Mapping activity cost elements with cost center

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

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

The “Map Activity Cost Elements” page appears.

Enter the following field:

Cost Center	The code identifying the detail cost center to which you want to map activity cost elements (Alphanumeric, 10).
	Press <Enter> key.
	The system retrieves and displays the description of the cost center.
	Help facility available

The system displays the following:

Description

The description of the cost center.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for the cost elements that must be mapped to the cost center:

Cost Element From

The starting code in the range of cost element codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 32). The cost element entered in this field must be an activity cost element that is in the “Active” status.

Note: The code entered in this field must be before or the same as the code entered in the “To” field.

To	The ending code in the range of cost element codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 32). The cost element entered in this field must be an activity cost element that is in the “Active” status.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to retrieve the cost element details.

The system retrieves and displays the details of the activity cost elements in the “Activity Cost Element Details” multiline based on the search criteria entered:

Enter the following fields:

Effective Date

Use the drop-down list box to select the date from which the mapping between the cost center and cost element would be valid. All the start dates of the MAC periods that have been defined for MAC years that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays the earliest “Open” MAC period by default.

Note: The date selected in this field must be before or the same as the date selected in the “Expiry Date” field.

Expiry Date

Use the drop-down list box to select the date till which the mapping between the cost center and cost element would be valid. All the end dates of the MAC periods that have been defined for MAC years that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays the latest “Open” MAC period by default.

Click the “Default” pushbutton to default the effective date and the expiry date for all the cost elements retrieved in the multiline.

The system displays the selected effective and expiry date for all the cost elements in the multiline.

Enter the following field:

Basic Activity Element

The code identifying the basic activity element. One of the cost elements that are being mapped must be specified as basic activity element to facilitate flexible budgeting.

Note: This field must be left blank if “Provide Flexible Budget” parameter has been set as “No” in the “MAC Budget” business component.

Enter the following field in the “Activity Cost Element Details” multiline:

Cost Element	A unique code identifying the activity cost element that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 32). The cost element must be in an “Active” status.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The system retrieves and displays the description and the type in the respective fields in the multiline.

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

Description

The description of the cost element.

Enter the following fields 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 cost elements that are not required for mapping.

Note: The combination of cost center and the cost element must be unique.

Click the “Map” pushbutton to map the selected cost elements to the cost center.

The system maps the cost elements to the cost center. The system saves the details of the logistics organization, company, business unit and organization unit along with the mapping details. The system also updates the login ID of the user and the system date in the “Created By” and the “Created Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login ID of the user who mapped the cost elements to the cost center.
Created Date	The date on which the cost elements were mapped to the cost center.

Mapping activity cost elements with cost center – An overview

The cost elements that have been mapped to the cost center must be unique. You can search and select the cost elements that you want to map. You can search by specifying a range of cost elements that you want to retrieve. The system retrieves all the activity cost elements based on the search criteria entered. You can also set a date range during which the mapping between the cost center and the cost elements is effective.

This page gives you a facility to default the effective date range for all the retrieved cost elements. You can also set the behavior of the cost element for the mapping. You can also enter the standard rates and the alternate rates to be used while estimating a production activity. The standard rates and the alternate rates can be defaulted based on a cost center / cost element period budget of the type both and an activity absorption plan defined for the activity element. The standard rate can also be defaulted based on a budget marked as default without specifying the budget number. The date range during which the cost center – cost element mapping is effective must fall within the date range during which the default budget is effective.

The system maps the cost elements to the cost center. The system also saves the details of the logistics organization, company, business unit and the organization unit along with the mapping details. The system also stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the mapping details.