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Indirect activity allocation consists of two sub-functions which you can enter as required in acycle. However, one segment can cover only one sub-function in each case:

1. Sender activity quantities are known and can be entered as totals. sing indirectactivity allocation, the !osted activity quantities are distributed from sender to receiversaccording to the tracing factors defined in the segment.

" segment uses this method if Posted quantities #rule 1$ is the sender rule and Fixedquantities #rule %$ is &'( a receiver rule.In a segment to distribute !osted sender amounts, you can use activity ty!es of category) manual entry, indirect allocation only.%. Sender activity quantities are not known because measurement is either im!ossible or not feasible #for e*am!le, a +oint office working for several cost centers$. However, the

) System can derive sender activity quantities indirectly, based on receiver tracingfactors ad+usted with a sender-s!ecific weighting factor.

" segment uses this method if Indirectly determined quantities #rule )$ is the sender rule,or if Fixed quantities #rule %$ is a sender or receiver rule. sing the Sender values function, you can determine sender-s!ecific weighting factors for the sender ruleIndirectly determined quantities . (he default value is 1 .In segments for indirect calculation of sender activity quantities you can only use activityty!es of category % indirect entry, indirect allocation .

Senders and receivers in indirect activity allocation

• In indirect activity allocation for actual and !lan data, senders can be ob+ects of thecategory cost center/activity type or business processes .

In a given segment, you can use category % or category ) activity ty!es only.

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In indirect activity allocation for plan data , all usual /' ob+ects are !ossible #cost center,cost center activity ty!e, orders, !ro+ects, etc.$ as receivers

"ll of these receiver categories can a!!ear in a cycle. However, cost ob+ects of thecategory cost center activity ty!e may not be combined with other receiver categories.In indirect activity allocation for actual data , you can use the same cost ob+ects asreceivers as in manual activity allocation, meaning no cost centers activity ty!es.

Fixed and variable activity references; evaluating activity quantities

• In indirect activity allocation for actual data , all quantities are !osted as total quantities.(he division into fi*ed and variable quantity !arts is carried out through actual cost

s!litting.

• In indirect activity allocation for plan data , the determination of fi*ed and variablequantity quotas de!ends on the receiver category:

o eceivers of the category cost center activity ty!e !ost all activity quantities asvariable quantities, with tracing factors dividing actual and !lan activity into fi*edand variable quantity !arts.



o 0or all other receivers the receiver quantities are !osted as fi*ed.

• If an activity !rice is available for a sender ob+ect, the activity quantities of the senderand the corres!onding receivers are valuated using this activity !rice.

Updating the databases

(he activity quantity u!dated on the senders is determined either from read !ostedsender quantities #subfunction 1$ or from indirectly calculated activity quantities based onreceiver tracing factors or !redefined sender quantities receiver quantities #subfunction%$. (he activity quantity thus determined is !osted to the res!ective sender as activityout!ut #quantity credit$ and to the res!ective receiver as activity-de!endent or activity-inde!endent activity in!ut in relation to their tracing factors #quantity debit$. (he indefinitecredit rate is u!dated for !lan data as well #with activity ty!e category %$.

"dditionally, the following activity !ostings are based on the sender activity quantities:If available quantities are distributed #subfunction 1$, the scheduled quantity areu!dated.If the sender activity quantities are indirectly determined or fi*ed, the activity quantity isalso u!dated in addition to the scheduled quantity.

In actual indirect activity allocation, all quantities are treated as fi*ed quantities.

ou use indirect activity allocation in activity !rice calculation.

