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Chapter 18 ■ Customizing the Controlling Module
• Maintain plan versions
• Define a standard hierarchy for profit centers
• Define profit centers
• Define number ranges for local documents
• Assign profit centers to cost centers
Basic Settings
First, you need to define the setting for the controlling area necessary to set up profit center accounting.
Secondly, you need to maintain the global settings for profit center accounting in the controlling area. To set
your controlling area, follow this menu path: IMG: Controlling ➤ Profit Center Accounting ➤ Basic Settings
➤ Set Controlling Area Settings. Or use transaction code OKKS.
The Set Controlling Area dialog box is displayed. Enter your controlling area (C900) in the Controlling
Area field and click the Enter button to confirm.
Maintain Controlling Area Settings
Problem: You are tasked with maintaining the controlling area setting for your client’s
company code C900. As additional information, you were told by the accounting team
that the settings for the profit center currency type should be based on controlling area
currency and the valuation view should be based on legal valuation.
Settings in this exercise will define the general control parameters for your current controlling area as
it relates to a profit center in SAP R/3. To go to the maintain controlling area settings, follow this menu path:
IMG: Controlling ➤ Profit Center Accounting ➤ Basic Settings ➤ Controlling Area Settings ➤ Maintain
Controlling Area Settings. Or use transaction code OKE5.
The Change View “EC-PCA: Controlling Area Settings”: Overview screen is displayed (Figure 18-32).
The system will use defaults based on the controlling area section of the page.
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