Unmapping activity cost elements from cost center

This page allows you to unmap activity cost elements from a detail cost center. Tell me more.

Select the “Unmap Activity Cost Elements” link at the bottom of the “Unmap Normal / Allocation Cost Elements” page.

The “Unmap Activity Cost Elements” page appears.

Enter the following fields:

Cost Center	The code identifying the detail cost center from which you want to unmap activity cost elements (Alphanumeric, 10).
	Press <Enter> key.
	The system retrieves and displays all the mapping details in the relevant fields in the multiline.
	Help facility available
Cost Element	The code identifying the activity cost element that you want to unmap from the cost center (Alphanumeric, 32).
	Press <Enter> key.
	Help facility available
Basic Activity Element	The code identifying the basic activity element. At least one cost element must be specified as basic activity element to facilitate flexible budgeting.

The system displays the following in the “Activity Cost Element Details” multiline:

Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center.
Cost Element	The code identifying the cost element.
Description	The description of the cost element.

Modify the following fields if required in the “Activity Cost Element Details” multiline:

Effective Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the date from which the mapping between the cost center and cost element is effective. All the start dates of the MAC periods that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Expiry Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the expiry date till which the mapping between the cost center and the cost element is effective. All the end dates of the MAC periods that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Behavior	Use the drop-down list box to set the behavior of the mapping. You can select from “Fixed Cost” or “Variable Cost”. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Budget No	A code identifying the MAC budget from which the rates can be taken (Alphanumeric, 10). The budget entered in this field must have been defined in the “MAC Budget” business component and must be a “Cost Center – Cost Element Period Budget” of the type “Both” in authorized status.
	Help facility available

Note: The budget number must be entered if the “Default Rate” field has been set as “No”.

Default Rate

Use the drop-down list box to set whether the standard rate for the activity cost element should be defaulted based on a budget marked as default. You can select from “Yes” or “No”. The system displays “Yes” by default on launch of the page.

Note: You can set “Yes” only if the “Use Default Budget” parameter has been set as “Yes” in the “Cost Budget” business component.

Standard Rate

The rate to be used for estimating a particular production activity performed by the cost center (Decimal). If “Default Rate” field has been set to “Yes” then the standard rate is defaulted from the default budget.

Note: The system retrieves this rate from the MAC budget marked as default. If a default budget does not exist for the cost element, the system takes the standard rate as zero (0).

Alt Rate

The alternate rate that can be used for estimating a particular production activity performed by the cost center (Decimal).

Note: You can enter eight (8) alternate rates for every cost center – cost element mapping. The alternate rate fields must be left blank if “Default Rate” field has been set as “Yes”.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark a cost element that must be unmapped.

Note: You cannot modify the mapping details if entries or balances are available for the cost center.

Click the “Edit” pushbutton to save the modifications made to the mapping.

The system saves the modifications made to the mapping details. The system also saves the details of the logistic organization, business unit, organization unit and company along with the mapping details. The system updates login ID of the user and the system date in the “Last Modified By” and the “Last Modified Date” fields.

Note: You cannot unmap cost elements from the cost center if entries or balances are available.

Click the “Unmap” pushbutton to unmap the cost element from the cost center.

The system unmaps the cost elements from the cost center. The system also saves the details of the logistic organization, business unit, organization unit and company along with the unmapping details. The system updates login ID of the user and the system date in the “Last Modified By” and the “Last Modified Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the mapping.
Created Date	The date on which the mapping was created.
Last Modified By	The login ID of the user who last modified the mapping.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the mapping was last modified.

Unmapping activity cost elements from cost center – An overview

If you know the code identifying the cost center from which you want to unmap the cost elements you can enter it directly. Otherwise, you can use the help facility provided to retrieve the cost center. The system retrieves the details of the mapping based on the cost center entered. Similarly, you can enter the code identifying the cost element that you want to unmap if you know it. Otherwise, you can use the help facility provided to retrieve the cost element. The system retrieves the details of the mapping based on the cost element entered.

You can select the cost element that you want to unmap. You can unmap cost elements if entries or balances are not available for the cost element. The system unmaps the cost element from the cost center. The system stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the modified details.

This page also allows you to modify the details of the mapping. You can modify the properties that have been defined for the mapping. You can modify the mapping details if entries or balances are not available for the cost center - cost element. The combination of the cost element and cost center must be unique. The system saves the modifications made to the mapping. The system stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the modified details.