CO Real Internal Orders in #SAP

agosto 01, 2024

By Cristian Bøhnsdalen – SAP FICO Consultant

According to chatgptfree.ai #artificialintelligence, a real internal order in SAP is a cost object that is used to monitor and control costs within a specific area of responsibility or project. It is typically used for tracking costs related to a specific job, task, or department within an organization. Real internal orders in SAP allow for the allocation of costs, budgeting, and monitoring of expenses to ensure efficient financial management.

1. In this case we will review the process of posting to a real order. The real order is a cost collector which will be later settled against a cost object, for example a cost center.

Characteristics:

- Posting against order, without cost center.

- Cost center is assigned in the settlement rule in the order master data.

- Order is settled against cost center.

Advantages:

- It is not necessary to enter the cost object at the moment of loading the documents, it is defined in the settlement rule.

Disadvantages:

• The cost object will not be available until the moment of the settlement.

KO01: Create Real Order

An order class will be selected for the defined concept. Orden class definition is useful for reporting and defines number range. In this case “Internal orders: Marketing” is selected.

The receiver center will be defined, in this case a cost center. The settlement % will be assigned.

Order must be released to allow postings.

FB60: the document is loaded against real order, with no cost center definition.

KOB1: The order has not been settled yet, so Cost Center cannot be visualized.

KO88 – Settle order Individual settlement.

Nota: for mass order settlement use KO8G.

KO88 – the following FI and CO documents are generated. The order is settled against the cost center defined in the settlement rule (order master data).