SAP Controlling
SAP CO guides for cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, allocations and management accounting.
What this hub covers
SAP Controlling (CO) helps organizations plan, collect, allocate and analyze internal costs and performance. Its objects—including cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, activity types and profitability segments—connect operational responsibility with financial outcomes. This hub organizes practical configuration and process notes for management accounting and its integration with the general ledger.
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The clearest entry points, ordered by practical usefulness.
FI/CO Commonly Used Standard Reports
Controlling S_ALR_87013611 Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance S_ALR_87013612 Range: Cost Centers S_ALR_87013613 Range: Cost Elements S_ALR_87013614...
Read guide →SAP FI - Credit Control Area
Credit Control area is used for controlling the credit exposure of the company to a different operations with our partners. A prerequisite for...
Read guide →SAP CO: Profitability Analysis
SAP CO Profitability Analysis is used to analyze the market segments classified as products, customers, sales area, business area, etc. SAP CO...
Read guide →SAP CO: Product Costing
SAP CO Product Costing module is used to find the value of internal cost of products. It is also used for profitability and management accounting for...
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SAP CO: Tables in Module
Important Tables in SAP CO AUSP Characteristic Values MANDT / OBJEK / ATINN / ATZHL / MAFID / KLART / ADZHL CO-KBAS Overhead Cost Controlling A132...
SAP CO: Assigning Materials to Profit Center
Go to SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Controlling → Profit Center Accounting → Assignments of Account Assignment objects to Profit Center → Material →...
SAP CO: Assigning Cost to Profit Centers
Go to SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Controlling → Profit Center Accounting → Assignments of Account Assignment objects to Profit Center → Assign Cost...
SAP CO: Post to A Profit Center
To post to a Profit Center, use the T-code FB50. It will take you to the following window. Enter the Document date and the Company code. Thereafter,...
SAP CO: Settlement of Internal Order
An internal order is used as an interim collector of costs and is used for planning, monitoring, and controlling the processes. When the job has been...
SAP CO: Internal Orders
SAP CO internal order monitors the parts of the costs and in a few cases, it also monitors the revenues of the organization. You can create an...
SAP CO: Post to a Cost Center
To post to a cost center, use the T-code FB50. It will take you to the following window. In this window, you need to enter the following details −...
SAP CO: Periodic Reposting
Periodic reposting in SAP is one of the allocation methods and it is a month-end closing activity. It is a posting tool that enables the user to...
SAP CO: Accrual Calculation
The accrual basis of accounting is important to produce accurate financial statements and reflect financial position of the company. It’s a principle...
SAP CO: Direct Activity Allocation
SAP direct activity allocation is used in the cost center accounting sub module of SAP CO which involves recording, measuring and allocation of the...
SAP CO: Adjustment Postings
Sometimes, it may happen that we input wrong cost center instead of the correct one. But in SAP, it is not possible to change the cost center once...
SAP CO: Account Assignment
Normally, when a financial document is entered in SAP FI module, user has the option of entering the cost center in the financial document. However,...
SAP CO: SAP Profit Center
SAP profit center is part of Controlling module of SAP and is used for internal reporting and analysis purposes. SAP profit center is an...
SAP CO: SAP Statistical Key Figures
SAP statistical key figures are used as the tracing factors or basis for assessments in SAP Management Accounting (SAP CO). They are purely...
SAP CO: SAP Activity Type
SAP activity type is the classification of activities that are produced in cost centers in a controlling area. It is an organization unit within a...
SAP CO: SAP Cost Elements
SAP Cost Elements are important objects that help users to analyze or reconcile costs between Financial Account (FI) and Managerial Accounting (CO)...
SAP CO: Create Cost Center Master Data
Create Cost Center Master Data Let’s see how to create cost center master data in SAP. First of all, you need to navigate to the following path in...
SAP CO: Cost Center Master Data
SAP Controlling (CO) offers information to decision makers for planning, measuring and monitoring enterprise’s operations and performance. It...
SAP CO: Overview
SAP Controlling (CO) is another important SAP module offered to an organization. It supports coordination, monitoring, and optimization of all the...
SAP Simple Finance - Management Accounting
In Simple Finance, Management accounting deals with Controlling and Enterprise Controlling modules. Financial Accounting deals with G/L Account...
SAP Simple Finance - Manual Reposting of Costs
You can do manual posting of cost in SAP Simple Finance and display the results in the table. To do manual reposting, following are the steps. Step 1...