TFIN22_1 (Unit 7)

Characteristic Derivation: Central Points -Some keys point about derivation: Derivation supplements or overwrites certain automatically mapped characteristic values. A derivation strategy is a sequence of steps, where each step uses one derivation technique to calculate one or more values for one or more characteristics, respectively. Control attributes can be assigned to each step, such as conditions for execution, reactions when unsuccessful, and overwrite authority. Some derivation steps are created by the system at generation time, of which some are modifiable. Others are created by the configurator from the beginning.

Valuation: Central Points - Some key points about valuation are: Valuation supplements the data being passed directly from transactions into Controlling Profitability Analysis with calculated, retrieved, or otherwise accessed values. A valuation strategy can contain CO-PA costing sheets, Sales Order Management pricing procedures (in planning), product costing calls, and user exit calls, in a sequence that can be customized. Valuation strategies must be assigned to record types, points of valuation, and plan versions when applicable to be activated. Using valuation is optional. It is merely a tool that can be used in an attempt to get the most complete and useful information out of CO-PA.

Every CO-PA relevant activity in the SAP system (for example, billing) creates line items in CO-PA. True. False.

The data created in CO-PA are defined by ______ and ___________ assignments as well as the ________ of the characteristic derivation and the valuation.

For each sales order management transaction, the system automatically imports the sales organization, distribution channel, division, customer, product, profit center, business area, and any sales order management partners for each sales order or invoice item. Notice that the values for all of these, except customer and product, can be overwritten with derivation. True. False.

All CO-PA-relevant transactions are affected by derivation configuration, and some of these are affected potentially by valuation configuration, which is _______.

Derivation ________ or __________ certain automatically mapped characteristic values.

A derivation strategy is a ___________, where each step uses __________ to calculate one or more values for one or more characteristics, respectively.

Some derivation steps are created by the system at generation time, of which some are ________. Others are created by the configurator from the beginning.

Valuation _________ the data being passed directly from transactions into Controlling Profitability Analysis with calculated, retrieved, or otherwise accessed values.

A valuation strategy can contain CO-PA __________, Sales Order Management pricing procedures (in planning), product costing calls, and ______, in a sequence that can be customized.

For each CO-PA-relevant transaction, if the derivation strategy is ___________, the system tries to derive a characteristic value for each characteristic in the operating concern.

The derivation is not always successful. If the system cannot determine a characteristic value for a characteristic, then a _______________________________________ is posted.

The total combination of (segment-level) characteristic values for a given transaction consists of the definition of the relevant _____________.

The profitability segment is the account assignment object for the Profitability Analysis. True. False.

A ______________ consists of a number of different steps, which derive the different characteristic values. Each derivation step defines the logical interrelationship between ________________and the characteristics to be derived.

The system automatically creates a standard derivation strategy for each operating concern. True. False.

Which are the following Options for Derivation Steps?. Derivation of fixed characteristics. Derivation from derivation rules. Derivation from table lookups. Derivation from customer hierarchy. Derivation of product hierarchy. Derivation of region. Derivation with move and clear. Derivation with sap enhancements. Derivation of units of measure.

The system goes through a sequence of steps in attempting to locate a characteristic value for each characteristic for a COPA-relevant transaction. This step sequence is known as the ____________.

The steps are performed in a customizable sequence to maximize the possibilities to locate or determine valid characteristic values. The following items can be configured for each step: Conditions under which the step should be executed. Whether or not initial values are allowed for source fields in a step. Whether or not the step should overwrite an existing characteristic value. Whether or not an error message should generate if the step is unsuccessful.

Each step normally represents one of the customizable derivation techniques, such as table lookups, derivation rules, region, product and customer hierarchies, moves, clears, and enhancements. True. False.

_______ occurs for every CO-PA-relevant transaction, including direct entry into CO-PA and external data uploads into CO-PA.

Certain characteristics, such as division and profit center, have _____________. This means that the system automatically generates nonmodifiable steps that may be used to determine their values. These may take the form of one of the ________________ or may be function calls.

You can use other derivation steps to overwrite the values determined through the fixed derivation steps. This can be normally achieved with all characteristics, except for _____________________. These have fixed, nonmodifiable derivation.

The system incorporates fixed derivation to force, at high levels, or at least enhance the possibility of reconciliation with data in other modules in the SAP system, at other levels. True. False.

A table lookup is a derivation method used by CO-PA to access the characteristic values from _________ when this information is not available on the originating transaction.

Table lookups can be performed when the key of the table to be accessed can be filled with the ____________ that are already known to CO-PA for the transaction.

Using table lookups, you can access ______________________ for the fields in the tables in which keys can be filled with the known characteristic values for transactions.

The nonfixed lookups can be modified. Other tables lookups, such as the ones for user-defined characteristics must be created from the beginning. True. False.

Derivation rules are used to determine characteristic values through ________________. They are frequently used with ______________ although they are not limited to this application.

With derivation rules, characteristic values, known as target values, are determined directly based on the values of other characteristic values, known as ____________.

Similar to other derivation steps, derivation rules can be configured either to _________ or to only apply when certain conditions are met.

you can also configure the derivation rules to produce an error message when a characteristic value cannot be determined through the rule entries. You can also ignore the error and proceed. True. False.

In contrast to other derivation steps, derivation rule entries can be configured to be either _______________ or _______________.

With a move, you can directly transfer a __________ or ______________ to another characteristic. Under certain conditions, you can also move a constant to a characteristic.

When certain conditions arise, the clear function is available to clear a value from a characteristic. True. False.

The system automatically generates a move derivation step to move the dummy profit center value from EC-PCA into CO-PA if no profit center can be determined by other steps. True. False.

