Cost Element Accounting

Automatic Creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Element

Make Default Settings : OKB2

SPRO - > SAP Ref img - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Elements
- > Automatic creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Elements - > Make Default Settings
 Here we determine which cost elements are created automatically by the SAP system

 The cost elements are created by a batch input session using this default setting.
 These defaults are used for automatic generation of primary and secondary cost elements.

Create Batch Input Session : OKB3

SPRO - > SAP Ref img - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Elements
- > Automatic creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Elements - > Create Batch input Session
 Here generate a batch input session for each controlling area in order to create cost elements.
 The system determines the chart of accounts to be processed (including the cost elements to be
created) according to the company code and chart of accounts to which the controlling area is
assigned.

Execute Batch Input Session : SM35

SPRO - > SAP Ref img - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Elements
- > Automatic creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Elements - > Execute Batch input Session
 In this activity you execute a batch input session and thereby generate cost elements.

Create Cost Element Manually

Create Primary Cost Elements : KA01

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element - >
Individual Processing - > Create Primary
 In this activity you create primary cost elements online.

Create Secondary Cost Elements : KA06

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element - >
Individual Processing - > Create Secondary

Change Cost Elements : KA02

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element - >
Individual Processing - > Change

Display Cost Elements : KA03

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element - >
Individual Processing - > Display
Delete Cost Element : KA04

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element - >
Individual Processing - > Delete

Display Cost Element List : KA23

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element -
>Collective Processing - > Display

Mass Deletion of Cost Element : KA24

Accounting - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Element -
>Collective Processing - > Delete

Create Cost Element Group : KAH2

SPRO - > SAP Ref img - > Controlling - > Cost Element Accounting - > Master Data - > Cost Elements
- > Create Cost Element Group
 We can combine similar cost elements into cost element groups.
 Similar cost element groups can be combined to form other cost element groups so as to build a
cost element hierarchy
 The row structure of your report is determined by the cost element structure. You can create totals
for each node in the report.