
make the following entries: and various tabs.

Enter Activity Type:

 Note
Description Text
SAP recommended
Activity Unit: Activity values for cloud (as
unit others though
visible might not be
Name: <Enter a text> supported).

Activity Type description: activity type

Enter a text category: only 1
(manual entry,
Valid From: <today's
manual
date>
allocation) is
Valid To: <Year-end> supported in
cloud.
Cost center category:
Cost center price indicator:
category only 3 (price is
set manually) is
Activity Type Category: supported in
Activity type cloud
category
actual activity
Allocation Cost Element: type category:
<For example, should be blank
94304000>
actual price
Price Indicator: Price indicator:
indicator Default should
be blank and
only if you have
activated
scope Actual
Costing (33Q),
you should use
“5” or “7” (for
details on 5 and
7, refer the
Business
Conditions
section in 33Q).

6 Save Your Data Choose Save. The activity type is

created and
saved.

Creating Activity Type Hierarchy Master Data

Test Administration
Customer project: Fill in the project-speciic parts.

Test Case ID <X.XX> Testing Date:

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Tester Name: Duration:

Business Role(s): Responsibility: <State the Service Provider,

Customer or Joint Service
Provider and Customer>

Prerequisite

 Note
Existing customers are allowed to continue to use App: Manage Activity Type Groups (FCOM_GROUP_ACTTYPE) until they
completely migrate and mark the migration status as Complete using Coniguration Step: Migrate Set-Based Groups to Global
Hierarchies.

For more information on the conversion of Activity Type Group to Global Hierarchy, see here:
https:/ help.sap.com/viewer/c56f622a2edf491b9f1b596b55587009/2202.500/en-
US/635e615de9a848eb9129edb0da88cbcc.html.

You have illed out and saved the basic data for the material as described in Creating Act ivit y Type Master Data.

Procedure

Test Step # Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Comments

1 Log On Log on to the SAP Fiori The Start page is displayed.

launchpad as a Cost
Accountant -
Overhead.
2 Open Manage Global Open Manage Global
Hierarchies Hierarchies (F2918).

3 Choose Create In the Hierarchy List section, A new screen opens, showing
choose Create. New Hierarchy.

4 Enter New Activity Type On the New Hierarchy screen,

Hierarchy make the following entries and
select Create:

Type: Activity Type

Hierarchy

Hierarchy ID: <any ID up

to 10 characters>

 Caution
The total length of
hierarchy ID and node ID
cannot exceed 14
characters.

Controlling Area: A000

Hierarchy Description: <any

description>

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Test Step # Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Comments

5 Edit New Activity Type
Hierarchy
On the Hierarchy List screen,
select the detail icon > and
select Edit for your newly-
created Activity Type
Hierarchy.
The newly-created Activity
Type Hierarchy is now
activated.

Select the newly-created

Activity Type Hierarchy and
choose the More icon on the
right side of the screen and
choose Fast Entry.

On the Fast Entry screen,

select Activity Type and make
the following entry:

ID: <select the

activity type(s) you
want to add using
the search function>

Select OK when you inish

and select Save.

Go back to the Activity Type

Hierarchy screen and select
Activate.

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