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H O W T O C R E AT E A N E W C O S T C E N T E R : S A P K S 0 1 O R M A N A G E C O S T
C E N T E R M A S T E R D ATA T I L E

With the transactional app Manage Cost Center Master Data, you can search for cost
centers as well as create, display, and edit the master data of a cost center.

With this app you can create and edit cost centers master data.

This app enables you to:

 Display existing cost centers, along with their validity periods, and view detailed
information about them.

 Create new cost centers.

 Edit cost centers data.

 Add new validity periods for cost centers.

 Edit validity periods data for cost centers.

 Delete validity periods that are no longer needed.

In this tutorial, we will learn How to create a new COST CENTER

Step 1) To create a Cost Center , Enter Manage Cost Center Master Data.

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Step 2) In the next SAP screen, create

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 Enter the new cost center number.

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 Enter the validity dates of the new cost center.

General information

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Organizational Units

Control Indicators

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Communication

Translation

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SAVE

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COPY

 SELECT THE reference cost center if the details are similar to the new cost center THEN COPY


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Enter the new cost center number, …

Save

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In this tutorial, we will create a cost center without a reference.

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Step 3) General information (red star = Mandatory fields)

Step 4) In the General information section:

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 In the Name field, enter the name of the new cost center.

 In the Description field, enter a description for the new cost center.

 Enter the user Responsible.

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 Enter the Person Responsible

 Select W (Administration) for Cost Center Category.

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Organizational Units

 Select the Hierarchy area (Standard Hierarchy Node).

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 Enter the Company Code.

 The Currency will default based on the earlier selections.

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Step 6) On the Control tab select the appropriate indicators.

Step 7) Click Save. New Cost Center is created.

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Why A Cost Center is Required?

It is the location where the costs are incurred. It can be setup based on areas of responsibility,
functional requirements, allocation criteria, geographical locations or activities or services provided.
Its purposes is to provide cost related information in Overhead Cost Accounting for which cost centers
are grouped into units of decision making, control and responsibility. To map this structure, Cost
center is placed in cost center standard hierarchy.

How To Create Cost Center Groups

Manage Cost Center Groups

With the transactional app Manage Cost Center Groups, you can search for cost center
groups as well as create, display, and edit cost center groups.

Use

With this app you can search for cost center groups as well as create, display, and edit cost
center groups.

Key Features

 Search for cost center groups

 Edit cost center groups
 Create cost center groups from scratch or based on existing cost center groups
 Check whether a subgroup or cost center exists more than once in the same cost
center group
 Check whether all the master data defined in the controlling area is included in a cost
center group
 Display the where-used list for a cost center group
 Delete cost center groups that have no where-used lists in the system
 Check two cost center groups for common attributes

Step 1) Manage Cost Center Groups tile

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Step 2) In the next screen , Enter the Cost Center Group ID to be created

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Step 3) In the next screen , Enter the Cost Center Group Description

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Step 4) Press 'Save'  button for the Creation of the Cost Center Group

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