The ____________ provides an overview of all derivation steps.

Customizing Monitor: Derivation Analysis. The Customizing Monitor provides an overview of all derivation steps. Additional functions are available when you use the SAP list viewer to display derivation analysis. You can search for specific value fields and determine their use in derivation. None.

In _________________________, you can configure a function known as valuation to supplement the performance information provided directly by a transaction.

Valuation Concept. In costing-based Profitability Analysis, you can configure a function known as valuation to supplement the performance information provided directly by a transaction. The additional information may be estimated, calculated, or retrieved from a different source. you can set your system so that it automatically calculates the internal commissions and freight costs that are to be expected in the respective business transaction, when you transfer billing data into CO-PA. you can evaluate the expected profit from the business transactions without all actual data having been posted. Similarly, you can access the detailed product costing information.

Valuation can be used with either _______ or________ data.

Valuation can be configured to function either in __________ or _____________.

The periodic evaluation provides advantages when many postings are executed, thereby causing a higher system load for real-time evaluation. By putting off the evaluation to a later date, you ease the system. Similarly, it gives the option of re-evaluating the posted data. True. False.

The valuation strategy is central to valuation configuration. A valuation strategy may contain references to multiple valuation techniques, such as ___________________________ , which are to be applied to a given COPA-relevant transaction.

You need to decide to what record types, _________________ and 0-9, and at what points, known as points of valuation, each valuation strategy should apply.

If a valuation strategy is to be applied to planning data, the relevant planning version must be specified. True. False.

The various valuation techniques that populate the value fields in different ways are: With costing sheets, condition types are mapped to value fields. From Product Costing, cost components are mapped to value fields. Value fields are updated directly through user exits. None.

The Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC) module is used to generate the ___________ for materials.

The results of a product cost estimate can be viewed in different ways, such as by item, cost element, or cost component. True. False.

Through valuation, the product cost estimate information for CO-PC can be transferred into CO-PA, through cost component values. This function can be used to import extensive cost-of-sales information into CO-PA for flexible margin reporting. True. False.

In configuration, cost components are mapped to __________.

You can map each component to its own value field or multiple components to a single value field. True. False.

You can also map the fixed and variable portions of a component to separate value fields. True. False.

Using a _____________, you can determine which cost estimate, meaning which costing variant should be used with which validity date for valuation.

By assigning a costing key, you control which cost estimate, standard, modified standard, or current cost estimate should be used in which case, depending on the ____________________________.

If an entry exists for the material, this has priority over the entry for the material type. The entry for the material type has priority over any entries defined for other characteristics. True. False.

In the ___________, you determine which values of the cost component structure are transferred to which value fields in the operating concern.

When you define a costing key, you can enter either a costing date or a period or a value for the period indicator. True. False.

Using the plan period indicator, you specify the date for which the system should look for a valid material cost estimate in the database, for Profitability Analysis. True. False.

The following options are available for the plan period indicator: 0. 1. 2. 3. 4.

If you enter 0, 1, or 2 for the plan period indicator, the system reads the standard cost estimate valid on the ________________.

If you enter 3 or 4 for the plan period indicator, the system reads the standard cost estimate valid on the given posting date or date of goods issue, regardless of what is stored in the material master. True. False.

You can use up to three characteristics as source fields”, such as _____________________.

______________ are a vehicle through which special values can be accessed or calculated.

Costing sheets consist of a sequence of user-defined condition types, each of which accesses a value or performs specific calculations, as dictated by the definitions of the condition types. Each condition type is mapped to a value field in the operating concern. True. False.

A condition type represents one step in a costing sheet. What calculation the system carries out in that step depends on the following control indicators:

The ________________ determines how the system calculates prices, reductions, or surcharges for a condition type. For example, it can specify that a sales deduction should be dependent on the quantity sold or a value scale.

The scale basis determines how the system interprets the value or quantity scale for a condition. Scales can be dependent on a quantity or a currency amount. True. False.

Base condition types form the basis for calculations. They signify the value fields that have already been populated through other means. These condition types must have on their master record, a condition category of ___, a calculation rule of __, and a condition class of ____.

Calculation condition types perform calculations on the lines in the costing sheets that represent subtotals of amounts, such as base amounts. True. False.

A calculation condition type is assigned an _____________ here with corresponding condition records.

________ supplements automatically mapped characteristic values.

A valuation strategy can contain________________ in a sequence that can be customized. CO-PA costing sheets. SD pricing procedures. product costing calls. user exit calls.

______________ supplements the data being passed directly from transactions into CO-PA with calculated, retrieved, or otherwise accessed values.

A derivation strategy is a sequence of steps, where each step uses one derivation technique to calculate one or more values for one or more characteristics, respectively. True. False.

A _____________ consists of a number of different steps, which derive different characteristic values.

Characteristic derivation signifies the process to determine the characteristic values for all CO-PA characteristics. True. False.

A table lookup is a derivation technique that is utilized by CO-PA to access the characteristic values from SAP master data tables. True. False.

What is the Product Costing module used for?.

The scale basis determines how the system interprets the value or quantity scale for a condition. These scales can be dependent on a _________ or a _________.

Identify the actual value flows that can be analyzed using the value field analysis function. Transfer of billing documents. Incoming sales orders from Sales and Distribution. Direct postings from Financial Accounting and Materials Management. Actual costs.

Using a _________, you can determine which cost estimate should be used with which validity date for valuation.

What do costing sheets consist of?. a sequence of user-defined condition types. each of which accesses a value or performs specific calculations. dictated by the definitions of the condition types.