• Activity types of category 3, "Manual entry, indirect allocation"

(he cost center 2uality control !roduces 1333 hours of activity ty!e (est . "ctivities go to cost centers4oods recei!t and 0inished !roducts . (he allocation is made on the basis of the tracing factor &umber

of test items #&I$. 0or 4oods recei!t these are 5333 items, for 0inished !roducts 6333.7rice !er activity unit for 2uality control equals 83 S9 hr. (he resulting costs of activity !roduction equal

S9 83,333.(he receiver centers are debited according to the tracing factor with the following costs:4oods recei!t: #83,333 5333 &I$ 13,333 &I ; $ 20,0000inished !roducts: #83,333 6333 &I$ 13,333 &I ; $ 30,000

• Activity types of category , "Indirect entry, indirect allocation"

"ctivity determination for the sender takes !lace via receiver tracing factors and weighting factors defined for each sender. (he sender rule here is usually Indirectly determined quantities < receiver rule can be any rule.

sing the e*am!le above, the receiver tracing factors are:4oods recei!t 5333 &I0inished !roducts 6333 &I

(otal 13,333 &I(he sender is credited with 13,333 test items. (his amount can be valuated with weighting factors defined!er sender activity ty!e.=eighting factor, activity ty!e (est : 3.59ebiting of the sender and the activity ty!e (est are thus equal to#83,333 13,333 &I$ 13,333 &I 3,5 ; $ 20,000

efine !ndirect "ctivity "llocation #ou deter ine rules for indirectactivity allocation in the for of cycles%



0or cost centers with activities that cannot be measured or measured only with great difficulty, the activity quantitiescan be determined indirectly.

In indirect activity allocation, the usage of sender activities #cost center activity ty!e$ is determined via tracing factorsfrom the view!oint of the activity receivers.

(he tracing factors are defined as in assess ent or distribution .

&equire ents

• ou must aintain activity types for indirect allocation in actual and !lan.

• (he requirement for indirect activity allocation in actual and !lanning data is that all senders and all receiversof the cost ob+ect cost center activity ty!e are included in activity ty!e !lanning for activity ty!e category ).

o ou enter activity quantities for activity ty!e category ) # >anual entry, automatic allocation $ forplanning data with activity ty!e !lanning.

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7lanning activity quantities with the aid of activity ty!e !lanning is only !ossible for activity ty!ecategory ). 0or activity ty!e category % the S"7 ) System automatically creates a costcenter activity ty!e record. Sender activity quantities are indirectly determined from the receivertracing factors and through fi*ed quantities.

o 0or actual data , a !osted sender activity quantity can be created by entering non-allocatableactivities.

'ote(?ntering !osted activity quantities for activity ty!e category ) is not !ossible, since the activityquantities are indirectly determined.

• (he requirement for indirect activity allocation in actual and !lanning data for activity ty!e category % is thata value &'( equal to @ero is entered in the segment definition for the sender-s!ecific weighting factors withthe function Sender values . 'nly then will the corres!onding record be included in the activity allocation.

)xa ples for !ndirect "ctivity "llocation

"ctivities

/reate a cycle for indirect activity allocation as follows:

1. 9etermine a name for the cycle.%. 9etermine a date as of which the cycle is to be valid.). >aintain the header data of the cycle by s!ecifying the following:

a$ an e*!lanatory te*tb$ the date to which the cycle is to be valid

c$ whether negative tracing factors are to be standardi@ed5. 9efine cycle segments in which you store the following information:

a$ a name and te*t for each segmentb$ the sender valuesc$ the tracing factor d$ the selection criteria #sender ob+ects and receiver ob+ects$

8. Save the cycle.

'otes for *ransport



If, in your client, you have not selected the automatic recording of changes for client-s!ecific ob+ects #in /ustomi@ingunder !asis omponents #$ System Administration #$ %ange and &ransport System #$ onfigure lients $, you cantrans!ort your settings to the target system in a user-defined activity.(o do this, in /ustomi@ing, choose ontrolling #$ 'eneral ontrolling #$ Production Start#(p Preparation #$Transport System Settings and then !rocess the relevant activity.

Further notes

0or more information, see the SAP )i*rary under Financials #$ + ontrolling #$ ost enter Accounting #$ ostenter Planning #$ Periodic Allocations #$ Indirect Activity Allocation or in Period# nd losing #$ -efining Periodic

.epostings or Periodic Allocations .

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