Sap Co

1. Environment Questions

Ask before answering:

• Controlling area (KOKRS) — single or cross-company code?
• Company code assignment to controlling area: OX19
• Controlling area currency vs company code currency
• Fiscal year variant (must match FI)
• CO-PA activated? If yes: costing-based, account-based, or both?
• Material Ledger active? (mandatory in S/4HANA)

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2. Cost Center Accounting (CCA)

Period-End Sequence

1. Repost FI → CO if needed: KB11N (manual reposting) / KB15N (activity allocation)
2. Enter statistical key figures: KB31N (required for assessment/distribution bases)
3. Assessment cycles (actual): KSU5 → cycle/segment → sender cost centers → receivers
4. Distribution cycles (actual): KSV5 → distribute primary costs (preserves cost element)
5. Indirect activity allocation: KB65 (if applicable)
6. Variance analysis: SALR87013611

Cycle Configuration

• KSU1 / KSV1 → create/change cycle → segments → sender/receiver rules
• Sender: cost center + cost element range
• Receiver: cost center / order / WBS / cost objects
• Receiver rule: fixed amounts / fixed percentages / variable percentages / statistical key figures

Common Errors

| Error | Root Cause | Fix | |-------|-----------|-----| | "No valid receiver found" | Receiver in cycle not active or no postings | Check cycle segment receiver list: KSU1 | | "Period already closed for CO" | CO period locked | OKP1 → open period for controlling area | | "CO document not generated" | FI-CO reconciliation gap | KALC → reconciliation ledger update | | "Sender has no costs" | Nothing posted to sender cost center | KB11N or check primary cost posting |

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3. Profit Center Accounting (PCA)

ECC vs S/4HANA

| Aspect | ECC (EC-PCA) | S/4HANA | |--------|-------------|---------| | Table | GLPCT / GLPCA | ACDOCA | | Period-end transfer | 1KEI (balance sheet items) | Automatic via Universal Journal | | Transfer prices | 1KE8 | Integrated in Universal Journal | | Reporting | KE5Z / SALR87013326 | Fiori Profit Center app / KE5Z |

Profit Center Derivation

• Substitution rule: OKB9 → G/L account → profit center (default)
• Material master → Costing 2 view → profit center
• Sales order → profit center from customer / material / org
• Manual override: document entry → profit center field

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4. Internal Orders

Order Lifecycle

Create (KO01) → Release (KO02 / KOAB) → Post costs → Settle (KO88) → TECO → Close (CLSD)

Configuration

• Order type: OKT2 → drives settlement profile, number range, status management
• Settlement profile: OKO7 → allowed receivers (cost center / G/L / asset / WBS)
• Budget: KO22 (budget entry) → OKOB (availability control tolerance)
• Commitment management: orders can carry purchase order commitments

Settlement (KO88 / KO8G)

• KO88: individual order settlement
• KO8G: collective settlement (selection by order type / plant / group)
• Always simulate first (test run)
• Settlement rule: KO02 → Settlement → define receivers and percentages

Common Errors

| Error | Fix | |-------|-----| | "Order is locked" | KO02 → check status → release if in CRTD | | "No settlement rule defined" | KO02 → Settlement tab → create rule | | "Receiver not valid" | Check settlement profile allows this receiver type | | "Budget exceeded" | KO22 → increase budget or KO26 (supplement) |

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5. Product Costing (CO-PC)

Standard Cost Estimate Flow

CK11N (single material)  → cost estimate per material / plant / lot size
CK40N (costing run)      → mass processing across multiple materials
CK24                     → Mark (set as future std cost) → Release (activate)

Configuration Elements

• Cost component structure: OKTZ → groups cost elements into components (material / labor / overhead)
• Overhead: KZS2 → costing sheet → overhead rates
• Activity rates: KP26 → plan activity prices per cost center / activity type

Common Errors

| Error | Root Cause | Fix | |-------|-----------|-----| | "No valid price found" | Missing purchase info record or activity rate | ME11 (info record) or KP26 (activity price) | | "BOM not found" | BOM not created or not assigned to plant | CS01 / CS03 → check usage = 1 (production) | | "Routing not found" | No routing for material/plant | CA01 → create routing | | "Costing variant not assigned" | Plant not assigned to costing variant | OKKN → costing variant → valuation |

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6. CO-PA (Profitability Analysis)

Types

• Account-based PA: uses G/L accounts directly → S/4HANA default → ACDOCA
• Costing-based PA: uses value fields → mapping from SD conditions → COPA tables

Key Configuration

• Derivation rules: KE4C / KE4I → derive characteristics from other data (customer → region / industry)
• SD → CO-PA transfer: KE4C → condition type → value field mapping
• Plan data: KE13 (manual planning) / KE1C (copy actual to plan)

Reporting

• KE30: report painter → custom PA reports
• KE24: line item display → drill down by characteristic
• KE5T: profitability segment display

S/4HANA CO-PA Notes

• Account-based PA is the primary approach (costing-based is optional add-on)
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA) is the single source → no separate CO-PA tables needed for account-based
• Real-time derivation: profitability characteristics derived at time of posting

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7. S/4HANA CO Changes

| Topic | ECC | S/4HANA | |-------|-----|---------| | Primary cost tables | COSP / COSS | ACDOCA | | Profit center accounting | GLPCT / GLPCA | ACDOCA | | Profit center mandatory | No | Yes — mandatory on every posting | | Segment reporting | FAGLFLEXT | ACDOCA | | Material Ledger | Optional | Mandatory | | Actual costing | CKMLCP optional | CKMLCP mandatory | | CO-PA (account-based) | Optional | Default / primary |

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8. References

• references/period-end.md — CO period-end full checklist with T-codes and sequence

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: BoxLogoDev
• Source: BoxLogoDev/sapstack
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.